Roger Glass Center for the Arts
Roger Glass Center for the Arts
The University of Dayton’s first building dedicated to visual and performing arts, the Roger Glass Center for the Arts, was commissioned in 2023, with its first performances taking place in 2024. The building elevates the arts on campus and provides greater connection with the Dayton community through concerts, dance and theater performances, and visual art exhibits featuring students, faculty, visiting artists and community members.
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4.9
Acre grounds, featuring two outdoor plazas.
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51,200
Square-foot center, which will be a one-story building.
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60
Trees planted for a sustainable landscape.
The musical performance space seats 386 guests and can be acoustically tuned to accommodate small ensembles, choral performances and full orchestras.
Theater and dance performance space seats up to 244 guests. The space will provide flexibility for a variety of performances, allowing lighting and sound from any angle.
A 2,000-square foot visual arts gallery is a facility highlight. Space, lighting and audio visual connections allow for two- and three-dimensional art, as well as digital art.
Students can find experiential learning facilities for Flyer TV, Flyer Radio and Flyer News, including a TV studio and control room, video-editing lab, radio studio, audio-production suite and more.
Roger Glass Center visitor information
The Roger Glass Center for the Arts has three access points for classes.
The Roger Glass Center for the Arts is open to the public.
Building hours:
- 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday-Friday
- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sundays
Note: For visitors, the building will be open one hour prior and one hour after events. For example, If there is a 3 p.m. concert on a Saturday, the building will be open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. that day.
All vehicles parked on University of Dayton property must display a valid University of Dayton parking permit between 6 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, and until 4:30 p.m. Friday (UD Parking Services). Students, faculty and staff must park in their assigned lots during these hours. Employees and students are not permitted to park in visitor spaces.
- If you are visiting the gallery between 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. during the week, you may stop at the welcome center to acquire a parking pass. This parking pass will allow you to park in D Lot. See the attached image below for a map.
- Event parking for visitors will be available in Lots D and S1 after 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday and all day on Saturday and Sunday.
- There is one 15-minute space available in the parking lot adjacent to the Roger Glass Center for the Arts to accommodate short-term parking without a permit. Emergency flashers are required.
- Parking is not allowed on E. Creative Way.
- There are several accessible parking spaces located in front of the building.
- For event parking, please see the individual event pages for more information.
RGCA parking map
The Roger Glass Center for the Arts includes:
- A shared back-of-house area that houses two full-size dressing rooms and a smaller dressing room for small groups or special guest performers.
- Acoustics in the performance and recording spaces is a top priority. Acoustic design is intended to ensure proper sound quality inside the spaces while keeping outside noises out. The building structure is isolated at the perimeter of each performance space to ensure sound transfer is minimized.
- Two outdoor plazas are available. The North Plaza (Stewart and Main Street side) serves as the entrance to the community and has a 1,000 square foot space for small outdoor art exhibits. The South Plaza (campus side) has bench seating and a 3,000 square-foot multi-use space for art displays or outdoor events.
- Nineteen new parking spaces are available to accommodate people with disabilities and permanent staff. Public parking for performances is coordinated through UD Parking Services depending on performance timing and lot availability.
- The building is designed and being constructed with a goal of achieving LEED Gold certification. LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council’s sustainability rating system, which is one of the most widely used sustainability measures in new design and construction in the U.S.
- The facility provides a number of student opportunities for experiential learning.
