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Arts Centre Melbourne boosted with $5 million gift for rebuild

Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatres Building function space will be renamed The Leaper Family Pavilion with their $5 million development pledge.

27 Nov 2024 16:55

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Jenny Leaper OAM and Dr John Leaper OAM. Two white elderly figures standing next to the Arts Centre Melbourne spire.

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Jenny Leaper OAM and Dr John Leaper OAM. Photo: Jason Lau.

The Leaper Foundation (Jenny Leaper OAM and Dr John Leaper OAM) has pledged a gift of $5 million to Reimaginging Arts Centre Melbourne, the Centre’s major redevelopment of the Theatres Building under the Spire and the first major upgrade it has received since opening in 1984.

Arts Centre Melbourne CEO, Karen Quinlan AM says this is “one of the most significant philanthropic gifts Arts Centre Melbourne has ever received”.

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