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The two-year $71 million construction project for the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Bowie State University is nearing completion as the finishing touches are put into the building. Constructions crews are polishing up the interior and exterior of the building in preparation for its grand opening.

The University plans to open the doors to students in time for the spring 2012 semester when dozens of art, theatre, music and dance courses will be held for the first time. Beginning this November, faculty and staff will start the big move from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Communications Art Center to the new Fine and Performing Arts Center to become familiar with the facility. This time will also be used for system testing and performance venue tuning.

The Fine and Performing Arts Center features extraordinary resources for students and faculty including specialized art studios for areas like dance, recording, and ceramics; a photography processing lab; an art gallery; and an outdoor sculpture workspace. The 123,000 square-foot building also includes a 400-seat main theatre, a 200-seat black box theatre and a 200-seat recital hall. Spacious classrooms, laboratories and office suites are strategically placed throughout the building to accommodate various faculty and programs.

The new building will be home to Bowie State's Department of Fine and Performing Arts which includes art, music, music technology, theatre arts, and visual communication and digital media arts programs.

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