CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART OPENS

Shepherd University art and theater students can breathe a sigh of relief--their days of traipsing all over campus to classes are over. They now have a spacious new home to create their works of art. Phase I of the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) opened its doors in February and the students and faculty couldn't be happier.

The new building contains 10 classrooms including a digital photo processing studio, a printmaking studio, and a studio with a suspended floor for dancers. There are also offices for the faculty in the Department of Contemporary Art and Theater and for the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF).

"This building forms a focus point for our campus," said Dow Benedict, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. "We are making ourselves distinct."

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