Albany State University finally has its Fine Arts Center

From left, Dougherty County Commission Chairman Chris Cohilas, Albany State University President Art Dunning, interim Executive Vice President Marion Fedrick and State Sen. Freddie Powell Sims cut the ribbon Tuesday on the university’s new $22 million Fine Arts Center. After the Flood of 1994, a new fine arts center had long been at the top of Albany State’s wish list, but the project was bogged down by state bureaucracy and controversy. In 2015, the General Assembly finally allotted construction funding. ASU also dedicated the Arthur R. Berry Art Gallery and the Leroy E. Bynum Recital Hall Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Terry Lewis)