Advanced Media Lab
The Advanced Media Lab is a multimedia facility housing the latest in digital hardware and software. The lab has a wide range of animation and interactive software including Maya, MotionBuilder, Shake, Final Cut Pro, AfterEffects and Flash. The lab houses multiple suites of Apple G5s with pressure sensitive Wacom Cintiq Tablets. Students have access to high-end, High Definition digital video cameras and audio recording equipment, digital blue/green screen room and projection room. In addition to the specialized software and hardware dedicated to the Animation and New Media concentration, students have access to all equipment and software in the general Information Technology Lab. Visit the Advanced Media Lab website or view some of the video archives at the iTunes Animation Podcast (note: must have iTunes installed).

Weaving Lab
The weaving lab in the Department of Art and Design has 10 Macomber, 40” wide, 8 harness hand looms; one Macomber, 56” wide, 16 harness hand loom; 6 AVL 20” wide, 24 harness computerized studio looms; one AVL 56” wide, 24 harness computerized hand loom; and one TC-1 computer driven hand Jacquard loom. Other small equipment is available in the weaving lab: bead looms, drop spindles, frame looms, knitting machines, warping boards and reels, table top looms, inkle looms, and a wide variety of weaving yarns and threads available at no charge to students.

Surface Design Lab
The surface design lab in the Department of Art and Design has printing tables, sinks, photo-emulsion exposure unit, dust box for dye mixing, power washer, refrigerator, washer and dryer, drying rack, and small equipment like dye buckets and pots, arashi devices, felt making supplies, blenders, electric skillets, irons, mixers, and steamers. The lab easily supports work with dyes and pigments in a wide variety of applications. Digital printing on campus is done through our links with the College of Textiles’ Digital Design lab (see below) or on a smaller scale in our department.

College of Textiles Digital Design Center
This state of the art teaching and research facility is devoted to all aspects of digital textile design including, woven, knitted, printed and sewn products. The lab contains: a whole garment knitter; 3-D Body Scanning system; textile ink jet printers (using fibers reactive and acid dyes); computer aided embroidery system; a multitude of textile and apparel design software as well as a digital resource database. A control center, the lab houses weave and knit software capable of driving a 5,120 hook jacquard loom and a Moratronic electronic jacquard knitting machine, respectively. The center supports initiatives in rapid prototyping, mass customization, 3D body scanning, digital printing, and three dimensional designing.