Fine Arts Department
Bridgewater State University’s art department includes Theatre, Art, Dance, and Music. Overall, the arts department has been active since the late 19th century, and still continues to be a rising department at the University. Within the University’s art department, there are 3 main buildings dedicated to the Arts, one being the Art Center (1906). This building is the oldest building structure. It was first built as a gymnasium, but over the years it slowly transformed itself into the art center, and home of the Wallace Anderson Gallery. This gallery is currently located on the ground floor of the center. It was made possible by the class of 1936. The gallery holds changing exhibitions throughout the year, one exhibition being the student show, in which art majors and minors are encouraged to submit their best work for the annual event.
Another building dedicated to the arts is the Rondlieau Campus Center. Within the campus center, it holds the theatre department’s professors, classrooms, dressing rooms, and scene shops. It also holds a dance studio, the dance department’s professors and chair holders.
Attached to the Rondlieau Campus Center is the auditorium. The auditorium holds over 1,300 people. It has hosted the New York City Opera, the Martha Graham Dance Company, Tony Bennet, and BSU’s own dance, theatre, and music performances. It is a proscenium stage with a curved front and an orchestra pit that follows the curve of the stage.
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