1. Student’s Resource Guide for equipment & space use
Office of Environmental Health & Safety
Denelle Bowser, Manager
Firehouse, 2nd floor
Student’s Resource Guide for equipment & space use

2. Know the Answers to…
Who do I contact for questions related to safety, a process, or chemicals?
Who is the Studio Technician/ Studio Manger for the Department?
Where can I create art safely at MICA?
When can I access the studios when class is not in session to do homework?
What are the activities I can perform safely in the studios?

3. Use of MICA’s Equipment & Tools
Who should I ask, if I am unsure about how to use a specific chemical, tool, or piece of equipment?
Faculty
Teacher’s Intern (TI)
Studio Technician or Studio Manager
Environmental Health & Safety Manager

4. Introduction to MICA’s Technicians and Studio Mangers
MICA’s Studio Technicians & Studio Managers Know the Answers!
Just ask them

5. Fiber Technician: Mt. Royal Station
Kendra Hebel

6. Fiber Technician: Mt. Royal Station
Michelle Edwards- Longway  
ica.edu

7. Mt. Royal Station: Fiber Dept.
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Mon 1:00-6pm, Tues 10-12:30, Wed 11-3, Thus 4pm-8pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 12noon-3
Felting, cloque vat with lye, wax batik- dye room, screen printing, sowing and industrial machines -S206 ,S101, S105, exposing screens –dark room, computer aided embroidery, patternmaking, and quilting- B390, S200, S205
 Students currently enrolled or within the past year can ask for permission
2nd Floor

8. Interdisciplinary Sculpture Technician: Mt. Royal Station
Ben Lock

9. Mt. Royal Station: Metal Shop
WHEN?
WHAT?
  WHO?
WHERE?
Sun. 12 pm-7:30 pm, Mon. 10 am-12:30 am, Tues. 10 am-10 pm, Wed. 9-5 pm & 7 am-12 am, Thurs. 9 am-8:30 pm, Fri. 9 am-9 pm, Sat. 10 am-8 pm
Abrasive blasting, metal grinding & polishing , outside torching and heating guns, powered carving & chipping of stone/cement- train platform, ceramic shell mold making- (silica) shell room, wax melting- wax room, metal melting and casting- foundry, paint removal- spray booths, welding & metal work, soldering metal shop, aerosol spraying -spray booth, arts acrylic airbrushing- any studio, power spraying- spray booth, metals, arts plastic resin casing- resin room, wood work  
Students who have taken intro to sculpture or metal fabrication/casting procedures, and currently enrolled in those classes  
1st Floor Metal Shop

10. Graduate Rinehart Technician: Mt. Royal Station
Ben Kelley

11. Mt. Royal Station: Rinehart
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Open 24/ 7
Paint removal, aerosol spraying - spray booth, torching and heating guns, power spraying, wood working, metal working
Students currently enrolled in the Rinehart Program
1st Floor, Graduate Studio

12. Art Tech Center Technician
Zbigniew Zukowski (Biz)

13. Art Tech Center WHEN? WHAT? WHO? WHERE?
Monday –Thursday 10AM – 8PM
Friday 10AM – 4PM
Saturday 12PM – 6PM
Sunday 12PM – 4PM
2D Printing, 3D printing, Laser cutting and engraving, textile printing, vinyl cutting.
Anyone in classes or Majors
1208 W. Mt. Royale Ave.
2nd and 3rd floor

14. Printmaking Technician: Dolphin
Kyle Van Horn

15. Dolphin Building: Printmaking
WHEN?
WHAT/ WHERE?
WHO?
7 am- 2am
1st floor:  Etching Studio- (acid room, Spray Room,  grounds hot plate, resin aquatint box, inks, solvents) Lithography- (heavy stones, straight acid, ink, and solvents). 
2nd Floor: Silkscreen Studio- (acrylic inks, water-based solvents) Letterpress- (Lead type, inks, solvents) 
Anyone in classes or Majors

16. Photography Studio Manager: Main Building
Jonathan Trundle

17. Main Building: Photography
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Sunday - Thursday 9:00am – 11:00pm Friday and Saturday 9:00am – 10:00pm
Black and white film photography, color film photography, alternative processes in photography, black and white film processing area, digital work lab, digital print lab, print finishing room.
Students currently enrolled in a Photography class
Main Building Basement (street level entrance)

18. Ceramics Technician: Fox Building
Sarah Barnes

19. Fox Building: Ceramic Department
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Open during Fox building hours: 7am-2am M-F and 8am-3am Sat. and Sundays) (24 hours at the end of the semester) Closed Fridays 3:30-5:30pm for regular cleaning
Clay dry mixing- clay room, loading, firing, unloading- kiln room , spray glaze- spray booth, throwing & hand building -main studio, atmospheric firing techniques -Buddha area, casting & slip mixing- casting area, glazing mixing, dry chemicals- glaze area, chemical storage/inventory- supply closet
Students currently enrolled in a Ceramics class (work-study only in the supply closet)
Lower-level

20. Wood Shop & Model Shop Technician: Fox Building
Ryan Hoover

21. Fox Building: Wood Shop
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Monday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM, Tuesday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM, Wednesday closed, Thursday 3:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Friday closed, Saturday 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Woodworking equipment
The Shops are open to all MICA students
Lower-level , Fox 012
Be sure to come to the shop with ample time to set up your work, receive assistance, complete your work, and clean up.

22. Fox Building: Model Shop
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Wednesday 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Thursday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Friday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During Shop Hours, you must check in with the Shop Tech on duty before using any tools or equipment in the shop.
The Shops are open to all MICA students.
Fourth Floor, F405
Be sure to come to the shop with ample time to set up your work, receive assistance, complete your work, and clean up.

23. Studio Center: Satellite Wood Shop
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Wednesday 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Friday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Sunday 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
During Shop Hours, you must check in with the Shop Tech on duty before using any tools or equipment in the shop.
The Shops are open to all MICA students.
First floor
Be sure to come to the shop with ample time to set up your work, receive assistance, complete your work, and clean up.

24. Jewelry Center Technician
Beth Pohlman
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25. Jewelry Center
WHEN?
WHAT?
WHO?
WHERE?
Monitored studio hours are: Monday 4- 6:30, Tuesday & Wednesday 2-6:30, Thursday 12-6:30, Saturday 1-6, & Sunday 11-6
A complete jewelry and silversmithing studio
Only students currently enrolled in a class at the Jewelry Center can use the studio
We are an off-campus studio located in Woodberry next to the Light Rail stop

26. Sculptural Forms Technician: 15/ 15
Judy Stone
mica.edu

27. 15/15: Sculptural Forms
WHEN?
WHAT?
  WHO?
WHERE?
Mon 4-9pm,Tues 5-9pm, Wed 3-10:30 pm, Thurs CLOSED, Fri 4-9pm, Sat 12-5, and
Sun12-5
Handheld wood working tools,  plaster mold making , wood drilling shop tools, wood sanding shop tools
 Any student enrolled in a section of Sculptural Forms
 2nd Floor, Room 201

28. Additional Resources Gateway Studio Center
Floors 4 & 6 Spray Booths- for community use 24/7
Studio Center
Floor 3 Spray Booth- for community use
Satellite Wood Shop

29. Building Access and Hours
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