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Arts and Memorials Committee revs up its work

 

Committee puts fine art in public places – the Hagerty Hall courtyard is next

by Jeff McCallister

When Fisher College of Business moved into its newly built complex on Woodruff Avenue in 1998, it left Hagerty Hall behind — a historic but dilapidated old shell of a building on the Oval.

Shortly thereafter, renovation work began to transform Hagerty Hall for use by the College of Humanities as the home of the new World Media and Culture Center as well as most of the university’s language studies programs.

The Board of Trustees approved nearly $25 million for the renovation, which included the expansion of the building’s interior courtyard into what was envisioned as a collaborative gathering space.

The courtyard has served that purpose, to a degree. But it will soon be the home of a new art installation that ought to attract faculty, staff and students from all over campus — and help to facilitate that collaboration at the same time.

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