Grants for arts
Recent Lottery Board grants will go towards construction projects for the arts in Nelson and Christchurch. The Nelson Suter Art Society received $12,000 for extensions to the Bishop Suter Gallery to mark the centennial of the society. The gallery got another $35,000 for a lecture theatre with facilities for films, plays and recitals. The Nelson School of Music got $25,000 for extending and modernising the school. The Canterbury Museum’s reconstruction project is $77,144 better off towards stage one and the Arts Centre got $12,000 for upgrading of the Great Hall. The Arts Centre also got $7OOO for work on a residential studio for an artist in residence. The Canterbury Repertory Theatre received $2500 to update its sound and lighting equipment and install new heating, Ferrymead Historic Park got $1929 towards the extension of a public display workshop, Timaru’s Aigantighe Gallery got $2411 for an air conditioning system, the Hokitika Customhouse Committee received $2500 for restoration work for use by an art club and art gallery and the Temuka and District Historical Society got $482 for glazing and shelving and a cabinet.
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