Facilities

Art Facilities

Visual Arts Center
Housing the Art and Photography departments, this series of interconnected buildings was designed by award-winning architect Ricardo Legorreta.

• The Anne and John Marion Center for Photographic Arts
• Specialized darkrooms
• Alternative process studio
• Digital studio
• Preservation studio
• Framing and finishing studio
• Classrooms and conference rooms
• Beaumont and Nancy Newhall Library
  Located in the Marion Center, this non-circulating special collections library is one of the top informational resources in the United States on the history, aesthetics, and technology of photography. Highlights include:
• Private libraries of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, James Enyeart, and Roxanne Malone
• Smaller collections from notable publishers, photographers, scholars, and collectors
• International research, manuscript, and correspondence files
• First-edition landmark publications
• Limited, signed, and inscribed editions
• Thaw Art History Center
• Faculty offices, classrooms, conference rooms
• Visual Resources Center
• Chase Art History Library
• Visual Resources Center
• Approximately 40,000 art and architecture slides
• Digitization process ongoing
• Chase Art History Library
  Resources include rare books and unique items for conducting research on the history of the arts, archaeology, anthropology, and history of the Americas. The collection focuses on:
• Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican and South American art
• Andean art
• Native American art
• Spanish Colonial art and architecture
• Modern Latin American art
• Tishman Hall
• Painting, drawing, and design studios
• Council 241, a student-run exhibition space showcasing student work
• T64, T65, T66
• Spacious painting studios
• Fully equipped ceramics studio
• Sculpture studio (wood shop, welding, and carving facilities)
• Council 241 Student Gallery
• Student-initiated, student-run exhibition space
• Student work showcase
• Onate Hall
• Freshman foundation studios and classrooms

Fine Arts Gallery
Located next to the Fogelson Library in the Southwest Annex, the Gallery presents major exhibitions and provides facilities for lectures, meetings, and social gatherings, including the annual Santa Fe University of Art and Design juried student exhibition awards.

Santa Fe Art Institute
Located right by the Marion Center, the Santa Fe Art Institute (www.sfai.org) offers:

• Residencies for emerging and mid-career artists and writers (national and international)
• Bi-monthly open studios
• Master workshops and lectures
• Internship and volunteer opportunities for students