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(Baltimore, MD) – The completion of the Baltimore School for the Arts’ (BSA) four-year $30 million expansion and renovation signals a critical milestone for Baltimore area students aspiring to become professional dancers, singers, actors and artists. Renovations to the BSA’s 712 Cathedral Street building and expansion to the adjacent property at 704 Cathedral Street enable the school to increase its high school student population by 20% and nearly double its free-of-charge, after-school TWIGS program for second through eighth graders.

The capital campaign, funded by private and public sources, also allows the school to be more relevant to students and their pursuit of careers in the arts. By example, the school now offers state-of-the-art programs in theater production with its new video/audio/design lab. Other new facilities include:

Two new dance studios
Ensemble rehearsal and teaching studios for music and theatre
Additional keyboard lab
Four new academic classrooms
Two additional science classrooms/labs
New lecture hall for student testing, assemblies and lectures
New physical education facility
Library/media center/computer lab
Digital photography lab
Music MIDI studio

“Since our opening almost 30 years ago, there have been advances and changes in the professional arts world and it is our responsibility to keep pace with those changes by providing our students with physical and technical requirements needed to be relevant and competitive in the arts,” said Leslie Shepard, Director of the Baltimore School for the Arts.

The campaign also addressed infrastructure issues in the existing facility such as inadequacies in the heating, cooling and ventilation systems, deterioration of the plumbing system, water penetration and flooding problems and ADA compliance.

Since its opening in 1980, BSA has trained dancers, musicians, actors and visual artists who, upon graduation, have pursued higher education at such world-renowned institutions as Juilliard, Berklee School of Music, Oberlin, Cal Arts, R.I.S.D., and New York University. And still, others like Jada Pinkett Smith have achieved professional stage and screen acclaim.

Lead gifts included those received from Patricia and Mark Joseph, Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation, The France-Merrick Foundation, John and Susan Nehra, Clair Zamoiski Segal and Thomas H. Segal, the Zamoiski Barber Segal Family Foundation, The Rouse Company Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Will and Jada Smith Foundation, The Sylvan/Laureate Foundation, The Alex. Brown Charitable Foundation and the Fancy Hill Foundation, The Shattuck Family foundation, Constellation Energy, The Pearlstone Family, The Linehan Family Foundation, The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Willard Hackerman, additional members of the BSA Board of Overseers, the State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore.

Founded in 1980, Baltimore School for the Arts is a four-year public high school with a unique mission to provide young people with intensive pre-professional training in the arts in the context of a rigorous college preparatory curriculum. Recognized as one of the country's pre-eminent arts schools, students go on to the most selective arts and university programs nationwide; and achieve uncommon prominence in theater, film, music and visual arts. The efforts for the campaign were led by BSA capital campaign chair, Clair Zamoiski Segal.

The Baltimore School for the Arts. Where the arts change kids’ lives.


		For Immediate Release February 29, 2008 BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS REACHES CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOAL More Students have Access to Arts Training with Completion of Expansion and Renovation (Baltimore, MD) – The completion of the Baltimore School for the Arts’ (BSA) four-year $30 million expansion and renovation signals a critical milestone for Baltimore area students aspiring to become professional dancers, singers, actors and artists. Renovations to the BSA’s 712 Cathedral Street building and expansion to the adjacent property at 704 Cathedral Street enable the school to increase its high school student population by 20% and nearly double its free-of-charge, after-school TWIGS program for second through eighth graders. The capital campaign, funded by private and public sources, also allows the school to be more relevant to students and their pursuit of careers in the arts. By example, the school now offers state-of-the-art programs in theater production with its new video/audio/design lab. Other new facilities include: Two new dance studios Ensemble rehearsal and teaching studios for music and theatre Additional keyboard lab Four new academic classrooms Two additional science classrooms/labs New lecture hall for student testing, assemblies and lectures New physical education facility Library/media center/computer lab Digital photography lab Music MIDI studio “Since our opening almost 30 years ago, there have been advances and changes in the professional arts world and it is our responsibility to keep pace with those changes by providing our students with physical and technical requirements needed to be relevant and competitive in the arts,” said Leslie Shepard, Director of the Baltimore School for the Arts. The campaign also addressed infrastructure issues in the existing facility such as inadequacies in the heating, cooling and ventilation systems, deterioration of the plumbing system, water penetration and flooding problems and ADA compliance. Since its opening in 1980, BSA has trained dancers, musicians, actors and visual artists who, upon graduation, have pursued higher education at such world-renowned institutions as Juilliard, Berklee School of Music, Oberlin, Cal Arts, R.I.S.D., and New York University. And still, others like Jada Pinkett Smith have achieved professional stage and screen acclaim. Lead gifts included those received from Patricia and Mark Joseph, Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation, The France-Merrick Foundation, John and Susan Nehra, Clair Zamoiski Segal and Thomas H. Segal, the Zamoiski Barber Segal Family Foundation, The Rouse Company Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Will and Jada Smith Foundation, The Sylvan/Laureate Foundation, The Alex. Brown Charitable Foundation and the Fancy Hill Foundation, The Shattuck Family foundation, Constellation Energy, The Pearlstone Family, The Linehan Family Foundation, The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Willard Hackerman, additional members of the BSA Board of Overseers, the State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore. Founded in 1980, Baltimore School for the Arts is a four-year public high school with a unique mission to provide young people with intensive pre-professional training in the arts in the context of a rigorous college preparatory curriculum. Recognized as one of the country's pre-eminent arts schools, students go on to the most selective arts and university programs nationwide; and achieve uncommon prominence in theater, film, music and visual arts. The efforts for the campaign were led by BSA capital campaign chair, Clair Zamoiski Segal. The Baltimore School for the Arts. Where the arts change kids’ lives.
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BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS REACHES CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOAL

BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS REACHES
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOAL