The Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center houses Stetson's extensive collection of art by Modernist painter Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938).

The 5,000-square-foot art center includes two galleries:“
one to exhibit rotating selections from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection and the second to display other works from the university's permanent
art collection or for special shows.

The $2.2 million building also has a foyer gallery/reception area, a vault, a preparation area and an art study/seminar room.

The Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, contains more than 1,000 pieces, and was bequeathed to Stetson in 1997 by the artist's daughter,
Vera Bluemner Kouba.

Selections of the Collection have been exhibited at the university and at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, but until now there has been no facility to make the collection accessible to students
and the public on a continuing basis.

Longtime trustee and alumna Dolly Hand '49 and her husband, Homer, made the lead gift for the art center, located between Sampson Hall 
and the duPont-Ball Library.

Stetson University has a strong commitment to the arts, made stronger by the support of alumni and friends.

Your gift, in any amount, provides funding for gallery exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations, artist lectures, student awards and programs, and maintenance for the university's permanent art collection.

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"Stetson is so rich with opportunities.
We have an unbelievable
School of Music,
School of Business Administration
and College of Arts & Sciences,
and I don't think enough people
know about us."

"This will provide another opportunity
for people to learn more about Stetson, its programs
and its history."

Dolly and Homer Hand