CAS CONNECT 2016

The center is named for OSU alumni Ross and Billie McKnight, whose $25 million gift to create a programming endowment was announced in March 2016. They are joined by other arts visionaries who have donated $1 million or more to the project. Known as the McKnight Center Patrons, the group is growing as fundraising for the project continues. OSU and the OSU Foundation seek to raise an additional $25 million to complete the vision for the building and program endowment. The McKnight Center will ENCOURAGE discovery, PUSH educational boundaries and REDEFINE Oklahoma State’s influence in the arts with world-class programming unique to the region. It will be a modern venue for OSU’s talented students, accomplished faculty and members of the community to enjoy. Programming will encompass a variety of musical offerings and theatrical performances. It will celebrate the rich and thriving Oklahoma music community that produces impressive Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winners in addition to successful professionals in the music industry. The new center will serve as a creative melting pot for Oklahoma State. Theatre and music students will interact with touring artists, attend masterclasses and participate in performances and productions. The McKnight Center will enrich and enhance all aspects of the Oklahoma State family. It will attract and bring together students, professors, performers and the art community around the nation to enjoy and create expressive works of art. Please contact McKnightCenter@OSUgiving.com or 800.622.4678 to find out how you can support this project. The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at OSU will be an epicenter for the ar ts, at tracting celebrated national and international programs, featuring notable per forming ar ts productions.