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MacEwan’s Centre for Arts and Culture nearing completion in downtown Edmonton

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MacEwan University’s new building for arts students nears completion
WATCH ABOVE: Some MacEwan University arts students will be taking classes in a brand new building in the new school year. The building is nearly complete and Vinesh Pratap got a sneak preview of it on Wednesday – May 17, 2017

MacEwan University’s newest addition to its downtown campus is getting close to being finished.

The university allowed Global News to tour the new $181-million Centre for Arts and Culture on Wednesday morning, which is scheduled to open in the fall.

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The new facility will be located on the western end of the campus at 110 Street and 104 Avenue. Among the features in the new five-storey building will be galleries, stages, exhibition space, interactive teaching lab, fine art teaching lab and a proscenium theatre.

READ MORE: MacEwan University expanding along with Edmonton’s downtown

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The university said the centre will be devoted to the next generation of actors, arts educators and administrators, communicators, designers, musicians, visual artists and writers.

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MacEwan said construction of the new Centre for Arts and Culture reflects the university’s downtown campus strategy, which supports the revitalization of Edmonton’s downtown.

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