The design team for the planned Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center (MVPAC) has been named in a release from Salt Lake County and Taylorsville city. Method Studio, a Salt Lake City-based architecture firm, and The Shalleck Collaborative of Berkeley, California, a theater planning and design firm, will work together to design the facility, which will sit on a site adjacent to the Taylorville City Hall.
The anticipated opening of the MVPAC is the summer of 2020. Salt Lake County’s Center for the Arts Division will own, operate and manage the facility.
“We are pleased to have Method Studio and The Shalleck Collaborative as our design team for this project,” said Sarah Pearce, the Center for the Arts Division director. “Both organizations have a deep understanding and appreciation of the important role the arts play in our state and a breadth of experience in designing cultural projects. That appreciation is demonstrated in their ability to create beautiful, functional venues.”
Method Studio and its team members have designed several cultural facilities in Utah, including the Noorda Center for the Arts at Utah Valley University, the Center for Story and Art in Orem, the Dixie College Eccles Fine and Performing Arts Center in St. George and the Kent Concert Hall Addition and Morgan Theater Lobby Remodel at Utah State University in Logan.
“We are pleased to be part of the MVPAC design team and consider it a great privilege,” said Joe Smith, founding partner at Method Studio. “Arts and culture are so important in Utah and particularly in Salt Lake County and we look forward to creating a venue prized by the community for its contribution to the arts.”
The Shalleck Collaborative provides design and guidance in developing theater systems, including seating, lighting, engineering and audio/visual, for both front- and back-stage applications. Since 2003, Shalleck has worked on more than 25 cultural facilities that relate to the MVPAC.
“We are delighted to be working with such a talented and committed team from the county, the city and our design collaborators headed by Method Studio. A theater is coming near you,” said Adam Shalleck, founding principal of The Shalleck Collaborative.
“The construction of the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center is an important demonstration of the county’s commitment to the arts and culture in our community,” said Mayor Larry Johnson of Taylorsville. “We look forward to working with the MVPAC design team and the county to create a facility that provides opportunities for arts groups in Taylorsville and surrounding cities.”