CAMPAIGN GOALS

• The new University Art Museum will become a cultural beacon for Acadiana, with its exhibitions and public programs integrated into the life of the community as inextricably as its schools, churches, recreational facilities and theaters and will encourage visitors to regard art as an important part of their lives.

• The University Art Museum will be a dynamic, education-oriented museum that is a center for interdisciplinary training. It will enrich the University's educational mission in service to students, faculty, staff, community volunteers and are school children, as well as the local residents and visitors to Acadiana.

• The new building will enable the University Art Museum to present compelling exhibitions that offer audiences a dramatic look at the timeless influence of art. The Museum will present great works of the past and challenge conventional artistic thinking by presenting the work of artists who are making a significant contributions today.

• For the first time, the University Art Museum will have the proper facilities to collect, preserve, interpret, disseminate, and study significant visual art and artifacts from ancient times to the present.