Zoellner Arts Center

Zoellner Arts Center is an arts center located on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It opened in 1997, having been endowed by a $6 million gift from Robert Zoellner ('54) and his wife Victoria.[1]

The center houses the following facilities:

The venue has had a wide array of performers, including: the New York Philharmonic and Itzhak Perlman, the Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and Laurie Anderson, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, the Aquila Theatre Company, Lily Tomlin, Bernadette Peters and Queen Latifah.

The progressive rock music festival NEARFest is held each summer at the arts center as well, though it is not affiliated with the University.

The building was designed by Charles Dagit of Dagit Saylor Architects in Philadelphia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff. "Robert E. Zoellner ’54 dies at age 82", Lehigh University, December 31, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Zoellner, who graduated from Lehigh in 1954 with bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and engineering physics and later served as a Lehigh trustee, was a lifelong supporter of the university. In the early 1990s, he and his wife Victoria committed $6 million to establish the Zoellner Arts Center, a 105,000-square-foot performing arts venue on the Asa Packer campus that brought measurable change to the university and provides students and the surrounding community with unique opportunities for learning, performing and the visual arts."

Coordinates: 40°36′29″N 75°22′21″W / 40.60800°N 75.37255°W / 40.60800; -75.37255

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