Ryerson University will build a new Photography Gallery and Research Centre in the School of Image Arts building at the heart of the Ryerson campus.
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Ryerson University will build a new Photography Gallery and Research Centre in the School of Image Arts building at the heart of the Ryerson campus.
The Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre is an $8 million project that will house the university’s world-renowned Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection and the Mira Godard Study Centre. Ryerson is embarking on an ambitious building program to complete the project as quickly as possible.
The university will issue an RFP shortly, seeking a multi-disciplinary design team to develop and design the new centre.
It will be located in the northwest corner of the School of Image Arts building, which will be upgraded and converted to provide a museum-quality environment to house, exhibit and study the university’s photography collections.
The new facility will occupy approximately 10,500 square feet and will include several gallery and exhibit spaces, research facilities, storage areas and a lobby area with direct access to the street.
Ryerson’s Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection is considered the most significant cultural contribution ever made to a Canadian university. The gift was accompanied by a $7 million financial contribution to help support the preservation, research, study and exhibit of the collection.
This funding will be used towards the new centre.
The integration of teaching, research, and gallery activities in new and improved facilities, including more study space, is expected to provide the optimum learning environment for students.
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