A new arts precinct for Melbourne

A former Collingwood TAFE college looks set to become Melbourne’s next arts precinct under current plans being developed by Arts Victoria.
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A former Collingwood TAFE college looks set to become Melbourne’s next arts precinct under current plans being developed by Arts Victoria.

The 8,700m2 (approximately 0.87 hectare) site at 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood, previously occupied by the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT), was vacated in 2004/2005 in a staged withdrawal.    

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts