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Arts Building

2025

The new Arts Building will house offices for the college, as well as for the departments of Art, Design and Theatre & Media Arts (TMA). It will also host academic spaces, galleries, performance spaces, media viewing rooms, a cinema and a production studio. The other current occupants of the HFAC, the School of Music, will move to the new Music Building which is currently being constructed.

“The arts and music programs are beacons of excellence for the university,” said Shane Reese, BYU academic vice president. “We look forward to these two new beautiful buildings which will accentuate the amazing talents of our students, faculty and staff who work in that college.”

The building will house a large collaborative hub for Department of Design students as well as multiple art and design galleries. There will also be a combination lobby and student gathering space. A six-station lactation room will accommodate students and their families as well as patrons.

“The new building will create proximity and more opportunities for collaboration and student mentoring,” said Ed Adams, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications. “Our faculty and staff are now spread over five floors and are located at the far ends of the Harris Fine Arts Center from each other.”