An Education of Mind
and Art

This computerized rendering of the inside of the new Ernst F. Lied Center for the Visual Arts is oriented on the main floor, looking toward the gallery entrance. Clerestory windows that run the length of the vaulted roofline will flood the interior with natural light, illuminating the entrance to the department office and the main entrance to the building (from the south/Loop road), to the right of the gallery doors. Faculty offices and a long hallway of display cases for student work are on the right, and printmaking, drawing and painting studios are to the left. Banks of windows will allow visitors to see into the studios while artists are working, and the hall on the bottom floor will promote interaction between floors from many vantage points throughout the building. Construction is slated to begin this spring, with the building dedication scheduled for fall 2008.