May 17
Michiko Okaya hired as first Gallery Administrator, later Director of Galleries and Curator of the College’s Art Collection.
1979
1983
March 8
Williams Center for the Arts (WCA) opens under the direction of Ellis Finger
May 20
Violinist Isaac Stern, a Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Visiting Lecturer
1986
1987
1992
May 13
The Grossman Artist-in-Residence was established by Richard A Grossman ’64 and Rissa W. Grossman to provide opportunities for intensive interactions between students and major 21st century artists.
2001
2003
2005
May 11
WCA’s Ellis Finger named Presenter of the Year by North American Performing Arts Agents and Managers (NAPAMA)
2011
2014
April 15
Hollis Asby succeeds Ellis Finger as Director of the Performance Series
2016
June 16
The Theater department separates from the English department and the stage becomes known as the “Little Theatre” in Brainard (now Hogg) Hall.
2017
May 24
The concert’s beneficiaries are the Daniel P. O’Neil ’06 Memorial Fund, which supports senior projects in engineering (in honor of Dan, an Arts Society leader), Friends of Lafayette A Cappella, which supports the students ensembles’ special projects, such as touring and recording, and J. Larry Stockton Scholarship, which supports private…
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2019
May 16
Opening of the Kirby Art Study Center located in the former Black Box theater
2020
2021
2023
