College of the Arts
The Art of Building:
Creating an Arts District at Kennesaw State
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The Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center |
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Music Building |
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Joe Mack Wilson Building |
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Entrance to Stillwell Theater |
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The Visual Arts Building |
The arts are thriving at Kennesaw State University, which now has an area of campus devoted only to the teaching and presenting of music, theatre and performance studies, dance and visual arts. Located north of Cartersville Road, the Arts District is easily accessible from Frey Road via Campus Loop Road.
At the west end of Cartersville Road, visitors will encounter the Music Building, which was renovated in the 1980s. It houses music classrooms, a music technology classroom, studios, practice rooms and the Music Recital Hall.
Adjacent to it is the Joe Mack Wilson Building, which was constructed in the 1990s. It is home to numerous classrooms, music studios, a theatre technology classroom, and the offices of the Dean of the College of the Arts, the Department of Music and the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies. The Wilson Building also houses the Fine Arts Gallery, Howard Logan Stillwell Theater and the Studio Theater.
Behind the Wilson Building, is the recently completed Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center, which includes 3,600 square-foot music rehearsal hall, a 600-seat concert hall and the first gallery of the proposed Art Museum. Learn more>
At the east end of Cartersville Road, visitors will find the Visual Arts Building, which opened in 2001. The award-winning building houses classrooms, computer graphics labs, the Department of Visual Arts office, and studios for painting, drawing, ceramics, photography and printmaking, as well as a large outdoor sculpture studio.
Other arts facilities on campus include a dance rehearsal studio in the Gym, an art gallery in the Horace W. Sturgis Library and the Legacy Gazebo Amphitheater, where the Starlight Summer Concert Series is presented. The entire campus also boasts a large collection of outdoor sculpture for students and the community to enjoy.
Future construction is planned to enhance these existing facilities. In 2008, the university began construction of an addition to the Wilson Building located between that building and the Performance Hall. The addition will include a large black box theater, music studios and practice rooms. Learn more>
Meanwhile, Phase II of the Art Museum is being designed while funding is being raised the 27,500 square-foot facility will be funded entirely by private gifts. It will house several galleries and a multipurpose classroom. It will also provide a home for the university's growing Permanent Collection of Art.
Also, the university will need to construct an addition to the Visual Arts Building in the coming years.
Click the link below to find out how you can help grow and maintain this vibrant Arts District.