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Ferman Center for the Arts

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

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The Ferman Center lobby showcases artwork displays and offers study spaces for students.

The Ferman Center features handmade accent walls to foster creative spaces.

Students are given space in the Ferman Center to practice their talents and express themselves.

The Ferman Center has twelve music practice rooms, music teaching studios and instrument storage.

State-of-the-art technology is available to students to implement their creations.

The Ferman Center for the Arts is named in honor of the Ferman family, longtime supporters of UT.

President Ronald Vaughn speaking at the grand opening of the Ferman Center for the Arts..

At the grand opening of the Ferman Center for the Arts, President Ronald Vaughn and others gave remarks to a large crowd.

Located on the first floor, the Saunders Foundation Art Gallery is a visually inspiring introduction to the Ferman Center for the Arts. The 3,700-square-foot gallery is a spectacular space for showcasing artwork by students, faculty and visiting artists.

The painting studio is furnished with movable taborets to provide flexibility for students to create art of all sizes.

The grand opening for the Ferman Center for the Arts.

Attendees of the grand opening were treated to performances and presentations by students studying the arts.

UT’s dance students enjoy the many benefits of the Liz and Jim MacLeod Dance Studios.

Students practicing in a rehearsal room.

The grand rehearsal and chamber rehearsal rooms can be used separately or combined to seat a 36-member ensemble or an 82-member orchestra, respectively.

UT’s state-of-the-art recording studio provides students with the latest digital technology, as well as traditional analog control and mixing to develop the essential knowledge and technical proficiency for careers in the music industry.

The sculpture studio and woodshop have been expanded to accommodate both course offerings and students’ creative capacities in traditional media and emerging technologies.

The piano lab inside the Ferman Center for the Arts

The fourth floor of the Ferman Center houses a music technology lab, piano lab, 14 individual acoustically enhanced practice rooms, two sound-insulated music classrooms, music teaching studios and classrooms.