Visual Arts Building (VAB)

The Visual Arts Building (VAB) is one of the six buildings that surround Kaufman Mall on the campus of Old Dominion University (ODU). Located next to Dragas Hall, VAB is home to the Strome Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research, and staff offices for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Fine Arts Building, 1960

History

Opened in 1960, the Fine Arts Building consolidated the Department of MusicDepartment of Art, and the Department of Foreign Languages into one building. The building’s distinctive look was created using solar block to keep the building cool.  In 1982, the Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library was added. The building was renamed the Visual Arts Building in 1991 after a substantial renovation. The building was renovated again from 2013-2014 to make way for the newly dedicated Strome Entrepreneurial Center on the first floor.

 

 

Visual Arts Building facing 49th Street, 1990s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resources

  1. Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 23529
  2. Sweeney, Dr. James R., Old Dominion University: A Half-Century of Service, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., 1980.
  3. Building the University, Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Exhibit, 2005.

References

  1. Bookman, Steven and Jessica Ritchie. Old Dominion University: A Campus History Series.  Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, South Carolina, 2017.

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