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Further $3M for new arts precinct

Coupled with $4.5 million in philanthropic donations and an earlier $4M in state support, the new funding will make the much-anticipated precinct a reality.

27 Jul 2016

Richard Watts

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The CAP courtyard. Photo: Marcus Westbury

Plans for a new creative hub in a partially derelict, former technical school in Collingwood are now one step closer to reality following today’s funding announcement by the Andrews State Government.

Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley MP announced the allocation of an additional $3 million as part of the Labor Government’s Creative State strategy, for the development of the site in partnership with charitable social enterprise Contemporary Arts Precincts (CAP).

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts