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Arts Center Groundbreaking Postponed
Duke is building a new, $50 million arts center along Campus Drive
A groundbreaking ceremony for a new arts center originally set for Friday, Jan. 22 has been postponed.
A new date for the ceremony has not yet been scheduled.
The new, $50 million facility will be built on the corner of Campus Drive and Anderson Street near the Nasher Museum of Art and Duke Gardens. The 71,000-square-foot building is expected to take two years to complete.
It will house two academic arts departments and will feature a dance studio, a dozen multi-use studios, a 200-seat performance theater, a 100-seat film theater, a garden, lounge, library, reception space, a painting and drawing studio, offices and classrooms.