Visual and Performing Arts Center

ACHIEVING WORLD

CLASS EXCELLENCESOUTHERN 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

• 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, outreach activities) while generating revenue

= extraordinary

Time-Line

• Internal and external consultation (faculty, staff, administration, architects, potential 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