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Facilities
The Gallo Arts Center is a rental facility suited to the needs of regional professional and non-professional organizations as well as road companies. The center houses two performance venues, the 1250-seat Mary Stuart Rogers Theater and the 444-seat Foster Family Theater. Theaters are proscenium style with legitimate stage and fly loft.
The theaters have orchestra pits, stage aprons, and scene docks, and are equipped with modern audio-visual, rigging, drapery, lighting control, orchestra pit lift, and orchestra shell systems, allowing a wide range of acoustical, scenic and staging manipulation.
» Mary Stuart Rogers Theater 1250 seats
The forestage reflectors help to frame the 27-0 high proscenium. The proscenium is 27 0 high with an adjustable from 60 0 to 40 0 wide using the sliding tormenters and a walking grid elevation of 66'-0". The stage is 45-0 deep by 102-6 wide. Dressing room space can accommodate approximately 60 performers.
» Foster Family Theater 444 seats
The proscenium is 40-0 wide by 24-0 high and the stage is 34-0 deep by 80-10 wide and a walking grid elevation of 54'-6". The farthest seats being are within 60 feet of the proscenium will enhance the sense of acoustical intimacy throughout the hall. Dressing room space can accommodate approximately 20 performers.
Backstage Facilities
Both the Mary Stuart Rogers and Foster Family Theaters have the following:
- Sprung stage floors
- ETC Source 4 lighting fixtures
- ETC Expression consoles
- 2 Followspots
- Ethernet type distribution network
- Assorted lighting accessories
- 48 and 32 channel digital audio control consoles
- Center speaker cluster
- Side speaker arrays
- Audio input panels located on stage
- Assorted microphones and accessories
- Production communication to all locations
- Backstage paging and monitor systems
- Complete single-purchase counterweight systems
- Complete inventory of stage curtains
- Lighting and audio control booths located in back of house
- Secondary road mix positions located mid house
- Orchestra shells
- Company switches for temporary power hook-up
- Orchestra pit lifts
- Road Company Manager office
- Wardrobe areas
- Grand piano
Mission Statement
The mission of the Gallo Center for the Arts is to enrich the quality of life in the Central Valley by providing an inspirational civic gathering place where regional, national and international cultural activities illuminate, educate and entertain. The Gallo Center for the Arts will celebrate the diversity of the Central Valley by offering an array of affordable cultural opportunities designed to appeal, and be accessible, to all.
The Gallo Center for the Arts will accomplish this mission through programming that:
- Provides a venue for the area's leading performing arts organizations
- Brings great performances from around the world to the area
- Offers motivating arts education programs for youth
501(c)(3)
Central Valley Center for the Arts/Gallo Center for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and all contributions are tax-deductible.
Tax ID#: 77-0518099
Working together to build a better tomorrow
The Gallo Center for the Arts is made possible by a public/private partnership with the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors and the generous community donors to the Gallo Center for the Arts. The combination of public and private money is so frequently used to fund cultural centers because of the number of civic benefits projects bring to the communities such as:
- The well-documented economic development impact of such projects on downtown centers
- Increased tax revenues by attracting new businesses and homeowners
- Enriched educational opportunities for young people
- Opportunities for local artists to expand audiences and to develop organizationally and artistically.
These outcomes are of incalculable civic values to a community, and for this reason, enlightened local governments, like Stanislaus County, are eager to reap the proven benefits of such projects for their residents.
"So many have worked so hard and given so much to bring the Gallo Center for the Arts to our community," stated Patty Hill Thomas, Chief Operating Officer for Stanislaus County and project manager for construction of the center.
