![SoVA student working on adding black fabric to her metal sculpture.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_1280xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_SoVA_Sculpture3-1.jpg)
All sculpture students have 24-hour access to the general work areas in the School of Visual Arts Sculpture Studio. B.F.A. and M.F.A. students have personal studio spaces which are also accessible 24-hours a day. The sculpture area is adjacent to the Visual Arts Building's Wood & Metal Shop which is maintained by a staff of technicians and provides industrial-quality wood and metal fabrication facilities.
The Sculpture Studio includes:
- private graduate and undergraduate studios
- open work area with overhead garage door access
- CAD equipped computer lab with digital projector
- plaster-working area
- wax-working area
- ceramic shell room
- welding and metal fabrication room
- foundry for pouring brown and aluminum in bonded sand and ceramic shell molds
- photo documentation area
- gallery space for small exhibitions and/or installations
- outdoor courtyard with work space and vehicle access
In process and in-situ
Student and alumni sculptures under construction and around campus.
![SoVA student drilling a hole into a metal base of her sculpture.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_11.jpg)
![SoVA student sanding a wooden frame edge of a white-tiled sculpture base.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_09.jpg)
![SoVa student discussing his metal sculpture with his professor.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_06.jpg)
![SoVA student artwork of an outdoor metal framed sculpture installation covered in clear plastic. Inside is a molded container with small bright-colored flags.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_08.jpg)
![SoVa students placing clear plastic on top of and around their metal-framed sculpture installation in studio.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_07jpg.jpg)
!['Transmogrification' metal sculpture by SoVA student Haven Tucker, showcasing birds releasing into flight.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_05.jpg)
![SoVA student artwork of an outdoor sculpture of four hands signing a word.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_04.jpg)
![SoVA student artwork of an outdoor sculpture of a tree with vibrant color leaves and a textured tree trunk.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_03.jpg)
![Entrance into the SoVA Sculpture Studio space inside the Visual Arts building at Penn State University Park campus.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_02.jpg)
!['We Are' Sculpture by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist and Penn State alumnus Jonathan Cramer, located at the Penn State University Park campus.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_sculpture_gallery_01.jpg)