Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

[Box Number, Folder Number], MS-30, Modlin Center Scrapbook Collection, Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials received by transfer in 2014 from the Modlin Center in preparation for renovations and for permanent storage.

Processing Information

Processed by the Rare Books & Special Collections staff.

Biographical / Historical

In 1992, the University began working on a plan for an expanded arts center to improve the performance, rehearsal and exhibition venues, classrooms, and studios for the visual and performing arts, and to provide room for continued growth. The plan was for the new building to connect to the existing Modlin Fine Arts building with an archway above Keller Road similar to the archway in North Court. The existing Emily Gardner Room and the Keller Gymnasium would be a converted for use by the art and art history department. The area occupied by Crenshaw pool would become part of a new theater complex that would house a new theater and dance venue and related shop space. Camp Theater would become a concert hall.

Booker Hall renovations were complete and the building was ready for occupancy by the fall of 1995. A new studio theater, the Cousins Studio, replaced the Q-Hut as a place to hold theater classes and stage productions. Twenty years later, the Modlin Center for the Arts, led by Executive Director Deborah Sommers, has become a leading performing arts center in the region. The Modlin Performing Arts Series is now in its 17th season.

When the project was completed, the former single-building complex was transformed into 165,000 square feet of state-of-the-art performance venues, galleries, studios, and classrooms for the arts. The new Modlin Center for the Arts is home to the Modlin Arts Performing Arts Series and administrative offices, the departments of Art and Art History, Music, Theatre and Dance, and the Parsons Music Library.

In 2014, renovations began on Alice Jepson Theatre that included the installation of a state-of-the-art sound system and an addition with dance studio, acting studio, and additional green room space. The renovation is projected to be completed in June of 2017.

Renovations on the Booker Hall of Music began in May of 2017 and will include improvements to HVAC systems; greater ADA compliance; an expanded music library; additional classroom and lab space; and upgrades to sound, lights, and acoustics within Camp Concert Hall.

Quoted from the Modlin Center website .

Scope and Contents

The Modlin Center staff documented the construction and performances of the Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond into scrapbooks. The scrapbooks were transferred to the archives when renovations began on the building in 2014 and are arranged chronologically in one series.

Arrangement

The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically in one series.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Scrapbooks
• University of Richmond. Modlin Center for the Performing Arts
• University of Richmond. Modlin Center for the Performing Arts