Visual and Performing Arts Center

ACHIEVING WORLD
CLASS EXCELLENCE
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE
Objective

To build a world-class facility that:

1. Uses new technologies allowing new
forms of expression
2. Is innovative in its flexibility
3. Enhances SIUE academic reputation
An architectural design that does things,
not just represents them
Five Major Components

1. Exterior
2. Concert Hall
3. Theater
4. Visual Exhibit Area
5. Atrium
The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle
Cloud Gate on the AT&T Plaza, Chicago
Danks Radio Byen, Copenhagen
Center for Nature and Art Millersburg, PA
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Danks Radio Byen, Copenhagen
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University
Teatros del Canal, Madrid 2008
“A Theater Machine”
Open to the Outside
Miami Art Museum
The Atrium
Benefits
 = extraordinary

• Something that transcends convention

• A facility that remakes itself
• Where the artists can define suspension of
disbelief
• The ability to generate operational budgets
• Something that we could not have envisioned
initially or individually
• That will directly benefit the community at
large
 = extraordinary

• This facility will give SIUE international profile

• It will increase recruitment and retention of
both students and faculty while elevating
academic standards
• Will provide a venue for many activities and
events today largely “orphaned” (“big time”
performances, exhibits, commencement, outr
each activities) while generating revenue
Time-Line

• Internal and external consultation

(faculty, staff, administration, architects, poten
tial donors, outside experts)
• Presentation to the Chancellor
• Presentation to the President
• Presentation to the Board of Trustees
• Feasibility Study
• Fundraising Campaign
• Construction
Feasibility Study

• Market demographics
• Management Plan and Budget
• Programming
• Potential users
Fundraising plan

• Estimated cost: $50,000,000

• Private funding
• ca. 70 foundations
• “Friends” group
• Major gift(s)
• Or 1884 gifts ranging from $5M to $15,000