{"id":1903,"date":"2022-06-16T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=venues-facilities&#038;p=1903"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:10:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:10:01","slug":"cfa-production-center","status":"publish","type":"venues-facilities","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/venues-facilities\/cfa-production-center\/","title":{"rendered":"CFA Production Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-tertiary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1921\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-2048x1537.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/CFA-Production-Center-Banner-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Eric Laignel<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tState-of-the-art. For the arts.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n<p>The College of Fine Arts Production Center at BU gives our students the opportunity to work in a real-world hi-tech laboratory space, allowing them to envision their future work in design and production after graduating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve got 27,000 square feet of design and production facilities, including a state-of-the-art Light and Sound lab, scenery, paint, prop, and costume shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 310-foot-long production wing includes high-bay spaces for constructing, painting, and moving scenery and sets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the scene shop and paint shop are separated by 24-foot high moveable air-walls, which pull back to double the workspace for large-scale sets and connect to a corridor for easy loading into the theatre, or onto trucks for shows off-site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did we also mention&#8230; more than 60 design studio stations, 36 drafting tables, and two smart classrooms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CFA Production Center stands next to <a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=venues-facilities&amp;p=1848&amp;preview=true\">BU&#8217;s Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a>. This bold modern structure encourages innovation, sparks cross-disciplinary collaborations, unifies the Performance and Design &amp; Production programs of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/cfa\/theatre\">School of Theatre<\/a>, and invites the BU community and beyond to interact with theatre performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-bu-buniverse alignwide wp-block-global-buniverse\"><div class=\"wp-block-global-buniverse-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.bu.edu\/buniverse\/interface\/embed\/embed.html?v=2AXWTn0&amp;jsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline\">By The Numbers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-stats has-2-stats\"><figure class=\"wp-block-bu-stats-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stats-row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat has-circle1-color-primary has-number-size-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-stat-container-outer\"><div 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This theatre arts complex was one of the last projects that internationally acclaimed architect and urban designer&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2017\/04\/09\/howard-elkus-architect-who-transformed-parts-boston-dies\/R3AfqYqfLobU3U5qc1i3sO\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Elkus<\/a>&nbsp;designed before&nbsp;he passed away. The construction of this complex was managed by the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bondbrothers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bond Brothers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote alignwide is-style- has-image-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><figure><\/figure><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">Students get so much more out of the experience [of working in the CFA Production Center] because they can spend the time and spread out. 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