About Us
Artworx Gallery & Gifts is a relative newcomer to the South Australian arts community, opening in the historic river port of Goolwa, 80 kilometres south of South Australia's capital city of Adelaide, in October 2005.
Within months of opening, Artworx had established itself as a must-see venue and within a year was being hailed as the finest contemporary gallery on the Fleurieu.
Displaying original art, jewellery and sculptures, Artworx is located in the centre of Goolwa's heritage precinct, in an 1850s stone cottage and warehouse near the town's restaurants, hotles and historic wharf and railway station, where paddle steamers and steam rains rule.
Goolwa, an Aboriginal word meaning elbow, describes the bend in the River Murray where the town was settled in the mid-1800s, near the river's mouth and 15 km from Victor Harbor - one of South Australia's premier tourist towns.
Wendy and Stephen Middleton created Artworx to fill a gap they perceived in the local arts scene and soon began attracting collectors from the region as well as from Adelaide and beyond.
As the gallery's reputation grew, Artworx began shipping works around Australia and overseas.
Artworx features painters and sculptors from the region, as well as noted artists from Adelaide and Melbourne.
It is open from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm Thursday to Sunday and public holidays, or by appointment.
Artworx is closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.