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I am pleased to share more good news with the community. This week the Board of Governors approved the new Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre, to be built at 122 Bond Street in the School of Image Arts building right at the heart of our campus.
The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre is an $8-million project that will house our world-renowned Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection and the Mira Godard Study Centre. Ryerson is embarking on an ambitious building program to complete the project as quickly as possible. The University will issue an RFP shortly, seeking a multi-disciplinary design team to develop and design the new Centre.
Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection is considered the most significant cultural contribution ever made to a Canadian university. The gift was accompanied by a $7-million financial contribution to help support the preservation, research, study and exhibit of the Collection. This funding will be used towards the new Centre.
The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre will be one of the top facilities in the world for the study, teaching, research and exhibition of photography. The integration of teaching, research, and gallery activities in new and improved facilities, including more study space, provides the optimum environment for our students and supports one of our most important priorities: improving quality and the student experience, both inside and outside the classroom.
The expansion of graduate studies and research is another priority for the University. The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre will become a focal point for the School of Image Arts' two graduate programs: the existing Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, and a new Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media planned for fall 2007. Graduate students in this new interdisciplinary program will be especially well served by the Centre's new study spaces, new research facilities, and the hiring of more faculty members.
The northwest corner of the School of Image Arts building will be upgraded and converted into the Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre. The new facility will occupy approximately 10,500 square feet and will include several gallery and exhibit spaces, research facilities, storage areas and a lobby area with direct access to the street.
We will hire a professional Director to lead and manage the Centre. The School of Image Arts will continue to exhibit works from Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection, through CONTACT and other public exhibits, while the Centre is being developed and built.
The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre is a wonderful next step in the growth of our photography programs and collections. It will attract students and scholars, Torontonians and visitors from Canada and around the world. We will see increased pride on our campus, in our downtown community and in our city.
I will keep the Ryerson community informed as the project moves forward.
Sheldon Levy
President
I am pleased to share more good news with the community. This week the Board of Governors approved the new Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre, to be built at 122 Bond Street in the School of Image Arts building right at the heart of our campus.
The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre is an $8-million project that will house our world-renowned Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection and the Mira Godard Study Centre. Ryerson is embarking on an ambitious building program to complete the project as quickly as possible. The University will issue an RFP shortly, seeking a multi-disciplinary design team to develop and design the new Centre.
Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection is considered the most significant cultural contribution ever made to a Canadian university. The gift was accompanied by a $7-million financial contribution to help support the preservation, research, study and exhibit of the Collection. This funding will be used towards the new Centre.
The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre will be one of the top facilities in the world for the study, teaching, research and exhibition of photography. The integration of teaching, research, and gallery activities in new and improved facilities, including more study space, provides the optimum environment for our students and supports one of our most important priorities: improving quality and the student experience, both inside and outside the classroom.
The expansion of graduate studies and research is another priority for the University. The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre will become a focal point for the School of Image Arts' two graduate programs: the existing Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, and a new Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media planned for fall 2007. Graduate students in this new interdisciplinary program will be especially well served by the Centre's new study spaces, new research facilities, and the hiring of more faculty members.
The northwest corner of the School of Image Arts building will be upgraded and converted into the Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre. The new facility will occupy approximately 10,500 square feet and will include several gallery and exhibit spaces, research facilities, storage areas and a lobby area with direct access to the street.
We will hire a professional Director to lead and manage the Centre. The School of Image Arts will continue to exhibit works from Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection, through CONTACT and other public exhibits, while the Centre is being developed and built.
The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre is a wonderful next step in the growth of our photography programs and collections. It will attract students and scholars, Torontonians and visitors from Canada and around the world. We will see increased pride on our campus, in our downtown community and in our city.
I will keep the Ryerson community informed as the project moves forward.
Sheldon Levy
President