Fine Arts Center — Attraction in South Kingstown

Girl lemme tell you something about the URI FAC. The building it falling apart. It's just a mess. HOWEVER the people in this building are the best people on earth and there are so many shenanigans and good times that the gross building doesn't even matter. FAC is awesome and we all do great art things. The art department is incredibly talented, the theater is always astoundingly good, and the orchestra is just heavenly. If we had a better building maybe our arts would get even better. But always stop in the to URI Main Gallery for amazing exhibits, and the URI Theater and Orchestra always has performances. Stop in....

Let me say first and foremost that the performances that are put on in this building are phenomenal. The students are incredibly dedicated to the arts, and it shows. Highly recommended you see a performance here. What isn't good is the state of the building. It is quite literally falling apart and looks like a dump compared to the rest of the campus. It's amazing URI has put so much money into new buildings and old building renovations, but hasn't bothered to do anything about the Fine Arts Center. The students, and the arts program in general,...

The building is disgusting and falling apart. The stone and wood is well beyond chipping, the lights flicker inside, and there's a section off to the right where they attempted to build something with columns 20 years ago and never finished. Parts of the inside look well out of date. It's all a real shame because the students involved in arts are really devoted to their work and are fantastic at what they do. They almost had a plan in place for a new FAC to be built until the governor took it...