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• Exhibitions showcase work by Meriam artist Gail Mabo and women from Durrmu Arts

  23 May 2023

  Showcasing work by Meriam artist Gail Mabo and women artists from Peppinmenarti in the Northern Territory, two new exhibitions are opening at the University of Melbourne’s Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery.

  • Visual Art

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• ‘Australian Canvas’: Dr Nicholas Enrico Williams to deliver his final concert as Conductor of Wind Symphony at Melbourne Recital Centre

  23 May 2023

  Dr Nicholas Enrico Williams’ three-year term as Music Director and Conductor of the Wind Symphony at the Conservatorium has drawn to a close, and he has taken up a position as Director of Bands at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. He is flying back to Melbourne fo...

  • Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

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• Meet VCA student Ishan Vivekanantham

  11 May 2023

  Get to know a student’s experience at The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. Ishan Vivekanantham is currently studying a Master of Production Design (Stage) at the Victorian College of the Arts.

  • News

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• As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation

  08 May 2023

  This year’s Archibald and Wynne Prize winners show that a new generation of artists have now entered the mainstream.

  • News

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• ‘Who the hell is Edgar?’ – a viral Eurovision song about Edgar Allan Poe evokes a strange history of mediums and creative possession

  04 May 2023

  When Teya and Salena take to the Eurovision stage next week, their song may be new, but their story of ghostly authorship and spirit possession comes straight from Poe’s work.

  • News

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• 60 years of The Australian Ballet and 90 years of ‘Australian’ ballet: Identity asks us to reflect on Australian dance today

  04 May 2023

  The Australian Ballet’s new double-bill Identity stages the work of Daniel Riley and Alice Topp in a reflection of the identity of Australian dance – and Australia.

  • News

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• Miriama Young: Kinds of Blue

  01 May 2023

  Ahead of its premiere with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the composer Miriama Young discusses her new work, Kinds of Blue, outlining the inspiration that helped shape it.

  • Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

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• From joyous celebration to the depths of grief: the new orthodoxy of the Archibald prize is there is no orthodoxy

  30 April 2023

  Joanna Mendelssohn examines the evolution of the Archibald Prize, arguing that the new norm is the celebration of diversity and non-conformity among artists.

  • Visual Art

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• Won’t somebody please think of the children? Their agency is ignored in the moral panic around drag storytime

  30 April 2023

  In this article, Sarah Austin and Jonathan Graffam O'Meara from VCA Theatre challenge the moral panic surrounding Drag Storytime events and call for a more nuanced understanding of children's agency.

  • Theatre

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• If the camera was there with the blessing of Father Bob Maguire, people felt safe: my relationship with a marvellous man

  24 April 2023

  Lecturer in Producing at the VCA, Stephen Luby, met Father Bob Maguire as a young filmmaker in 1990. The words he spoke to him then still reverberate today.

  • Film and Television

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• Why I studied... Master of Contemporary Art at VCA

  24 April 2023

  Visual artist Linda Studená wanted to 'break open' her practice with further study in the Master of Contemporary Art at the VCA.

  • Visual Art

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• Dr David Sequeria profiled in The Age

  20 April 2023

  David Sequeira’s Indian heritage conjures a surprising celestial alignment in his installation for the TarraWarra Biennial.

  • Visual Art

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• Student Q&Arts - Abi Lee

  20 April 2023

  Abi Lee is currently in her second year of the Bachelor of Music, specialising in Jazz and Improvisation, at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

  • Jazz and Improvisation

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• Unlocking the healing power of music: Jeanette Tamplin on Revive's $4.2 million funding for art and music therapy research

  19 April 2023

  In this article, Associate Professor in Music Therapy, Jeanette Tamplin, discusses the Australian Government's $4.2 million investment in art and music therapy research, examining its significance and potential impact on countless individuals across the nation.

  • Music Therapy

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• From radical to reactionary: the achievements and legacy of the influential artist John Olsen

  13 April 2023

  the hyperbole surrounding Olsen’s death seems to have crowded out any assessment of his real and lasting achievements as an artist writes Joanna Mendelssohn.

  • News

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• Forge your own path: Sadé Alleyne's vision for the future of dance

  06 April 2023

  In the picturesque setting of the Shepparton Art Museum's Amphitheatre, 21 dance students from VCA are rehearsing for their upcoming performance of 'HOME' at the Shepparton Festival. Leading the group is renowned choreographer and dance industry heavy weight, Sadé Alleyne.

  • Dance

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• Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance

  05 April 2023

  Staying true to its objectives of representing dance artists from across practices and lineages, the inaugural FRAME Dance Festival offered a diversity of performance styles and forms in locations around Melbourne and beyond, writes Yvette Grant.

  • News

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• Nureyev's Don Quixote recreated on stage

  05 April 2023

  Richard Roberts, Head of Design and Production at the VCA, spoke with ABC Radio about his work designing sets for The Australian Ballet's latest production of 'Don Quixote.'

  • News

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• Arthur Jafa – Unrest: “Seminal works that speak to the heart of 21st century experience” showing at the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery

  05 April 2023

  By Sarah HallLove is the Message, The Message is Death (2016), Arthur Jafa’s video work was described in The New Yorker as “the most spellbinding artwork of the past decade”.

  • Visual Art

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• Music Theatre and Interactive Composition present Mongrel: “a mind-bending rabbit hole to behold”

  31 March 2023

  By Sarah HallNext week, third year Music Theatre and Interactive Composition students will present Mongrel. ‘Mongrel’ — a series of mixed-breed, interdisciplinary cabaret and variety performances, with no predetermined styles or conventions.

  • Music Theatre

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• Behind the curtain: Associate Professor Richard Roberts on reimagining one of Australia’s most iconic ballets, Don Quixote, for the stage

  23 March 2023

  Head of Design and Production at the Victorian College of the Arts, Associate Professor Richard Roberts, is known for his visionary work in production design. His latest endeavour? Creating breathtaking set designs for the Australian Ballet's production of Don Quixote, which reimagines the iconic 19...

  • Design

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• Contemporary dance performance ‘HOME’ to captivate at Shepparton Festival, through University of Melbourne Goulburn Valley partnership 

  23 March 2023

  Dance students from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) at the University of Melbourne are set to captivate Shepparton Festival audiences with a new contemporary dance work exploring themes of migration, memory, and belonging.

  • Dance

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• VCA Art graduates to appear in Hatched National Graduate Show at PICA

  10 March 2023

  Visual Art graduates Jinxuan Chen and Emily Norton are among 26 graduates from 21 art schools across the country to appear in the prestigious Hatched National Graduate Show at PICA. 

  • Visual Art

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• The Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery’s latest exhibition ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ reveals the power and vulnerability of self-portraiture

  09 March 2023

  This March, the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery at the University of Melbourne presents 'It's not you, it's me,' a compelling exhibition of self-portraiture by staff of Visual Art at the Victorian College of the Arts.

  • Visual Art

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• VCA dance student Jake Ware interviewed by Southbank Local News

  08 March 2023

  Third-year Dance student Jake Ware was interviewed by Southbank Local News about their study experience and plans for the year ahead.

  • Dance

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• Louise Hanson Dyer: A life and legacy of uplifting artists

  08 March 2023

  Discovering the extent of Louise Berta Mosson Hanson Dyer’s generosity is much like unearthing precious metals; the deeper you dig, the more you find.

  • News

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• The modern women of Australian ballet

  08 March 2023

  Revisiting ballets created by pioneering Australian women can inspire the next generation of female choreographers, writes dance historian and PhD candidate at the VCA, Yvette Grant.

  • Research

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• Meet the other Aussie star of succession

  07 March 2023

  Since graduating from Victorian College of the Arts in 2006, actor Ashley Zukerman has gone on to have an incredible career working on film and television projects here in Australia and abroad.

  • Alumni

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• The modern women of Australian ballet

  07 March 2023

  This International Women’s Day, a University of Melbourne expert shares the inspirational ballets and lives of pioneering Australian women choreographers

  • Music, Arts & Screen

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• Theatre review: Breaking the Castle, QPAC

  07 March 2023

  Peter Cook is a graduate of Acting at the VCA whose first full-length play, Breaking the Castle, has been described as an extraordinary piece of theatre-writing.

  • Alumni

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• The Melburnian channelling Katy Perry and the Backstreet Boys on stage

  07 March 2023

  It's every theatre kid's dream to star in a big show in their hometown and for Bachelor of Music Theatre student, Yashith Fernando, that long held ambition is about to become reality.

  • Music Theatre

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• Putting the science behind performers’ well-being

  21 February 2023

  Caring for performers’ mental and physical well-being needs to be backed by evidence-based methods for maximum impact, said Professors Emma Redding and Margaret Osborne at the Performing Creativity, Culture and Wellbeing Conference.

  • Research

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