Arts facility takes center stage at FISD From the cover
About the project
designed to showcase rotating work from FISD students and is intended to provide students with professional-level exhibition opportunities, officials said. “From the time of its inception, this Visual and Performing Arts Center was intended to be a home for our fine arts programs,” said Preston Hazzard, FISD managing director of fine arts, in an email. The performance hall will enhance the fine arts education for all students in FISD, said Brett
Frisco ISD is less than a year away from opening its new Visual and Performing Arts Center—a project that is set to expand student opportunities within the district. The approximately 65,000-square-foot facility will house a large performance hall with about 1,150 seats, including upper-level balcony seating and box seating. The $54.9 million center, approved by voters in a 2018 bond program, will also feature a 2,000-square-foot gallery space
Sumrow, principal and education sector leader at Corgan Architects, in an email. The facility was designed through a collaboration between Corgan Architects, the firm designing the center, and FISD to understand the needs for the facility in order to create a professional-grade venue, he said. “As always, the planning and design process was highly collaborative to ensure every aspect of the facility serves the needs of students and staff,” Sumrow said. The performance hall will seat approximately 1,150, he said, with the ability to add movable chairs for additional seating capacity. This will be a significant increase from the district’s existing high school auditoriums and allow for flexibility in hosting large-scale events, he said. Along with the performance hall and gallery space, the venue will include two multipurpose rooms totaling 7,000 square feet. The multipurpose rooms can function as venues for competitions, such as the University Interscholastic League, or UIL.
Map key: 1 Lobby 2 Fine arts offices 3 Performance hall – lower seating 4 Stage 5 Multipurpose 1 6 Multipurpose 2 7 Back of house spaces 8 Performance hall – balcony seating 9 Art exhibit gallery
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SOURCES: CORGAN ARCHITECTS, FRISCO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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