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The Belconnen Arts Centre is an arts facility in
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which opened in 2009. The facility is owned by the
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and managed by Belconnen Arts Centre Incorporated. The centre is operated by a small group of staff, with support from volunteers.


Building

The Belconnen Arts Centre was designed by Williams Ross Architects and built by Project Coordination Australia P/L. The building is located on the waterfront of
Lake Ginninderra Lake Ginninderra is a dam located on the Ginninderra Creek in Canberra. It is adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre. The lake was constructed in 1974 to collect stormwater discharge from a catchment that includes the surrounding suburbs of A ...
next to the central business district of Belconnen. In 2018, the Centre was expanded with dance studios, cafes, conference rooms, and an updated foreshore. The ACT government invested $15 million over three years to expand it. Work on-site began in December 2018; it was completed and officially reopened to the public in August 2020. The new wing includes a 400-seat black box theatre, additional exhibition space, resident company offices.


Development of dance classes

The non-profit organisation, Dance for
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Australia, holds classes for people with Parkinson's at the Belconnen Art Centre. The project began in May 2013 in
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and at
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in
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, expanding to Canberra in July of that year with support from Parkinson's ACT, the ACT Government's Inclusive Participation Funding Program, and IMB Foundation.


See also

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References

{{Australian Capital Territory Art museums and galleries in Canberra