Office of Environmental Health & Safety
Denelle Bowser, Manager 410.462.7593
Firehouse, 2nd floor
www.mica.edu/ehs
STUDENT’S RESOURCE GUIDE
FOR EQUIPMENT & SPACE USE
Know the Answers to…
 Who do I contact for questions related to safety, a process,
or chemicals?
 Who is the Studio Technician/ Studio Manger for the
Department?
 Where can I create art safely at MICA?
 When can I access the studios when class is not in session to
do homework?
 What are the activities I can perform safely in the studios?
Use of MICA’s Equipment & Tools
 Who should I ask, if I am unsure about how to
use a specific chemical, tool, or piece of
equipment?
 Faculty
 Teacher’s Intern (TI)
 Studio Technician or Studio Manager
 Environmental Health & Safety Manager
Introduction to MICA’s
Technicians and Studio
Mangers
MICA’s Studio Technicians & Studio Managers
Know the Answers!
 Just ask them
Fiber Technician:
Station
Mt. Royal
Kendra Hebel
 klhebel@yahoo.com
 410-225-2218
Fiber Technician:
Station
Mt. Royal
Michelle EdwardsLongway
 medwardslongway@m
ica.edu
 410-225-2218
Mt. Royal Station: Fiber Dept.
•WHEN?
•WHAT?
 Mon 1:00-6pm, Tues 10-12:30, Wed 11-3, 3-6
Thus 4pm-8pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 12noon-3
 Felting, cloque vat with lye, wax batik- dye
room, screen printing, sowing and industrial
machines -S206 ,S101, S105, exposing screens
–dark room, computer aided embroidery,
patternmaking, and quilting- B390, S200, S205

• WHO?
•WHERE?
Students currently enrolled or within the past
year can ask for permission
 2nd Floor
Interdisciplinary Sculpture
Technician: Mt. Royal Station
Ben Lock
 block@mica.edu
 410-225-2275
Mt. Royal Station: Metal Shop
•WHEN?

Sun. 12 pm-7:30 pm, Mon. 10 am-12:30 am, Tues. 10
am-10 pm, Wed. 9-5 pm & 7 am-12 am, Thurs. 9
am-8:30 pm, Fri. 9 am-9 pm, Sat. 10 am-8 pm
•WHAT?

Abrasive blasting, metal grinding & polishing ,
outside torching and heating guns, powered carving
& chipping of stone/cement- train platform,
ceramic shell mold making- (silica) shell room, wax
melting- wax room, metal melting and castingfoundry, paint removal- spray booths, welding &
metal work, soldering metal shop, aerosol spraying
-spray booth, arts acrylic airbrushing- any studio,
power spraying- spray booth, metals, arts plastic
resin casing- resin room, wood work
• WHO?

Students who have taken intro to sculpture or metal
fabrication/casting procedures, and currently
enrolled in those classes

1st Floor Metal Shop
•WHERE?
Graduate Rinehart Technician:
Mt. Royal Station
Ben Kelley
 bkelly@mica.edu
 410-225-2271
Mt. Royal Station:
Rinehart
•WHEN?
 Open 24/ 7
•WHAT?
 Paint removal, aerosol spraying -
spray booth, torching and heating
guns, power spraying, wood
working, metal working
•WHO?
 Students currently enrolled in the
Rinehart Program
•WHERE?
 1st Floor, Graduate Studio
Art Tech Center Technician
Zbigniew Zukowski (Biz)
 zzukowski@mica.edu
 410.462.7597
Art Tech Center
 WHEN?
 WHAT?

Monday –Thursday 10AM – 8PM
Friday 10AM – 4PM
Saturday 12PM – 6PM
Sunday 12PM – 4PM
 2D Printing, 3D printing,
Laser cutting and engraving,
textile printing, vinyl cutting.
 WHO?
 Anyone in classes or Majors
 WHERE?
 1208 W. Mt. Royale Ave.
2nd and 3rd floor
Printmaking Technician:
Dolphin
Kyle Van Horn
 kvanhorn@mica.edu
 410-225-2318
Dolphin Building: Printmaking
 WHEN?
 WHAT/ WHERE?
 7 am- 2am
 1st floor: Etching Studio- (acid
room, Spray Room, grounds hot
plate, resin aquatint box, inks,
solvents) Lithography- (heavy
stones, straight acid, ink, and
solvents).
 2nd Floor: Silkscreen Studio-
(acrylic inks, water-based
solvents) Letterpress- (Lead
type, inks, solvents)
 WHO?
 Anyone in classes or Majors
Photography Studio Manager:
Main Building
Jonathan Trundle
 jtrundle@mica.edu
 410-225-2400
Main Building:
Photography
 WHEN?
 Sunday - Thursday 9:00am – 11:00pm
 WHAT?
 Black and white film photography, color film
 WHO?
 Students currently enrolled in a Photography class
 WHERE?
Friday and Saturday 9:00am – 10:00pm
photography, alternative processes in photography,
black and white film processing area, digital work lab,
digital print lab, print finishing room.
 Main Building Basement (street level entrance)
Ceramics Technician: Fox Building
Sarah Barnes
 sbarnes@mica.edu
 410-225-2251
Fox Building:
Ceramic Department
•WHEN?

Open during Fox building hours: 7am-2am M-F and
8am-3am Sat. and Sundays) (24 hours at the end of
the semester) Closed Fridays 3:30-5:30pm for
regular cleaning
•WHAT?

Clay dry mixing- clay room, loading, firing,
unloading- kiln room , spray glaze- spray booth,
throwing & hand building -main studio,
atmospheric firing techniques -Buddha area,
casting & slip mixing- casting area, glazing mixing,
dry chemicals- glaze area, chemical
storage/inventory- supply closet

Students currently enrolled in a Ceramics class
(work-study only in the supply closet)

Lower-level
•WHO?
•WHERE?
Wood Shop & Model Shop
Technician: Fox Building
Ryan Hoover
 rhoover@mica.edu
 410-225-4233
Fox Building:
•WHEN?
Wood Shop
 Monday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM, Tuesday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM, Wednesday closed,
Thursday 3:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Friday
closed, Saturday 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM,
Sunday 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
•WHAT?
 Woodworking equipment
•WHO?
 The Shops are open to all MICA students
•WHERE?
 Lower-level , Fox 012
Be sure to come to the shop with ample time
to set up your work, receive assistance,
complete your work, and clean up.
Fox Building:
Model Shop
•WHEN?

Wednesday 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Thursday 10:00 AM
- 3:00 PM, Friday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
•WHAT?

During Shop Hours, you must check in with the
Shop Tech on duty before using any tools or
equipment in the shop.
•WHO?

The Shops are open to all MICA students.

Fourth Floor, F405
•WHERE?
Be sure to come to the shop with ample time to set up
your work, receive assistance, complete your work,
and clean up.
Studio Center: Satellite Wood Shop
•WHEN?
•WHAT?
 Wednesday 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Friday 12:00
PM - 5:00 PM, Sunday 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 During Shop Hours, you must check in with the
Shop Tech on duty before using any tools or
equipment in the shop.
•WHO?
•WHERE?
 The Shops are open to all MICA students.
 First floor
Be sure to come to the shop with ample time to
set up your work, receive assistance, complete
your work, and clean up.
Jewelry Center Technician
Beth Pohlman
 beth.pohlman@gmail.
com
 410-235-5871
Jewelry Center
WHEN?
 Monitored studio hours are: Monday 4-
6:30, Tuesday & Wednesday 2-6:30,
Thursday 12-6:30, Saturday 1-6, &
Sunday 11-6
WHAT?
 A complete jewelry and silversmithing
studio
 Only students currently enrolled in a
WHO?
WHERE?
class at the Jewelry Center can use the
studio
 We are an off-campus studio located in
Woodberry next to the Light Rail stop
Sculptural Forms Technician:
15/ 15
Judy Stone
 sculpturalformstech@
mica.edu
 410.225.2492
15/15:
•WHEN?
•WHAT?
Sculptural Forms
 Mon 4-9pm,Tues 5-9pm, Wed 3-10:30 pm,
Thurs CLOSED, Fri 4-9pm, Sat 12-5, and
Sun12-5
 Handheld wood working tools, plaster
mold making , wood drilling shop tools,
wood sanding shop tools
• WHO?
•WHERE?

Any student enrolled in a section of
Sculptural Forms

2nd Floor, Room 201
Additional Resources
 Gateway
 Floors 4 & 6 Spray Booths- for community use 24/7
 Studio Center
 Floor 3 Spray Booth- for community use
 Satellite Wood Shop
Building Access and Hours
http://www.mica.edu/News/Fall_2010_Building
_Hours_Transportation_Information_and_Di
ning_Hours.html