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The Katzen Arts Center is home to all of the visual and performing arts programs at American University and the American University Museum. Located at Ward Circle, the intersection of Nebraska Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, the Center sits atop Embassy Row in Washington, DC, one of the highest points in the nation's capital.〔("Einhorn Yaffee Prescott’s Katzen Arts Center Really Performs" ) American Institute of Architects. Retrieved December 13, 2006〕 This space, designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, provides instructional, exhibition, and performance space for all the arts disciplines. Its art museum exhibits contemporary art from the nation's capital region and the world. The museum gallery is the Washington region’s largest university facility for art exhibition.〔 The Center houses many academic departments for the university, including Art History, Graphic Design, Studio Art, Multimedia, Arts Management, Dance, Music, and Theatre. The center also features a museum, a sculpture garden, a parking garage, of performing arts space, and of studio space, including theatre studios, a music ensemble room, art studios, dance studios, and the Abramson Family Recital Hall.〔("About the Katzen Arts Center" ) Katzen Arts Center. Retrieved December 13, 2006〕 The construction of the Center was made possible by Dr. Cyrus and Mrs. Myrtle Katzen, who house much of their modern art collection within the building, which includes pieces by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, and Roy Lichtenstein.〔 The museum also includes art by Jean Dubuffet, Red Grooms, Amedeo Modigliani, Larry Rivers, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol.〔("American University Opens New Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center" ) About.com. Retrieved December 13, 2006〕 ==American University Museum== (詳細はAmerican University Museum is a three-story, museum and sculpture garden located within the university’s Katzen Arts Center. The region’s largest university facility for exhibiting art, the museum’s permanent collection highlights the holdings of the Katzen and Watkins collection. Rotating exhibitions emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art. 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「Katzen Arts Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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