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Coordinates: 27°2734.64S 153°211.91E / 27.4596222°S 153.0366417°E / -27.4596222; 153.0366417
 

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Judith Wright Arts Centre
The Judy
Map
Address420 Brunswick Street (corner Berwick Street), Fortitude Valley
LocationBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°27′34.64″S 153°2′11.91″E / 27.4596222°S 153.0366417°E / -27.4596222; 153.0366417
OwnerQueensland Government
TypeVisual and Performing Arts Centre
Genre(s)theatre, music, contemporary dance, circus, cabaret, art exhibitions
Capacity300
Construction
Builtoriginally Bushells Tea Company
OpenedOctober 2001
Website
www.judithwrightcentre.com

The Judith Wright Arts Centre, formerly the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, is a visual and performing arts centre in Fortitude ValleyinBrisbane, 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[citation needed], 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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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Judith Wright Centre". Arts Queensland. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  • ^ Mcilroy, Jim (5 November 1997). "Judith Wright, 1915-2000". GLW issue 411, Wednesday, July 12, 2000. Green Left Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  • ^ Cox, Philip Sutton (2008). Cox Architects and Planners. Images Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 978-1920744076. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  • ^ "Dance space improving their leaps and bounds". The Australian. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  • ^ "Contact Us". arTour. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  • ^ "Contact Us". Australasian Dance Collective. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  • ^ "Contact Us". BlakDance. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  • ^ "Contact Us". Musica Viva Australia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  • ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival in August and the Poet in Residence program". 612 ABC Brisbane. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  • ^ "About BIGSOUND". BIGSOUND. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  • ^ "Big Move". BIGSOUND. 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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