DON'T
DESTROY
THIS

Inside this unique and historic building, the SWC Art Gallery has been bringing innovative exhibitions to the Southwestern College campus for the last six decades. This amazing structure, which has been inspiring the areas most creative minds, is now set to be destroyed by the College Administration under the current Facilities Master Plan.

We need your support to stop this.

HELP US

SIGN OUR PETITION

Go to our Change.org petition and lend your support, then tell others to join you.

WRITE A LETTER FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION OR GROUP

We need letters of support from organizations and groups to submit to the SWC Governing Board.

Draft a letter requesting the Facilities Master Plan be altered to stop the demolition of building 88 containing the SWC Art Gallery and add why the gallery should be saved from your group's point of view. Then gather as many signatures inside your organization as possible and send us your letter.

We're looking for experts from around the world in related fields (such as Arts, Architectural, Cultural, Community, Education, Environmental, Construction, Historical, or Political organizations) or any business, organization or group in the region who is concerned or affected by the demolition of our historic building.

Are you an SWC Student?

Email your Student Trustee representative: ( SWCStudentTrustee@swccd.edu)

Let him know you want the historic SWC Art Gallery (building 88) to be preserved.

SPREAD THE WORD

Get the word out! Share what you see, create new posts and alert your community.

Be sure to like, follow and subscribe to any and all Save the SWC Art Gallery posts you see.

You are our PR department!

SHARE YOUR SKILLS

Volunteer your special skills to Saving the SWC Art Gallery.

From photographers to building project estimators and everything in-between. Have a skill to lend to the cause?

Email us with your ideas.

Are you a benevolent Billionaire?

Volunteer to pay for the SWC Art Gallery building renovations and utility separations from

our soon to be demolished sister buildings and this could all be over.

GOALS

Have the Southwestern College Governing Board update the Facilities Master Plan to save building 88 (containing the SWC Art Gallery) from its proposed demolition.

Request Prop SW funds be budgeted for repairs to the interior, exterior and courtyard, and for utilities upgrades for building 88 (SWC Art Gallery).

Remodel and Upgrade the spaces inside building 88 (including the attached classrooms) for better preservation and showcasing of our Permanent Art Collection, the continued display of Culture on our campus, and for more Community engagement and outreach.

WHY SAVE THE GALLERY?

This historic, exquisitely designed, highly functional and irreplaceable building is one of the few features making Southwestern College's Art Department unique to the region and the world. Help protect this important legacy.

Learn More on our dedicated webpage.

INFO

SCHEDULED FOR DESTRUCTION

The SWC Art Gallery building is currently scheduled for demolition on the latest Facilities Master Plan (the document guiding construction projects on the Southwestern College campus).

How did we get here?

1968

Construction is complete on the SWC Art Gallery building

late 1970s

Stagflation and budget constraints leads to a policy of "deferred maintenance", delaying routine building upkeep and repairs indefinitely

1980s-2000s

lack of systematic maintenance and upgrades leaves the original campus buildings in disrepair

2013

Facilities Master Plan Vision 2025

concludes many of the original campus buildings have serious systems issues due to deferred maintenance policy and recommends demolishing and rebuilding as a cheaper alternative to repairs or adaptive re-use.

2015-2018

The Facilities Condition Survey and updated Facilities Master Plan secures the destruction of original campus buildings and outlines new building construction timelines with Bond-raised funds.

Nov. 2024

Prop SW passes providing Bond funds for the College to continue with the Facilities Master Plan Program and demolish building 88, (the SWC Art Gallery).