The JCU School of Creative Arts joins the disciplines of Visual Arts, Performance, Digital Sound and Music with the public art gallery under one roof, and serves both the student body and Townsville community.
In siting these disciplines within four houses that form a shaded court—a common heart—the building facilitates relaxed study and interaction beyond scheduled lecture time. Sheltering a desiccated creek bed that comes alive with bursts of rain during storms, the heart space is one of organised and organic interaction, performance and celebration, all under the watchful gaze of Mt Stuart.