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New cultural precinct for Tassie, valued at $90 million

Revitalising a CBD carpark, the Launceston Creative Precinct centres around an education facility for a next generation of digital creators, hoping to drive new creative economies to regional Australia.

2 Jul 2020 12:00

Gina Fairley

Performing Arts

Architect’s render, Launceston Creative Precinct. Image supplied.

Late last week, New Creative Group announced the development of arguably Tasmania’s largest creative development, with an estimated spend of $90 million.

The Launceston Creative Precinct is the first major project for the New Creative Group, and is driven predominately by private investment. Helping to seed the project, it has received $10 million in grant funding from the federal government, under the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF).

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina