HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Hastings College officials have broken ground on the $8.5 million Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, expected to open in August 2016.

The building will be the new home of the college’s art department, where Jackson Dinsdale studied.

Dinsdale died last year at age 21 after an accident in St. Paul. The building was announced in November and will be funded primarily by a $5 million donation from Dinsdale’s parents, Kim and Tom Dinsdale.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the center was held Friday.

The new building will include studios for glassblowing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics, as well as individual studio space, critique rooms, classrooms and gallery space.