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The Living Arts and Science Center (LASC) announced that the organization, through its $5 million Imagine This Capital Campaign, has completed a $1 million matching grant from the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation.
The LASC has now raised $2.85 million, more than half of their goal, and will break ground for the expansion of a new facility in the spring of 2014, according to a press release. The organization also plans to renovate its current building on North Martin Luther Boulevard. The expansion and renovation are anticipated to be completed in the spring of 2015.
In honor of the $1 million gift to the LASC, the planned addition will be named the Lucille Caudill Little Discovery Center. Lucille C. Little was an original founder of the Living Arts & Science Center when it originated in 1968.
DeLeon & Primmer Architecture Workshop, a Louisville-based firm, will provide the designs for the addition.
"With the selection of Louisville-based, internationally recognized architects, the DeLeon & Primmer Architecture Workshop, the LASC will not only expand its facility and programs and services, but will contribute to the revitalization of the East End through the creation of a creative and engaging presence in downtown Lexington," said Capital Campaign Chair Harriett Dupree Bradley. "We are approaching the design with a desire to create an open and interactive site that will encourage participation from our local residents and serve as an educational destination for children and adults throughout Kentucky."
The new facility will include: Lexington's only planetarium, a hands-on discovery exhibit, additional gallery space, new art and science classrooms, and a digital art and clay studio.