NYC’s School of Visual Arts Gets a New Home in a Renovated Theater
New York City’s School of Visual Arts (SVA) will soon have a new cultural center with state-of-the-art movie theater capabilities, thanks to the design-build team of Laurence G. Jones Architects and Aragon Construction. The team has begun renovation on a 25,000-square-foot, three-story, two-screen facility formerly known as the Clearview Chelsea West Cinemas, at 33 West 23rd Street. The facility will host film screenings and other events produced by SVA as well as lectures and cultural programs that support the educational mission of the college. The building will boast a new lobby by the renowned designer and SVA acting chair Milton Glaser, who also designed the exterior façade of the building. It will display a set of graphic and sculpture art—changed four times per year—that relates to various aspects of the school’s curriculum: painting, photography, film, animation, computer art, and art history. Renovations also include upgrading all of the theater’s mechanical systems, fire alarms, and electrical services; new screens draperies; an up-to-date audio system and new lighting system; and expanded stages in a small theater that will seat 280 people and a larger theater for 480 people. Construction is slated for completion in January. (Rendering courtesy of Milton Glaser Studio.)
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New York City’s School of Visual Arts (SVA) will soon have a new cultural center with state-of-the-art movie theater capabilities, thanks to the design-build team of Laurence G. Jones Architects and Aragon Construction. The team has begun renovation on a 25,000-square-foot, three-story, two-screen facility formerly known as the Clearview Chelsea West Cinemas, at 33 West 23rd Street. The facility will host film screenings and other events produced by SVA as well as lectures and cultural programs that support the educational mission of the college. The building will boast a new lobby by the renowned designer and SVA acting chair Milton Glaser, who also designed the exterior façade of the building. It will display a set of graphic and sculpture art—changed four times per year—that relates to various aspects of the school’s curriculum: painting, photography, film, animation, computer art, and art history. Renovations also include upgrading all of the theater’s mechanical systems, fire alarms, and electrical services; new screens draperies; an up-to-date audio system and new lighting system; and expanded stages in a small theater that will seat 280 people and a larger theater for 480 people. Construction is slated for completion in January. (Rendering courtesy of Milton Glaser Studio.)