Phipps Center for the Arts

Phipps Center for the Arts

Main entrance to the Phipps Center
Address 109 Locust Street
Hudson, Wisconsin
United States
Type Performing arts center
Opened 1983
Website
thephipps.org

The Phipps Center for the Arts is a theatre and arts center in Hudson, Wisconsin, offering a variety of theatrical, musical, and artistic performances, in addition to art exhibits and arts-related classes and lessons.[1] The facility is a non-profit, community-based organization committed to offering cultural and artistic experiences to area residents.[2]

Built in 1983 and expanded in 1992, the Phipps is operated mainly through the help of volunteers. It operates with a $1.2 million annual budget, in a $7 million facility. Its Endowment Fund is over $1 million.[3]

The theatre organ in the auditorium of the Phipps Center

In addition to art exhibit and classroom areas, there are multiple auditoriums. A main feature in the theatre is a Wurlitzer Theatre Organ, used for concerts, and to accompany silent films. This organ was originally installed in the Capitol Theatre in St. Paul in 1926. It was reinstalled in the KSTP Television Studios in Saint Paul in 1957 and then moved to the Phipps Center in 1983. The organ has three manuals, and 16 ranks (sets of pipes).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Thephipps.org/about/history/". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Hudsonstarobserver.com/content/phipps-center-arts". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Hudsonstarobserver.com/content/phipps-center-arts". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Atos.org/organ/phipps-center-arts". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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