Health and Safety Manual and Other Safety Procedures

The Health and Safety Office has prepared a manual to educate faculty and students about the potential hazards of many different art-making practices. The manual provides information on toxic materials, and studio and equipment guidelines. There is an on-line version of the health and safety handbook available at the link below. Students have the responsibility to familiarize themselves with this manual in order to ensure their personal safety as well as the safety of other students, staff and visitors.

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To ensure the safety of the MassArt community a safety review is required for all exhibitions and installations in public areas such as hallways, lobbies, stairwells, sidewalks and courtyards. Artists intending to use these areas should obtain a "Public Space Use Form" from the Exhibitions Office (South Hall) or Administrative Services Office ( Tower 4th Floor ) and submit it for review at least ten days prior to the start of the exhibition or installation.

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are kept on file in the Administrative Services Office and are available for students who wish to obtain further information on a particular product, solvent, or chemical used at the College. Duplicate copies of MSDSs specific to a particular course of study are kept on file in certain studios (Ceramics, Metals, Painting, Printmaking, Film, Photography, Fibers, SIM and the Foundry). The Studio Manager should be consulted for access and information on these.

The College's Health and Safety Officer (William Jordan) has more than twenty-five years of experience in operating safety programs in the academic environment. He has assembled an extensive library of safety literature and internet safety sites that is available upon request. For further information he may be contacted by phone: 617-879-7939 or e-mail: wjordan@massart.edu.