Facilities

The Art School at Old Church maintains four studios with professional equipment. Our studios have excellent lighting and are well ventilated and climate controlled. One of the studios is a dedicated ceramics studio.

The following is a list of major equipment and tools that are supplied by the school:

Painting & Sculpture:
Easels
Tabourets
Tables
Well-stocked prop closet

Jewelry:
Soldering equipment
2 rolling mills (sheet and square wire)
Polishing motor
Flexible shaft motors
Sandblaster
Hydraulic press
Hand tools (hammers, pliers, files, saw frames, dapping dies)

A small selection of findings, solder and tools is available for sale through the school.

Flameworking:
10 flameworking torch stations
Chili pepper kiln
Molds
Varied supply of Moretti (Effetre) glass
Spectacles
Hand tools (shaping tools, glass cutting scissors, mashers, tweezers, graphite paddles)

Printmaking:
Charles Brand etching press with 26" x 60" bed
Large and small rollers for relief printing
Ultraviolet light box for creating solar plates
Well-stocked supply of inks for intaglio and relief printing
2 Paula Roland hotboxes

Ceramics:
8 electric wheels
7 kick wheels
4 electric kilns
3 gas-fired kilns
Geil shuttle kiln (54 cubic ft.)
Brick kiln (24 cubic ft.)
Raku kiln
Ventilated glazing spray booth
Slab roller
Bailey wall-mounted clay extruder

The Art School at Old Church's facilities are wheelchair accessible on the main floor, which includes three of our four studios, our restrooms, and both the Mikhail Zakin and Café art galleries.