M|Arts Precinct in Murwillumbah – one of the great things to do on the Gold Coast and in the Tweed Region

M|Arts Precinct’s stunning galleries, artists’ studios in renovated shipping containers and range of creative businesses are just 30 minutes from the Gold Coast and 40 minutes from Byron Bay.  

The Precinct’s art-deco gallery houses Gallery DownTown – a permanent collection from the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre) as well as other changing exhibitions from regional artists.

Attached to the gallery is its alter-ego – a huge industrial shed full of artists’ studios and creative businesses where visitors can:

• Stock up on art supplies, all things wool and yarn related, or art books
• Visit a picture framer, or play or buy a new board game
• Buy some flowers from the area’s best florist
• Visit the studio shops of gifted artists, makers and jewellers.
• Learn to paint or draw at a workshop run by one of our artists

No visit to M|Arts Precinct is complete without a coffee or a meal at Bacaro – the little Italian trattoria which will make you feel like you’re in the owners’ home city of Venice.