Living Arts Centre, Performance and arts complex in Mississauga, Canada.
The Living Arts Centre is a performance and arts complex in Mississauga with three theaters of different sizes, artist studios, exhibition galleries, and a restaurant facility. The building houses versatile spaces designed to accommodate various types of performances, workshops, and cultural displays.
The Living Arts Centre opened on October 7, 1997, in a 225,000 sq ft facility. Zeidler Partnership received an Award of Merit in the 1998 City of Mississauga Urban Design Awards for the complex. Construction was paid for by the City of Mississauga, the Government of Canada, and corporate, community and individual donors.
The center serves as a gathering place where the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra performs and local artists present theatrical productions, musical concerts, and visual art exhibitions. Visitors experience a diverse cultural calendar that shapes how the community engages with the performing and visual arts.
The facility has multiple entrances and clearly designated areas for different events, making it easy for visitors to find their way around. It helps to check in advance which theater or space your event is in before arriving.
In the main foyer hangs "Dance of Venus", a 30 by 150 ft (9.1 by 46 m) work of mouth-blown, etched and enameled glass by Stuart Reid, chosen in an international competition. Visitors often walk past it without realizing the foyer piece is the winning artwork.
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