Reston Arts Center Feasibility Focus Group Performing Arts Feedback
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These community outreach meetings are being conducted to understand community needs for a proposed arts venue in the Reston Town Center. The proposed arts center would be a result of a proffer from Boston Properties in the next phase of Reston Town Center development (Block J). The proffer would provide for an approximately 60,000 gross square foot facility to house a stage suitable for large-scale music and dance performances, as well as other arts-related amenities.
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Reston Arts Center Feasibility Focus Group Performing Arts Feedback
- 1. Reston Arts Center Feasibility PROJECT# CC-000024 Focus Group Performing Arts February 28, 2022
- 2. W E L C OM E DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES RESTON COMMUNITY CENTER FAIRFAX COUNTY GRIMM + PARKER ARCHITECTS FEASIBILITY DESIGN ARCHITECT
- 3. MEETING AGENDA Introduction + Project Overview Performing Arts Discussion Wrap Up + Next Steps 6:30-6:40 PM 6:40-7:5S PM 7:55-8:00 PM
- 4. These community outreach meetings are being conducted to understand community needs for a proposed arts venue in the Reston Town Center. The proposed arts center would be a result of a proffer from Boston Properties in the next phase of Reston Town Center development (Block J). The proffer would provide for an approximately 60,000 gross square foot facility to house a stage suitable for large- scale music and dance performances, as well as other arts-related amenities. BACKGROUN D
- 5. BACKGROUN D The County and RCC will seek to maximize the ability of this project to meet the goals of One Fairfax and the Countywide Strategic Plan. If undertaken, this project will result in a facility that serves everyone equitably and with high quality. The County and RCC want to maximize the usefulness and activation of all capital projects undertaken on behalf of the public.
- 6. RCC will not raise the Small District 5 tax rate to accomplish this project. The County will seek partners for funding for the capital project. We are not discussing opposition to this project – please forward feedback or questions to this email: RCCContact@fairfaxcounty.gov BACKGROUN D
- 7. FEB 14 FEEDBACK MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE FAIRFAX COUNTY WEBSITE
- 8. FEB 14 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE FAIRFAX COUNTY WEBSITE
- 9. D I S C U S We want to hear from you! Let’s discuss Performing Arts in this new Reston Arts Center. S
- 10. 1. Review previous market studies and discuss performance program types. 2. Based on the performance types what shape venue would make sense? 3. What are the stage needs? 4. How many seats should be in the house? 5. What other support spaces are needed for performances? 6. Prioritize back-of-house spaces. 7. Prioritize front-of-house spaces. 8. Overall important facility features: Acoustics, AV/IT, etc. 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8
- 11. Previous Market Research Results - surrounding performing arts venue context 1 • The surrounding areas have options for small–medium flexible spaces for rental. • What is missing is a space designed for performance use with professional technical support, stage capacity and related support spaces at the mid-size seating capacity (300-700). • The area can support a medium capacity performance venue. The major types of performances would be music, dance and theatre. • Also missing are small intimate venues designed for spoken word, comedy, jazz and other small groups. • Hard to find quality rehearsal space. Interactive Map Gallery - Community | GIS and Mapping Services (fairfaxcounty.gov) www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/community
- 12. Poll Question #1 (you may choose up to 3) In which programs/types of performances are you most interested? A. Musical B. Choral C. Orchestra D. Theatre E. Dance F. Broadway shows G. Comedy/Improv H. Cinema I. Folk/Traditional J. Other 1
- 13. Now that we have identified your performance type priorities …. What shape/style of Performing Arts Venue(s) makes sense? 2 Arena Thrust Proscenium Black Box / Flexible Club • Small acts / comedy / improv • Can double as a Lobby / cafe With a fly tower
- 14. Now Let’s talk about Performance STAGE NEEDS Users • Orchestra • Choral – with small orchestra? • Dance • Theatre – Broadway, musicals, opera • Cinema • Speakers, lectures, authors, TED talks, etc. 3 Prioritize accommodations: • Thrust • Pit (not a full orchestra pit) Loading /performer Access – will work as best as possible based on site conditions
- 15. 3 Center Stage 34’ x 60’ +/- 40’ x 95’ shown here 40’ x 81’ Stage Needs: What size orchestra? Room for dance wings Orchestra thrust Capital One Hall Stage 40’ deep x 105’ wide (sized for 1600 seat hall)
- 16. Performance venue – How many SEATS and SHAPE • Overall seat count considerations • Refer to earlier marketing studies - approx. 500 • Should be “right sized” for the need • What is the right size for union rate criteria • Need equity of access, rental rates, calendar management • House should feel “full” for most performance sizes • Site footprint can not support an overly large venue and fit other identified needs • House shape • Sightlines • Balconies 4
- 17. Types of spaces: Size / Shape of House 4
- 18. Types of spaces: Size / shape of house 300 seats w balcony 450 seats w 2 balconies Centerstage 290 seats no balcony 490 seats w 1 balcony 600 seats no balcony Can increase to 700-800 w balconies 4
- 19. Poll Question #2 (choose your top 3) What support, instructional, and practice spaces are needed for performing arts? A. Rehearsal space B. Green room C. Dance studio D. Recording studio E. Practice/instructional F. Digital media/film studios G. Other 5
- 20. Poll Question #3 (choose your top 3) What back-of-house spaces are needed for performances? A. Dressing room(s) B. Scenery repair C. Costume repair D. Loading E. Facility storage F. Other 6
- 21. Front-of-house needs: • Lobby • Concessions / catering kitchen (local restaurants will be within walking distance) • Box office • Other 7
- 22. We’d like your input on other overall facility features: Acoustics – accommodate amplified and unamplified sound Audio-visual infrastructure For amplified performances, lectures, films, video, streaming capability Natural light Technical aspects to be flexible and professional Sensory-friendly spaces Outdoor performing space Other input? 8 More Input: What can we do or include to create a diverse, accessible, equitable, and human-scaled facility? What else do you feel are important considerations for the County to respond to this opportunity?
- 23. Q + A Next meetings Date Purpose Location Monday, March 14, 2022, 6:30 pm Focus Group: Visual Arts RCC Hunters Woods Monday, March 28, 2022, 6:30 pm Focus Group: Arts Education, Schools, Equity/Opportunity Neighborhoods Zoom Platform Monday, April 4, 2022, 6:30 pm General Wrap-Up Zoom Platform We appreciate the feedback. Are there any further questions we can answer?
- 24. Y OU T HA N K Feel free to email RCCContact@fairfaxcounty.gov And check back at the website for updates: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/capital-projects/reston-arts-center
Editor's Notes
- Welcome by Beverly Cosham, Chair, Reston Community Center Board of Governors Please take your seats Restrooms are located . . . Thank you for coming. . . .
- Amy + Sue: Welcome! We appreciate you taking the time to meet with us tonight. We look forward to hearing your input on the Feasibility Phase of this exciting potential project, the Reston Arts Center! This event is the second of a series to solicit Reston and Fairfax County community input to help inform the programming and resulting cost estimate for this feasibility phase. Your feedback is crucial to help us plan and design this facility to best meet the needs of your community. A couple of housekeeping items: These are all public meetings that are being recorded so that people who can’t be here can view them at a later time and contribute in writing. They will all be recorded – videotaped at the in person meetings and recorded virtually for the online meetings. There are snack and sandwich boxes on the side of the room – now is a great time to partake before our discussion later. Introductions: Thank you to Reston Community Center for hosting this event and facilitating this dialogue with the community. And DPWES represents the County’s interest in reviewing the proffer and has considerable technical expertise with this type of capital facility development. And we are Sue Hains and Amy Upton from Grimm + Parker Architects –a local architectural design firm that will be leading these discussions and translating what we hear from you to programming and space planning to generate a cost estimate.
- A brief agenda for tonight’s meeting. We will be taking the first 15 minutes for a brief introduction, some scene setting, and project overview. That will leave us with a solid hour for a discussion – we have a series of questions to go through and we’d love to hear from all of you tonight in this large group. And in the final 10 minutes we will wrap up, cover any final Q+A, and talk about the next focus group sessions.
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- Our first meeting focused on the overall Art Center – today we want to focus on the Performing Arts aspect.
- This is where we presenters turn into listeners – we want to give our audience a voice. We have an hour of time and a lot to cover as we dig deeper in the Performing Arts needs for the facility. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to be heard – let’s stay positive and be respectful of time and giving a chance for others to give their answers. We plan to go over the following 8 questions, we hope a variety of folks will participate and we will try to record your input as we go. The goal is to understand the needs of the Performing Arts groups and patrons.
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- Gather input on what is the needs – and we can figure out the exact size later.
- Get the use – don’t settle on the size in this meeting
- Don’t need to decide shape here
- Should hone in on # of Seats not the shape – Balcony desired ?
- We will have 4 more outreach meetings, every two weeks. The presentation will be the same, but we will be drilling down to more focus to different activities and arts feedback. The next 3 meetings are smaller break out sessions – two are in person here and the third is virtual with an on-line meeting platform like Zoom. In 2 weeks we will meet with the Performing Arts Groups Two weeks after that in mid March we will focus on Visual Arts Then at the end of March we will focus on Arts Education, Schools, Equity/Opportunity Neighborhood. We will conclude on April 4 with a wrap up meeting, again virtually, to confirm your community’s needs and desires for this new Reston Arts Center.
- The recording of tonight’s meeting will be accessed via the Fairfaxcounty.gov website – as will a PDF of these presentation slides. Thank you again for all of your input tonight – we are excited about this project and the opportunity to learn from you all tonight.