Williams Visual Arts Building

Acting as the anchor for the Williams Arts Campus on North Third Street, the Williams Visual Arts Building is a 23,500-square-foot facility dedicated solely to the visual arts.

Lafayette offers visual art students the opportunity to observe and actively participate in the work of their mentors and professors. Open, free-flowing teaching areas are interwoven with art professors’ personal studios. This barrier-less learning environment—augmented by a curriculum that stresses critical, artistic development—offers our students the advantage of developing both a technically proficient skill set and a close, interpersonal relationship with their mentors.

The Third Street Artist-In-Residence Program artist, Isidro Blasco met with students and did a presentation to Professor Eric Heist's Sculpture Class where he discussed his works with both sculpture and photography to explore the spaces around him in thr Williams Visual Arts Building. Here Blasco is seen in a grey T shirt and Heist in wearing a Blue long sleeved shirt. Here Blasco and Heist discus William Karr's project with him

Jim Toia, along with his college students critique students artwork in their drawing class at Williams Visual Arts Building on Tuesday November 16, 2010 4582

Art classes at Lafayette College's Williams Visual Arts Center. Photo by Chuck Zovko.

Works by Chun Wai Liew, associate professor of computer science, and Ed Kerns, Clapp Professor of Art, Grossman Gallery, Williams Visual Arts Building, October 19 through December 11. Liew and Kerns share an interest in recurring natural patterns

Equipped with the latest high-tech tools, the Visual Arts Building holds 3D and large-format inkjet printers, slide and flatbed scanners, and a connection to the Experimental Print Institute, which gives students the ability to review, modify, and print their work on a myriad of canvases.

The building features painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography studios. It also houses Lafayette’s Community-Based Teaching Program and the Grossman Gallery, where exhibitions by visiting artists, Lafayette faculty and students, high school students, and regional artists are complemented by lectures, panel discussions, publications, and workshops.