Mesa Arts Center
Performing and visual arts venue in Mesa, Arizona / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mesa Arts Center is a performing and visual arts complex in downtown Mesa, Arizona. At more than 210,000 square feet (20,000 m2) square feet, the $95 million facility, completed in 2005, is the largest comprehensive arts campus in the state.[1]
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Address | One East Main Street |
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Location | Mesa, Arizona |
Coordinates | 33.4140°N 111.8305°W / 33.4140; -111.8305 |
Owner | City of Mesa |
Operator | City of Mesa |
Type | Arts Center |
Capacity | Ikeda Theater: 1,600 Virginia G Piper Repertory Theater: 550 Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse: 200 Anita Cox Farnsworth Studio Theater: 99 |
Acreage | 7 acres |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2002 |
Opened | 2005 |
Construction cost | $90,000,000 |
Architect | Bora Architects & DWL Architects + Planners Inc. |
General contractor | Layton Construction of Arizona |
Tenants | |
Ballet Etudes East Valley Children's Theatre Mesa Encore Theatre Metropolitan Youth Symphony Sonoran Desert Chorale Southwest Shakespeare Company Salt River Brass Phonetic Split | |
Website | |
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The Mesa Arts Center encompasses four performance venues, from the intimate 99-seat Farnsworth Studio Theater to the 1,600-seat Ikeda Theater.[2] The center is home to the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, which houses five art galleries with 5,500 sq ft (510 m2) of exhibition space.[2] The facility also features 14 visual and performing art classroom studios.[2] Multi-use areas throughout the campus provide both indoor and outdoor gathering and presentation spaces.