The UAE converted decades-long abandoned Wilmington Police Department horse stables into a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, creative destination.
UAE houses eight three-season art and teaching studios, a group exhibition/gathering area, an outdoor open-seat amphitheater, an underground wastewater management system, and environmentally sustainable landscaping.
The Listening Garden is the site of “Twin Obelisks for Brownie” sculpted by local artist Rick Rothrock. The UAE and Clifford Brown Listening Garden are in Wilmington’s East Side Historic District, which is one of the city’s traditionally African American communities and is within walking distance from other artistically undernourished neighborhoods.
