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In 2019, the College of Visual Arts and Design celebrated the grand opening of its new and renovated $70 million building — one of the most technologically advanced art facilities in the world.

The expanded and renovated four-story art building provides a world-class space for the college's unique resources and award-winning programs in art education, art history, design and studio arts. The cutting-edge facility offers students access to and instruction in the latest digital fabrication tools, 3D scanners, 3D printers, computer numerical control routers, laser cutters and engravers, plasma cutters and water jet cutters. The 238,000-square-foot building's open concept inspires creativity and encourages people to stay, sit and collaborate. Sky bridges and wide hallways offer plenty of light and space for pop-up exhibitions. Floor-to-ceiling windows bring the outdoors inside and reveal the creative work happening in classrooms.

  • View of the UNT Art Building from Mulberry Street, with Welch Street to the left, showing landscaped walkways and large windows into the CVAD Galleries print storage room.
  • View of the UNT Art Building's eastern facade showing brown bricks, windows and landscaping.
  • View of the UNT Art Building's southside facade and its eastern corner showing brown bricks, windows and landscaping.
  • South facade of the UNT Art Building featuring Einstein Bros. Bagels on the first floor, tan brick architecture and a red outdoor sculpture.
  • South facade of the UNT Art Building featuring Einstein Bros. Bagels on the first floor, tan brick architecture and a red outdoor sculpture.
  • Grand staircase inside the UNT Art Building featuring wide brick steps, stainless steel railings and a second-floor bridge overlooking the main entrance across from the CVAD Gallery.
  • The UNT Art Building's grand staircase with brick steps, stainless steel railings and a second-floor bridge. A person walks up the stairs while others cross the open lobby below.
  • Third-floor hallway outside the Gloria and Bruzzy Westheimer Texas Fashion Collection Research Gallery, with a glass display of historic garments, students working inside and two students walking down the corridor.
  • Third-floor student workspace outside the CVAD Fabrication Lab with collaborative tables, an open stairway and students walking, studying and working throughout the space.
  • Third-floor student workspace outside the CVAD Fabrication Lab with collaborative tables, an open stairway and students walking, studying and working throughout the space.
  • Interior of The Ray and Georgia Gough Design Research Space with bookshelves, study tables and floor-to-ceiling windows, where students collaborate with design resources and campus views in the background.
  • Students work at printing presses and large worktables in the second-floor Printmaking Lab of the UNT Art Building, a spacious studio equipped for printmaking processes.
  • The Paul Voertman Gallery on the first floor of the UNT Art Building features undergraduate student artwork displayed on gallery walls and pedestals in a spacious, two-story exhibition space as visitors explore the exhibition.
  • Evening view of the north facade of the UNT Art Building, with illuminated windows, distinctive concrete sunshades, a glass connector and landscaped walkways beneath a twilight sky.
  • Courtyard of the UNT Art Building featuring the east facade with a large outdoor projection screen, glass-walled studios, landscaped walkways and students crossing the plaza.
  • CVAD Gallery collection storage room with compact movable art storage cabinets, flat-file shelving and the art registrar assisting a student with stored artwork.
  • Students examine prints in flat-file drawers inside the CVAD Galleries study room, featuring large worktables and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Welch Street east of the UNT Art Building.
  • Visitors explore an exhibition inside the CVAD Gallery at the UNT Art Building, viewing paintings, prints and sculptures displayed in the spacious, light-filled gallery.
  • Interior of the CVAD Gallery at the UNT Art Building, featuring paintings and sculpture displayed in a spacious, light-filled exhibition gallery with movable walls and a view toward the entrance.
  • New Media Art laboratory, known as the CAVE, with floor-to-ceiling projection screens, multiple ceiling-mounted projectors and an adjacent office for the visual arts technician.
  • Fourth-floor CVAD Conference Room with a long meeting table, lounge seating, artwork and large windows overlooking Welch Street on the east side of the UNT Art Building.
  • Students work on laptops at window-facing study counters on the third floor of the UNT Art Building, overlooking the south courtyard. Similar study areas are located throughout the building.
  • A visual arts technician and a student monitor a CNC router in the UNT Art Building's Fabrication Lab as the machine cuts material for a project.
  • Students work on hands-on projects in a flexible studio classroom equipped with large worktables, specialized equipment and open storage in the UNT Art Building.