Katzen Arts Center at American University
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Phone: 202-885-3634
American University's Katzen Arts Center, named for Washington area benefactors Dr. and Mrs. Cyrus Katzen, brings all the visual and performing arts programs at AU into one 130,000-square-foot space. Designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, the Katzen includes the three-story American University Museum, the Abramson Family Recital Hall, the Studio Theatre and Dance Studio, an electronics studio, practice rooms, rehearsal space, and classrooms.
The American University Museum is a three-story, 30,000 square-foot public museum and sculpture garden located within the arts center. The region's largest university facility for exhibiting art, the museum's permanent collection highlights the donors' holdings and AU's Watkins collection of mostly postwar American art. Rotating exhibitions emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art. The museum is directed by Jack Rasmussen, a well-known Washington/Baltimore arts figure and AU graduate, who returned to the area after directing a museum in California.
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Museum Hours:
Monday - Saturday 11am - 4pm, and one hour prior to any event.
Katzen Arts Center Box Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 11am - 5pm, and one hour prior to all events. Tickets are also available by calling 202-885-ARTS, or online at www.american.edu/auarts.
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