Planetary alignments
Well, it wouldn’t be a solar system if they were all in the very same orbit. Only a handful of the Fine Arts Center’s many programs can actually be housed in the Fine Arts Center.
Here’s a current list and location guide to the stellar grouping overseen by center director Willie L. Hill (whose own office is in Herter).
- Arts Council, Hasbrouck Lab: provides grant support and arts information to student organizations and academic departments.
- Augusta Savage Gallery, New Africa House: promotes the artistic contributions of artists of color.
- Asian Dance and Music Program, Curry Hicks: promotes the arts of India and East Asia, both on and off campus.
- Business Office, Curry Hicks: manages administration and finance for all departments under the center’s umbrella.
- Center Series, Curry Hicks: concentrates on family programming “that enriches, enlightens, and entertains.”
- Hampden Gallery, Hampden Dining Commons: mounts work in all media by emerging and established artists in New England and New York.
- The Lively Arts, Fine Arts Center: an academic course presented cooperatively with the department of music and dance, in which students directly experience the arts through the center’s venues.
- Performance Plus! Curry Hicks: takes concerts, workshops, and lecture demonstrations to the schools of western Massachusetts.
- Production Services, Fine Arts Center: provides professional technical services for all FAC venues, assists in producing campus commencements and other special events.
- Residential Arts, Hampden Dining Commons: oversees Butterfield Artist in Residence program, Jazz Brunches/Magic Triangle, Extended Residencies, OFF Center series, Van Meter Arts Residence Hall.
- University Gallery, Fine Arts Center: maintains the campus’s collection of 20th century American works on paper, presents traveling exhibitions of nationally and internationally known artists.
- Wheeler Gallery, Wheeler Hall: presents mostly student work, including spoken word events, performance art, and workshops.
- Marketing and Development, Curry Hicks: oversees Tillis Endowment for the Arts, Friends of the FAC, FAC Gala and special events, business sponsorship, advertising, giving opportunities.
- Multicultural Programs, Hasbrouck Lab: oversees Bright Moments Festival, Diversity Newsletter, and Jazz in July Workshops.
- New WORLD Theater, John Quincy Adams Hall: takes as its primary mission the presentation and production of works by playwrights of color.
- Volunteer Council, Curry Hicks: welcomes community members into the day-to-day operations of the center.
