October 22, 2005

Fine and Performing Arts Center

The Fine and Performing Arts Center will provide classroom, studios, galleries and support space for more than 300 students majoring in the visual arts as well as a 1000-seat hall for music and theatrical performances.

Fine and Performing Arts Center officially opens with Jay Leno (Oct. 24, 2005) Western names Paul Lormand director of Fine and Performing Arts Center (Aug. 2, 2004) Favorable bids clear way for construction of Western's Fine and Performing Arts Center (Oct. 10, 2001) Western breaks ground on Fine and Performing Arts Center (March 9, 2001) Bond passage, other major projects to transform Western Carolina campus ( Dec. 1, 2000) Western Chancellor calls approval of bonds a mountain milestone (Nov. 10, 2000) UNC President talks about bond vote, praises Western for recent improvements (Oct. 9, 2000)		Jay Leno and Bardo family (Oct. 22, 2005) View from catwalk on opening night (Oct. 22, 2005) Ribbon-cutting ceremony (Oct. 22, 2005) Fine and Performing Arts exterior at night (May 2004) Fine and Performing Arts exterior (April 2004) Fine and Performing Arts Center exterior Interior construction of performance hall Jon Jicha, director of Western's MFA program, shows some of the space in the Fine and Performing Arts Center. Martin DeWitt, founding director of the museum of art within the Fine and Performing Arts Center, amid the construction. Construction video clip (requires Quicktime) Construction video clip (requires Quicktime) Photo gallery