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Windgate Foundation donates $3 million to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock for Windgate Center of Art and Design

The has made a high-impact gift of more than $3 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock that will help educate generations of future artists. 鈥淭he generous gift by the Windgate Foundation for the creation of a building maintenance endowment for the Windgate Center could not have come at a better time,鈥� said 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale. 鈥淭he upkeep of facilities and grounds across the campus is of critical significance to the university鈥檚 capability to fulfill its mission and provide a transformational educational experience for our students.鈥� The gift will be used to establish a maintenance endowment fund for the Windgate Center of Art and Design. The endowment will finance long-term major capital renewal and maintenance projects for the Windgate Center. In addition to the endowed fund, the foundation gave a gift of $42,020 to be used this year for immediate maintenance needs. 鈥淣obody wants to learn or work in a place that is not properly maintained, and it makes sense to support the Center of Art + Design building into the future,鈥� said Patricia Forgy, executive director of the Windgate Foundation. 鈥淭his attention to infrastructure by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock leadership will benefit both students and our community by providing a well-kept and welcoming place for learning and collaboration.鈥� The Windgate Center opened for instruction and student use in January 2018. It is a state-of-the art facility for instruction in the visual arts. The center was uniquely designed for the purpose of teaching specific media in its classrooms and studios. Well-placed windows throughout the building are a central feature, which allow desired natural light into the studios. Their regular cleaning and maintenance is a necessary upkeep expense that helps provide students, faculty, and members of the public with an ideal space to create and teach art. 鈥淭he Department of Art and Design is thankful for our decades-long partnership with the Windgate Foundation, helping to educate the next generation of artists,鈥� said Thomas Clifton, chair of the Department of Art and Design. 鈥淭his gift makes it possible for us to maintain our state-of-the-art facility so that we can continue to provide the highest caliber art education to our students and high-quality programs to the local community.鈥� Two galleries in the Windgate Center provide spaces for showing the university鈥檚 permanent art collection, recent student and faculty artwork, and exhibitions borrowed from other institutions. The galleries have handsome hardwood floors that show the university is committed to the care and development of the art collection and to maintaining a schedule of exhibitions that provide learning experiences for art and design students and aesthetic experiences for the public. The maintenance of these galleries, their floors, and other features is critical to that commitment. The Windgate Center of Art and Design Building Maintenance Endowment can cover these and future maintenance expenses, such as repairs and eventual replacement of the Windgate Center鈥檚 parking lot and roof. With building maintenance costs on the rise and tighter operating budgets, university administrators recognize the importance of finding ways to fund regular maintenance and capital renewal needs. Creating endowed maintenance funds for the sustainability of campus buildings is one of five fundraising priorities established by Chancellor Drale. 鈥淭he Windgate Foundation鈥檚 magnanimous gift not only helps the university achieve one of its priorities, but also serves as an excellent example for other generous donors as we embark on the path to achieving all five of these priorities,鈥� said Chancellor Drale.