WIU CPA: Transformational Opportunities

WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

CENTER FOR PER FOR MING A R T S

Front Render

TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

It's time...

It's Time 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

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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

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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 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 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.

WIU Design Team William T. 'Billy' Clow Ted Renner

Dean, COFAC Interim Director, Facilities Management

Design Team Pelli, Clarke, & Partners Design Architect New Haven, CT Cannon Design Architect of Record Chicago, IL River City Construction General Contractor Peoria, IL Theatre Projects Consultants Norwalk, CT Kirkegaard Associates A/V & Acoustician Chicago, IL Affiliated Engineers Inc. MEP/HVAC & Technology Madison, WI Thornton Thomasetti Inc. Structural Engineer Chicago, IL David Mason Assoc.

Civil Engineer Chicago, IL Hitchcock Design Group Landscape Architect Chicago, IL IMEG Engineering Consultants Commissioning Agent Rock Island, IL Heather Oxley IL Capital Development Board Springfield, IL

Construction Webcam wiu.edu/cpa