The art of urban renewal

Art and culture will play a key role in the development of Northshore Brisbane, explains Brisbane Festival’s Louise Bezzina.

When Brisbane Festival’s Artistic Director Louise Bezzina first visited the Northshore Brisbane precinct with her team, she was immediately excited by the area’s potential.

‘I was just completely inspired and said, “Oh yeah, we have to work here.” It’s a really industrial blank canvas that you just don’t get access to regularly, so I really fell in love with it,’ Bezzina said.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts