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Corcoran Purchases Randall School Property
11/30/2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Corcoran Gallery of Art announced on Thursday, November 30, that it purchased the Randall School property in Southwest Washington from the DC Government.

The creation of a mixed use arts and residential center on this property will have positive and powerful resonance for the Southwest community, as well as the City and the region. "This opens the way for a new era for the Corcoran College of Art + Design and the many of Washington’s citizens," noted Corcoran Board Vice Chairman, John T. “Til” Hazel, Jr.

Monument Realty, one of Washington’s most active real estate developers and a firm committed to the Southwest region, has been confirmed as the developer of the Randall property. Jeffrey Neal, Principal at Monument, stated that Monument was pleased “to have reached this important milestone and is eager to begin work with the Corcoran. In addition to bringing new investment to Southwest Washington, the Randall School development will offer a number of benefits to the community and the District, including the restoration of an important historic resource, additional affordable housing and, most importantly, the addition of new space for the Corcoran College of Art + Design. We look forward to presenting our ideas for the redevelopment of the school to the community.”

The acquisition and development of the Randall property is significant to the Corcoran’s future plans. Under the leadership of new Director and President, Paul Greenhalgh, the Corcoran is engaged in a strategic planning process aimed at, among its many priorities for the gallery and its education initiatives, expanding the College’s scope of programs across undergraduate and graduate levels and increasing its student base. The College currently enrolls 350 undergraduates and 150 graduate students, as well as 2,500 students in continuing education programs. “The Corcoran is aimed at organizing itself to be the art school of the future,” notes Greenhalgh. “This unique combination of the historic and the state-of-the-art is exactly in line with the Corcoran’s own identity as one of the oldest art galleries in the country and an energetic arts school for students of all ages. Proper facilities on every account – galleries and student spaces – are key to the future.”

The Randall facility will be the Corcoran’s third campus for its College classrooms, which will continue to be offered at the Seventeenth Street gallery space and at the Fillmore site in upper Georgetown. At Randall, undergraduate students, beginning in the fall of 2011, will have expanded classrooms for ceramics, sculpture and other equipment-intensive arts, as well as additional rooms for student exhibition display.

Dean Christina DePaul said, “Acquiring the Randall School provides mutual benefits to both the Corcoran and to the city of Washington. For the city, it will bring a vibrant community of young artists to the Southwest that can create an exciting dynamic and energized atmosphere. For the Corcoran, it allows us to not only expand our facilities and offer our students state-of-the-art studios and advanced creative technologies, but it will also afford us the opportunity to offer innovative art programs that will take advantage of our unique milieu: a museum school in the heart of the nation's capital.”

ABOUT THE CORCORAN
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, a privately funded institution, was founded in 1869 as Washington’s first museum of art. It is known internationally for its distinguished collection of historical and modern American art as well as contemporary art, photography, European painting, sculpture, and decorative arts. Founded in 1890, the Corcoran College of Art + Design is Washington’s only 4-year college of art and design offering BFA degrees in three majors—Fine Arts, Graphic Design, and Photography—and AFA degrees in Fine Arts and Photography. The College’s Open Program, which offers part-time credit and non-credit classes for children and adults, draws more than 3,000 participants each year.