Our new vision for a welcoming center that puts art at the center of life and learning

Your new Spaulding Auditorium coming Fall 2025

Howard Gilman ’44 Executive Director of the Hop Mary Lou Aleskie takes us through the construction as the project approaches its final stages.

Hear from Senior VP for Capital Planning and Campus Operations Josh Keniston about about why the Arts are critical to understanding Climate Change.

Read about how a gift from Daryl and Steven Roth ’62, Tuck ’63, will lead the transformation of the Hopkins Center for the Arts.

President Beilock got a behind-the-scenes tour of the renovation and expansion.

...a major milestone in the Hop’s renovation, which is expanding our center and adding new spaces to gather and create! 

We were thrilled to take delivery of the Hop's new @steinwayandsons concert grand piano last week. It will be in storage until its permanent home in the Jack '53 and Mac '11 Morris Recital Hall is completed in 2025.

Demolition of the old stairs in the Hop Lobby will allow for expanded community spaces when the building reopens.

Major gifts enable music recital, dance, and Top of the Hop renovations.

Keep an eye on progress via this construction camera facing the front of the Hop.

Demolition is mostly finished as foundation work begins.

Construction has been underway all term, but now it feels real!

And Jewelry/Metal Director Jeff Georgantes welcomes us to the studio’s new home, already buzzing with creation! (In the Black Family Visual Arts Center, Room 333.)

The student workshops are open! Hear from Woodworking Director Greg Elder and Instructor Pete Michelinie about the new space for the Woodshop, located in a modular building on the Maffei Plaza between the Hop and the Black Family Visual Arts Center.

This week sees our first events in the newly reopened Rollins Chapel with two concerts where music and spirituality come together for a transcendent experience. The beautiful, interfaith space will host Kings Returns’ gorgeous a cappella melodies on Wednesday followed by Sally Pinkas’ From Vienna with Love concert on Thursday. Stay tuned for more this winter!

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The two departments with their costumes, props, instruments and file cabinets have relocated to their new home in Sudikoff Hall, where they will be based for the next few years while construction is underway.

A state-of-the-art performance lab and new wing are among the highlights.

Closing the envelope of the the beautiful new Roth Wing

Follow along as we transform our iconic center into a space for gathering and creation. Opening 2025.

Watch highlights of a star-studded evening at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in New York City honoring Daryl Roth and Steven Roth ’62, Tuck ’63, for their service to Dartmouth.

Our partners at Consigli Construction Co. posted some amazing drone video footage from the Hop construction site. 

Dance and construction work do have some things in common… new spaces coming soon 👀

We’re very excited for all the transformations happening around us! Aerial footage of the roof being removed from Alumni Hall, making space for a versatile, state-of-the-art Performance Lab. Coming 2025!

Hop Pianist-in-Residence Sally Pinkas testing out one of the exquisite Steinway Ds at the Steinway & Sons factory in Queens. We were there to pick out the piano to reside in the new Recital Hall named in honor of Jack Morris '53 and Mac Morris '11.

Demolition of the roof of Alumni Hall makes way for a State-of-the-Art Performance Lab.

See comparisons of current construction photos to renderings of new spaces being created as part of the Hop's expansion.

Howard Gilman '44 Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie extends her thanks for the community's support of the Call to Lead Campaign and the Hopkins Center renovations. "Thank you for making sure the next generation of artists—tomorrow's empathetic leaders—have a stunning and functional new home on campus."

If you’ve missed rubbing Warner Bentley’s nose the last few months, you’ll be happy to know he’s currently at the Courtyard Café. Stop by for some good luck!

Next up, Ceramics Studio Director Jenny Swanson shows us around the studio’s temporary home, in the Black Family Visual Arts Center, Room 333. Come check it out!

Meet The Hopper (as we like to call it)! It’s our new production rig for storing and transporting the stuff we need to get the arts out everywhere. Welcome to the team… and nice outfit!

While we wait for the brand new Jewelry Studio in the Black Family Visual Arts Center to be completed later this term, students had fun making wire rings in pop-up classes and maker sessions in Wilson Hall.

Construction has officially begun! The Courtyard Cafe is still open - accessible through the Hood Museum.