Tempe Center for the Arts

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Tempe Center for the Arts
File:Tempe Center for the Arts.JPG
Photo near the Main Entrance of the Tempe Center for the Arts
Address 700 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona 85281
United States
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Owner City of Tempe
Type Arts Center for Performing and Visual Arts
Capacity Studio - 200 Seats
Theater - 600 Seats
Construction
Built 2004 - 2007
Opened September 9, 2007
Construction cost $65 Million
Website
Venue website

Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) is a publicly owned performing and visual arts center in Tempe, Arizona.

About

The building was designed by Barton Myers Associates of Los Angeles and Architekton of Tempe. A citizens group, formed in 1998, spearheaded a ballot initiative to create an arts center. The resulting increase in the sales tax of .1% was used to fund seed money for the management, design, and construction of the facility.

A management firm (Kitchell CEM) was selected by the city government to oversee a three-phase design competition, leading to the selection of the design team in 2000. Following public input, the design was completed in 2003. Construction began in April 2004 and took 40 months. The Center was completed in August, 2007, with a grand opening on September 9, 2007.

The Center features a roof made of complex geometric folded plates. The roof is highly visible from the surrounding freeways and the man-made Tempe Town Lake, which occupies the natural watercourse of the Salt River, immediately adjacent to the site. It is also visible by many airplanes landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, two miles west of the building.

Home to city-produced programs:

The project is home to Tempe’s Homegrown Cultural and Arts Groups:

  • Theater companies - Childsplay
  • Dance companies - A Ludwig Dance Theatre, ConderDance, and Desert Dance Theater
  • Music ensembles - Tempe Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Arizona Wind Symphony, Tempe Community Chorus

Five public art pieces were included in the design:

  • Entry Marquee[1] – Ned Kahn
  • Fireplace[2]– trueNorth - Mayme Kratz and Mark Ryan
  • Fountain Reflections[3] – Ned Kahn
  • Lobby Carpet[4] – Ramona Saskiestewa
  • Aurora[5] - Brower Hatcher

The Center includes the Gallery at TCA, a visual arts gallery featuring free exhibits of two- and three-dimensional artwork by local and internationally recognized artists.

Gallery

  • Tempe Center for the Arts - Lakeside Exterior - 2009-09-04.jpg

    Photo on the outside of the Lakeside looking across the reflecting pond known as Mare Undarum – Sea of Waves.

  • Tempe Center for the Arts - Lobby East - 2009-09-04.JPG

    Photo of the lobby looking east.

  • Tempe Center for the Arts - Lobby West - 2009-09-04.JPG

    Photo of the lobby looking west.

  • Tempe Center for the Arts - Lobby Carpet - 2009-09-04.JPG

    Photo of the lobby carpet design called Agua Corriente, looking down from the third floor.

  • Tempe Center for the Arts - East - 2009-09-04.JPG

    Photo looking at the East side of the building exterior.

  • Tempe Center for the Arts - West - 2009-09-04.JPG

    Photo looking at the West side of the building exterior.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.tempe.gov/arts/publicart/Images/Downtown/MareUndarumentry.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.tempe.gov/arts/publicart/Images/Downtown/trueNorth.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.tempe.gov/arts/publicart/Images/Downtown/MareUndarumpool.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.tempe.gov/arts/publicart/Images/Downtown/AguaCorriente.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.tempe.gov/arts/publicart/Images/Downtown/aurora.htm

External links

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