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Department of Art

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Where Ideas Take Shape

The Department of Art provides dedicated Lab Spaces and lecture rooms for Art Majors and Minors, with 24-hour access.

The Ceramics Lab


The Darkroom


The Drawing Lab


The Fabrication Lab


Lecture Rooms


The Painting Lab


The Sculpture Lab



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Shared Spaces

  • The Sculpture and Ceramics Patio: The Sculpture Patio offers open space for large-scale work, experimentation, and a free supply-sharing area for students to utilize.  Opposite the Ceramics Patio is buzzing with possibility, featuring numerous kilns both small and large scale for high fire, low fire, and raku firings—perfect for pushing your clay creations to new heights, literally!
  • The Drawing and Painting Patio: The Drawing and Painting Lab share an outdoor patio, fostering community between students and providing a flexible space for large projects, collaboration, and innovative practices.
  • The Cube: This student-created, intimate gallery—is an empowering space that students can reserve for ambitious projects and installations.
  • Lockers: 24-hour lockers are available upon request, offering a secure space to store materials and support spontaneous making at any hour. 

Showcasing Student Work

Hallway Bulletin Boards: 
  • We love celebrating our students in many ways! One exciting way is through these bulletin boards that feature a rotating selection of student work from our photography, transdisciplinary, drawing and painting classes!
Curatorial Opportunities: 
  • The Art History Corridor showcases a student-curated exhibition, giving students real-world curatorial experience. Students select works from the Escalette Collection, and oversee the process from concept to completion.

  • The third-floor hallway of Beckman Hall is home to a new permanent exhibition featuring paintings, prints, collages, and embroidery by Steve Roden. This exhibition was curated and designed by Nicole Nguyen (Graphic Design '27) and Rylie Shimabukuro (Art History '26) during their Summer 2025 Internship with the Escalette Collection. As part of this project, they also created an activity booklet designed to help visitors engage with this exciting work.
For Chapman students, staff, and faculty who are interested in using the Art Department spaces visit Art Department Canvas Den. for more information and tutorials.
 

Dayma Lopez Hernandez, '28 Graphic Design
Dayma Lopez Hernandez, '28 Graphic Design

I chose Chapman's Graphic Design Program for two reasons: its up-to-date curriculum and the small class sizes. My courses reflect current industry standards, and I feel reassured knowing that my professors are up to date with the ever-changing state of the field. I appreciate how much one-on-one time I get with professors in and outside of class. They have come to know more than just my name—they know my work, my goals, my background, and my personality. I really enjoy how hands-on this major is. Each of my design classes has multiple projects where I get to apply the skills I’ve learned, both from the class and from other courses in the program.