The Center for the Performing Arts and Art Building at Miami University

The Center for the Performing Arts building was designed to house three major components of Fine Arts academics of Miami University: the Miami University Theater, the theater department, and the music department. Originally the programs were distributed between Fisher Hall and Hall Auditorium, and were moved to the Center for the Performing Arts after its construction.In 1984 funds were approved for a new Art and Art Education building to form a quad with the Center for the Performing Arts, amounting to approximately 6.8 million. The governor at the time, Richard Celeste, signed these grants for the building as well as the expansion and improvement of other halls on campus, including Williams Hall, Gaskill Hall, and Robertson Hall. Originally these funds had been frozen. 3.7 million was put forth by legislation to compensate for the architectural fees, the construction, and the equipment, and the building itself is worth 3.7 million. One of only two schools in the state of Ohio to be selected, the building was given the distinction of outstanding design in the “American School and University Magazine.”