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VRC: front desk
VRC: front desk

Visual Resources Center (VRC)

Visual Arts Complex, Room 310

Welcome! We provide and facilitate access to images, imaging, and related information resources for teaching and research in the Department of Art and Art History. This includes:

  • A departmental image collection and support for other important image resources such as ARTstor
  • Resources, training, and support in digital imaging and image presentation software
  • Equipment for use in creative work, documentation, and classrooms within the department

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Hours

  • Fall and spring semester: M-F, 8:00am – 7:30pm (training and Portfolio Photography Room available by appointment 8:30am – 4:30pm);
  • Summer and Maymester: M-F, 9:00am – 4:00pm (may close for lunch hour; training and Portfolio Photography Room available by appointment 8:30am – 4:00pm)
  • The VRC is CLOSED on school holidays, during fall and spring breaks, and when there are no AAH classes in session. We may be available by advance appointment on weekdays during breaks and between sessions. Please call ahead.

Contact Us
E-mail: aahvrc@colorado.edu
VRC main phone: 303-492-1683
Equipment Room phone: 303-492-1313 (please call the main phone line during summer and breaks)
Need the main Art and Art History office? 303-492-3580

Digital Imaging and Technology Coordinator
Lia Pileggi, 303-735-1640
Contact about appointments for training in scanning and digital imaging; reserving the Portfolio Photography room; and questions regarding VRC-maintained equipment and classrooms.

Director of Visual Resources
Elaine Paul, 303-492-6136
Contact with general questions about the VRC, including image resources; customized orientations and training sessions for your classes; VRC scanning services in support of coursework; and employment opportunities.

Student Assistants  (interested in a VRC job? See our jobs page)
VRC Graduate Assistant: Nicole
VRC/Visiting Artist Graduate Assistant: Nick
Visual Resources Assistants: Colton, Hannah, Mckenna, Sarah, Sierra
Equipment Room Assistants: Andrea, Cameron, Damon, Fredy, Michael, Travis, Will
Document scanning assistants: Andrea, Grace, Karen, Shanna

VRC Access

Faculty Access
Please schedule a brief orientation in the VRC before using the facilities. Following this required orientation, some of our equipment is self-serve for Art and Art History faculty. However, if any training is needed in digital imaging, software, equipment use, etc., please make an appointment in advance with VRC staff. Instructors may request after-hours access to designated equipment for classroom presentations. You will need a Buff OneCard for after-hours access. For information about obtaining a Buff OneCard, call 303-492-0355.

Graduate Student Access
Art and Art History graduate students may use the VRC after the required summer orientation. If you were not present for this session, you must schedule an orientation before using the facilities. Some of our equipment is self-serve for graduate students, but if formal training is needed in digital imaging, software, equipment use, etc., please make an appointment in advance with VRC staff. Graduate students may request after-hours access to designated equipment for classroom presentations. You will need a Buff OneCard for after-hours access. For information about obtaining a Buff OneCard, call 303-492-0355.

Undergraduate Student Access
Undergraduate students enrolled in Art and Art History courses may borrow VRC equipment and DVDs for coursework, but checkout must be conducted by a VRC staff member during regular VRC hours and students must present a Buff OneCard at the time of checkout. If formal training is desired in digital imaging, software, equipment use, etc., please make an appointment in advance with VRC staff.