Our Facilities
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
<p>The Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center was designed in 2008 by renowned architect Antoine Predock to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and experimentation. Cornerstone includes numerous venues for performance, including the Richard F. Celeste Theatre, a 450-seat theatre modeled after a classical amphitheater, Norberg Studio A, a black box theatre, and the Cornerstone Main Space, which may be used for performances, classes, or informal socializing. Cutting-edge performances, exhibitions, and lectures also take place in the college's gallery for interdisciplinary art, the I.D.E.A Space. There is a costume design studio and scene shop, in which students learn the physical craft behind theatre and contribute to departmental productions.</p> <p>Moreover, performance in Cornerstone is not limited to these venues. The building itself serves as a living performance space, whose innovative layout encourages creative use of its architectural features, such as public catwalks and video projection systems. The multi-purpose design of these spaces likewise informs the classrooms in Cornerstone, which can accommodate film screenings, rehearsals, and seminar-style courses. In addition to Theatre & Dance, Cornerstone is also home to the college's program in Film & New Media and houses a screening room, media lab, and film studio that are available to students interested in intersections between performance and technology.</p>
Norberg Studio A (Black Box Theatre)
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Celeste Theatre
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Flex Room
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Frederick H. Cossitt Memorial Hall
<p>Frederick H. Cossitt Memorial Hall is only a short walk away from Cornerstone, but evokes an earlier era of Southwestern cultural prestige. In this period, 海角社区 was a national hub for modern dance and home to dance pioneer Hanya Holm, who taught at the 海角社区 Summer Dance Festival for forty-three years. At the time of its construction in 1914, Cossitt Hall was conceived in response to student demand for a gymnasium and was expanded in 1922 to include a social club and outdoor amphitheater. Today, these facilities have been converted into space for the Departments of Classics, Comparative Literature, and Dance. Its current design includes two dance studios, a studio for somatic practices and dance therapy, a preserved portion of the outdoor amphitheater, and a rehearsal and performance space equipped with a full lighting grid that occupies the former gym. Cossitt was awarded official status in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 and underwent an award-winning renovation in 2009.</p>
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North Studio
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South Studio
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Cossitt Gym
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