The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 East Main Street, is a newly renovated 10,238 square foot downtown Nacogdoches building. The first floor contains a 2,933 square foot gallery, which contains a 120” × 160” drop-down screen. There is also a storage room and kitchen. The second floor contains a 1,332 square foot gallery with a 65” × 116” drop-down screen, a conference room with a 54” × 96” drop-down screen, two offices and a storage room.
Exhibitions are presented year-round and are planned by the SFA gallery director. Fund raising is continuing to build an endowment that will support the exhibitions, pay for the daily operations and create a new assistant director/curator of public programming.