| Name: |
Bryant Arts Center |
| Established: |
2009 |
| Use: |
Home of the studio art and art history departments. |
| History: |
Originally constructed in 1904 as a men's gymnasium and later becoming a student union, a women's gym, and eventually the home of studio art, the building was named Cleveland Hall in honor of benefactors and university trustees from Cleveland, Ohio, including John D. Rockefeller, Ambrose Swasey, and Henry A. Sherwin. As a gymnasium, the Jeffersonian Federal Revival style hall was a place for exercise of the body, mind, and spirit.As part of that campaign, the $14 million restoration of Cleveland Hall was made possible by a $6 million lead gift from Donald L. Bryant Jr. , class of 1964, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and member of the International Advisory Board of the Tate Gallery in London. Other leadership benefactors include Pete and the late Joy Stahn Alpaugh, classes of 1944 and 1945; Denison parents Ken and Kathy Boehl; the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; the William Bingham Foundation, the family foundation of Perry Blossom, class of 1986; and Seymour and Jean Holman Preston, class of 1955. Ground was broken for the project in April 2007, and the new Bryant Arts Center opened in August 2009 as the home of studio art and art history. |
