The Project Lab is an experimental classroom space that focuses on social practice projects, semester-long sculptural projects, and materials investigations. This flexible, 1000-square foot lab includes a small-scale publication studio, a collection of student-produced books and zines (The Library of Tactical Knowledge), sewing equipment, and a DIY fiber and textiles dye lab.
Equipment:
- Basic tool cart
- Video monitor
- Mac computer work station
- Bookbinding machine
- Sewing machines
- Storage shelves
- Rolling tables
Courses run out of The Project Lab have included:
- ART 25: Graphic Novel
- ART 136: Advanced Sculpture: Radical Wearables
- ART 163: Social Practice: Critical Site and Context
- ARCH 2019/ART 209: Borderwall Urbanism (Spring 2018)
- HUM 295/ANTHRO 196: Tres Hornos: Earthen Ovens and Foodways of the Southwest (Spring 2022)
Location: Room 178 Bauer Wurster Hall
Faculty Organizer: Stephanie Syjuco, Associate Professor
The Library of Tactical Knowledge is a basic publication studio with a growing collection of artist and student-produced zines and booklets.