The Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center

The Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center opened for classes in 1997 at a cost of $6.5 million. The 40,000 square foot Center has forever changed the cultural and educational landscape of Coker College and South Carolina by providing an unmatched facility for the visual, performing and media arts benefits students and audiences alike.

The Center is one of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the nation. It serves as a community resource for a wide range of educational and cultural events, including the professional events of the Coker College Performing Arts Series, while also housing the College's Department of Dance, Music and Theater and providing facilities for the Communication program.

Coker College upholds and defends the intellectual and artistic freedom of its faculty and students as they study and create art and live performances that explore the full spectrum of human experience. The College considers such pursuits central to the spirit of inquiry and thoughtful discussion at the heart of a liberal arts education.