Metro Arts records

Collection

Accession number
32852
Date
1973-2020
Author / Creator
Metro Arts creator.
Abstract
Collection of materials from Brisbane independent arts organisation Metro Arts. The collection comprises architectural drawings and blueprints, newsletters, correspondence, scrapbooks, ephemera, marketing materials and posters and photographic slides.
Scope and content

Collection also includes a history of 109 Edward Street - also referred to as Coronation House - home of Metro Arts 1973-2020 and the records pertaining to Metro Arts' petition to heritage list the building.

Description
17 boxes of business records, clippings, ephemera and colour slides.
Administrative / Biographical history

Metro Arts is an independent arts centre centred in Brisbane for over 40 years. For most of those years Metro Arts inhabited 109 Edward Street, a six-story building built in 1889, which had served as warehouse for household goods, biscuits, hats, supplies during World War II, later as government offices and then finally as the Brisbane Community Arts Centre. Championing all contemporary art forms, the core activities of Metro Arts involve developing, experimenting and presenting ambitious and boundary-pushing contemporary arts. In addition to its artistic program Metro Arts has also supported the wider artistic community with low cost short and long term venue hire for creative businesses, photo shoots, rehearsals, exhibitions, performances, auditions, forums and celebrations. In 2020, Metro Arts moved location to a new home at West Village, West End.

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

In copyright.

Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
Preferred citation
32852, Metro Arts records, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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