Facilities
Facilities
The Interdisciplinary Arts Department is housed in two locations at Columbia College Chicago: the second Floor of the 916 South Wabash Building and the second Floor of the Luddington Building just a few doors down the block at 1104 South Wabash.
916 South Wabash, 2nd Floor
The departmental offices, all faculty offices, our conference room, two smart classrooms, our large computer lab, three installation labs, and the media equipment center are located on the 2nd floor of 916 S. Wabash. Interdisciplinary Arts and Media MFA students, as well as all other InterArts students who have taken the appropriate classes, have access to video, sound, and digital equipment in the department.
Center for Book & Paper Arts
The Center for Book & Paper Arts occupies the entire second floor of the Luddington building, 1104 South Wabash and provides facilities and studios for the MFA in Book & Paper students. It consists of a papermaking studio, a letterpress facility, a bookbindery, a gallery, a multi-purpose classroom, which is suitable for performance and lectures, a critique room, studio space for artists, a resource room, and offices for the staff.
Book and Paper MFA students, as well as all other InterArts students who have taken the appropriate classes, have access to the studios in the Book and Paper Center. Learn more about the Center for Book & Paper Arts here.
MFA Studio Space
MFA students have access to studios in the basement of 1104 S. Wabash. The Book and Paper MFA studios are configured as small office spaces on the south side of the floor; the Media MFA studios are larger, more flexible rooms on the north side of the floor.
Additional Facilities
Three state-of-the-art television studios in the Television department are used for shooting in the Performance Media course and can be reserved for shooting student projects and thesis projects.
Student work is exhibited over a number of Columbia College's screening and display facilities: the Harrison Flatscreen Project at 600 S. Michigan Ave. located inside Museum of Contemporary Photography; 33 Congress Flatscreen Project located inside the C33 Gallery space at 33 Congress Ave., which allows for multi-channel programming with five plasma monitors; and a display window on Wabash Ave. in the 33 E. Congress Building.
Building Hours
Building hours change throughout the semester and are maintained by the Office of Campus Environment; Please check the Campus Environment section of the Columbia College website for the most accurate information.
DEPARTMENTAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Department Chair: Michelle Citron
Graduate Contact: Kris Johnson
Office Information: 916 S. Wabash Bldg. Suite 203
Phone: 312-369-7669
Email: kjohnson@colum.edu
Inner and Outer Galleries at the Center for Book and Paper
916 South Wabash, 2nd Floor
The departmental offices, all faculty offices, our conference room, two smart classrooms, our large computer lab, three installation labs, and the media equipment center are located on the 2nd floor of 916 S. Wabash. Interdisciplinary Arts and Media MFA students, as well as all other InterArts students who have taken the appropriate classes, have access to video, sound, and digital equipment in the department.
Main Computer Lab at the 916 S. Wabash Building
Equipment Cage
Audio/Electronics Workroom and Gathering Space (on right)
One of our Three Installation Laboratories in the 916 S. Wabash Building
Center for Book & Paper Arts
The Center for Book & Paper Arts occupies the entire second floor of the Luddington building, 1104 South Wabash and provides facilities and studios for the MFA in Book & Paper students. It consists of a papermaking studio, a letterpress facility, a bookbindery, a gallery, a multi-purpose classroom, which is suitable for performance and lectures, a critique room, studio space for artists, a resource room, and offices for the staff.
Paper Studio Spaces, Dry Lab (at top), Beater Room & Wet Lab (at bottom)
Letterpress Room
Bindery
Computer Laboratory in the Book and Paper Center
Book and Paper MFA students, as well as all other InterArts students who have taken the appropriate classes, have access to the studios in the Book and Paper Center. Learn more about the Center for Book & Paper Arts here.
MFA Studio Space
Interdisciplinary Arts and Media MFA Studio Spaces
MFA students have access to studios in the basement of 1104 S. Wabash. The Book and Paper MFA studios are configured as small office spaces on the south side of the floor; the Media MFA studios are larger, more flexible rooms on the north side of the floor.
Additional Facilities
Three state-of-the-art television studios in the Television department are used for shooting in the Performance Media course and can be reserved for shooting student projects and thesis projects.
Student work is exhibited over a number of Columbia College's screening and display facilities: the Harrison Flatscreen Project at 600 S. Michigan Ave. located inside Museum of Contemporary Photography; 33 Congress Flatscreen Project located inside the C33 Gallery space at 33 Congress Ave., which allows for multi-channel programming with five plasma monitors; and a display window on Wabash Ave. in the 33 E. Congress Building.
Building Hours
Building hours change throughout the semester and are maintained by the Office of Campus Environment; Please check the Campus Environment section of the Columbia College website for the most accurate information.
DEPARTMENTAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Department Chair: Michelle Citron
Graduate Contact: Kris Johnson
Office Information: 916 S. Wabash Bldg. Suite 203
Phone: 312-369-7669
Email: kjohnson@colum.edu