Living Arts Centre

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For the Adelaide arts centre once known as Living Arts Centre, see Lion Arts Centre.

Living Arts Centre
Zeidler Partnership Architects, Toronto
Main contractorPCL Constructors Canada Incorporated, Toronto
Other information
Seating typeFixed Flip Up / Soft Seating
Seating capacity1300
400
110
Website
www.livingartscentre.ca/home

The Living Arts Centre is a 225,000 sq ft (20,900 m2) multi-use facility which opened in

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on October 7, 1997. The complex houses three theatres for the performing arts, Hammerson Hall, RBC Theatre and Rogers Theatre[1]), an exhibition gallery (the Laidlaw Hall[2]), seven art studios and facilities for corporate meetings.[3]

The Living Arts Centre was designed by the

City of Mississauga and the Government of Canada.[2]

foyer titled "Dance of Venus", which won an international competition. It measures 30 ft (9.1 m) by 150 ft (46 m).[4][5]

Hammerson Hall is the larger of the two theatres, providing tiered concert seating for 1300 people, while the RBC Theatre has a flexible seating arrangement, allowing for cabaret-style seating at tables[6] or up to 400 people for theatre performances. The complex also includes a 110-seat lecture style space known as the Rogers Theatre, a variety of meeting rooms, rehearsal space and an on-site Food & Beverage department.

A range of exhibitions, events and performances are hosted by both the Living Arts Centre and community partners, including the Mississauga Choral Society, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Mississauga International Children`s Festival, and several resident artists occupy the studio spaces.[2] The centre has averaged over 400,000 visitors each year.[3]

References

  1. ^
    Zeidler Partnership Architects. Archived from the original
    on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. ^ a b c "Living Arts Centre". Mississauga Culture. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "History and Mission". Living Arts Centre. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Stuart Reid". Gallery Phillip / Gallery Gevik. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ "People - Stuart McKinlay Reid". Glass is more!. 29 June 1997. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Seating Maps". Living Arts Centre. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

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