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NAMING OPTIONS

Honor a loved one or create a legacy for future generations of your family by having an element of the Center for the Arts building named. Naming opportunities are going fast, but remaining opportunities include:

>> Galleries
>> Lobbies
>> Studios

Some elements already named include:

>> Theatre
>> Orchestra Pit
>> Amphitheatre

Additional naming opportunities and more information

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FUTURE LOCATION

At the corner of Main Street and Alumni Mall

Vocal Arts and Music Festival, June 16-29

Minnis Ridenour, Senior Fellow for Resource Development, signs the beam that will be placed in perpetuity within the new Center for the Arts. (Click on image to see a photo gallery from the event.)

A virtual experience

Associate professor Dane Webster and two students created an animated fly through of the new Center for the Arts.

A rendering of the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, taken from the fly through animation.

Center for the Arts interior designs revealed

With construction of the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech under way at the corner of Main Street and Alumni Mall, Executive Director Ruth Waalkes and a host of others have turned their attention to the interior.

Theatre, with Orchestra Shell

Images: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech

Renderings by architects Snohetta of the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech

Grand Staircase

Virginia Tech adopts strategic plan for the arts

At the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors meeting on Monday, Virginia Tech made another large stride toward educating the whole person with the presentation of a strategic plan for the arts.

Research in public schools for the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology

The Prototyping in Architectural Robotics for Technology-enriched Education (PARTeE), is a project of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. Kihong Ku, assistant professor of building construction, and graduate students from architecture and computer science, have created a model that schoolchildren can interact with to learn about the potential impact various conditions can have on architectural design. Through the use of basic robotics and small prototype buildings, the students explore how sensors can work to make buildings react to the environment.

Video: Center for the Arts groundbreaking

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Virginia Tech's Center for the Arts on Monday, June 21, 2010.

The shovels are ready for the groundbreaking

The shovels are ready for the ceremonial groundbreaking.

Center for the Arts Groundbreaking

The ceremonial groundbreaking by Aurora Martin, A. Jack Davis, Elizabeth Flanagan, Minnis Ridenour, Ron Rordam, Ruth Waalkes, Charles Steger, Rick Boucher, Mark McNamee, and Sue Ott Rowlands.