Washington Terrace
The Center for the Arts (CFA) houses Wesleyan University's arts
departments and serves as a cultural center for the campus, Middletown
and the region by presenting a wide variety of events and exhibitions,
ranging from student and faculty works to internationally acclaimed
ensembles. The mission of the visiting artist series is to present the
highest caliber of artists who extend and/or enhance Wesleyan's
curriculum with a focus on those who are testing the boundaries of their
art forms, who are true innovators in their fields, and whose work
emanates from the widest spectrum of world cultures.
For more information,
visit the CFA Web site at www.wesleyan.edu/CFA/.
The CFA also administers community
outreach projects including tours and performances for
children, hosts the Middletown
Public Schools Art Exhibition, and sponsors free concerts
for patients in Middlesex Hospital,
among other activities.
Green Street
The Green Street Arts Center,
located at 51 Green Street in Middletown, is a collaboration between
Wesleyan University, the City of Middletown and the North End Action
Team. This vibrant community arts center offers classes and workshops
for children and adults in music, visual arts, dance, theater, literary
and media arts. The next session begins on March 28.
Click here for more
information.
CFA Box Office
Tickets for CFA events are available
through the University Box Office located in the
Usdan University Center. Hours are
Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 a. m. - 4:30 p.m. The Box
Office can be reached by phone at
(860) 685-3355 or by e-mail at: boxoffice@wesleyan.edu.
Cinema
The 260-seat cinema is the home of the
student-programmed Wesleyan Film Series that presents
more than 250 film screenings per
year, from classics to cult films to new releases. The
Cinema is equipped with 16mm and
35mm film projectors as well as slide projectors for
lectures.
Crowell Concert Hall
The Crowell Concert Hall, the largest
concert facility on campus, is home to the Crowell
Concert Hall Series, the Wesleyan
University Orchestra, the Ebony Singers, the Wesleyan
Singers, the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra,
and WESWinds, as well as student recitals and other
events. The intimate and elegant hall seats 414 and features a new state-of-the-art
sound system.
CFA Theater
The CFA Theater is the setting for
Theater and Dance department faculty and student
productions and performances. In
addition, Outside the Box and Breaking Ground events are
presented here. The proscenium
theater features a versatile stage and state-of-the-art
lighting and sound systems.
Theater and Dance Studios
The Theater and Dance Studios house the
dance studio and support facilities for the CFA Theater (costume shop, scene shop, dressing rooms)
in addition to classrooms and faculty offices for both departments.
World Music Hall
The World Music Hall, a non-Western
performance space with various seating capacities, was
built to house the Wesleyan Gamelan
Ensemble, a Javanese orchestra composed of numerous
gongs, metallophones and other
percussion instruments. The hall provides a venue for
various world music events as well
as student recitals.
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Zilkha Gallery is dedicated to
presenting innovative contemporary art in various mediums
with a particular emphasis on
site-specific and site-oriented installations. The
gallery also shows the work of the
faculty and students.
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Wesleyan Cinema Archives
The Wesleyan Cinema Archives provide a
home for the University’s growing collections
related to motion picture and
television history. Committed to the care and
preservation of paper materials, photographs,
and memorabilia, the Archives contain a
connoisseur’s collection of artists whose careers reflect unique aspects of cinema.
Traditionally, the Archives do not include moving-image
materials, though some of the
collections do contain such items. The Cinema Archives
are adjacent to the Center for the
Arts. They are open Monday –Friday, 9:15
a.m.–4:45 p.m. Scholars, students, and other researchers working on bona fide topics are
invited to call or write to schedule appointments and to inquire about the materials.
For more information, contact: Leith
Johnson 685-3396
Davison Art Center
The Davison Art Center, located at 301
High Street, houses a collection of about 25,000 objects. Renowned for its holdings of
nearly 18,000
prints by European and American artists, Wesleyan’s
print collection is one of the two
or three most important at an American university. The
collection also includes about
6,000 photographs and smaller holdings of drawings,
paintings, objects from Japan, Africa,
and elsewhere, as well as a pewter collection. The DAC is
attached to the historic Alsop House. Built in 1840, the Alsop House is one of the
most distinguished monuments of the pre-Civil War period. This building and homes such as the
Russell House are said to have led Charles Dickens to
refer to High Street as "the
finest street in America." A number of features of
the Alsop House interior are reproduced in the Neo-Classical Gallery in the American
Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read
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’92 Theater
(The ’92 Theater will be closed
for renovations during the 2002 –2003 academic
year.)
The ’92 Theater was the original
University Library, built in 1868. Donations by alumni
from the class of 1892 funded
renovation of the building after Olin Memorial Library
opened in 1928. It now houses Second
Stage, the student-run theater organizations that present
numerous productions throughout the year.
In addition, Theater and Dance department events are
presented there.
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