Less than three months after the project began, electrical and mechanical work is beginning on the new Longfellow Arts Building. On schedule to be completed by August 2013, the project is will transform the old Longfellow Elementary School into a new hub for art studios, offices and gallery space. The building is currently 38,000 square feet but will be expanded to 44,000 square feet and will include a digital media lab, a woodshop, a printmaking studio, a dance studio, gallery spaces, faculty offices and studio space for drawing, painting, sculpture and other visual arts classes.