Collingwood Yards is a not for profit arts precinct for everyone to explore.

The public space is home to artists, galleries, cultural organisations, dining, bars, retail, and offices.

Collingwood Yards is an incubator for Victoria’s creative community. The unique cross-subsidy model uses commercial tenancies to subsidise affordable spaces for artists and cultural organisations.

The precinct is also home to the Keith Haring Mural, the artist’s only remaining large-scale public artwork in Australia. Collingwood Yards conserves the heritage-listed artwork and continues Haring’s ethos of “art for everyone” through arts programming and community events.

Find out more about Collingwood Yards’ history here.

What's here

Collingwood Yards is home to galleries, artist studios, dining, bars, stores, and more. Explore the full list of over fifty residents via the What's Here page.

Performing Lines

Arts Organisation

Tenant Profile

Centre for Projection Art

Arts Organisation

Tenant Profile

The Push

Youth Music Organisation

Tenant Profile

Optimism in Activism:

Conversations with artists on Keith Haring, Queerness and the State of the World

Stories — May 2025

Melbourne Design Week 2025

at Collingwood Yards

Stories — May 2025

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

at Collingwood Yards

Stories — March 2025

About Collingwood Yards

Collingwood Yards is a permanent and affordable home for scores of artists and independent arts organisations working across music, visual arts, performance, digital media, creative industries and beyond. Situated across the former Collingwood Technical School campus, Collingwood Yards spans over 6500sqm. The site consists of three buildings and a leafy central courtyard and is located in one of Australia’s most diverse, rapidly transforming and dense inner city neighbourhoods.

"An inspiring and exciting community to be a part of and support, dog friendly too"

Rob M-C

Found Here

The place

This site, bordered by Johnston, Wellington, Perry and Bedford Streets, has a rich history of First Peoples cultural and creative practice. This history spans tens of thousands of years, far beyond the century-old buildings and First Peoples creative, artistic and community practice continues to be a vital part of Collingwood Yards today, and into the future.

A brick 3-storey building with an external steel staircase and a blue and pink mural

Our history

For over 140 years, the buildings of the former Collingwood Technical School on Johnston Street, Melbourne, has played an integral role in the well being of the local community. It has been a civic hub, including courthouse (1853), Council Chambers (1860) and the Collingwood Artisans’ School of Design (1871).

Our organisation

Collingwood Yards is a new major contemporary arts incubator – a place where community and creativity meet and emerging culture begins.

Collingwood Yards is owned and managed by Contemporary Arts Precincts Ltd in trust for the public of Victoria. CAP has been deeded the site under conditions that ensure it remains a place of cultural production and creativity.