WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
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In Fall 2025, Western Illinois University will welcome the first academic building on the Macomb campus constructed this century and the premier arts venue in the region - the WIU Center for Performing Arts.
The CPA will transform the campus landscape and enhance the experience for all WIU students and serve as the cultural and performing arts destination for the campus community and the entire region.
We did not arrive here by accident. Our talented students and faculty, dedicated alumni, and our passionate community persevered in their unwavering support to bring this world-class center to Macomb. As we near the longawaited opening, we must now prepare for the financial realities of operating and maintaining the facility.
We invite you to join us in celebrating the Center for Performing Arts as we aim to create an endowment to help fund the operations of the CPA. Your philanthropic support strengthens our ability to educate students, enhances the overall campus experience, and brings preeminent arts to our local community.
Philanthropic support can take many forms. You may choose to honor someone through a name recognition opportunity in the building. You may establish an endowment that represents your legacy to the arts at WIU. And you may also elect to make a one-time or recurring gift in support of the Center for Performing Arts endowment.
We hope you will join us in this transformational journey.
Great Hall
875-Seat Proscenium Theatre
What matters is that our students will have facilities to train and learn in that are worthy of their immense talents.
That our spectacular faculty can teach and create in spaces that long for a sense of timeless artistry.
The Center for Performing Arts is more than just a building. It is our art. It is our learning. And it is our soul.
- William T. 'Billy' Clow Dean, College of Fine Arts & Communication Center for Performing Arts Groundbreaking October 7, 2022" "
Center for Performing Arts
Ken & Lorraine Epperson Gallery
Center for Performing Arts
View from Memorial Hall
Supporting the Center for Performing Arts
Name recognition opportunities begin at $10,000
Name an operational space in the facility for your business, a beloved family member or faculty member or for yourself.
Programming endowments begin at $25,000
Establish a fund that lives in perpetuity to support the programming of the CPA.
Support the CPA Operating Fund at any level
Make a gift of any amount to support the programming and operations of the CPA.
Make a gift via mail
Total gifts of $1,000 or more receive recognition on the Center for Performing Arts Donor Wall. All gifts to the Center for Performing Arts - including gifts to the Performing Arts Society - since July 1, 2022 count towards cumlative giving.
All gifts must be received or pledged by April 1, 2025 to guarantee recognition.
Make a gift online Inquiries WIU Foundation bit.ly/WIU-CPA Mick Cumbie Sherman Hall 303 Director of Development 1 University Circle 309.298.2620 Macomb, IL 61455 m-cumbie@wiu.edu Donor Wall
WIU Design Team
William T. 'Billy' Clow
Ted Renner
Design Team
Pelli, Clarke, & Partners
Cannon Design
River City Construction
Theatre Projects
Kirkegaard Associates
Affiliated Engineers Inc.
Thornton Thomasetti Inc.
David Mason Assoc.
Hitchcock Design Group
IMEG Engineering Consultants
Dean, COFAC
Interim Director, Facilities Management
Design Architect
Architect of Record
General Contractor
Consultants
A/V & Acoustician
MEP/HVAC & Technology
Structural Engineer
New Haven, CT
Chicago, IL
Peoria, IL
Norwalk, CT
Chicago, IL
Madison, WI
Chicago, IL
Civil Engineer Chicago, IL
Landscape Architect
Commissioning Agent
Chicago, IL
Rock Island, IL
Heather Oxley IL Capital Development Board Springfield, IL
Construction Webcam
wiu.edu/cpa
