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Celebrating its dedication on Friday, September 16, 2022, Meadows School’s transformation of its visual arts facilities will foster creativity and encourage innovative teaching, creation, exhibition and interdisciplinary collaboration across the Hilltop. Empowered by these improvements, Meadows School will further bridge the classic, the contemporary and the emerging frontiers of artistic expression, attracting a gifted community of artists, scholars and visitors from across the region and around the world.
To walk through the doors of the visual arts facilities at SMU Meadows School of the Arts is to enter a world that transcends conventional boundaries; bridges the classic, the contemporary and emerging frontiers; and equips a new generation of artists, creatives, innovators, and thinkers to become more influential in every sector of a rapidly changing world.
New and renovated spaces will foster creativity; encourage innovative teaching, practice, creation, exhibition and collaboration; and attract a talented and diverse community of artists, scholars and visitors from across the campus and around the world. What emerges is a pipeline of creative and artistic talent and leadership that continues to elevate Dallas as a significant nexus for design, innovation and artistic practice and contributes to the rising national and international reputation of Meadows as a leading school of visual, performing and communication arts.
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NBC5’s Texas Today visited SMU to get an inside look at its renovated visual arts facilities. Meadows School dean Sam Holland and Sophie Kim ’25 also discuss the role the school plays in the Dallas arts community, the importance of outstanding faculty and scholarships in attracting great students, and how SMU is one of the few schools that offers students a conservancy-level arts training and a top-notch science education that can prepare them for medical school.
Phase One of the center’s renovation modernized the north wing of the complex from Hillcrest Avenue to Bishop Boulevard. The project has created and improved academic spaces for the visual arts, art history and creative computation while transforming exterior entrances into grand, welcoming and accessible spaces.
SMU Meadows School of the Arts aims to celebrate the legacy of the
late William B. (“Bill”) Jordan, internationally known scholar,
teacher, author, founding director of the Meadows Museum and former
chair of the Division of Fine Arts, with the creation of the William
B. Jordan Gallery. To be located on the first floor of the original
home of the Meadows Museum, the new
gallery will be ideally situated for student critique sessions,
temporary exhibitions and gallery talks.
Thanks to
donations from Dr. Jordan’s friends, colleagues, and former students,
fundraising to support the construction of the William B. Jordan
Gallery is more than halfway to the goal of $1 million.
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Tribute to William B. Jordan, founding director of Meadows Museum
and former chair of Division of Fine Arts.
Thumbnail Photo: William B. Jordan and Algur H. Meadows
For more information about giving opportunities in support of the transformation of SMU Meadows School of the Arts facilities, please contact Nicholas Weege, director of development, at 214-768-2610 or nweege@smu.edu.
Reserved spaces
Reserved spaces
To walk through the doors of the visual arts facilities at SMU Meadows School of the Arts is to enter a world that transcends conventional boundaries; bridges the classic, the contemporary and emerging frontiers; and equips a new generation of artists, creatives, innovators, and thinkers to become more influential in every sector of a rapidly changing world.
A vital part of SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow, the transformation at Meadows School of the Arts will further the three major goals of the campaign to empower outstanding students in their artistic and academic endeavors, enrich teaching and research performed both on and off campus, and enhance our community through creative expression and collaboration.
