Gibson Center for the Arts
The Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts places the arts at the heart of the liberal arts experience and as a cultural center for Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Home to academic classrooms, the Kohl Gallery, Hotchkiss Hall, Decker Theatre, and Tawes Theatre, the Daniel Z. Gibson Center curates a creative space for artists of all types.
There are three performance spaces of human scale and functional design—a 200-seat music recital hall, an experimental theatre seating 150 and a 420-seat main stage proscenium theatre. Each space can be accessed through a common glassed lobby that overlooks Martha Washington Square. The Gibson Center is also home to the Kohl Gallery, a visual arts space which curates diverse and interdisiplinary programming within the liberal arts.
Hotchkiss Recital Hall
This space is devoted specifically to the performance of music. It has appropriate acoustics, seating, and lighting, and it is just the right size for student recitals and professional concerts alike.
The Alonzo G. and Virginia Gent Decker Theatre
This performance/lecture space is designed for public access for major events.
Tawes Experimental Theatre
This performance space is ideal for its versatility and size. Audiences enter directly from the main lobby area and through a covered passageway. The majority of senior capstone productions—six to eight each year—are performed here. Drama students direct, design, and act in an intimate relationship with their audience.
Kohl Gallery
Kohl Gallery presents a series of curated exhibits that emphasize a broad range of aesthetic and intellectual concerns of relevance to our current society. Kohl Gallery organizes diverse programming throughout the academic year. With each exhibit, the gallery hosts a combination of artist talks, public receptions, and scholarly presentations.