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

Tempe, Arizona , settlement_type = City , named_for = Vale of Tempe , image_skyline = Tempeskyline3.jpg , imagesize = 260px , image_caption = Tempe skyline as se ...

. It opened in September 2007 and houses a 600-seat proscenium theater, a 200-seat studio theater and a 3,500-square-foot gallery. Its Lakeside Room seats 200 and overlooks Tempe Town Lake, with views of the Papago Buttes and Camelback Mountain.

Architecture

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 0.1% was used to fund seed money for the management, design, and construction of the facility. At the entrance, environmental designer Ned Kahn uses 8,000 embedded marbles and tiny mirrors to create a shimmery sunlit effect at the Center’s marquee. He echoes this shimmering effect on the west wall of the Lakeside room where an array of mirrors captures and digitizes the available light reflecting off the Center’s negative edge poo
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/nowiki> 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 visible from the surrounding freeways and the man-made Tempe Town Lake, which occupies the natural watercourse of the Salt River (Arizona), 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. Five public art pieces were included in the design: * Entry Marquee – Ned Kahn * Fireplace– trueNorth - Mayme Kratz and Mark Ryan * Fountain Reflections – Ned Kahn * Lobby Carpet – Ramona Saskiestewa * Aurora - 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.

Current Residents Artists

Arizona Wind Symphony

Black Theatre Troupe (Guest Artists)

Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre

Childsplay
* CONDER/dance
Desert Dance Theatre

Hayden's Ferry Chamber Music Series

Lakeshore Music

Scottsdale Musical Theatre Company

Stray Cat Theatre

Tandem Duo

Tempe Comedy

Tempe Symphony Orchestra

Tempe Winds

Past Resident Artists

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Photo gallery

File: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. File:Tempe Center for the Arts - Lobby East - 2009-09-04.JPG, Photo of the lobby looking east. File:Tempe Center for the Arts - Lobby West - 2009-09-04.JPG, Photo of the lobby looking west. File: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. File:Tempe Center for the Arts - East - 2009-09-04.JPG, Photo looking at the East side of the building exterior. File:Tempe Center for the Arts - West - 2009-09-04.JPG, Photo looking at the West side of the building exterior. File:Tempe Center for the Arts.JPG, TCA Exterior File:Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona - panoramio (10).jpg, Bridge outside TCA File:Interior Side View, Tempe Center for the Arts - panoramio.jpg, Outside TCA Theater File:Sunset at Tempe Center for the Arts - panoramio.jpg, Sunset at TCA File:John J. Rhodes Lecture attendees (32366566593).jpg, TCA Theater

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