The Poetry Center's New Home

University of Arizona Poetry Center

The Helen S. Schaefer Building

Architect: Line and Space, LLC
Contractor: Diversified Design & Construction, Inc.

Construction began: May 2006
Occupancy: August 2007
Gross square feet: Approximately 17,000
Project cost: $6.8 million

Financing: $4.9 million private gifts and $1.9 University support
Mission
The University of Arizona Poetry Center is a living archive, founded in 1960 to maintain and cherish the spirit of poetry. The Poetry Center aims to promote poetic literacy and sustain, enrich, and advance a diverse literary culture.

Activities
An internationally renowned poetry library, the Poetry Center sponsors numerous University and community programs, including readings and lectures, classes and workshops, writing residencies, poets-in-the-schools, poets-in-the-prisons, contests, exhibitions, and online resources, including standards-based poetry curricula.

An area of special emphasis within the College of Humanities, the Poetry Center is open and fully accessible to the public.

New Fall Hours
Monday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. only on the following days:
9/26, 10/31, 11/21, 12/5
Sunday Closed