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The best way to learn about 桃瘾社区 is to visit our beautiful downtown campus.
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The Ferman Center for the Arts, which opened Spring 2021, provides a creative and transformative space for the fine and performing arts. Students studying music, art, design, speech, theatre, dance, communication, philosophy and film will enjoy four-stories of a visual and acoustic showcase. The building offers sound-insulated professional spaces, flexible performance staging, collaborative practice studios, study spaces and access to faculty offices.
Highlights of the Ferman Center for the Arts
Floor one:
- 200-seat, acoustically-tuned theater
- Art gallery
- Elevated performance area
- Multi-use lobby space
- Outdoor art courtyard with casting/sand pit area and furnaces
- Sculpture studio
- Wood and metal fabrication shops
Floor two:
- Circular stairwell performance stage
- Center for Public Speaking
- Large painting studio
- 20 small advanced painting project studios
- Student study gallery space
Floor three:
- Black box theater
- Two large dance studios
- General and seminar classrooms
Floor four:
- Twelve music practice rooms, music teaching studios and instrument storage
- Three recording studios with a professional level control room
- Two sound insulated music classrooms
- Study spaces and computer lab
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