ArtGeo Gallery and Courthouse Arts Complex is situated at the northern end of Queen Street in Busselton a stone's throw from the famous Busselton Jetty and beautiful north facing Geographe Bay. It is housed in one of the oldest buildings in WA. Built in 1856 and comprising of gaol cells, stables, sergeants quarters and courtroom it has been an arts centre since 1975. The Courthouse Arts Complex offers studio space, exhibitions of state, regional and community arts, outdoor performances and workshops. The building is on the State Heritage listing as a significant site in Western Australian history.

ArtGeo Gallery

ArtGeo Gallery on the Corner of Queen Street and Marine Tce: Image courtesy of Wendy Slee

The ArtGeo Gallery is one of only a few solely devoted exhibition venues in the South West offering regional and State artists opportunities to show their work. It is also unique in that the Gallery operates as both a public gallery exhibiting touring exhibitions of Western Australian contemporary art and also as a commercial gallery aimed at supporting and sustaining regional arts practice.

The Gallery is situated in the Old Agriculture Building opposite to the Courthouse complex.  Its newly renovated spaces are clean and spacious suitable to show highly contemporary work through to more traditional art forms.

Courthouse Gallery

The well known ArtGeo Courthouse Gallery has been revitalised as a retail outlet for locally produced arts and crafts. The initiative involves a cooperative of arts organisations as well as individual artists looking for an outlet for their art and designer craft.Bond Store in the CourtHouse Gallery: The Bond Store offers an excellent opportunity to purchase local art and craft wares from the artisans of the region.Artworks available from the CourtHouse Gallery

Visitors to the Courthouse Gallery can expect to find beautifully turned wood, precious jewellery, glass, paintings, fine sculptures and porcelain displayed throughout the courthouse building.

The market focus is both regional and tourist oriented so much of the work is small and reasonably priced to suit the traveller and day tripper alike. Locals also take the opportunity to purchase gifts for Christmas often to send to relatives and friends elsewhere. The products are distinctive to the area so are purchased as a piece of the region to treasure back home or as a memory of a wonderful trip or holiday.

One aspect of this initiative is maintaining opening hours. The ArtGeo Gallery and Courthouse Arts Complex is attended by volunteers. The artists who exhibit are invited to act as Gallery attendants, a strategy developed by Helena and members of Arts Alive in Busselton Inc.

The Court Yard

The CourtHouse Arts Complex houses a leafy courtyard which hosts several events through out the year. It is available for hire.

"Fridges" created for Southbound 2006: One of the many projects that have utilized the courtyard space