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Moonah Arts Centre

Since its opening about a year ago,

this community arts centre has be-

come extremely popular and both de-

velops and presents about 60 events

and activities annually. These include

a variety of exhibitions, concerts, art

and craft workshops, a school holiday

program and special events including

contemporary dance and theatre.

The Glenorchy City Council’s Annual

Report for 2014-15 stated as follows:

“In March, the doors of the wonder-

ful new Moonah Arts Centre (MAC) of-

ficially opened! MAC was made possi-

ble by a Commonwealth grant and has

become known as an iconic communi-

ty arts space.”

Peter Brooks said there was already

healthy evidence of the new MAC re-

vitalising the Moonah business dis-

trict, with more shops and restaurants

opening up on Main Road.

“Increasingly, people from outside

the City are seeing Moonah as a des-

tination, and this means more visi-

tors and increased spending in the

City. It is great to have such a venue in

Glenorchy, and this will certainly con-

tinue to add to the City’s growth and

development.”

The project was financed by a $4 mil-

lion grant received from the Australian

Government through the Department

of Regional Australia, Local Govern-

ment, Arts and Sport in June 2012 to

“provide a new facility for the perform-

ing and visual arts in Glenorchy to re-

place the existing Moonah Arts Cen-

tre”.

Morrison and Breytenbach, Archi-

tects, were selected to design the

building and the selected builder, Vos

Constructions commenced work in

December 2013. The Moonah Arts

Centre was officially opened in March

2015.

A large number of residents of

Glenorchy and Hobart visit the new

centre. While the number of visitors

to the old centre averaged 6,000 to

8,000 annually, the new centre re-

ceived 21,000 visitors within six

months of its opening.

The Moonah Arts Centre was also

‘Highly Commended’ in the Australi-

an Sustainable Cities Awards 2015.

The building in which the centre is

housed is almost carbon neutral and

has achieved the equivalent of a 5

Star ‘Green Star’ accreditation. Its key

design features include a 10kW solar

panel installation and a passive wall

heating system that incorporates the

use of solar radiant heat to heat the

two main spaces within the building.

The building has been constructed

using low-impact ecologically sustain-

able materials and uses double glazed

windows linked with high-quality win-

dow furnishings to promote energy effi-

ciency. Natural lighting has been used

in the display galleries and in several