<P> Occasionally, first - year Art students living a significant distance from the school's campus are granted shared studio spaces for storage . Because most freshman students choose to live in the Cooper Union Residence Hall immediately across the street, this exception is rarely justified . </P> <P> Because each discipline of fine art requires specific equipment and conditions, the School of Art maintains 20 workrooms dedicated to the production of specific media, in both the Foundation Building and 41 Cooper Square . </P> <Ul> <Li> The School of Art's two Computer Studios are state - of - the - art computing facilities in 41 Cooper Square which provide classroom and lab space for students and faculty to produce and present digital work . They feature 40 Xeon - based Mac Pro workstations for student use, along with professional grade scanning, imaging, and printing devices for archival, large - format printing, film production, video editing, and audio production . These studios are often used as classrooms for Graphic Design and Computer Animation courses . Additional production equipment including audio recording interfaces, digital cameras, and microphones are available for student rental through the interdisciplinary audio / visual department . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The School of Art's two Computer Studios are state - of - the - art computing facilities in 41 Cooper Square which provide classroom and lab space for students and faculty to produce and present digital work . They feature 40 Xeon - based Mac Pro workstations for student use, along with professional grade scanning, imaging, and printing devices for archival, large - format printing, film production, video editing, and audio production . These studios are often used as classrooms for Graphic Design and Computer Animation courses . Additional production equipment including audio recording interfaces, digital cameras, and microphones are available for student rental through the interdisciplinary audio / visual department . </Li>

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