The Program in Creative Writing will move from its current location at 185 Nassau St. to the sixth floor of New South, while the Program in Theater and the Program in Dance will acquire new studio space on the first floor. Space in New South space opened up after the University’s Office of Finance and Treasury moved to 701 Carnegie Center last fall.
The move was motivated by the growing popularity of Lewis Center courses coupled with a lack of studio space, Marguerite d’Aprile-Smith, the center’s director of public relations and communications, said in an e-mail.
“At present, our dance studios are completely booked during the prime teaching hours and we were unable to add classes or expand our course offerings,” d’Aprile-Smith explained.
Director of the Program in Theater Michael Cadden said the new space would allow his program to grow.
“Each of us [in theater and dance] desperately needs space appropriate to the kind of classes we offer and the kind of shows and concerts we put on — big rooms with sprung floors,” Cadden said in an e-mail. “Creating new space will allow both theater and dance to expand its offerings.”
More office and classroom space in New South will also be a boost for the Program in Creative Writing, which now offers more courses than ever before, ranging from fiction to translation to screenwriting.
Like the dance and theater programs, the Creative Writing Program is cramped by its current space constraints.
“Currently, many creative writing faculty share office space in a satellite location off campus,” d’Aprile-Smith explained. “The renovations at New South will bring all creative writing faculty together in one location.”
When the Creative Writing Program vacates its space at 185 Nassau St., it will be replaced by other Lewis Center programs.
The move of the Lewis Center programs to New South is a first step in the creation of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, which the University unveiled in 2006 as part of its 10-year campus plan. The completed arts neighborhood, near the current Dinky Station, is slated to include a 130,000-square-foot complex to house music rehearsal space as well as an art gallery, theater, dance studio, cafe and 200-seat lecture hall.
Other newcomers to the building include the Housing Department, which will move from its current location in MacMillan to the fifth floor of New South.
In addition, several programs already located in the building, such as the Office of Human Resources and the TigerCard Office, will be provided with new space in the renovated structure.
Editor's Note: The headline for this story has been updated.
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