SJS News

Saint James School's Pohanka Fine Arts Center is now an award-winning building! MSB Architects received an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award from AIA Potomac Valley for the design of our beautiful fine arts center. MSB Architects, led by Scott Bowen, was recognized at the AIAPV Excellence in Design Awards ceremony on October 16 at Marriott International's corporate headquarters in Bethesda, MD.

The Pohanka Fine Arts Center is our three-story, 22,000-square foot home to SJS music and visual arts programs. This impressive building includes a recital hall, two artist studios, a ceramics/3D art studio, an art gallery, a digital media lab, three practice rooms, and seven teacher studios, where private music instructors teach students. It also has a classroom, an ensemble rehearsal room, and a choir rehearsal room. 

Congratulations to MSB Architects for the recognition of their magnificent design of the Pohanka Fine Arts Center!