Art Gallery of Sudbury

The Art Gallery of Sudbury is an art gallery in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Art Gallery of Sudbury
Art Gallery of Sudbury housed in Belrock Mansion
Established1967
Location251 John Street
Sudbury, Ontario
P3E 1P9
TypeArt museum
Websitewww.artsudbury.org

Established in 1967 by the city's chamber of commerce under the Canadian Centennial projects, the gallery is located in the historic turn of the century arts and crafts movement Belrock Mansion of William J. Bell, an early lumber baron in the city and philanthropist.[1] It was originally known as the Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, or LUMAC, and adopted its current name in 1997.

In October 2023, the facility was temporarily closed due to structural issues with the interior staircase.[2]

Relocation and expansion plans

On October 27, 2010, the gallery announced that it will begin fundraising for and building a new 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m2) gallery building, to be named the Franklin Carmichael Gallery, with an initial target date of 2014.[3][4]

As of 2018, the new facility is planned to be colocated with a new main branch of the Sudbury Public Library.[5] Construction on the new facility was originally slated to begin in 2020, on the current site of the Sudbury Arena following the opening of a new larger arena in the city's east end,[6] however, this was complicated by delays in, and the ultimate cancellation of, the arena project.[7]

As of 2023, the current proposal would see the combined gallery and library facility located in a portion of Tom Davies Square.[8]

References
  1. "The History of Bell Rock". Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  2. Aya Dufour, "Structural issues force the temporary closure of the Art Gallery of Sudbury". CBC Northern Ontario, October 13, 2023.
  3. "Sudbury Art Gallery reborn" Archived 2010-11-03 at the Wayback Machine. Sudbury Star, October 27, 2010.
  4. "Franklin Carmichael gallery planned for Sudbury". CBC News, October 26, 2010.
  5. "Sudbury moves forward on other legacy projects". Sudbury Star, April 12, 2018.
  6. "Sudbury selects arena site as new location for art gallery, library". CBC Northern Ontario, January 9, 2018.
  7. Jonathan Migneault, "City of Greater Sudbury rejects arena budget and backs out of Kingsway Entertainment District". CBC Northern Ontario, July 12, 2022.
  8. Tyler Clarke, "Tom Davies Square proposed to house library/art gallery project". Sudbury.com, July 11, 2023.
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