{"id":1004097012,"date":"2014-05-21T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=263024"},"modified":"2022-12-09T02:51:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:51:38","slug":"vicu-plans-june-groundbreaking-for-arts-center-name-to-honor-markel-corp-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vicu-plans-june-groundbreaking-for-arts-center-name-to-honor-markel-corp-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"ViCU Plans June Groundbreaking for Arts Center; Name to Honor Markel Corp. Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/05\/5908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-263028\" title=\"5908\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/05\/5908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Virginia Commonwealth University will break ground next month on its new Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA). Billed as a combination exhibition and performance space., the 43,000-square-foot facility will include a laboratory and incubator of visual art, theater, music, dance and film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Scheduled to open in 2016, the ICA will be located within Richmond\u2019s newly designated Downtown Arts District, atBroad and Belvidere streets. \u00a0The project will be mostly primarily funded. VCU officials said in a statement that the school has raised nearly $31 million toward its $35 million goal. A $20 million endowment campaign is also under way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Markel Corp., the Richmond-based financial services company, has made a generous donation to the project. In recognition, the VCU Board of Visitors voted to name the new building the Markel Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Steven Holl Architects designed it with dual entrances, one facing Richmond, the other facing the \u00a0VCU campus. A double-height \u201cforum\u201d will be located at the heart of the building. Three levels of galleries will radiate from the forum in a forked arm-like configuration.\u00a0The building\u2019s exterior will feature walls of pre-weathered, satin-finish zinc as well as clear and translucent glass, allowing natural light to enter during the day and radiate out at night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/05\/5909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-263029\" title=\"5909\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/05\/5909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe ICA will be vital to the creative ecology of VCU and the community,\u201d said VCU President Michael Rao, in a statement. \u201cCreative problem-solving skills are essential in our world today and this institution will bring new resources to our students and faculty working across the university, the nation and the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThis institute will also be a significant beacon in Richmond in terms of economic and cultural development and bringing the arts community from around the world to our great city,\u201d Rao added. \u201cThe ICA will help put Richmond on the global map as an arts destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Photo credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcu.edu\/\">Virginia Commonwealth University<\/a><\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Commonwealth University will break ground this June on the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA). The new center will be a combination exhibition and performance space. It will include a laboratory and incubator for the presentation of visual art, theater, music, dance and film, helping to complement and enhance the offerings of VCU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36153],"tags":[1815,3452],"class_list":["post-1004097012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-richmond-hampton-roads","tag-national","tag-richmond"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ViCU Plans June Groundbreaking for Arts Center; Name to Honor Markel Corp. 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