New and Renovated Cultural Facilities in Wisconsin
Since the mid-1990s, over 100 Wisconsin communities have build new or renovated cultural facilities as part of downtown revitalization or school enhancement projects. This activity demonstrates state citizens' support for the arts and culture in cities, towns, and rural areas. These cultural centers are often centerpieces of economic and downtown revitalization and development, in small towns, suburbs, and cities from Kenosha to Superior (list current as of June 2005):
Recently-completed and in-progress
projects
New cultural facilities connected to schools
- Bay Port High School, Green Bay
- Black River Falls High School
- Boscobel High School
- Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, Cedarburg High School
- Cedar Grove High School
- DeForest High School
- Door Community Auditorium, Gibralter Schools, Fish Creek
- Edgerton Perf. Arts Center, Edgerton High School, Edgerton
- Evansville High School
- Fond du Lac High School
- Fort Atkinson High School
- Hamilton High School.
- Hortonville High School
- Hudson High School
- Kettle Moraine High School, Hartland
- Lodi High School
- Mauston High School
- Lincoln High School, Manitowoc
- Roncalli High School, Manitowoc
- Merrill High School
- Middleton-Cross Plains High School
- E.F. Schwan Performing Arts Center, Monona Grove High School, Monona
- E.J. Creske Community Center, Mosinee High School, Mosinee
- Muskego High School Performing Arts Center
- New London High School
- Neillsville High School
- Falls Area Performing Arts Center, Oconto Falls High School
- Osseo High School
- Oregon High School
- Pittsville Performing Arts Center, Pittsville Area Schools, Pittsville
- Portage High School
- Pulaski High School
- Community Arts and Learning Center, Reedsburg Area High School
- Richland Center High School
- River Falls High School
- Rosholt High School
- River Arts Center, Sauk/Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac
- River Valley Community Fine Arts Center, Spring Green
- Shawano High School
- Southern Door High School, Door County
- LuCille Tack Center for the Arts, Spencer Area Schools, Spencer
- Stoughton High School
- Superior High School
- Verona Performing Arts Center, Verona High School, Verona
- Watertown High School
- McComb/Bruchs Performing Arts Center, Wautoma High School, Wautoma
- Heider Center for the Arts, West Salem High School
- Whitewater High School
- Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids
Recently-completed and in-development projects
- Appleton Art Center (renovation)
- Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Appleton (new facility)
- Mary Hulings Rice Center for the Fine Arts, Northland College, Ashland (new facility)
- Al. Ringling Theatre, Baraboo (renovation)
- Beloit Fine Arts Incubator (renovation)
- Heyde Center for the Arts, Chippewa Falls (renovation and expansion)
- Cumberland Theatre Company (renovation)
- Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts, Elm Grove (new facility)
- Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek (new facility)
- Windhoven Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac (renovation and expansion)
- Meyer Theatre, Green Bay (renovation)
- Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, Green Bay (expansion)
- Thrasher's Opera House, Green Lake (renovation)
- Schauer Arts and Activities Center, Hartford (renovation and new facility)
- Fourth Street Playhouse, Hudson (renovation)
- Kenosha Institute of Arts (expansion)
- Kenosha Public Museum (new facility)
- Rhode Opera House, Kenosha (renovation)
- LaCrosse Community Theatre (new facility)
- Bartell Theatre Foundation, Madison (renovation)
- Edgewood College Visual Arts Center, Madison (new facility)
- Overture Center, Madison (new facility)
- Brin Theatre, Menasha (renovation)
- Mabel Tainter Memorial Theatre, Menomonie (renovation)
- Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee (renovation)
- Milwaukee Art Museum (expansion)
- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (new facility)
- Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee (renovation)
- United Community Center/Latino Arts, Milwaukee (renovation/addition)
- Mineral Point Opera House (renovation)
- Monroe Arts Center (renovation)
- New Glarus Town Hall (renovation)
- Racine Art Museum (new facility, expansion)
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan (expansion)
- Stephanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts, Sheboygan, (renovation)
- Shell Lake Outdoor Amphitheatre
- Lucius Woods Center for the Performing Arts, Solon Springs (new facility)
- Riverfront Arts Center, Stevens Point (renovation)
- Stoughton Opera House (renovation)
- William S. Fairfield Public Gallery Foundation, Sturgeon Bay (new facility)
- Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay (expansion)
- Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay (renovation)
- Fairlawn Mansion and Museum, Superior (renovation)
- Temple Theatre, Viroqua (renovation)
- Trueblood Theatre, Washington Island (new facility)
- Waukesha Civic Theatre (new facility)
- ArtsBlock, Wausau (new facility and renovation)
- Wausau Conservatory of Music (expansion)
- West Bend Art Museum (renovation)
- Young Auditorium, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (new facility)
- Central Wisconsin Cultural Center, Wisconsin Rapids (renovation)
Sources:
Arts Wisconsin
Wisconsin Arts Board