{"id":738,"date":"2026-07-06T11:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:36:27","slug":"traina-center-for-the-arts-and-razzo-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/creative-spaces\/traina-center-for-the-arts-and-razzo-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Traina Center for the Arts and Razzo Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a facility for teaching, research, and creation, the Traina Center for the Arts benefits the hundreds of students \u2013 about half of the undergraduate student body each semester \u2013 who take courses in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. As a site for public concerts, films, and other programs, the Center is a cultural resource for the campus, the neighborhood, and the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University\u2019s thriving arts programs make creative use of this historic building and neighborhood landmark. In May 2001, the University broke ground on the project, which encompassed the renovation of a 19th-century Romanesque Revival building \u2013 the former Downing Street School \u2013 and construction of the attached Jennie and Anthony Razzo Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the opening of the Traina Center, the University significantly improved and expanded its arts facilities with more centralized, better-equipped spaces for study, creation, performance, and presentation of work. The original Downing Street School space now features an arts library and resource center; studios for design, painting, drawing, and printmaking; darkrooms for photography; a gallery for exhibition of professional and student work; seminar rooms; high-tech classrooms; and a multimedia arts center. Razzo Hall is used regularly for recitals, screenings, lectures, and other programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Traina Center consists of:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n