Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)
At the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) we help students realise their potential, find their voice and contribute meaningfully to a global community of creative practice.
The VCA is known internationally as a leading tertiary institution for artistic invention. It has a proven track record of developing the change-makers of the future as evidenced by the achievements of its alumni. The VCA today offers a unique range of programs across the visual arts, performing arts and media, taught by staff who are experts in their fields.
The VCA is co-located with the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music on the University of Melbourne’s Southbank campus in the heart of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct. We respectfully acknowledge the people of the Boonwurrung and the Woi Wurrung, who have danced their dances, sung their songs and lived their culture on this land for tens of thousands of years.
VCA director's message
In this video, Professor Emma Redding, Director of the Victorian College of the Arts, welcomes you to our unique institution in the heart of Melbourne's Arts Precinct.
Our heritage
The Faculty was created in 2009 following the amalgamation of the University's Faculty of Music and Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts. It was renamed the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music in 2018 to reflect the primary undergraduate degree structures offered by the Faculty: the Bachelor of Fine Arts and the Bachelor of Music.
The Faculty is also home to the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, which works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to identify, recruit and support potential and practicing Indigenous Artists to study and refine their academic and artistic skills.
The VCA was established in 1972 with the School of Art, which continued the lineage of the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, founded in 1867. This was followed by the creation of the School of Music in 1974, the School of Drama in 1976, the School of Dance in 1978 and Film and Television in 1992.
Our campus
Situated within in the centre of the arts district in the vibrant city of Melbourne, the VCA provides fertile ground for interdisciplinary research, practice and learning. We share the University of Melbourne's Southbank campus with our valued colleagues and peers from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, on land occupied by more than 1,000 generations of Australia’s first peoples.
Our disciplines
Acting and Theatre
Creative Arts Therapy
Dance
Design and Production
Film and Television
Indigenous Arts and Culture
Music Theatre
Visual Art
Writing
News from the VCA
Unique performance co-created by VCA Theatre students to feature at Alter State festival
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David Balfour appointed Head of Film and Television
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Oscar: the tragedy and beauty of Wilde’s life, and an historic moment on the ballet stage
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Creative industries forum in Delhi strengthens cross-cultural collaboration
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Documentary co-produced by VCA lecturers premieres at Melbourne International Film Festival
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Magnificent and humbling: Paris opening ceremony was a tribute to witnessing superhuman feats of the extraordinary
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New exhibition Crepusculum explores and questions established notions of ‘light’ and ‘dark’
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'I didn’t know theatre for young people could be so radical and innovative': Meet VCA graduate Sophia Derkenne
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University of Melbourne to host inaugural Music Theatre Futures conference
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VCA Director Professor Emma Redding receives MBE for services to dance
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'A sense of joy and jubilation' — Enterprise Professor Natalie King reflects on the 2024 Venice Biennale
Riverdance at 30: How Riverdance shaped Irish dance, and reflected a multicultural Australia
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Four productions showcase student work across Acting, Dance, Music Theatre and Design and Production programs
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'A fragment of something much bigger' — new exhibition showcases paintings by Paul Maymuru
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University of Melbourne upskills film students using the latest Hollywood technology
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New exhibition 'Oscilloforms' explores links between contemporary art and its historical precursors
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VCA Film and Television students make 'Fast Films' in new collaboration
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Left Write Hook program reaches new milestone with latest funding announcement
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'I fell in love with the art making process at university': Meet VCA graduate Amina Briggs
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'We need your voice, not the voice you think the world needs': Meet VCA grad Amy Sole
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VCA graduate Maki Morita on the power of community, creativity and theatre
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‘There’s always an opportunity somewhere’: Meet VCA alum Jacob Boehme
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When you sit down to build a sandcastle, take a look around you: the beach is already sculpting
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The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is proud to present ‘The Magic Flute’
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VCA graduates showcase short films on MIFF Play
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‘Your first set of instincts are usually the best ones’: Meet VCA graduating artist Zane Edwards
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VCA graduating artist Yixuan Zhao explores the depths of beauty in new paintings
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VCA graduating artist Naimo Omar is using art as a vehicle for change
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‘A world without art would be a soulless one’: Meet VCA graduating artist Grace Murphy
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VCA graduating artist Demi Kromidellis on exploring cultural heritage through photography
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'The biggest challenge I have is trusting the process … A resolution will emerge': Meet Astrid Mulder, alum of Graduate Certificate in Visual Art and Master of Contemporary Art
Meet VCA student Ellie Carroll
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If you're looking for inspiration, go out and find it: Inside Lloyd Newson's workshops at the VCA
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Me and my mentor: Britt Salt and Hannah Gartside
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Me and my mentor: Marion Harper and Vera Möller
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Student Q&Arts: Delphine Byrne
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The Majlis Travelling Fellowship: Supporting the next generation of artists
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David Arden on sharing his song lines and latest project ‘MEERTA’
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Meet Mr Vic NAIDOC 2023
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The Paul Selzer Exhibition finds power in lifting the stone
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Rising stars: The VCA50 Creative Development Grants illuminate the path for emerging artists
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The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music celebrates the success of alumni and staff at the 40th Annual Green Room Awards
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Amina Briggs' Art Tram envisions a better future for First Nations people
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Artist Georgia Banks on falling in love with AI and immortalising herself in the cloud
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New subject teaching students to hone comedy craft is no joke
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'Gowidja (After)': Moorina Bonini's vision of an Indigenous future
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The Grief Trilogy: VCA alum Liv Satchell's plays explore connection in the face of loss
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PhD student Meta Cohen plays at the intersection of queerness, theatricality and sound
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5 Australian women choreographers you should know (and where to see them in 2023)
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Music, animation, and dance students take over Fed Square’s digital façade on New Year’s Eve
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The emerging voices of Australian film: Largest ever selection of short films by VCA graduates to stream free on MIFF Play
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VCA Art Grad Show: The future of art making in Australia on display
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‘Embrace your own strange notions': Choreographer Lucy Guerin on working with third year dancers at the VCA
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Getting match fit: VCA Acting students bring the drama of sport on stage
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'Whichever avenue we go down, we’re supported fully': Hear from Master of Producing students Lucinda and Andy
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VCA alumni chosen for the coveted Impact Australia screenwriting program
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Vale Shirley McKechnie AO (1926 - 2022)
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'I wanted to stand out from the crowd': Meet Master of Producing graduate Mario Biancacci
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Looking forward: Director Dialogues address key areas of focus for the VCA in its 50th year
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'If you can show call opera, you can show call anything': Meet Will Barker, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) graduate
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Adult survivors take back their power in documentary film 'Left Write Hook'
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Podcast: Professor Sally Smart, “The power of artists is extraordinary”
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Dr Raafat Ishak and Professor Patricia Piccinini selected to create new works for the Metro Tunnel project
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(In) Corporeal Encounters Podcast Series
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Deaf storytellers share knowledge and challenge audism in What I Wish I'd Told You
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Head of Theatre, Associate Professor Chris Mead discussed his latest book on ABC Radio National
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Epic opportunity for animation students
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Victorian College of the Arts researchers recipients of ABC TOP 5 Arts Media Residency Program
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Resurfacing vital Indigenous history through historic film footage
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Goran Stolevski’s 'Of an Age' to open MIFF
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Lengger Lanang: Immortalising a vanishing Indonesian dance with the help of motion capture technology
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Recent grad Danni A. Esposito making waves in sound design
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VCA alum team up for Netflix teen hit series 'Surviving Summer'
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Flipping the script at the Venice Biennale
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From the VCA to RISING: The many guises of Scotty So
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Theatrum Botanicum: the choreography of ecology
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The edges of sculpture: artist Nabilah Nordin on what drives her playful practice
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Vale Bernhard Sachs, a mentor who lived his belief in art and artists
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“I'm here, I'm proud and I know what I'm doing”: Third-year student and Mununjali man Nicholas Currie on his journey into painting, and his relationship with the Wilin Centre
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Palawa and Wiradjuri theatremaker Nicola Ingram on why she makes theatre
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Meet Ngioka Bunda-Heath: 2022 Hutchinson Fellow
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‘Practically perfect’: Music Theatre alum Stefanie Jones lands major role as Mary Poppins
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Steven Rhall wins 'The Paul Selzer Exhibition' $25,000 art prize
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Victorian College of the Arts welcomes new Director
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Backstage at Chunky Move's Yung Lung
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The Paul Selzer Exhibition: Supporting graduates of the VCA
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- Prizes and Awards
Meet James Howard, Jaadwa Musician and PhD Candidate
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The Time It Takes: giving voice to those who stutter
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VCA graduates’ short films stream free on MIFF Play
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VCA alum, Ari Wegner makes Oscars history with her nomination for Best Cinematography
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Expressing trauma through creative arts - and boxing
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A new exhibition reimagines death and body disposal practices for the 21st century
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VCA's Kate Just, Prue Lang awarded 2022 Australia Council for the Arts funding
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'Good art can re-wire our brains': Meet Dr Kat Henry, Theatre lecturer at the University of Melbourne
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Ngioka Bunda-Heath awarded the 2021 Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency
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Art, identity, and 'in time': Meet Alkisti Pitsaki, Master of Theatre (Directing) graduate
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VCA Art Grad Show 2021 - Audiences Return
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Dobell Award continues to support Music Theatre students
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Film & Television graduates win big at the Sydney Film Festival
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Researching the arts and wellbeing: Challenges and opportunities
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Meet Zoyka Francalanci Aguayo, Master of Creative Arts Therapy student at the University of Melbourne
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VCA alum Nina Sanadze wins 'the churchie' $15,000 art prize
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Dance science pioneer Professor Emma Redding appointed VCA Director
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VCA graduate showcase streamed free for the first time on MIFF play
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Kummarge provides pathways for emerging First Nations dance artists at the VCA
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Meet Chris Mead, Head of Theatre at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Cara Hagan and Brenton Surgenor, new faces of VCA Dance
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The power of mentoring: an interview with curator Professor Natalie King OAM
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Ablaze: Tiriki Onus resurfaces vital Indigenous history through a film about his grandfather
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Master of Dance will launch at the University of Melbourne in 2022
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VCA Film and TV to host the Impact Australia 2 screenwriter accelerator program
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MIFFPlay and the VCA partner to showcase short films
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Four 2021 VCA Australians in Film mentees announced
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Meet the new faces of VCA Animation: Rosalie Osman and Christie Widiarto
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Meet visual artist Moonis Ahmad Shah, PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne
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Disclosure: an Australian indie film and the team who made it
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Art Forum at the VCA: 'We’ve realised our community extends far beyond the borders of Southbank'
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Feral queerness – an interview with Associate Professor Alyson Campbell
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Dr Sarah Woodland: 'Social justice is a connective tissue in my applied theatre work'
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Binga – a buoyant symbol of hope on the University of Melbourne's Southbank campus
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Re-membrance, Re-volt, Re-emergence: a Social Practice lecture series at the VCA
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Meet Tania Cañas, course coordinator of the Honours program in Social Practice and Community Engagement at the VCA
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Portland House Foundation Harry Hains Memorial Scholarship provides new opportunities in Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts
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Professor Barry Conyngham – reflections of the outgoing Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
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'Unshakable creativity, resilience, tenacity' – VCA Art 2020 Grad Show catalogue is now live
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Andrew Upton at the VCA: 'The blank page is humiliating, shaming, disgraceful, terrifying'
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Words Seemed Unnecessary: the VCA's David Sequeira and Isolation Improvisation Collective make artful music
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Victorian College of the Arts graduates share in the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2020
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Meet Caitlin Aloisio Shearer, BFA (Visual Art) student at the University of Melbourne
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Frisson, a new short film from Alex Wu, will give you goosebumps
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Meet Raimondo Cortese, course coordinator of the Master of Theatre (Writing) at the University of Melbourne
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VCA Graduate Tina Stefanou wins $50,000 Schenberg Arts Fellowship
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New Dean appointed at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
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Meet Alyson Campbell, Associate Professor in Theatre at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Ravi Avasti, Master of Contemporary Art graduate, University of Melbourne
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Vale Kate Daw, a shining light for all who knew her
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Meet Jane Schon, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) student at the University of Melbourne
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Future Forward: watch the best of the 2020 symposium for graduates entering the creative industries
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Meet Richard Roberts, Head of Design at the Victorian College of the Arts
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Event Horizon: an Art + Australia symposium and special issue
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Meet John Meade, Head of the Graduate Certificate of Visual Art at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Jordine Cornish, Master of Creative Arts Therapy student at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Jo Briscoe, Lecturer and Course Coordinator in Design and Production at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Steph Kehoe, Course Coordinator of the BFA (Theatre) at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Derrick Duan, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) student
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Meet Mikaylah, BFA (Visual Art) student at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Sherry-Lee, BFA (Music Theatre) student at the University of Melbourne
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Short stop at MIFF program
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The William Tell Overture – performed by the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and VCA dancers, at home
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How VCA acting students embraced the 'Mike Leigh Improvisation Method'
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Meet Henry Kelly, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) graduate at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Morgan Rose, graduate of the Master of Theatre (Writing) at the University of Melbourne
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Dear Australia – new Australian performance writing
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Meet Sophie Ash, mogul skier and animation student
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Lockdown What You Will – Shakespeare Online
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So you've mastered screenwriting at the VCA – what comes next?
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Mongrel 2020: music theatre, cabaret, and live performance to watch online
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Meet Kyle Ramboyong, BFA (Dance) student at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Lisa Osborn, Head of Production at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Paul Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in Animation at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Dianne Miranda, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) student
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Protect your voice on Zoom, with vocal coach Amy Hume
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17-carrot gold – new work by Master of Film and Television students
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Noel Hutchison, sculptor and art writer, remembered
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New ABC media residency for arts practitioners and researchers
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VCA filmmakers get a seat at the table with Australians in Film in LA
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Visual Artist Scotty So opens up about drag, authenticity, and getting mistaken for Carrie Lam on the internet
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Art Schools for Fire Relief raises more than $100,000 for recovery charities
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Alumni collaborate on Asia TOPA's The Seen and Unseen
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Dr Suzanne Fraser: coordinating the Centre of Visual Art (CoVA) – a ‘big, beautiful creature’ at the University of Melbourne
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Robert Walton on Child of Now and bringing your heart to work
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Corrie Chen, filmmaker: some advice for film and television graduates at the University of Melbourne
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Dr Kim Dunphy, Dance Movement Therapist: ‘It’s our moral obligation to make a contribution’
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Chris Kohn, VCA lecturer: putting diversity centre stage
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VCA ART GRAD.SHOW.2019 – it's time to get excited
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Conversations on Country: experiencing Indigenous cultural and creative practices with the Wilin Centre
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VCA Film & Television Graduate Screenings 2019 – what to expect
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Luke Devenish: how screenwriting pulses through The Heart of the Ritz
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- Writing
Meet Priya Namana, Master of Contemporary Art student at the University of Melbourne
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The need for truthing in language rematriation
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- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
And action! The VCA Digital Archive opens to the public
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Richard Frankland says 2002 play about deaths in custody is sadly still relevant
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Five Questions for Lauren Gould, Master of Production Design for Screen student
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- Film and Television
Five Questions for Caitlin Overton, Master of Theatre (Directing) student
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Meet Omar Hassan, Photography student at the University of Melbourne
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Bouyancy director Rodd Rathjen: interview
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An artist bears witness to those detained on Manus Island
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Meet Athina Wilson, Film and Television student at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Claire Bird, Theatre student at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Jasmine Vaughns, Music Theatre student at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Liz Smith, Graduate Certificate in Visual Art student
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Meet Danni Zhang, Screenwriting student at the University of Melbourne
- Writing
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Meet Charby Ibrahim, Master of Film and Television (Documentary) graduate
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Master of Creative Arts Therapy: an Australian first at the University of Melbourne
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What's a girl? Just ask Ellen Grimshaw
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New graduate-level voice training for stage and screen at the University of Melbourne
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VCA Digital Archive: dance on film
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Willow Sizer on cowboys, taxes … and fighting the status quo
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VCA Digital Archive: Word Art
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Sally Smart: “First Commissions takes our artists to the world”
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- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
VCA Digital Archive: The City
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VCA Digital Archive: an interview with filmmaker Qiu Yang
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Southbank Campus to open for Open House Melbourne
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- Music Performance
- Arts Precinct
Bill Henson: ‘There is no formula for how creativity unfolds’
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First Commissions art project launches in Florence
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VCA Digital Archive: why so queer?
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VCA Digital Archive: menstruation as inspiration
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Jesus Christ! Meet VCA Superstar Robert Tripolino
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VCA Digital Archive: #Metoo and the myth of male genius
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VCA Digital Archive: top ten horror films
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VCA Digital Archive: Justin Kurzel, Adam Elliot, Ariel Kleiman
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Meet Bethany Fellows, Master of Design for Performance student, University of Melbourne
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VCA Digital Archive: animation and diversity
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VCA Digital Archive: multiculturalism in Australia
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VCA Digital Archive: outsiders and misfits
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VCA Digital Archive: the Aussie musical short film
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA alumni stories: Janno McLaughlin, artist
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Meet Kliment Poposki, Master of Dramaturgy, University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
VCA Digital Archive: Chinese families through children’s eyes
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Capital D Disability in Theatre with Julie McNamara at the University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: short documentaries
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Lin Onus: eternal landscape of the artist’s mind
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
VCA Digital Archive: film festivals, and what they’re looking for
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Vale Jonathan Taylor: remembering a giant of VCA Dance
- Dance
- Victorian College of the Arts
Five questions for Dr Annabelle Murphy, Senior Lecturer (Film and Television), University of Melbourne
- Film and Television
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: Melbourne, you’re a star!
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: Towering storeys
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: Ding! Ding! Melbourne trams
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: Gay experience
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: Girl at the Window, inspired by a Gerald Murnane documentary
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Giulia Giannini McGauran, VCA Art graduate and photographer
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: Life after death
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Rachael Alford, Master of Screenwriting graduate, University of Melbourne
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
VCA Digital Archive: Love and joy
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Carol Brown announced as the new Head of VCA Dance
- Dance
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Digital Archive: Representations of mental health in film
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Winging It – a web series produced by the University of Melbourne
- Film and Television
- Writing
- Interactive Composition
- Theatre
- Acting
- Victorian College of the Arts
Let’s get digital: an archive of work by VCA film graduates, coming soon
- Film and Television
- Research
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Tyran Parke, the new Head of Music Theatre at the University of Melbourne
- Music Theatre
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
Tiriki Onus: five questions for the Acting Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Arts Precinct
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Research
- Partnerships
Flamingos, giants, and School of Rock: backstage with VCA Production students
- Production
- Design
- Victorian College of the Arts
Artist Moorina Bonini on the reclamation of cultural identity
- Alumni
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA 2018 Graduate Film Series: Moonshine
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Indigenous artist Yhonnie Scarce wins prestigious RAKA Award
- Indigenous Arts and Culture
- Prizes and Awards
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
VCA 2018 Graduate Film Series: Love is a Lunatic City
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA 2018 Graduate Film Series: Among Men
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Explainer: what is artistic research?
- Research
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Tom Richards, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) graduate, University of Melbourne
- Acting
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Five questions for Dr Kate Just, Graduate Coursework Coordinator (Visual Art), University of Melbourne
- Short courses
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Sarah Vickery, Master of Directing for Performance student, University of Melbourne
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Jon Cattapan becomes the first artist to test a new edition-making initiative at the VCA
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Staff stories
- Arts Precinct
A tour of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct and the people who make it
- Arts Precinct
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Partnerships
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
Margot Fenley to step down as Head of VCA Music Theatre
- Music Theatre
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Dance – on board with the Travelling Dance Studio in Berlin
- Dance
- International
- Victorian College of the Arts
Jonathan Mills: How the University of Melbourne’s Southbank campus benefits the city’s Arts Precinct
- Arts Precinct
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
An interview with Yandell Walton, resident artist in the VCA’s PHASMID Studio, Berlin
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- International
- Alumni
A new era for VCA Dance
- Dance
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet the family: Ron and Margaret Dobell on why they love VCA Music Theatre
- Giving
- Music Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Acting it Out: a new VCA Theatre initiative to increase diversity
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Watch VCA Greats: Patricia Piccinini
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Hollywood actor Jane BadlerHains: from V to the VCA
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Acting
How to digitally render Ned Kelly as a woman going to a ball
- Production
- Victorian College of the Arts
Martyn Myer: ‘A world-class cultural capital needs a world-class arts training faculty’
- Arts Precinct
- Giving
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Hell’s Canyon playwright Emily Sheehan and actor Conor Leach in conversation
- Writing
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Acting
- Victorian College of the Arts
‘Space of Friendship’: Melbourne Art Fair joins forces with the University of Melbourne
- Arts Precinct
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
How to throw a stage punch (and keep your teeth)
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Staging change: supporting diversity in Australian theatre
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA x MIFF: five films at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival
- Film and Television
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
The theatre of fake news: Polygraph speaks truth to a post-truth era
- Production
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Casey Jenkins, Master of Contemporary Art student
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Arts Precinct
- Alumni
Five questions for Chris Kohn, Coordinator of the Master of Directing for Performance
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Staff stories
Meet the Animation alumna shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Film Awards, Anastasia Dyakova
- Film and Television
- Prizes and Awards
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA alumni on the big screen at Palm Springs International ShortFest
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Southbank’s redesigned Print Workshop – a guided tour at the Victorian College of the Arts
- Arts Precinct
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Kim Ho, Master of Writing for Performance student
- Writing
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Kate Daw, Head of VCA Art, on her vision for artists in Southbank
- Staff stories
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
Meet Georgie North, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) Honours student
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Four decades of VCA Dance artists and where they are now
- Alumni
- Dance
- Victorian College of the Arts
Patrick White Playwrights’ Award recipient Kim Ho: putting cross-cultural stories centre stage
- Writing
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
The Crucible: outworn or reborn?
- Theatre
- Acting
- Music Performance
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet the staff: Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Handing over the reins at The Stables – a new home for the arts in Melbourne’s Southbank
- Arts Precinct
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
VCA alumna Yvette Coppersmith wins the Archibald Prize 2018
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Monochromes are so much more than a grey area in visual art
- Visual Art
- Research
- Victorian College of the Arts
Myuran Sukumaran’s final 72 hours – what GUILTY tells us about the death penalty, and life
- Film and Television
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Nina Buxton, filmmaker: “Being cat-called at night is an incredibly common scenario.”
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Two-minute interview: Maude Davey, director of Mongrel
- Music Theatre
- Interactive Composition
- Production
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Showcase
Art of war: where conflict meets creativity
- Research
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Willem Kingma, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) student
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
How I launched a web series concept then lost control
- Film and Television
- Interactive Composition
- Production
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Vanitas has been nominated for a Webby – vote now
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Prizes and Awards
VCA Dance is 40 – Happy Birthday!
- Dance
- Victorian College of the Arts
Sue Healey, choreographer and filmmaker: ‘There’s incredible magic in what we shoot’
- Dance
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Comedian Louisa Wall: ‘You don’t need people to want you’
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Curator Natalie King on her new role as Enterprise Professor at the VCA
- Visual Art
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
Welcome to The Stables – a new, world-class arts facility in Melbourne’s Arts Precinct
- Arts Precinct
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
Frances and the Inclusion Rider? We need equitable access to arts training
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Robert Ambrose Cole, Rosslynd Piggott, Angelina Pwerle, Lindy Lee and David Rosetzky in a new exhibition at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Peek into Buxton Contemporary with new director Ryan Johnston
- Arts Precinct
- Research
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Tropfest 2018 winners Greta Nash and Gillian Crosby in interview
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Watch: Tropfest 2018 winner, Two Piece, by VCA alumna Greta Nash
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Callout: ACMI X Residency Program 2019 open for applications
- Partnerships
- Research
- Victorian College of the Arts
Doing Feminism: an interview with Professor Anne Marsh
- Staff stories
- Visual Art
- Research
- Victorian College of the Arts
Listen: For the love of the stage, featuring Rinske Ginsberg
- Acting
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Introducing Ryan Johnston, the inaugural Director of Buxton Contemporary
- Arts Precinct
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Discover hidden art and artefacts at the University of Melbourne
- Arts Precinct
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Vale Alun Leach-Jones, distinguished painter and VCA alumnus
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Video: Polly Staniford, co-founder of Aquarius Films
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
AntigoneX: Greek tragedy, with beach balls
- Alumni
- Research
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Research at the VCA
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