Opponents to breaking up the Corcoran Gallery of Art and its College of Art + Design called on witnesses to present their plans in court Thursday that would keep both institutions intact.

The president of the University of Maryland and a prominent D.C. philanthropist laid out alternatives to GW’s joint plan with the National Gallery of Art to absorb the Corcoran. The testimonies come more than a week after a D.C. Superior Court judge ruled that some members of the advocacy group Save the Corcoran could make a case against the merger.

UMD president Wallace Loh described the plans he had outlined to Corcoran leaders in February before the Corcoran announced a deal with GW. Loh said he was prepared to return to the $46 million deal that the state university had offered the Corcoran, which would make it an affiliated college.

Save the Corcoran had subpoenaed Loh, who said he was “philosophically” committed to preserving the Corcoran’s independence and keeping the art school and gallery together, the Washington Post reported.

If GW acquires the college, it will spend $80 million to renovate the 17th street building, with $35 million coming from the Corcoran, University President Steven Knapp said Tuesday in court.

Wayne Reynolds, a philanthropist who led the $54 million campaign to turn around the historic Ford’s Theatre, offered another alternative to GW’s plans.

Reynolds testified that he could bring in deep-pocketed donors to revive the Corcoran’s lackluster fundraising. He also spotlighted the Corcoran’s poor management, saying officials asked him to become board of trustees chairman in 2012 but then cancelled several meetings with him, the Associated Press reported.

Five more witnesses are scheduled to testify early next week, and closing arguments could come as early as Wednesday.