MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO IS NOW OPEN IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO!
Media Arts Center San Diego (MACSD) is thrilled to usher in a new era with its new location! Its doors reopened May 6, 2022 inside of the state-of-the-art facility – UC San Diego @ Park & Market, the University’s new building located in the heart of downtown San Diego.
Media Arts Center San Diego was founded over 29 years ago with the mission of providing film resources and educational initiatives to at-promise communities in San Diego. Despite the pandemic, MACSD was able to shift its programming to virtual platforms to continue fulfilling its commitments to the community. The opening of the new space is a momentous occasion, allowing the MACSD team to relaunch all of its in-person programming. Educational initiatives such as the Teen Producers Project and Youth Media and Tech Camps, are now produced, in-person, at the new venue.
The new Digital Gym Cinema is located on the second floor of the building, adjacent to both a gallery space and an overlook terrace. A concession stand is in operation during cinema hours. MACSD’s office is on the third floor and includes access to classrooms for youth and teen media education initiatives.
“We are excited for our new partnership with UC San Diego. We want to thank Mary Walshok and all those at the University of California San Diego who have championed our community film and education programs in order to make this a reality. The pandemic put a brief stop to our in-person outreach so it is extra special to see our Digital Gym Cinema film-goers back inside our new state-of-the-art movie theater. We look forward to seeing the smiling faces of all our youth and teen filmmakers at our filmmaking camps taking place year-round in our new facility.”
– Ethan van Thillo, Media Arts Center San Diego Executive Director & Founder.
UC San Diego @ Park & Market is located at the corner of Park Avenue and Market Street in downtown San Diego, the four-story 66,750-square-foot mixed-use office building strategically sits at a San Diego Trolley stop — physically linking the east and south San Diego counties, the Baja Mexico region and the building to the main UC San Diego campus in La Jolla thanks to two new trolley stops. The new building is an innovative collective hub for arts, sciences, civic, business, innovation and education entities to provide diverse programs that pull upon the breadth and depth of the city’s most creative endeavors.
For additional information and interview inquiries, contact Javier Tirado,
Director of Marketing, Special Events & Sponsorships at Media Arts Center San Diego, javier@mediaartscenter.org, or visit www.mediaartscenter.org.
