The Future of the Arts at the University of Chicago

Convened in 2000 by then-Provost Geoffrey Stone, the Arts Study Group spent a year evaluating arts offerings on campus to determine the University’s existing capacities and ongoing needs. The outcome of these deliberations was the 2001 Future of the Arts report, which called for a stronger embrace of practicing faculty artists, more arts leadership, and a new performing arts center. The recommendations in this report marked the beginning of the University’s push to reimagine the arts in the 21st century, and led directly to the creation of some of the most successful arts initiatives to date—including the Logan Center.