Aspirations and benefits of the digital media lab

• creates a central facility for all fine arts departments to use in teaching existing courses using digital media, alleviating crowded departmental facilities,
• allows further course development for digital media in all fine arts departments,
• provides greater opportunity for faculty and students to collaborate in in both projects and courses,
• will be open to fine arts residential students for their computing needs,
• is large and flexibile with mobile appointments and soft walls to allow student to work even while classes are using the space, as is common in studio spaces,
• will remain open for intensive lab use at night, possibly for some courses,
• hours of operation will be maximized,
• social use of the lounge will be intensified as arts students relas and confer,
• second floor residential spaces will be used by students in digital media,
• the facility will become a point for recruiting and retaining fine arts students,
• the lab could become a space for demonstrations, workshops and studios offered by visiting artists.