The Woldenberg Art Center is home to the Newcomb Art Department's Studio Art undergraduate and graduate programs.
All Studio Art facilities and supplies are reserved solely for students enrolled in those disciplines' classes each semester.
Ceramics includes large general studio workrooms as well as specialized clay, glaze and plaster mixing rooms, critique/computer and kiln rooms. The Digital Ceramics Lab is a collaboration between the School of Architecture and the Newcomb Art Department and includes two Potterbot Super 10 XLs and a pug mill. The Digital Arts studio includes 14 workstations with the latest software, 5 scanners, along with medium and large format printers. Glass houses both a hot and cold shop, as well as a steel fabrication area. Painting and Drawing maintains four large classrooms with entire walls of natural north light and color-balanced lighting overhead. Photography includes an advanced digital imaging room with an Imacon film scanner and 44" inkjet printer, a computer lab with the latest software and large format inkjet printers, graduate and main darkrooms, lighting studio, and an equipment cage. The Lighting Studio & Critique Space includes a light table for photographing objects, as well as a seamless backdrop system with multiple interchangeable paper backgrounds. Printmaking has facilities for intaglio, lithography and silkscreen as well as its own darkroom. Sculpture houses a metal fabrication area, mixed media space, digital fabrication capabilities, and space for installation and performance. The department also has a 3D Fabrication shop containing a wood shop, CNC router, laser cutter, and 3D printer.
The Carroll Gallery serves as the exhibition space of the Newcomb Art Department, dedicated to student and faculty exhibitions, providing opportunities for showing new student work in addition to regular thesis exhibitions, as well as occasional shows of contemporary regional artists.