Students in the Digital Media Art & Design program have several facilities available to them to help them engage, create, and discover their passion. See two of these facilities below for more details about each one.
The MAC Lab
The Mac Lab, located in Sells Hall on the Bristol campus of King University, serves as both a classroom for several DMAD classes as well as a work space for DMAD students. Students in the DMAD program have 24/7 access to the Mac Lab (unless classes are being taught). The Mac Lab includes the following:
- 16 airplay-equipped 27-inch Apple desktop computers
- Two 70-inch flat screen TVs to project work during lectures and critiques
- Each student in the DMAD program has access to the full suite of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite including: Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe Premiere
- Two Epson flatbed scanners: Epson Perfection B30 & V700
- Large format Epson Surecolor P-6000 inkjet printer that is capable of printing in both color and black & white ink and accepts sheet and roll paper to 36 inches wide
- Epson SC-P700 inkjet printer capable of printing in both color and black & white ink and accepts sheet paper and roll paper up to 13 inches wide
- Six Wacom Intuos Pro digital drawing tablets
The Photography Studios
Both Photography Studio A and Studio B are located in the basement of Sells Hall on the Bristol campus of King University and serves as both a classroom for several DMAD classes as well as a work space for DMAD students. Studio A is the largest of the two studios capable of accommodating several people and large products. Studio B is smaller and well suited for a single portraits or small product photography. Students in the DMAD program have 24/7 access to both studios by way of a reservation system. Both studios include the following:
- 27-inch Mac desktop computers set up for tethered shooting with your DSLR camera
- Lighting equipment such as:
- Multiple Alien Bees Flash Head Units (both Digibee & Regular Alien bee) of 400 – 1600 watt power
- Alien Bee ring light flash unit
- Light modifiers such as large, medium, and small-sized soft boxes, snoots, barn doors, beauty dish, reflectors, large diffusers, and gels
- Pocket Wizards, light meters, calibration tools, and gray cards
- Different color background paper and background stands
- C-Stands, travel stands, rolling stands, background stands, a boom stand, etc
- Grip equipment for attaching light modifiers to stands
- In addition to the equipment in the studio, DMAD students also have access to portable lighting kits available for checkout to use for class or personal projects as well as various audio and video recording equipment.
The Sign of the George
The Sign of the George, located in bottom of The Fine Art Building on the Bristol campus of King University in the original location of the King’s Den. The Sign of the George Press was started in the mid-1970’s and used by an English professor at King, George “Pat” Winship. It became a staple on the campus of King University until 1994. The Sign of the George became dormant until 2015 when it was revived by students in the DMAD program for a class project and has been used for hands-on learning since.
The press has been used to create Valentine’s Day cards, Christmas cards, thank you cards, banners, and bookmarks (which can purchased from the Tornado Alley Shoppe on the Bristol campus) as well as posters for a local film festival. Most recently the Sign of the George was used to create and produce invitations for an arts fundraiser by students in the Branding & Identity Design course taught in the DMAD program. The The Sign of the George has the following:
- A Chandler & Price platen press (seen in the image above)
- A table top poster press
- Two large platen presses
- Multiple cases of metal and wood type in multiple sizes and styles
- Letterpress blocks with images set as well as carved
For more information on the Sign of the George, click here.
The Darkroom
The Photography Darkroom space is located on the second floor of White Hall on the Bristol campus of King University. The space was originally used to develop film for experiments in the science building but now the small, light-tight room is used for an elective course DMAD 3000 – B&W Darkroom. The room includes:
- A sink with running water
- Paper washers, paper dryers, and paper safes
- A film drying cabinet
- Film developing equipment such as daylight tanks with spools, graduated cylinders, paper trays, tongs, etc
- Chemicals for developing black & white film
- 3 darkroom enlargers with accessories
For more information about the B&W Darkroom course, click here.