Paterson Foundation gives $1M to new Thunder Bay Art Gallery
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Thunder Bay's new art gallery received a major financial boost on Tuesday.
The Paterson Foundation announced it is donating $1 million toward the construction of the new $55-million gallery, which is being built on the city's waterfront.
"The new waterfront art gallery will be a remarkable place for connection with art and nature on beautiful Lake Superior," Paterson Foundation president Alexander Paterson said after the announcement.
"This will be an amazing addition to what is already just an absolutely beautiful waterfront."
The new gallery is scheduled to open in 2026.
Gallery executive director Matthew Hills said the Paterson Foundation donation is "profoundly important" to the new building.
Hills said the gallery is working to keep construction costs for the building down.
"We are pursuing a construction management process on an ongoing basis," he said. "We are seeking value efficiencies and value in the tender and construction process."
"We've identified some significant savings," Hills continued. "At the same time, you also see increased construction costs and supply chain issues that still continue to be a problem along with inflation … so, we are balancing and we are being extremely rigorous in budget management."
The new gallery will include more space for exhibits and programming, and a larger storage vault for the gallery's collections.
"This is a game-changer," Hills said. "The new building is a serious destination on our waterfront."
"It's going to be an architectural jewel, but it's also something that the whole community can use and that will contribute significantly to our economy, to our quality of life in Thunder Bay."
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