JOIN US MONDAY APRIL 29 FROM 12-3PM AT KERRY HALL FOR A SIT IN PROTEST. 

Cornish College of the Arts was founded in 1914 as the Cornish School of Music, by Nellie Cornish. In 1915, the school was known as The Cornish School of Music Language and Dancing. Kerry Hall was Nellie's apartment and the only original tie left to Cornish's beginning. Since 1921 this building has been used for dance and music classes at Cornish College of the Arts. Since then, many dance and music history makers have taught, taken class, and been apart of Cornish in Kerry Hall, including Martha Graham, Merce Cunnigham, John Cage, as well as many others. 

On April 9, 2024 Cornish released a formal statement that Kerry Hall has been put up for sale under the guise of bringing the dance and music students to main campus. This directly displaces the dance and music students, many of them attending Cornish for the ability to study in Kerry Hall, as well as artists who rent the space for rehearsals or shows at PONCHO Music Hall. Not to mention this decision coming from the board with no support from students, alumni, faculty, and the Seattle arts community. 

We ask for the administration at Cornish College of the Arts to reconsider this decision that has broken the hearts of many in the Cornish community and beyond. Kerry Hall is a piece of dance and music history, Cornish history. We ask for them to work with the Cornish community to come to a different solution that could result in Kerry Hall remaining a part of Cornish indefinitely. Please sign and share to show the board that we do not stand with them on this decision.