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FOUNDATION
LEFT AND BELOW: THE JAMES FORBES ACADEMY’S SIGNAGE HAS
BEEN MODERNISED AND UPDATED
NEW DONOR RECOGNITION
SIGNAGE FOR JAMES
FORBES ACADEMY
When the James Forbes Academy
was officially opened in February 2006,
signage had been organised for all the key
spaces, auditoriums and rooms, to provide
a homogenous yet simple recognition of the
many generous donors who had made this
incredible performing arts centre become
a reality.
Many of the seats in the Ian Roach Hall
and the Geoffrey McComas Theatre also
bear the names of donors, and a limited
amount of seats are still available for naming.
(If you are interested in naming a seat,
please contact Director of Development
Tim Shearer on +61 3 9810 4301 or
[email protected].)
As we approach 15 years of full-time
use of the JFA, and with new signage
benchmarks set in the Sir Zelman Cowen
Centre for Science and the Spencer Centre
for Design and Technology, we have
modernised and updated the academy’s
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signage to give clearer directions and to
provide more information about some of
our key donors.
Because of the costs involved the project
has been staged over a few years, but it
was recently completed. We believe that
not only do these signs fulfil their functional
purpose, but they help us to tell our story of
philanthropy in the arts. We hope they will
also encourage others to think about how
they too might invest in the future of our
impressive performing arts curriculum, and
all the extracurricular activities which take
place within the James Forbes Academy.
I take this opportunity to thank again
the many generous people who made this
outstanding facility available to the fortunate
Scotch boys and staff who achieve amazing
outcomes within it.
TIM SHEARER (‘85) – DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPMENT