The National Arts Club presents a conversation on the future of the world’s arts centers. Alex Sarian, CEO of Arts Commons—the largest arts venue in Western Canada, leads a discussion with architects and designers Marianne McKenna (KPMB, Toronto), Wanda Dalla Costa (Tawaw, Phoenix), and Joshua Dachs (Fisher Dachs Associates, New York City) about how the largest cultural infrastructure project in recent Canadian history can chart a new course for the arts across the world.

The New David Geffen Hall will open in October 2022! Two years ahead of schedule, on budget, and fully funded…

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Originally published on tonyawards.com

“The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that Tony Award nominated director and choreographer Graciela Daniele will be the 2020 recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.”
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Graciela Daniele’s husband is Fisher Dachs Associates’ very own nine-time Tony Award winning lighting designer Jules Fisher.

FDA Fest, our annual team get-together resumed this year (2021) after being quarantined and working remotely because of Covid-19.

Originally posted on Casting Light – The Entertainment Lighting Podcast

Jeff McCrum of Fisher Dachs Associates is back with us for more discussion about how new venues are built, how old venues are renovated, and what theatrical consultants do.

Originally posted on Casting Light – The Entertainment Lighting Podcast

How does a new venue go from concept to completion? Who asks the key questions and makes the decisions that the venue’s utility hinges on? When a lighting position has no realistic way to access it or the houselights don’t dim, what happened during that venue’s design process? Jeff McCrum of Fisher Dachs Associates is here to answer those questions, and many more.

This morning, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation’s President & CEO Kate Thompson, along with Arts Commons’ President & CEO Alex Sarian announced the selection of the first two members of the Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) project team!