Lawrence Arts Center

These programs are strengthened by fully developed curricula in ballet and modern dance, theater performance, and visual arts that observe National Core standards.

[citation needed] It enrolls 10,000 students annually, offers a robust financial aid program and greets over 200,000 visitors and audience members each year.

[citation needed] The Lawrence Arts Center was established in 1975[1] and was originally housed in the Carnegie Library building at 200 West 9th Street.

[2] In 2002, the Lawrence Arts Center Center opened a new facility featuring 40,000 square feet of programming spaces including: 3 exhibition galleries, a 300 seat main stage theater, a 100 seat Black Box Theatre, 2 dance studios, 2 arts-based early education classrooms, and 7 visual arts studios.

[4] Susan Tate, a former Humanities and English teacher at Lawrence High School, led the organization as the Chief Executive Officer from 2009[5] through 2016.