Visual Arts Facilities

When asked, many teachers and students say that this is their favorite space at Winsor. It was the attic of the original school building when Winsor moved from Back Bay to our current location. This lovely, spacious studio is fully updated yet retains the character of the original school building; it is flooded with natural light from skylights and its distinctive and original leaded glass window. Upper School drawing and painting classes are taught here, and AP students are each assigned their own space in this studio for the year. This is the studio that advanced art students call home.

This studio features beautiful open space with natural light from skylights above the workspaces. Students make use of a slab rolller and table tops for hand building, as well as 12 pottery wheels for throwing. Here sculpture students work with a range of additive and subtractive processes and a variety of media including clay, plaster, wire, and found objects. Lower School general art classes are also taught in this studio.

This large open and airy space is affectionately called the “small studio.” In this studio, students engage in drawing, painting, printmaking, digital art, and animation. Tall windows and skylights flood this space with natural light that is wonderful for observational drawing, and extra modular lighting allows students to adjust their compositions or carefully control shadows for recording animations.This studio is adjacent to our kiln room where students can see ceramic work loaded and unloaded.

The computer lab is a multi-pourpose room where Digital Photography and Film and Video are taught; it doubles as a lighting studio. It features several large monitors for student use, as well as a green backdrop for green screen projects, and a variety of backdrops for studio photography.

The darkroom features a classroom space, a separate area for processing film, and a darkroom for printing with 12 enlarger stations. Students have access to 35 mm and medium-format cameras and professional lighting equipment. Students also have the opportunity to study alternative processes, such as cyanotype.