The University of Indianapolis Arts holds over 200 music, theatre and visual art events each year in it's superb performance spaces housed in The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center and the newly remodeled Esch Hall. The majority of these events are free and open to the public or very reasonably priced / discounted to constantly encourage newcomers to experience the arts. The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center touts the superb Ruth Lilly Performance Hall for student, faculty and nationally recognized music events, while also housing an Art Gallery that holds exhibitions of local, regional and nationally accredited artists. In Esch Hall, The UIndy Theatre Department performs major mainstage productions in the 780 seat procenium Ransburg Auditorium and smaller, more intimate works in the three-quarter thrust black box studio theatre. Visit http://arts.uindy.edu for more information!