About the Katzen Arts Center

The Katzen Arts Center brings all the visual and performing arts programs at AU into one 130,000 square foot space. Designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, the new center provides state-of-the-art instructional, exhibition, and performance space for all the arts disciplines.

The Center features an extraordinary 30,000 square foot art museum with a variety of gallery spaces for exhibition of exciting contemporary art from the nation's capital region and the world, along with AU's own Watkins Collection and the collection of Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen.

The Katzen Arts Center stands as a clear statement to the community that at the heart of the city, there exists a place where the arts are honored as the heart of higher education. That place is American University.

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Building Information

Overall building length - 660 feet
Sculpture Garden - 6,000 square feet
Parking square footage - 211,000 square feet, 550 car spaces
Building square footage - 130,000 square feet
Gallery - 30,000 square feet
Performing Arts Space - 33,000 square feet
Studio/Fine Arts Space - 37,000 square feet
Support Space - 13,000 square feet   

Rental Information

For information about renting Katzen facilities, please see our Facilities Rentals page.