Resource Labs

VICKIE BENSON RESOURCE LAB, ST. PAUL

Hours: 12 noon to 4:00 p.m., Thursday and Friday (by appointment only)

Second floor, 262 University Ave. W., St. Paul, MN 55103 (accessible through the stairs or elevator in the lobby)
phone: (651) 294-0907
email: andy@springboardforthearts.org

The Resource Lab offers individual artists and small organizations access to services and equipment, in an informal, self-directed environment. Artists can use the Lab for artwork documentation, design, digitization and general technical assistance on small projects in the Resource Center during lab hours.

Projects we can assist with include scanning 2D artworks, digitizing slides, negatives and older digital formats (3.5" floppy disks, CD-ROMs), photo documentation for 2D and 3D artworks, product photography for artworks such as jewelry and ceramics, and image sizing and editing.

The following equipment is available:

+ Two iMac 27-inch workstations
+ Adobe Photoshop 2022
+ Epson Expression 11000XL Graphics Arts scanner (large format scanning up to 12.2" x 17.2")
+ Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner (including adapters for scanning 35mm slides, negatives, or medium-format film)
+ NEEWER photo studio light box, 20” x 20”
+ 9' black and white seamless background photo backdrop
+ LED lighting for artwork documentation (camera not included)

Hours are 12 noon to 4:00 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays.

Terms of Service

+ Use of the facilities is offered free of charge, but appointments must be made in advance using the form below.
+ Artists are welcome to use the Resource Lab for short-term projects, such as those described above. We are currently not equipped to offer ongoing assistance or facilities for longer-term projects, such as film editing, exhibition creation or commercial work. If you have any questions about your project needs, please check in with us.
+ In order to ensure as many artists as possible can access the space, artists are asked to limit their use of the Resource Lab to twice a month.

Artists can sign up for photo, Adobe Creative Cloud and other tutorials in the Resource Lab space. Tutorials are not available now, but instructions for signing up for tutorials will be posted to this page shortly.

FERGUS FALLS RESOURCE LAB

Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (drop-in), Monday and Friday by appointment only (email Dominic at the address below)

201 West Lincoln Ave, Fergus Falls, MN 56537
phone: (218) 998-4037
email: dominic@springboardforthearts.org

The Resource Lab is located at Springboard for the Arts' downtown Fergus Falls location on Lincoln Avenue, offering individual artists and small organizations access to services and equipment, in an informal, self-directed environment. No reservation is required for Tuesday through Thursday hours.

+ iMac 27-inch workstation
+ Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office Suite
+ Xerox office printer/scanner (print up to 11" x 17”)
+ Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner (including adapters for scanning 35mm slides, negatives, or medium-format film)
+ Straight-edge paper cutter (up to 15” long)
+ Mini-library of professional development titles

Please read our Resource Lab terms of service here.