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Willamette University

Facilities

You Will Make Your Mark in Our Light Filled Studios and in Our Wacom Lab.

Wacom Lab

The Wacom Lab makes Wacom's Cintiqs, IntuosPro Tablets, and Mobile Studio Pros available to any student during building hours. Wacom stylus pens may be checked out from the Media Resource Center for three-hour blocks.

Wacom Lab at PNCA
Professional Digital Fine Art Printing Lab

In the Professional Digital Fine Art Printing Lab our state-of-the-art printers and scanners are all calibrated to industry standards and support large format professional printing.

Professional Digital Fine Art Printing Lab at PNCA
Publication Lab

The Publications Lab, together with the Production Center next door, has all the tools you need for making books, zines and other publications. The PubLab also houses PNCA’s Risograph Studio with four risograph machines and an ever growing number of print colors.

Publication Lab at PNCA

Facilities and Equipment

Printmaking Studio
Houses a large and varied collection of both contemporary and traditional printmaking facilities, presses, processing rooms, printers, stations and equipment.

Wacom Lab
A first of its kind among colleges, our WACOM lab houses a variety of digital tablets and touchscreen computers that are accessible by all students.

Creative Technology Lab
Our technology-focused lab that offers classes, workshops and access to a wide-range of contemporary technology, digital tools and facilities.

Albert Solheim Library
A two-story facility that houses a collection of over 30,000 books and other items and a number of computer workstations.

Animation Lab
Features state-of-the-art workstations and suites to accommodate 2D, 3D, digital, analog and linear animation with access to unique equipment.

Woodshop
An extensive collection of traditional and contemporary woodworking tools and a welding and metal working area.

Ceramics Studio
Houses pottery and glass kilns for fusing and slumping and a plaster and slip cast mold making facility.

Photography Lab
Supports both traditional and digital fine art photography and processing with with large format capacity and professional lighting studio and cyc wall.

Professional Digital Fine Art Printing Lab
State-of-the-art printers and scanners calibrated to industry standards and support for large format professional printing.

Willamette University

Illustration