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A place for ‘wondrous things’: new arts precinct Collingwood Yards opens to the public

Melbourne’s newest cultural precinct, Collingwood Yards, has opened to the public after a long gestation.
16 Mar 2021 12:00
Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Projection art (by Wendy Yu, resident artist at the Centre for Projection Art) and live performance featured at the VIP opening of Collingwood Yards. Photo credit: Natalie Jurrijens.

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Featuring a carefully curated mix of arts and cultural organisations and small businesses, Collingwood Yards opened its doors to the public on Saturday.

ArtsHub first reported on the proposed Collingwood Yards development, which was championed by then Arts Minister Heidi Victoria, in May 2013.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts

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