Community member Drake Baer, Lewis Center theater faculty Mara Isaacs, and Chair of the Lewis Center Michael Cadden at the reception celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Lewis Center Feb. 22, 2013 at McCarter Theatre Center.
Princeton University alumnus and Lewis Center Advisory Council member J. Stuart Francis stands with his wife Diana and daughters Emily, a senior who performed in the evening’s Spring Dance Festival, and Andrea PU class of 2011 at the Center’s fifth anniversary Feb. 22, 2013 at McCarter Theatre Center.
The Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University celebrates the fifth anniversary of the naming of the center at a gala reception Feb. 22 at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center.
In 2007, the University named its new arts center the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts in recognition of a $101 million gift Lewis pledged to support the University’s major arts initiative.
The Lewis Center comprises the academic programs in creative writing, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as the Princeton Atelier, an interdisciplinary program in which guest artists and faculty create new work in collaborations with one another and with students.
According to a statement from the Lewis Center, its programs have experienced significant growth over the past five years with over 10% of undergraduate students enrolled in Lewis Center arts courses in any one semester.
The Center presents more than 100 public performances, exhibitions, readings, concerts, screenings, and lectures each year.
The Center’s theater and dance programs are set to move into new, expanded facilities in 2017 when the University’s Arts and Transit Neighborhood is completed.
More than 200 people attended the anniversary celebration, which followed the opening night of the Lewis Center’s annual Spring Dance Festival.
Among the guests were members of the Center’s Advisory Council, which met earlier that day, including theater producer and investment broker Roger S. Berlind, investment banker J. Stuart Francis, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and literary scholar Marilyn White Lawrence.
More information is online at princeton.edu/arts.
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