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The Dairy Barn Arts Center executive director, Jane Forrest Redfern, with City of Athens mayor Steve Patterson during the Dairy Barn Arts Center’s Grand Re-Opening. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)

Dairy Barn Arts Center Hosts Grand Re-Opening


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Thursday, August 24 the Dairy Barn Arts Center celebrated the completion of their Building For a Second Century expansion project with a grand re-opening. The event featured tours of the additions to the facility, as well as guided activities that took place in the newly renovated spaces in the barn. Live music played throughout the event on the organization’s recently unveiled outdoor patio, and hors d-oeuvre, catered by Purple Chopstix was munched upon.

The project, which added a welcome lobby, community room, new gallery shop, catering kitchen, outdoor patio, and three new studio spaces, was started on October 5, 2016 and was completed by Athens-based Hoon, Inc. and RVC Architects. Those additions allowed for further renovations to the existing barn, like hardwood flooring installation in the AEP Wing, new carpeting throughout the Sauber Gallery, several upstairs offices and hallways, a first floor sound system, new panels in the Sauber Gallery, and renovation to the ends of the barn. Work has also begun on the Ora Anderson Nature Trail, which will be a hiking trail that will utilize the 32 acres behind the barn.

Check out these photos of the event, taken by WOUB’s Emily Votaw.

The new outdoor patio that is now a part of the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
The new outdoor patio that is now a part of the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
The daughters of Ora Anderson with Dairy Barn Arts Center Executive Director Jane Forrest Redfern. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
The daughters of Ora Anderson with Dairy Barn Arts Center Executive Director Jane Forrest Redfern. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Jeff Chaddock with Dairy Barn Arts Center Executive Director Jane Forrest Redfern. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Jeff Chaddock with Dairy Barn Arts Center Executive Director Jane Forrest Redfern. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Patrons enjoy the new bar and catering kitchen at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Patrons enjoy the new bar and catering kitchen at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
The new gallery shop at the Dairy Barn Arts Center is nearly twice the size of the organization's former one. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
The new gallery shop at the Dairy Barn Arts Center is nearly twice the size of the organization’s former one. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Patrons enjoy the decor at the newly renovated Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Patrons enjoy the decor at the newly renovated Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Patrons mill about the new welcome lobby at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)
Patrons mill about the new welcome lobby at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB/Emily Votaw)