Smart arts space opens HOTA HIGHLIGHTS
HOTA’s hotter than MONA, hotter than GOMA, says Mayor Tom Tate
GOLD Coast Mayor Tom Tate has hailed the city’s new Home of the Arts (HOTA) as “hotter than MONA, hotter than GOMA”.
The new name for the Evandale parklands site previously known as the Gold Coast Cultural Precinct was revealed yesterday.
“Gold Coast Home of the Arts is HOTA – and it’s hotter than MONA, hotter than GOMA,” Cr Tate said.
“When people look at the Gold Coast, we’ve been hotter on a lot of things. Now we’re hotter on our arts and culture.”
Tim Minchin will make history as the first performer to play HOTA’s new Outdoor Stage when he plays a free show on March 17.
“I’ve just moved back to Australia after 12 years living March 17: Tim Minchin
March 24: Concert for the Planet
April 21: Dancing on the Green
May 12-13: Classic Flow Live: Yoga by the Lake
May 26: The Spirit of Churaki
June 24: Concert for Dogs
June 30: Neil Finn
Monthly: Corroboree
overseas and the first stage I get to play on is a spanking new, world-class amphitheatre on the beautiful Gold Coast,” he said. “It’s a hugely exciting venue in a part of the country I’ve not been in years – can’t frickin’ wait.”
The HOTA Outdoor Program also includes a ticketed orchestral show by Neil Finn on June 30, a free concert for dogs by HOTA’s first artist in residence, Laurie Anderson, on June 24 and an encore per- formance of locally created Bleached Arts Festival 2018 concert The Spirit of Churaki on May 26.
The space will also welcome monthly events including Dancing on the Green, where locals and visitors can dance salsa, Bollywood and ballroom and Corroboree, a traditional customary gathering on the Riverside Lawn lead by Jagun Land People and local First Nations people on the on the first day of every month.
HOTA chair Robyn Archer said the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast was now much more than the Arts Centre.
“Now we’re talking about everything in this place – the gardens, the lake, the theatres, this wonderful outdoor stage, the gallery that’s to come – all the wonderful things that are going to happen here,” she said.