This architectural rendering shows the NEHMA Art Education & Research Center planned for Utah State University’s Logan campus. (Image Credit: USU/Sparano + Mooney Architects)
LOGAN – A groundbreaking ceremony in less than two weeks will mark the start of work on the new Wanlass Center for Art Education and Research at Utah State University.
The new 9,450 square-foot addition, adjacent to USU’s Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA), will provide visitors a sense of what museums do behind the scenes.
The ceremony on Tuesday, June 20 at 2 p.m. is open to the community. Attendees will hear from outgoing USU President Noelle Cockett, Logan Mayor Holly Daines, museum donor George Wanlass and museum Executive Director Katie Lee-Koven.
Lee-Koven said the new structure will allow people to understand what NEHMA does to address future growth of the collection.
“The 21st century museum should be a multi-faceted experience and we envision the new facility as a complementary space that takes learning about art and collections to new levels,” she said.
The new center will include a research library, a study center with an open classroom, visible collection storage to display artworks for classes or groups to access, and a multi-purpose studio classroom for art-making projects for K-12, USU courses and community classes.
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art was founded in 1982 through a generous gift from the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation. Today the collection consists of over 5,000 artworks.
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