In positioning all visual and performing arts disciplines around the revitalized entryway to campus at 15th Avenue and High Street, we are creating an arts ecosystem — an enduring, yet ever-evolving hub for artistic, educational, social and commercial interchange.
Arts District Map
Click through the interactive map to see where the new buildings will be located within the Arts District.
Educating future leaders, thinkers, creators and performers
These new buildings will offer a state-of-the-art training ground for performing arts students and faculty and foster collaboration with other disciplines in the surrounding Arts District spaces.
Aligning passion with purpose
Students are not required to major in music or theatre to take part in of any of our myriad ensembles or productions and nearly all our performances in these buildings will remain free and open to the public. These spaces will serve as an entryway for our neighbors and friends to participate in and experience the arts at Ohio State.
Driving economic and community health
As the flagship land-grant institution for Ohio, we must make the arts accessible to all — through our longstanding arts outreach initiatives and with this new entryway to campus, we will advance diverse perspectives, cultivate empathy, deepen engagement and foster tolerance through the arts.
Educating future leaders, thinkers, creators and performers
These new buildings will offer a state-of-the-art training ground for performing arts students and faculty and foster collaboration with other disciplines in the surrounding Arts District spaces.
Aligning passion with purpose
Students are not required to major in music or theatre to take part in of any of our myriad ensembles or productions and nearly all our performances in these buildings will remain free and open to the public. These spaces will serve as an entryway for our neighbors and friends to participate in and experience the arts at Ohio State.
Driving economic and community health
As the flagship land-grant institution for Ohio, we must make the arts accessible to all — through our longstanding arts outreach initiatives and with this new entryway to campus, we will advance diverse perspectives, cultivate empathy, deepen engagement and foster tolerance through the arts.
Project Features
- Our new facilities — the Timashev Family Music Building and the Theatre, Film and Media Arts Building — will establish the Arts District as the new front door of the campus
- The design of the new facilities is grounded in principles of openness, visibility, permeability and connectivity, which will facilitate interactions across campus and with the community
- Large windows will wrap both buildings, providing the campus and community a view to creative activity within
- An open, active outdoor plaza will connect both new buildings
- A future café will fuel social interactions and celebrate activity
- Streetscape will include a tree-canopied walkway, creating a new pedestrian route from the North Residential District to the Arts District and the heart of campus
- Project budget is $161.6 million
$17M gift supports Ohio State's College of Arts and Sciences
Ohio State alumnus Ratmir Timashev MS ’96 and his wife, Angela Timashev, have committed their charitable foundation to provide $17 million to the college. This gift — the largest philanthropic contribution made by an individual or foundation in the college’s history — will in part support construction of a new music building as part of the university’s emerging Arts District.
In recognition of this incredible generosity, the new music building will be named the Timashev Family Music Building.
Timashev Family Music Building Features
- Faculty, staff and students — currently stretched between Hughes Hall (built in 1948) and Weigel Hall (1979) — will finally come together under one roof
- Five-floor building, with classroom, performance, studio and office space on all levels, and a lower level for mechanical and back-of-house operations
- New expansive lobby will connect the new Timashev Family Music Building to a renovated Weigel Hall
- A new 195-seat recital hall will offer a new performance space, joining the existing 720-seat Weigel Auditorium
- Improved acoustics throughout the facility
- New large ensemble rehearsal space
- Studios for jazz and percussion
- New practice rooms for students
Theatre, Film and Media Arts Building Features
- Faculty, staff and students — currently located a 20-minute walk away at the Drake Performance and Event Center — will join the emerging Arts District in the heart of campus
- Five-floor building, with classroom, performance, studio and office space on four floors, a top-floor mechanical room and a lower level for mechanical and back-of-house operations
- New, state-of-the-art performance spaces, including a 450-seat proscenium theatre and a hybrid thrust/black box theatre
- Spaces for students to create, including a New Works Lab for new and experimental productions, a lighting lab, a design studio, and a costume shop
- Spaces for students studying film, moving image production and media arts, including two sound stages, editing suites, a sound lab and a screening room
Timashev Family Music Building Features
- Faculty, staff and students — currently stretched between Hughes Hall (built in 1948) and Weigel Hall (1979) — will finally come together under one roof
- Five-floor building, with classroom, performance, studio and office space on all levels, and a lower level for mechanical and back-of-house operations
- New expansive lobby will connect the new Timashev Family Music Building to a renovated Weigel Hall
- A new 195-seat recital hall will offer a new performance space, joining the existing 720-seat Weigel Auditorium
- Improved acoustics throughout the facility
- New large ensemble rehearsal space
- Studios for jazz and percussion
- New practice rooms for students
Theatre, Film and Media Arts Building Features
- Faculty, staff and students — currently located a 20-minute walk away at the Drake Performance and Event Center — will join the emerging Arts District in the heart of campus
- Five-floor building, with classroom, performance, studio and office space on four floors, a top-floor mechanical room and a lower level for mechanical and back-of-house operations
- New, state-of-the-art performance spaces, including a 450-seat proscenium theatre and a hybrid thrust/black box theatre
- Spaces for students to create, including a New Works Lab for new and experimental productions, a lighting lab, a design studio, and a costume shop
- Spaces for students studying film, moving image production and media arts, including two sound stages, editing suites, a sound lab and a screening room
Inside the new buildings
Holder Construction is making great progress on the Timashev Family Music Building, which is scheduled to open in 2022. With this tour of the building, get a sneak peek at the building's interior.
Project Timeline
May 2018 – July 2019
Design
May 2019
Board construction approval
June 2019 – January 2022
Timashev Family Music Building construction
November 2020 – December 2022
Theatre, Film, and Media Arts building construction
Early 2022
Timashev Family Music Building opening
Early 2023
Theatre, Film, and Media Arts building opening
Upcoming events in the arts
We invite students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members to attend our in-person and virtual events for the arts — including art exhibits, musical performances and theater productions — and come back ready for the next captivating experience.
Connect with us
If you are interested in learning more about how to support the Arts District or any of our arts programming in the College of Arts and Sciences, please contact the Arts and Sciences Office of Advancement at ascadvancement@osu.edu.
