Gustafson Fine Arts Center
Features
- Contains specially designed studios for voice, piano, instruments and pipe organ, as well as practice halls for orchestra, band, chorus and ensembles
- The Music Library, with its large record, compact disc, videocassette and score collection, is located just inside the main entrance.
- The Speech Department contains several seminar and conference rooms, as well as standard classrooms and a multi-media classroom.
- The Radio and Television Broadcasting Department facilities provide classrooms, control rooms, radio studios and a well-equipped television studio. The studios of student-operated WBJU-FM and WBJU-TV are also housed in the Fine Arts Building.
- Wi-Fi access is available throughout the building
- Adjoined to the Sargent Art Building
History
- The Fine Arts Building was added on to the old Art Gallery before 1950
- Renovated and expanded in 1999 to accommodate for growth and incorporate the speech department into the facility
- Named in honor of Dr. Dwight L. Gustafson (1930- )—Dr. Dwight Gustafson served as Dean of the School of Fine Arts for 43 years, making him the longest-serving dean in the history of the school. Currently the Dean Emeritus of the School of Fine Arts, Dr. Gustafson still teaches in the division of Music and works with the University Opera Association from time to time.
- Exterior wall display of mosaic replica of Da Vinci’s The Lord’s Supper
