I'm intending to go to a LAC on the east coast and major in studio art so maybe I can help?
It seems studio art is a really hard thing to judge in LACs until you actually visit the campus, look at the facilities, look at the artwork students are producing, talk to professors in person, find out what kind of funding the department has, how often students display work in a gallery setting, research course offerings, etc...
If you are expecting the kind of facilities a stand alone art school can provide, it's possible you may be disappointed. I was a little (I'm transferring from an art school), although I've only actually seen the facilities at one school recommended to me in the beginning of my search, which I ended up not even applying to.
One of my old threads might help you as far as getting a few colleges to use as a starting point:
liberal arts (and other not stand-alone art) schools in the northeast
One thing to note, though, is that many of these liberal art colleges cost just as much as the art schools.... as momrath mentioned, you've got to figure out what kind of financial aid different schools can provide, and what you're eligible for.