{"id":33520,"date":"2015-04-30T10:08:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=33520"},"modified":"2015-04-30T10:21:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T15:21:36","slug":"brock-initiates-review-of-rodman-hall-arts-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/04\/brock-initiates-review-of-rodman-hall-arts-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock initiates review of Rodman Hall Arts Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33531\" title=\"rodman-hall-crop1\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rodman-hall-crop1.jpg\" alt=\"rodman-hall-crop1\" width=\"540\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the next several months, Brock University will engage in a review process to help determine the Rodman Hall Art Centre&#8217;s role in the University&#8217;s future plans and programs, and its place in the Niagara arts and culture community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rodman Hall has long been a cultural and historical landmark for St. Catharines and Niagara,&#8221; stated Jack Lightstone, Brock President. &#8220;The University is seeking the best path forward to ensure Rodman Hall and the art collection are an integral part of our cultural fabric for years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brock University acquired Rodman Hall&#8217;s gallery, grounds, and art collection in 2003. Since then, the costs for ongoing operations and necessary capital upgrades have become a growing concern for the University.<\/p>\n<p>The original mansion, built in the 1860s, and the art gallery, portions of which are now more than 50 years old, both require critical upgrades to properly maintain ongoing operations. Those upgrades include accessibility requirements, proper environmental controls in gallery spaces and storage areas, irrigation for the Walker Botanical Gardens, energy efficient gallery lighting, expanded storage space for the collection and general maintenance issues.<\/p>\n<p>As Brock moves towards a balanced budget, all opportunities for revenue growth and\/or expenditure reductions will be reviewed to align Rodman Hall with the overall direction of the University. Included in the review will be considering Rodman Hall Art Centre&#8217;s future role within Brock&#8217;s academic model, and where the gallery and art collection fit within the Niagara visual arts community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Operating Niagara&#8217;s largest art gallery in one of St. Catharines&#8217; oldest buildings, on over eight acres of landscaped property, will obviously result in higher than average costs for operations,&#8221; said Brian Hutchings, Brock&#8217;s Vice President, Finance and Administration. &#8220;We are looking forward to collaborating with the Rodman Hall staff and advisory council members to find potential win-wins that ensure the collection, the gallery, and the property will benefit the University, the City, and the Region moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A report on Rodman Hall is expected in the Fall of 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the next several months, Brock University will engage in a review process to help determine the Rodman Hall Art Centre&#8217;s role in the University&#8217;s future plans and programs, and its place in the Niagara arts and culture community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[2950,137],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33520"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33534,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520\/revisions\/33534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}