Facilities
FRANKLIN S. HARRIS FINE ARTS CENTER (HFAC)
Named after BYU's fourth president, Franklin S. Harris, who served as president of BYU for 24 years and organized the College of Fine Arts in 1925.
The center has five performance halls, including the Gerrit de Jong Concert Hall, named for the first dean of the college. Renowned acoustician Harvey Fletcher designed the hall
There are four additional theatres, four art galleries, fifty-three practice rooms, and nine pipe organs. It also has 150 other spaces used as media classrooms, computer labs, rehearsal facilities, and studios/offices. More than three hundred annual performances and exhibits draw patrons to the center.
The center houses the School of Music, Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Department of Visual Arts, BYU Broadcasting, and Division of Design and Production.
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GEORGE H. BRIMHALL BUILDING (BRMB)
The first floor of this building was constructed in 1918 and used for the vocational training of the Student Army Training Corps during World War I. It later served as the Mechanical Arts Building, where classes in such vocational arts as blacksmithing and woodworking were taught. In 1935 two more stories were added and was named to honor George H. Brimhall, BYU president from 1904 to 1921.
In 1984 the building underwent major renovation and 4,700 square feet were added. From 1979 until 2003, the it housed the interior design, graphics, illustration, industrial design, and photography programs of the Department of Visual Arts.
Completely remodeled in 2004, the Brimhall building became home to the Department of Communications and NewsNet, a combined television and newspaper student-operated news room.
MUSEUM OF ART (MOA)
The Museum of Art is a place where the heart and mind are brought together to seek knowledge and values, self-affirmation, and spiritual understanding. The MOA houses the university's art collection of over 16,000 objects. The museum gives the campus and community the opportunity for enriching, firsthand experiences with world-class art.
The Museum of Art (MOA) was designed by Los Angeles architect James Langerheim. LeMar Terry and Stuart Silver, former directors of lighting and design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, assisted in determining the sophisticated lighting requirements and the best functional use of space. Prominent personnel from such associations as the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty Museum, and the National Gallery of Art also contributed to the design and planning of the building. These designers' objectives were to construct an art museum that not only exhibited art but was itself a work of art.
The MOA, one of the largest museum facilities in the Mountain West with 100,000 square feet, has four levels and includes ten exhibition galleries, library, auditorium, classrooms, small theatre, print study room, gift store, security, and administrative offices. The lower levels house state-of-the-art design, fabrication, imaging, registration, and storage areas. The Museum Café overlooks a beautiful sculpture garden.
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