丹尼尔·威尔逊

2023年6月30日

博彩平台的艺术学生期待着拥有一个全新的空间来想象、设计、制作和展示他们的作品。

6月28日，艺术与文学学院的新设施破土动工，该设施将取代老化的艺术雕塑实验室（ASL）。 The new building is expected to open for the Fall 2024 semester and will be between the existing ASL and the ASI Children’s Center.

“We are digging into a future where the children in that child care center, who are now playing with Play-Doh and coloring with Crayons, can get their education as artists,” Arts and Letters Dean Sheree Meyer said during the groundbreaking.

About 70 members of the campus community, along with dignitaries and media, attended the event, which featured jazz music, a 校园艺术导览, and a virtual reality experience where attendees could explore the new building in 3D.

“ASL is loved by faculty and students alike. It has an important history, and so much has been created there,” Art Department Chair Rachel Clarke said. “We are sad to say goodbye, but it is time to move to a new space, which is actually a huge opportunity for the future. It's a new chapter, where we’ll be able to build on what we’ve already accomplished.”

艺术雕塑实验室建于1951年，最初是一个由加州鱼类和野生动物部门管理的仓库。 囊状态 acquired the building in 1971 and used it for the Art department’s undergraduate and graduate Studio Art programs. 该部门在接下来的几十年里不断发展和发展空间，但随着课程的推进，建筑变得越来越不足。

到2016年，在寻求国家艺术与设计学院协会的重新认证时，该建筑被发现需要进行重大翻新，以满足地震、可达性和其他要求，并进行现代化改造，以纠正缺乏适当的供暖和空调等设施。

“When we presented (the cost of renovating the ASL) to the Chancellor's Office, they essentially said, take a look at the cost of a replacement instead of doing that because if they're close, it doesn't make sense to put money into this 60-year-old warehouse,” said Raymond Keck, project manager in Facilities Planning.

Designed by HGA architects with feedback and input from members of the Art department, the new building was approved by the Chancellor’s Office in 2019 and funded by state revenue bonds. The cost is approximately $17 million, and the 20,377-square-foot facility will be built by 位于萨克拉门托的奥托建筑公司, which has a long history with the CSU and 囊状态.

“I think it's a fairly exciting building, just in the fact that it's a little different,” Keck said. “It's been a long road to get here.”

新建筑将包括绘画、素描和雕塑工作室、木材和金属商店、一个专门用于陶瓷窑和其他大型设备的室外覆盖空间、一个室外雕塑庭院、一个大堂公共区域兼作画廊，以及12个研究生工作室。 It will also meet LEED银级标准 and feature several large windows to allow for more natural light.

"I look forward to coming back when we actually cut the ribbon and open this beautiful building for students.” ——加州议员凯文·麦卡蒂

需要额外的资金来更换老化的设备，如陶瓷窑、焊机、炉子、储物柜等。 An endowment campaign aims to “support the future needs of our programs,” Clarke said, with 捐赠者试图为工作室和外部空间以及建筑本身命名.

现有的艺术雕塑实验室将被拆除，并将空间转换为停车场。 Until that happens, there are plans to use it for Engineering during the 新Tschannen工程大楼的建设, which will replace Santa Clara Hall.

除了Meyer和Clarke，在开创性活动上发言的还有行政和商业事务副总裁Jonathan Bowman，建筑和建筑公司的代表，最近的艺术工作室毕业生，以及加州议员Kevin McCarty。

“I know prior students had amazing experiences in this quaint former state Fish and Wildlife building next door, but the future is very bright,” McCarty said. “Hats off to the University for cobbling resources together to make this a reality. I look forward to coming back when we actually cut the ribbon and open this beautiful building for students.”

将于7月退休的萨克州立大学校长罗伯特·s·尼尔森（Robert S. nelson）说，他在2015年受聘时的目标之一就是取代艺术雕塑实验室。

“I said that we would have, before I left, an art sculpture lab, a new one, one that we could all be proud of, one where our students could make great art, one where we could live up to the legacy of the Royal Chicano Air Force” Nelsen said, referring to the 1970 collective that advocated for the Latinx community through art. “And we will have that new building, and we will continue to be the heart of this University.”

Meyer called the breaking of ground symbolic of the 最近对公共艺术的拥抱 and art in general, especially in 加州和当地地区.

“It represents a commitment to the arts, and to the future of the arts, not just at 囊状态, but to 萨克拉门托 as a community,” Meyer said. “It's one piece of that larger dream, but I'm more than happy to take it and I have a great deal of pride in what the Art department has come together to do.”