The Visual Communications program is part of the Department of Art and all Visual Communications students have access to all department facilities on campus. Most Visual Communications courses are held in Recitation Hall, on the campus of Old College (north of main campus). Most Fine Art courses are held in the Studio Arts building which is a two minute walk from Old College and Recitation Hall. Photography labs and Founation Art studios are located in Taylor Hall. The University's main art gallery is in the Old College Building.

Recitation Hall

		Recitation Hall is where the majority of Visual Communications' courses are held. This building also contains a state-of-the-art Macintosh lab, photography studio, art gallery, and is the home of the department of Fine Arts and Visual Communications main office. The building was originally designed by Furness, Evans Company of Philadelphia, built by Joseph T. Willis in 1892 and extensively remodeled in 1995.
Courtesy of the University of Delaware Library Postcard Collection.

Raven Press

Raven Press is a fully functional letterpress printing facility located in the Studio Arts building near Old College campus at the University of Delaware. The press was created by Ray Nichols and Bill Deering and by generous donations from all over the country.

The press is currently maintained and directed by Professors Bill Deering and Ashley Pigford from the department of Fine Arts and Visual Communications and is available for use by all University of Delaware students following appropriate training.

Student training sessions are held in the beginning of each semester, attendance of a training session is required to gain access to the press and students are never allowed to work alone.

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Studio Arts Building

The Studio Arts Building is a new 35,000 sq. ft. facility built to provide state-of-the-art studios for sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, and is the home of Raven Press.

Taylor Hall

		Taylor Hall was built around 1882 as the men's gymnasium for Delaware College. The building was remodeled to contain a swimming pool and re-opened in 1928, named for Alexander J. Taylor, who had been a major factor in the campaign to remodel the gym and then volunteered his services as an engineer to supervise its construction. The building was extensively remodeled in 1995. Courtesy of the University of Delaware History by John A. Munroe.
Taylor Hall contains the department of Fine Art and Visual Communications' photographic darkrooms, foundation art studios and various fine art studios.

Old College

		The University of Delaware traces its beginnings to 1743 when the Reverend Mr. Francis Alison opened a school for boys at New London, Pennsylvania, which later relocated to Newark and became Newark Academy. The trustees of Newark Academy desired to establish the first degree-granting college in the State of Delaware, and eventually monies raised from a State lottery paid for the first building.
Then called Newark College and known today simply as “Old College,” the building was erected in 1833-34. It was the school’s only facility for over fifty years, and contained the oratory, recitation rooms, faculty and student housing, dining room, and library. Old College is the home of the main University Art Gallery, Art History and many faculty offices.
Postcard image originally published by George A. Wolf (firm), Wilmington, Del. [1902-1907] Courtesy of the University of Delaware Library Postcard Collection.