"The Future of the Arts" Report
In August 2001, a report entitled "The Future of the Arts at the University of Chicago" was completed by a study group comprised of faculty, students, staff, and representatives of the professional arts organizations on campus. The recommendations of the report were as follows:
- To strengthen the arts curriculum in response to student interest and faculty initiative.
- To create an Arts Planning Council.
- To reaffirm and support the roles of the University's professional arts organizations as contributors to the University's academic mission and as vital components of local, national, and international arts communities.
- To facilitate collaboration among arts programs on campus and fuller interactions between the arts at the University and in the city at large.
- To address the facilities needs posed by the arts at the University, in particular (i) deploying existing facilities more efficiently and creatively; (ii) renovating Mandel Hall to enhance its capacity as a performance venue; and (iii) enhancing other campus arts facilities.
- To construct a new Center for Creative and Performing Arts to enable expansion over time to meet longer-term needs.
- To refine planning for the Smart Museum and the Court Theatre to collectively fulfill the Campus Master Plan's vision of an Arts Quadrangle on their current site.
