The Ferman Center for the Arts, which opened Spring 2021, provides a creative and transformative space for the fine and performing arts. Students studying music, art, design, speech, theatre, dance, communication, philosophy and film will enjoy four-stories of a visual and acoustic showcase. The building offers sound-insulated professional spaces, flexible performance staging, collaborative practice studios, study spaces and access to faculty offices.

Highlights of the Ferman Center for the Arts

Floor one:

• 200-seat, acoustically-tuned theater
• Art gallery
• Elevated performance area
• Multi-use lobby space
• Outdoor art courtyard with casting/sand pit area and furnaces
• Sculpture studio
• Wood and metal fabrication shops

Floor two:

• Circular stairwell performance stage
• Center for Public Speaking
• Large painting studio
• 20 small advanced painting project studios
• Student study gallery space

Floor three:

• Black box theater
• Two large dance studios
• General and seminar classrooms

Floor four:

• Twelve music practice rooms, music teaching studios and instrument storage
• Three recording studios with a professional level control room
• Two sound insulated music classrooms
• Study spaces and computer lab