About us

Named after Judith Wright, the celebrated Australian poet and activist, the Judith Wright Arts Centre (JWAC) is a vibrant and contemporary visual and performing arts hub, located in the heart of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.

Home to some of Queensland’s and Australia’s most dynamic arts organisations, JWAC is a creative space for exciting visual arts programming and for the development and presentation of original and innovative contemporary performance works, including cabaret, circus, dance, music, spoken word and multi-disciplinary arts.

JWAC tenants include:

• Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA)
• Australasian Dance Collective
• Birdhouse Cafe
• BlakDance
• Chrysalis
• Circa
• Flying Arts Alliance
• Institute of Modern Art (IMA)
• Musica Viva
• Outer Space
• Popsart
• The Little Red Company.

Opened in 2001, JWAC is owned and operated by the Queensland Government and managed by Arts Queensland. Learn more about the history of JWAC. 

JWAC underwent a $3.1 million redevelopment in 2018 and completed in 2020, which created a new gallery space featuring the work of Queensland artists, an updated entry and facade incorporating night-time digital art projections, a new foyer layout with fitout and finishes, new offices and more spaces for tenants, artists and arts workers to meet and come together.

For the latest event listings and to purchase tickets visit What's On.

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