Art Buildings:
The buildings in the Art Department at CSUS are designed to support students’ needs in pursuing various disciplines in art. The facilities provide a location for a variety of pursuits in painting, printmaking, electronic art, sculpture, ceramics, small metals, and installation. They are a place where a student can focus on her/his work and engage in dialogue with the community of graduates, faculty, and visiting artists. Students have a personal stake in how the department operates, how it looks and what impression it makes on visitors. Additionally, the successes and accomplishments of recent alumni, as well as those of their fellow students in the program, are viewed as collective graduate program achievements.
Studios:
The Art Department will make every effort to provide studio spaces to all classified graduate students who will actively use them each week. Occasionally a graduate student will be required to share a studio space. Studios will be assigned to a student depending upon availability and work needs, with priority given to second year students. No studio may be used merely as a storage area. If the studio faculty sees that a studio is not being utilized in any given semester, it may be reassigned to another student in that same semester.
Studio Assignments:
It is expected that the student will restore her/his studio to its original condition upon leaving, and that s/he will remove all trash and leave the studio clean for the next occupant in the same or better condition than when s/he moved in. It will be the responsibility of the graduate student to maintain the space according to university regulations (fire and health safety, etc. http://www.rms.csus.edu/ehs/) and to conduct her/himself in a responsible, adult manner. All students with studios must sign a safety regulation compliance statement.
Murals and markings on the buildings inside and out, exclusive of individually assigned studio walls (which the student must paint when s/he leaves) are not permitted. Installations in the exterior spaces surrounding the buildings must be approved by the Graduate Coordinator/s, Department Chair, Facilities Management and/or the CSUS Outdoor Art Committee before execution.
The policies outlined above are mandatory; any student not prepared to abide by these rules should withdraw from the program. The Graduate Program in the Art Department at California State University, Sacramento is a community of artists where everyone works together to foster a rigorous and enriching work environment.