Fairfield Arts & Convention Center
Encyclopedia
The Fairfield Arts & Convention Center is a 32000 square feet (2,972.9 m²) performing arts, convention and meeting, visual arts, and arts education facility, located at Briggs and Main Streets in downtown Fairfield, Iowa
. The complex includes a 522 seat proscenium theatre, business pavilion
, meeting rooms, executive conference suite, art gallery and classroom, informal performance areas, commercial kitchen, administrative support space, and an outdoor plaza. The convention center
features 7700 sq ft (715.4 m²) of exhibit space, along with an additional 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) of meeting space, two meeting rooms and an executive conference suite.
The facility opened December 7, 2007, and includes the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts
, which is the first one in the world named after Stephen Sondheim
.
Fairfield, Iowa
Fairfield is a city and the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,464 in the 2010 census, a decline from 9,509 in the 2000 census. - History :...
. The complex includes a 522 seat proscenium theatre, business pavilion
Pavilion (structure)
In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...
, meeting rooms, executive conference suite, art gallery and classroom, informal performance areas, commercial kitchen, administrative support space, and an outdoor plaza. The convention center
Convention center
A convention center is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees...
features 7700 sq ft (715.4 m²) of exhibit space, along with an additional 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) of meeting space, two meeting rooms and an executive conference suite.
The facility opened December 7, 2007, and includes the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts
Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts
The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, opened December 7-10, 2007, located with the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center in Fairfield, Iowa. The Center opened with 7 notable Broadway stars, including Liz Callaway and Richard Kind, all of whom had something to do with one of the many...
, which is the first one in the world named after Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
.