Arts Facilities

See the spaces where our students create, collaborate and bring their ideas to life.

Bright art studio with easels, stools, and tables covered in paint. Shelves with art supplies, plants, and books line the wall. Paint cans and brushes are scattered around. White walls and high ceiling with hanging lights.

PERFORMING ARTS FACILITIES

Our dedicated studios and stages are where students come together to rehearse, perform and refine their craft.

Empty auditorium with rows of blue seats facing a stage with a podium and large projection screen, under ceiling lights, and carpeted floor.

Hacker Theater

With its advanced lighting and sound systems, excellent acoustics and comfortable seating, Hacker Theater is the perfect venue for schoolwide events, gatherings and performances.

Spacious dance studio with a black floor, large mirrors along one wall, high white ceiling with exposed beams, and yellow walls with several windows. Ceiling lights and speakers are also visible.

Gaines Dance Barn

The Gaines Dance Barn features large windows, a wall of mirrors and a durable, slip-resistant and cushioned Marley floor specially designed to support all kinds of dance training.

A music room with a grand piano, chairs arranged in a semi-circle, a drum set, a fireplace, portraits on the walls, and large windows letting in natural light.

Music Building

Porter’s historic music provides dedicated rehearsal and practice spaces and houses six grand pianos. With its brick fireplace and homey interior, it’s a comfortable and cozy place to learn and grow as a musician.

VISUAL ARTS SPACES

In galleries and studios across campus, you’ll find tailored spaces and equipment that encourage creative investigation, experimentation and growth.

A bright ceramics studio with pottery wheels, a table with clay sculptures, shelves filled with pottery supplies, and large windows letting in natural light.

Olin Arts and Science Center

Olin is at the heart of Porter’s visual arts program. From painting, printmaking and design studios to kilns and a darkroom, Olin has all the tools and resources an artist needs to explore their creative passions and sharpen their skills.

A gallery displays colorful paintings on white walls and showcases various handmade ceramic pots, vases, and figures on white pedestals in a bright, modern space.

On-Campus Galleries

The Donaldson and Gilbert galleries are dedicated exhibition spaces where students and visiting artists display their work. We invite students and visiting artists to present their artwork in our gallery spaces so their talent and ideas can inspire and intrigue the entire Porter’s community.