Owner City of Tempe Opened 9 September 2007 Construction cost 65 million USD | Built 2004 - 2007 Phone +1 480-350-2822 | |
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Type Arts Center for Performing and Visual Arts Capacity Studio - 200 Seats
Theater - 600 Seats Address 700 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–7:30PMSaturday11AM–5PMSundayClosedMondayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Tempe Town Lake, ASU Gammage, Mesa Arts Center, Herberger Theater Center, Chandler Center for the Arts Profiles | ||
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Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) is a publicly owned performing and visual arts center in Tempe, Arizona.
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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:
Five public art pieces were included in the design:
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.