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The Lee Center for the Arts
Seattle University's state-of-the-art performance and exhibition space is on the corner of Twelfth Avenue and East Marion Street. The facility was designed to enrich the artistic experience of Seattle University students, foster the development of new creative work by Seattle artists, and strengthen the infrastructure for arts education serving youth and adults in Seattle's Central District and wider community. The center houses the John Eshelman Stage, our "black-box theater" , scene shop, costume shop, green room, and dressing rooms.
It is also home to the Hedreen Gallery, a lobby art gallery for the public display of visual art by students and visiting artists visible through over 90 feet of plate glass windows along 12th Avenue.
The exterior décor coordinates with the surrounding campus, while the Hedreen Gallery invites engagement from visitors and passersby and helps to make the facility accessible and welcoming to the public.
Seattle University opened the Jeanne Marie & Rhoady Lee Center on February 14, 2006. The design of the Lee Center for the Arts won the 2006 AIA Seattle Chapter, Award of Merit, and the 2008 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region, Award of Merit.
Many students are intimidated by the transition from school to the real world and this is magnified by the uncertainties of and lack of a clear path towards becoming an artist. We want to encourage you to pursue your creative ideas, but also to have some practical experience and mentors to guide you.
For artists, this is a unique opportunity for paid studio assistants and to mentor undergraduate students as they gain experience in the studio.