{"id":7387,"date":"2020-07-22T22:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T22:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7387"},"modified":"2020-07-22T22:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T22:54:41","slug":"city-updates-gallery-expansion-plans-to-include-more-exhibition-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/07\/22\/city-updates-gallery-expansion-plans-to-include-more-exhibition-space\/","title":{"rendered":"City updates Gallery expansion plans to include more exhibition space"},"content":{"rendered":"

City of Newcastle\u202fwill shortly lodge\u202fan amended development application to\u202ffurther\u202fincrease exhibition\u202ffloor space\u202ffor an\u202fexpanded\u202fNewcastle Art Gallery.
\nEarlier\u202fthis week\u202fthe Lord Mayor and Gallery Director Lauretta Morton\u202fpresented\u202fthe\u202frevised plans to\u202fFederal\u202fSenator\u202fHollie\u202fHughes and NSW Upper House Member\u202fTaylor Martin MLC,\u202falong with\u202fthe\u202fNewcastle Art Gallery\u202fWorking Party\u202fChair\u202fCathy Tate\u202fand\u202fthe Board of the Art Gallery\u202fFoundation.
\n\"Newcastle-Art-Gallery-(Large).JPG\"(L-R): Newcastle Art Gallery Foundation Chair Suzie Galwey, Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes, Senator Hollie Hughes and Taylor Martin MLC at Newcastle Art Gallery.<\/sup><\/strong>
\nThe expansion\u202fwill\u202fsee the 43-year-old building extended east along Darby Street and Queen Street with an eye-catching glass fa\u00e7ade, a street-level caf\u00e9 and retail shop, with\u00a0overall exhibition space\u00a0expanded\u202fby 250%\u202fwhich will include\u202fa dedicated display of the Gallery\u2019s permanent collection.\u202fThe additional exhibition space has in part been created by the removal of two shopfronts that were previously proposed in the approved DA.
\nLord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the State Government had previously endorsed the project in its Cultural Infrastructure Plan 2025, which identified the Newcastle Art Gallery redevelopment as a regional opportunity.
\n\u201cAn expanded Newcastle Art Gallery would further develop the Civic Precinct and provide a wide range of benefits to the community including increased exhibitions, events, educational programs and upgraded facilities,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.
\n\u201cThis is particularly\u00a0important\u00a0as a mechanism to help stimulate the NSW economy and create 170 jobs during this time of uncertainty.\u00a0The annual impact on regional revenue would be more than $1 million, with 14,116 additional local visitors and tourists exploring what the gallery and the city has to offer.\u201d
\nSenator Hollie Hughes\u202fsaid Monday\u2019s meeting was positive and\u202fdemonstrated\u202fa collaborative approach to the\u202fGallery expansion.
\n\u201cNewcastle\u202fArt Gallery is well supported by the local\u202fcommunity and it was useful to hear more from the City\u2019s representatives about\u202fplans for this project and how\u202fa collaborative approach may help bring it to life.\u201d
\nTaylor Martin MLC\u202fwelcomed the opportunity to be briefed on plans for the site.
\n\u201cCity of Newcastle has presented a\u202fwell-considered\u202fproposal for\u202fits Art Gallery expansion including its recent amendments which will\u202fensure the maximum exposure of its collection through\u202fmore exhibition space.\u201d
\nChair of the Newcastle Art Gallery Foundation, Suzie\u202fGalwey,\u202fsaid she was pleased to see plans progress.
\n\u201cThe\u202fFoundation\u2019s mission is to build and nurture our highly acclaimed Newcastle Art Gallery collection, and this expansion is key to that.\u201d
\nNewcastle Art Gallery Director Lauretta Morton\u202fsaid the redeveloped Gallery would be a\u202fmajor drawcard\u202ffor\u202fthe city.
\n\u201cAs Australia\u2019s first purpose-built regional Gallery, Newcastle is custodian to\u00a0a nationally recognised permanent\u00a0collection of over 7,000 works of art, providing a time capsule of Australian art dating back to the earliest days of Newcastle more than 200 years ago when it became Australia\u2019s second city to be settled,\u201d\u202fMs\u202fMorton said.
\n\u201cThe long-awaited expansion of the Gallery, which our Foundation, Society and the community have worked tirelessly towards,\u202fwill offer the ability to share more of the City\u2019s collection, displaying works of art of local, national and international importance for visitors to view and enjoy.
\n\u201cThis makes the Gallery one of the City\u2019s biggest cultural assets, located in the heart of the city centre\u2019s revitalisation directly across from the new 5-star Kingsley Hotel.\u201d
\nCity of Newcastle has committed more than $10 million to the project and to date invested $3.6 million towards the Art Gallery expansion.
\nBased on a 2019 quantity survey, $35.6 million is required to complete the construction of the expanded Newcastle Art Gallery.
\nBIS Oxford Economics completed a Preliminary Cost Benefit Analysis in March 2019 demonstrating that the benefits of the\u202fexpansion\u202fproposal far outweigh the costs with a Benefit-Cost Ratio of 1.77 and a Net Present Value of $24.1\u202fmillion, including 170 new jobs during its two year construction.
\nBenefits to the NSW\u00a0Economy:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n