Completed in 2005, the Katzen Arts Center brings all the visual and performing arts programs at AU into one 130,000-square-foot space. Designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, the Katzen includes the museum, the Abramson Family Recital Hall, the Studio Theatre, a dance studio, an electronics studio, individual studios for MFA students, rehearsal space, and classrooms. The Katzen is a statement to the community that American University is a place where the arts are honored as the heart of higher education. There is a 550-space garage located beneath the Katzen Center at the Massachusetts Avenue entrance.