The surrounding landscaping now established and the building now sitting familiarly on the south campus slope, The Woodrow W. McGlothlin Center for the Arts will open its doors on the second full academic year at Emory and Henry College this upcoming semester. CGD provided full design services for the facility.
Per the College’s ribbon cutting press release, “The Center for the Arts is a 47,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility designed for LEED silver energy efficiency standards. It consists of a 461-seat proscenium stage theatre and fly system and a 120-seat black box studio theatre. The building also includes dressing rooms, production areas, a modern art gallery, offices and studios for the campus radio station, WEHC 90.7 FM.”
The exterior is of brick and precast stone, in keeping with the historic, rural Virginia campus’s aesthetic. The overall building form gracefully steps down a steep embankment, conforming to the undulating terrain common to the campus and region. Funded in part by a Department of Agriculture grant, the center is meant to serve both students of Emory & Henry and the rural community at large for decades to come.
You can experience a virtual tour of the facility, both inside and out, by clicking here.
