newell center for arts technology

NCAT Mission

Exploring the intersections among digital technologies and the arts

The Newell Center for Arts Technology exists to enhance the arts curricula and to foster a variety of collaborative, interdisciplinary activities.
In the service of this mission, it provides space, support, and resources for faculty, staff, and students pursuing projects directly tied to the arts curricula.

NCAT Facilities

The NCAT occupies a portion of two floors in the Noble Center on the St. Lawrence Campus. It is comprised of several spaces, including an electronic classroom, a lab, two small project studios, and office and workroom spaces. A second, seminar-sized electronic classroom is planned for a later phase of the building's renovation. Take the tour.

Equipment and support is provided for digital image acquisition, creation, and manipulation; color and large format printing; digital video editing and production; DVD authoring; audio editing and mixing; CD authoring; multimedia production; and web design. NCAT facilities are currently open to students, faculty and staff in arts courses, and to others by special arrangement with the NCAT Director. Use of the project studios is further restricted to advanced students, and access is granted on a semester basis.

The main lab (NC003) is open Sunday through Thursday from 4:00pm till midnight; the lab contains a HelpDesk staffed by students to assist users. Adjacent to the NCAT is the Performance & Communication Arts department's Presentation Studio (NC002), where students can rehearse and videotape oral presentations. This facility is supported by the NCAT, but access privileges are granted by the P&CA faculty.

NCAT Advisory Board

The NCAT Advisory Board is comprised of one faculty or staff member from each of the following departments or programs: Fine Arts, Music, Performance & Communication Arts, the Brush Art Gallery, and Film Studies. The board works with the NCAT staff to guide the development of the NCAT and its program, and to administer its grant programs.