Opening: with 2022 resident company seasonsĪfter years of delays, cost blowouts and then COVID setbacks, Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct will open in early 2022. And recently, Federal Minister for the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher, further confirmed a $6 million uplift in operational funding over two years. The Federal Government contributed $22 million to the project, with the NSW Government’s Regional Cultural Fund adding $8.6 million. Business case projections estimate that participation will increase by 80%, and will drive an additional $10 million in revenue annually to the local economy. Read: Building for bushfire resilience in a galleryīundanon will deliver three exhibition seasons annually.
Pivotal to the design also is work by landscape architects, Wraight Associates.Īt the heart of this new plan is a $300,000 Embers Suppression System – an industrial scale sprinkler system that can be triggered off-site – which will ensure that the $43 million art collection of some 4,000 items will be protected from future bushfires. Originally slated to open October 2021, the new build has just had its soft opening, ahead of its formal launch.ĭesigned by Kerstin Thompson Architects, with Construction company ADCO charged with the build, it features a new 500 metre square subterranean art museum, collection store, and a 160 metre flood-tolerant Bridge for Creative Learning, public plaza, café and accommodation. Opening: First public opening on 29 January, followed by an official government event and opening festival on 4-5 March.Ĭonstruction of a new art museum and creative learning centre at Bundanon Trust began in July 2020, the gift of Arthur and Yvonne Boyd on the Shoalhaven River (South Coast).
The remainder has been shared by the Federal Government contributing $10 million and Rockhampton City Council with $8.5 million.
The State Government provided $15 million of the project’s costs. It will have a space dedicated to the nationally signification 1500-piece Rex Pilbeam collection now worth $14million, and will also have the capability to host major national exhibitions. The new gallery will feature two large flexible gallery spaces, three education spaces, permanent collection storage, a restaurant and a retail shop, with total floor area increasing from 650 sqm to 4711 sqm. RMOA is being reimagined within a new vibrant cultural precinct (the Riverside Redevelopment) in Rockhampton’s CBD.Ĭonstruction of the new Art Gallery began in July 2019 with Rockhampton-based Woollam Constructions.
The refurbished and rebranded Rockhampton Museum of Art (RMOA) will officially open its doors next month, reinforcing Queensland as the home for contemporary Australian art.
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