Collingwood Yards hosts visual artists, musicians, performers and a range of arts organisations across a large inner city site and forms part of the Collingwood Arts Precinct which includes Circus Oz.

The area was initially developed into a new home for Circus Oz, which takes up approximately half of the former school grounds.

[4] The rest of the site, comprising three buildings, was subsequently redeveloped over two years to create the Collingwood Yards Contemporary Arts Precinct.

The site has three buildings including a striking art deco entrance on Johnston St.

[1][5] A notable mural was painted on an exterior wall of the Technical College by the American artist Keith Haring in 1984.