{"id":27176,"date":"2017-07-20T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T22:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27176"},"modified":"2021-10-14T11:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T17:07:24","slug":"ent-center-continues-to-take-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27176","title":{"rendered":"Ent Center continues to take shape"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UCCS Ent Center for the Arts is six months from\u00a0opening and is no longer the big blue building on the western edge of campus.\u00a0 The building’s exterior now shines a brilliant silver, interior walls are painted, floors installed and design aspects are taking shape throughout the 92,000-square-foot building.<\/p>\n

Of the many design features, a donor tile wall is one of the most prominent \u2013 it will take up an entire wall in the center\u2019s lobby. Faculty, staff, students and community members donated over 480 tiles in support of the building fund, Galleries of Contemporary Art, Theatreworks, Visual and Performing Arts Department, and UCCS Presents.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Students will have opportunities to run shows, dance in a state-of-the-art studio, practice in a recording studio and laboratory, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ent Center dramatically increases our capacity to better serve UCCS and Colorado Springs\u201d said Nicole Anthony, community cultivation director, GOCA.<\/p>\n

The center will house the Shockley-Zalabak Theater, Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater, Chapman Foundations Recital Hall, Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery of Contemporary Art, Osborne Theater, an outdoor public sculpture garden and more.<\/p>\n

A public sculpture program will feature non-permanent, site responsive rotating works on the grounds and interior of the Ent Center.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Construction milestones leading up to the January 2018 opening include:<\/p>\n