The Center of Arts and Media (CAM) could have just as easily been named “The Bridge to Advanced Technology in Arts and Media,” for how this building will connect students to a new way of learning.
By virtue of its technology, unequalled in any of Utah’s higher education institutions, the CAM pushes SLCC’s learning facilities into a new era of capability while still honoring a traditional past.
“The whole thing is about students,” says Neil Vanderpool, associate dean for Communication and Performing Art, who has been involved in the project since construction began over two years ago.
“Construction is probably the wrong term. It was deconstruction because they were taking some of the old building and refitting it,” says Vanderpool. He recalls a day “standing in the middle of the current sound stage and it’s a dirt floor. There are no walls, there’s nothing around it.”
In that spot today is the new sound stage and television studio, both in use for students.
“It’s about the opportunity that this brand new building brings to students, and how can students now be connected to the technology, to the opportunities that are in that facility?” says Vanderpool.
Getting to Know All About the CAM:
CAM updates tech capabilities from 1985 to the latest
Architectural features seen and not seen, bridges old with new
CAM is energy efficient without having to be LEED Certified
Inside the CAM: Music and Audio Recording spaces
Inside the CAM: MIDI and Editing suites galore
