Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts

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Learning at South Puget Sound

South Puget Sound Community College got its start in 1962 as Olympia Vocational Technical Institute (OVTI), located in a retired Montgomery Ward storefront in downtown Olympia. As its name suggested, the institute focused on preparing students for careers: would-be welders, farriers, automotive technicians – they all looked to OVTI for local, dependable technical training.

More than forty years later, South Puget Sound has come of age as a fully comprehensive community college on a forested, 101-acre parcel of land in southwest Olympia. The construction of the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts brought that mission full circle by giving a permanent, 68,000 square-foot home to the arts and humanities on campus. A home stage for theatre. Expansive studios and a new gas kiln for visual arts. Robust rehearsal spaces and individual practice rooms for music. Classrooms wired with state-of-the-art technology. All of these make the Minnaert Center an exciting place to see, to be – and to learn.

For class listings, visit the South Puget Sound Community College Web site at www.spscc.ctc.edu.