How You Can Help

Project cost for the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts totals $7.2 million, with only $1.7 million remaining to raise.  Your gift to the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts will enable Wesleyan to assume a distinctive role in the dramatic arts and contribute even more significantly to the cultural development of our region.  This center for performing arts will support the following activities:

• Instruction for acting, directing, technical, set construction, and movement
  
• Theatre productions
  
• Wesleyan’s Jazz Band Ensemble
  
• Arts Alive! Series of cultural programming
  
• Wesleyan’s Concert Band performances
  
• Community theatre productions
  
• Concerts and recitals by community groups
  
• Campus Meetings
  
• Admissions functions
  
• Film Festivals

Naming and Donor Recognition Opportunities Available

A number of naming opportunities still remain.  In addition to recognizing donors who have contributed significantly to the realization of the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts, these provide opportunities for honoring or memorializing donors’ family members and friends while supporting one of Wesleyan’s current priorities. 

Naming Opportunities Available	Amount
Auditorium	$1,000,000
Scene Construction Lab	Funded
Lighting	Funded
Sound	$200,000
Lobby	Funded
Projection Package	Funded
Reception Area	Funded
Stage	Funded
Furnishings	$100,000
Entrance Vestibule	Funded
Gardens	Funded
North Gallery	$50,000
South Gallery	$50,000
Production Support Lab	$35,000
Lighting Control Lab	Funded
Make-up Lab A	$35,000
Make-up Lab B	Funded
Costume Lab	Funded
Box Office	Funded
Orchestra Pit	Funded
Orchestra Performance Life	Funded
Queuing Area	$25,000
Office	Funded
Shop Access Area	Funded
Donor Recognition Opportunities
Platinum	$100,000 plus
Gold	$50,000 - $99,999
Silver	$25,000 - $49,999
Cornerstone	$10,000 - $24,999
Foundation	$5,000 - $9,999

 

The Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts

Through a generous lead gift from alumnus John M. Law ’40, as well as a later Law Challenge gift which resulted in an additional $500,000 in funding, construction has begun on the new center for the performing arts.  The VTLCPA is named in memory of Mr. Law’s late wife.

“Virginia and I were longstanding supporters of the performing arts and other cultural opportunities,” said Law.  “In creating this memorial, I want to share my love for Virginia and my commitment to the quality of life on the West Virginia Wesleyan campus and the Buckhannon community.  I hope others will join me in supporting this important project.”

“We are enormously grateful to Mr. Law for his generous gifts and his commitment to seeing our dream realized,” stated President Pam Balch.  “The Performing Arts Center is an important symbol of Wesleyan as a cultural resource to our students, our community and our region.” 

For information about the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts or to make a gift, please contact:

Office of Institutional Advancement
West Virginia Wesleyan College
59 College Avenue
Buckhannon, WV 26201
304-473-8540

makeagift@wvwc.edu