Judith Wright Arts Centre Explained

Judith Wright Arts Centre
Nickname:The Judy
Address:420 Brunswick Street (corner Berwick Street), Fortitude Valley
Location:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Type:Visual and Performing Arts Centre
Genre:theatre, music, contemporary dance, circus, cabaret, art exhibitions
Built:originally Bushells Tea Company
Opened:October 2001
Owner:Queensland Government
Seating Capacity:300

The Judith Wright Arts Centre, formerly the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, is a visual and performing arts centre in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, Queensland. The venue was renovated and re-opened as an arts centre in October 2001. The Centre is named after Judith Wright, who was a Queensland poet,[1] an advocate for Indigenous rights, and an environmental activist.[2]

The Centre is managed by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Affectionately called The Judy, it is located at corner of Berwick Street and 420 Brunswick Street in Fortitude Valley.

The venue includes performance spaces with three rehearsal studios for dance, theatre and music. The main performance space is a flexible black box theatre with scope for diverse types of performances. The venue encompasses a two-storey and a five-storey building. The larger structure was originally a factory for Bushell's Tea. Redevelopment of the site was designed by Cox Architects and built by Multiplex Constructions.[3]

The Centre is home to several creative and cultural organisations, including the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts,[4] Artour,[5] the Australasian Dance Collective,[6] Blakdance,[7] Carbon Creative, Circa Contemporary Circus, Creative Partnerships Australia, Flying Arts Alliance, Institute of Modern Art, and Musica Viva.[8]

Each year, the venue hosts the Queensland Poetry Festival.[9] It hosted the contemporary music event, BIGSOUND, from 2002[10] until 2018.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judith Wright Centre . Arts Queensland . 6 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018011130/http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/arts/judithwright.html . 18 October 2013 .
  2. Web site: Mcilroy. Jim. Judith Wright, 1915-2000. GLW issue 411, Wednesday, July 12, 2000. 5 November 1997 . Green Left Weekly. 17 October 2013. 18 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131018014925/https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/22006. live.
  3. Book: Cox, Philip Sutton . Cox Architects and Planners . 2008 . Images Publishing . 978-1920744076 . 297 . 6 October 2013.
  4. Web site: Dance space improving their leaps and bounds . . 8 November 2012 . 20 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121101100528/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/dance-space-improving-their-leaps-and-bounds/story-e6frg8n6-1226490149703 . 1 November 2012 .
  5. Web site: Contact Us . arTour . 3 October 2020 . 3 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703090121/http://www.artour.com.au/contact-us . live .
  6. Web site: Contact Us . Australasian Dance Collective . 20 February 2020 . 3 October 2020.
  7. Web site: Contact Us . BlakDance . 3 October 2020 . 14 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220714020227/https://www.blakdance.org.au/contact . live .
  8. Web site: Contact Us . Musica Viva Australia . 3 October 2020 . 28 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200928013226/https://musicaviva.com.au/about-us/contact/ . live .
  9. News: Queensland Poetry Festival in August and the Poet in Residence program. . 6 October 2013 . 612 ABC Brisbane . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . dead . https://archive.today/20131008003548/http://www2b.abc.net.au/EventCentral/View/Event.aspx?e=7134174&p=11 . 8 October 2013 .
  10. Web site: About BIGSOUND . BIGSOUND . 2 October 2020 . 26 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226070949/https://www.bigsound.org.au/information/about . live .
  11. Web site: Big Move . BIGSOUND . 8 April 2019 . 2 October 2020 . 9 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809104602/https://www.bigsound.org.au/news/announcements/big-move . live .

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