Our Spaces - KK

As a student in the Corcoran, you have the opportunity to use innovative spaces to create your art, both as a part of class and outside of it. From specialty studios, labs and spaces, you can explore and push the limits of your creativity.

OUR SPACES

FLAGG BUILDING THEATRE & DANCE MUSIC SMITH HALL OF ART MUSEUM STUDIES

 

 

The Flagg Building at 500 17th Street NW in Washington, D.C.

Exterior, Flagg Building

Rorschach Theatre’s annual "Klecksography" event, hosted at the Corcoran, featured live performances of seven new short plays in the Flagg Building's beautiful rotunda on February 10, 2024. The shows were inspired by a single piece of visual art from the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. Photographs by Ryan Maxwell.

Rorschach Theatre’s annual "Klecksography" event, hosted at the Corcoran, featured live performances of seven new short plays in the Flagg Building's beautiful rotunda on February 10, 2024. The shows were inspired by a single piece of visual art from the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. Photographs by Ryan Maxwell.

Art is all around GW’s campus, from the Flagg Building to the Betts Theater. Here, dance student Aaron Mancus performs in Kogan Plaza. Corcoran’s dance program, with studios in Building J, trains students to tell their own story through movement.

Interior, Flagg Building

Lighting Studio, Flagg Building

North Atrium, Flagg Building

Mantle Room, Flagg Building

Salon Dore, Corcoran's 18th-Century French Period Room

Grand Staircase, Flagg Building

Book Arts - Letter Press Studio, Flagg Building

Ceramics - Hand Building Room, Flagg Building

Ceramics Wheel Room, Flagg Building

Clay Mixing Room, Flagg Building

Corcoran students get hands-on experience, including in the Etching-Lithography Studio in the Flagg Building. Students also have access to dance and music studios, wood and ceramic studios, fabrication labs, and more.

Glaze Hall, Flagg Building

Kiln Room, Flagg Building

Painting Studio. Flagg Building

Screenprinting Studio, Flagg Building

Wood Shop, Flagg Building

Classroom - Multipurpose Music Space, Phillips B-109

Electronic Computer Music Studio, Phillips B-111

Percussion Studio, Phillips B-160

Digital Lab, Smith 2A03

Students have access to a variety of resources, no matter their discipline. GW’s Wide Image Printing Lab in Smith Hall supports digital print projects.

Photography Classroom/Darkroom, Smith 214B

Drawing Studio, Smith 401B

Digital Lab, Smith 405

As part of the Studio Arts program, students process images in the Photography Classroom/Darkroom in Smith Hall. Students are encouraged to extend themselves beyond their comfort zones, redefine practices and prepare for creative pursuits after graduation.

Dance Studio, University Student Center (Foggy Bottom)

The Hammer Auditorium provides a space for performances and gatherings at the Flagg Building.

From acting, to design, to management, the Corcoran’s theatre program helps students understand each part of a successful production. Students get hands-on experience with theatrical techniques, including in the Costume Shop in Samson Hall, pictured here.

Theatre & Dance Blackbox Theater, Building XX (Foggy Bottom)

Intersectionality exhibition in the Rotunda of the Flagg Building. Art shown is by Asser Saint-Val, "The Philosopher's Stone," 2018. Multi-sensory interactive installation with helium sculpture.

Intersectionality exhibition performance in the Flagg Building, 2018.

The historic Flagg Building has a variety of spaces for students and visitors, including the Clark Wing, seen here.

Room 222, an interior architecture classroom, in the historic Flagg Building.

NEXT student exhibition, 2010.

2018 NEXT Exhibition. Student Josh Dalton's "Dark Matter."

Corcoran student art in the 2018 NEXT Exhibition. Shown: "For As Long As I Live, My Life is Devoted to Freedom" by Areej Itayem.

New Media Photojournalism master's student Margaret Wroblewski looks at prints in a Flagg classroom.

Flagg B105: Clay Mixing Room in the historic Flagg Building.

Clean Fab Lab in the historic Flagg Building.

B124: Risograph Studio / Printmaking Flex Space in the historic Flagg Building.

Art History Professor Cristin Sethi's class visits the Avenir Center of the George Washington University on the Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, Virginia.

Samson Hall (Costume Shop), 1st Floor, 2036 H St NW

Smith Hall of Art (Programs of Fine Arts, Art History & Gallery 102), 801 22nd Street, NW.

Building J, Dance Studio, 2131 G Street NW

Academic Center - Rome Hall, Phillips Hall & Smith Hall of Art, 801 22nd Street, NW

Building XX, Program of Theatre & Dance, 814 20th Street, NW (3rd Floor)

 

USING OUR SPACES

All students must follow GW's Covid-19 safety protocols and be cleared to be granted access to the buildings. You must wear a mask the entire time you are in the studios and sign in is required.

Please note that using our spaces requires that you be a currently registered Corcoran student, training before use, and are contingent on class schedules. If you have any questions, contact corcorantechsgwu [dot] edu (corcorantechs[at]gwu[dot]edu) or check the open studio calendars for real time updates.

Please consult individual studio schedules to see availability.

Helpful Links

Forms for Faculty

• Equipment/Facility Report
• Supplies Request Form
• Training Form
• Request Software for Labs Form
• Model Request Form
• Crit & Class Project Reservation Form

Studio Staff

Kaitlin Jencso, Studio Manager / Instructional Technologist, Lens-Based Media
Abby Bender, Instructional Technologist, Scene Shop
Joe Bradley, Instructional Technologist, Ceramics
Caroline Casey, Studio Technician, 2D
Alessandra Echeverri, Instructional Technologist, Printmaking
James Huckenpahler, Instructional Technologist, Digital Coordinator
Daniel Jonas, Instructional Technologist, Wood and Metal
Nat Lewis, Studio Technician, 3D

Send your message to lewis_corcorangwu [dot] edu (corcorantechs[at]gwu[dot]edu), the entire studio staff will see your message and the right person will get back to you.

STUDENTS ALSO WORK/INTERN/TAKE CLASSES AT:

Chorus America / DC Jazz Festival / Gallagher & Associates / The Kennedy Center / Library of Congress / The National Air and Space Museum / National Endowment for the Arts / National Portrait Gallery / NPR / PBS / S. Dillon Ripley Center / Shakespeare Theatre Company / Smithsonian Institution / Washington Concert Opera / The White House