The Paramount Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary community arts facility located in Historic Downtown St. Cloud, Minnesota. The facility is owned by the City of St. Cloud and operated by the Paramount Center for the Arts (a 501c3 non-profit organization).
- The renovated 800 seat historic Theatre (built in 1921) serves as a stage for rent by numerous community groups to perform as well as a venue for professional performances.
- The Visual Arts Studios (VAS), located in the lower level of the building, offers visual arts classes in pottery and handbuilding, drawing, watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting, stained and fused glass, woodturning and woodworking, fiber arts, jewelry, and much more for beginning and experienced artists in the community. The VAS also offers professional development opportunities for artists, educators and businesses in the Central Minnesota region.
















