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Campaign continues for new music and art center
It all began with a major gift!
When the dream to have Wenatchee Valley College return to its once-recognized prominence
in music and art, we knew we would need to find a major gift to inspire the state
of Washington to commit monies from the state's capital budget. The Icicle Fund of
Leavenworth provided that inspiration.
 The Icicle Fund offered a lead gift of $1 million to begin a program fostered by the
WVC Foundation to raise the funds for a new combined music and art center. The WVC
Foundation promoted the project with a challenge to the community by pledging the
long-held dedicated endowment fund from the Morris Family. With the foundation's pledge
to underwrite the costs of the campaign plus the dedicated funds from the Morris Trust,
the Foundation set the campaign goal at $6.6 million for the new building.
Wenatchee Valley College has an extraordinary, one-time opportunity to upgrade its
educational facility while reclaiming its position as a community leader in music
and the visual arts. Serendipitously, this opportunity also provides the Wenatchee
School District with a facility for WestSide High School.
The college is currently using the former Eagles Lodge building on Ninth Street for
music education and art classes, but the facility is ill-suited for a quality music
and art center, with a noisy HVAC system, inadequate lighting and sound-trapping acoustics.
The Foundation's $6.6 million fundraising campaign for the building construction is
on target and recently benefited from a $100,000 donation from the Wenatchee Valley
Medical Center and a $566,000 estate gift from prominent community members and philanthropists
James Arneil and his surviving wife Kathleen. The total cost of the project, which
includes design, permits, project management, equipment, taxes, and required contingency,
is estimated at $9.2 million.
The Wenatchee School District proposes to purchase and remodel the Eagles Lodge for
a new WestSide High School. In exchange, Wenatchee Valley College would obtain the
WestSide High School property.
 The Foundation Board decided early on in the campaign to offer naming recognition
for donors that would like to have their gift associated with the naming of one of
the rooms, plazas, studios or halls. That effort continues, but two of the largest
spaces have been spoken for: the Icicle Fund's commitment of $1 million grants them
the naming right of the 150-seat recital hall, which will be named "The Grove," and
the prominent Student Art Gallery will be in the name of the Wenatchee Valley College
Medical Center in recognition of its pledge for $100,000.
More naming opportunities remain. Make a call to the Foundation office to learn how
you can assist us in reaching the campaign's ultimate goal--a new Music and Art Center--fully
and properly equipped. Your call will be welcomed.
Additional information is available by calling the college foundation office at 509.682.6410.
Benefits to Students and the Community
- A new Center for Music and Art will enable more students to become engaged with the
arts
- Improved rehearsal facilities benefit student ensembles as well as community groups
who use our space, such as the Wenatchee Valley Symphony, Columbia Chorale and Wenatchee
Big Band
- Future vision for the Center for Music and Art includes concert performances with
local groups, music competitions, art and music summer camps, and visual art gatherings
of professionals
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Wenatchee World
Articles
Soon a place for music and art
, March 13, 2010
Foundation strikes up music center campaign
, June 9, 2010
Lets seize this opportunity
, June 12, 2010
A lot of students were coming out of high school from great programs in art and music;
and, for their futures, we need to return the college to its rightful place as the
regional center for music and art.
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Jim Richardson,
WVC President
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