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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The facility houses six performance venues; the UMD School of Music; and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.〔http://www.tdps.umd.edu/〕 It also houses the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. The Clarice operates under the auspices of the University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities. Opened in 2001, The Clarice presents an annual performance season of music, dance and theatre featuring visiting artists and student/faculty artists from the performing arts academic programs. In addition, each season includes multiple engagement events – most of them free of charge – that give artists and audiences greater opportunities to interact. The Center also rents performance and meeting space to community groups. The Clarice is located on the northern side of the University of Maryland campus, off University Boulevard (MD-193) and Stadium Drive in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Clarice is directly across the street from Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium and the 800-space Stadium Drive parking garage. ==History== The Clarice is named in honor of visual artist Clarice Smith, whose late husband Robert H. Smith (UM ’50) was a major philanthropist who supported projects in culture, business and Jewish life. As an alumnus of the University of Maryland, he made major contributions to The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and to the Robert H. Smith School of Business.〔()〕 The Clarice was originally conceived as an academic center for teaching the performing arts, but during the planning stages that mission evolved to include not only presentation of performances by touring artists, but also the creation of programs that focused on the people of Prince George’s County, Maryland, where the University of Maryland is located.〔Stamler, Gayle. “In Maryland, a Gateway to the Community Through the Arts,” Metropolitan Universities Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, October 2004. ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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