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Alumni Stories
'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
13 October 2023
Across performance, photography and video, VCA graduate Astrid Mulder creates work that plays with choreography, colour and form and questions how we communicate and navigate...
Artist Georgia Banks on falling in love with AI and immortalising herself in the cloud
21 June 2023
Can you really die in the digital age? It's a question that plagues performance artist Georgia Banks. Not only is this question a recurring theme in her work, but it's also a...
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
'Gowidja (After)': Moorina Bonini's vision of an Indigenous future
30 May 2023
Moorina Bonini is a Yorta Yorta, Wurundjeri, and Wiradjuri artist whose practice is deeply informed by her Aboriginal and Italian ancestry....
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
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
- Alumni
Meet the other Aussie star of succession
7 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 Aus...
Theatre review: Breaking the Castle, QPAC
7 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....
Growing up, Siobhan Stagg didn’t even know the word ‘soprano’ – now she’s one of our brightest stars
17 February 2023
From singing in her living room in Mildura to performing in Europe's leading opera houses, the story of Conservatorium graduate, Siobhan Stagg is far from conventional. Now sh...
The Grief Trilogy: VCA alum Liv Satchell's plays explore connection in the face of loss
16 February 2023
Liv Satchell is a writer, theatre-maker, dramaturg and facilitator who graduated from the VCA in 2016. Building on the work she created for her Master of Directing for Perform...
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
- Writing
- Theatre
PhD student Meta Cohen plays at the intersection of queerness, theatricality and sound
19 January 2023
Meta Cohen (they/them/she/her) is a composer, sound designer and dramaturg with work spanning music, theatre and interdisciplinary art. Meta’s music has been commissione...
- Research
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
'Whichever avenue we go down, we’re supported fully': Hear from Master of Producing students Lucinda and Andy
27 September 2022
When you’re a screen producer, there’s always something to do – whether it’s honing scripts, keeping the budget on track or ensuring an on-set snack su...
- Film and Television
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
'I wanted to stand out from the crowd': Meet Master of Producing graduate Mario Biancacci
12 September 2022
Mario Biancacci’s path to being an international film producer wasn’t exactly pre-ordained. But he’s made his way from a Bachelor of Science to a Robbie Will...
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Film and Television
- Alumni
'If you can show call opera, you can show call anything': Meet Will Barker, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) graduate
30 August 2022
It might seem like a long road from your living room to the Sydney Opera House, but for Will Barker, the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) helped him make that leap. Will tal...
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Production
- Alumni
Podcast: Professor Sally Smart, “The power of artists is extraordinary”
17 August 2022
The Expert Hack Podcast sat down with Victorian College of the Arts alumna artist Professor Sally Smart to discuss how artists are influencing politics and social ch...
- Visual Art
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Dr Raafat Ishak and Professor Patricia Piccinini selected to create new works for the Metro Tunnel project
9 August 2022
Commuters travelling through Melbourne's new underground railway stations will see new commissions by Dr Raafat Ishak, Head of Painting at the VCA and Professor Patricia Picci...
- Staff stories
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Deaf storytellers share knowledge and challenge audism in What I Wish I'd Told You
2 August 2022
By Sarah HallThere are stories that can only be told in Auslan.Artists Chelle Destefano and Claire Bridge have created a home for some of them in What I Wish I’d Told Yo...
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
Soprano Stacey Alleaume on nerves, wardrobe malfunctions and international success
27 July 2022
Soprano Stacey Alleaume is a superstar of Australian opera; a regular at the Sydney Opera House who has performed in some of the artform’s best-known roles. And she&rsqu...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
- Music Performance
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music alumni and staff sweep up at 39th Annual Green Room Awards
18 July 2022
The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music congratulates our outstanding alumni and staff who were recognised at the 39th Annual Green Room Awards....
Goran Stolevski’s 'Of an Age' to open MIFF
12 July 2022
After a decade working in relative obscurity, Australian-Macedonian writer-director and VCA grad Goran Stolevski has landed in the film industry in a big way. With thirteen fe...
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
- Partnerships
Recent grad Danni A. Esposito making waves in sound design
5 July 2022
by Sarah HallSince graduating last year from a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production), Danni A. Esposito is already making waves in the sound design industry....
- Production
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Film and Television to host the ‘Impact Australia 3’ screen writer accelerator program
28 June 2022
Impact Australia 3, the third iteration of the highly coveted screenwriter accelerator program, will be held in-person this year on the Victorian College of the Arts’ (V...
- Partnerships
- Film and Television
- Alumni
VCA alum team up for Netflix teen hit series 'Surviving Summer'
22 June 2022
Directed by VCA alum Ben Chessell, Sian Davies and Charlotte George, with cinematography by alum Katie Milwright, Surviving Summer has already been a Netflix hit since i...
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Film and Television
From the VCA to RISING: The many guises of Scotty So
14 June 2022
VCA graduate Scotty So is performing and exhibiting in this year’s RISING festival. Just don’t ask him to stick to one medium....
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
- Alumni
- VCA 50
The edges of sculpture: artist Nabilah Nordin on what drives her playful practice
2 June 2022
“I’m inspired by the impossible and always looking for what sculpture can be, and what it can do,” says Melbourne based artist, and graduate of the VCA, Nabi...
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Meet Ngioka Bunda-Heath: 2022 Hutchinson Fellow
18 May 2022
Ngioka Bunda-Heath is a Wakka Wakka, Ngugi and Birrpai dancer and storyteller whose choreographic works are a deep excavation of her cultural and ancestral histories. She is a...
- Alumni
- Dance
- Indigenous Arts and Culture
- Prizes and Awards
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Wilin 20th
‘Practically perfect’: Music Theatre alum Stefanie Jones lands major role as Mary Poppins
12 April 2022
Music Theatre alum Stefanie Jones has been selected to play the role of Mary Poppins in Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s critically acclaimed stage production, which will...
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Music Theatre
- Alumni
Steven Rhall wins 'The Paul Selzer Exhibition' $25,000 art prize
3 March 2022
Taungurung artist, Steven Rhall has been announced the prize winner of The Paul Selzer Exhibition for his work Recycled or Reclaimed (2022) at Domain House Gallery in the Roya...
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
- Alumni
- Prizes and Awards
Hannah Shin wins top prize at the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition
1 March 2022
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music graduates, Hannah Shin (Bachelor of Music 2021) and Tian Tian Lan (Diploma of Music Studies 2020) were awarded first and second place at the...
- Alumni
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Prizes and Awards
Compose Queer: Bringing queer stories into the mainstream of classical music
24 February 2022
Compose Queer is an initiative that empowers young queer composers and was conceived by vocal consort the Divisi Chamber Singers, a talented group of musicians who met and for...
- Alumni
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Backstage at Chunky Move's Yung Lung
23 February 2022
While 2020-21 posed huge challenges to many graduating students, two Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) graduates landed a surprising opportunity with CHUNKY MOVE via an online int...
- Alumni
- Dance
- Victorian College of the Arts
The Paul Selzer Exhibition: Supporting graduates of the VCA
18 February 2022
As Melbourne's arts and cultural sector remerges from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, four of the VCA's finest graduates are displaying newly commissioned works as part...
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
- Prizes and Awards
VCA alum, Ari Wegner makes Oscars history with her nomination for Best Cinematography
9 February 2022
VCA graduate, Ari Wegner (Bachelor of Film & TV 2004), made history as the second woman ever nominated for Best Cinematography at the Oscars....
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
VCA's Kate Just, Prue Lang awarded 2022 Australia Council for the Arts funding
16 December 2021
The Australia Council has announced this year’s recipients of its prestigious Fellowships, valued at $80,000 over two years, including celebrated VCA Dance alum Prue Lan...
- Alumni
- Dance
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Ngioka Bunda-Heath awarded the 2021 Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency
14 December 2021
Dancer, choreographer and storyteller Ngioka Bunda-Heath has been awarded the Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency at the Victorian College of the Arts....
- Alumni
- Dance
- Giving
- Victorian College of the Arts
Art, identity, and 'in time': Meet Alkisti Pitsaki, Master of Theatre (Directing) graduate
14 December 2021
After graduating with a BA in Theatre Arts, Greek student Alkistis (Alkisti) Pitsaki wanted to find a graduate course that would help her develop as a director and support her...
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Two Faculty violinists among Dorcas McClean award semi-finalists
6 October 2021
Seven semi-finalists and four jurors have been announced for the prestigious triennial Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship for young violinists....
- Alumni
- Giving
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Prizes and Awards
- Music Performance
Congratulations to our alumni participant in Impact 2
17 September 2021
Impact 2 was launched this week in Melbourne by award-winning filmmaking company Imagine Entertainment. The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music was delighted to learn that scr...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
Andrew Upton at the VCA: 'The blank page is humiliating, shaming, disgraceful, terrifying'
24 November 2020
Last week, VCA Master of Theatre (Writing) Coordinator Raimondo Cortese spoke with Australian playwright, screenwriter and director Andrew Upton about his career, training, pe...
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts graduates share in the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2020
12 November 2020
Three Victorian College of the Arts graduates were among the winners at the coveted Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2020 announced yesterday. Lecturer in Visual Art Dr Lau...
- Alumni
- Prizes and Awards
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Frisson, a new short film from Alex Wu, will give you goosebumps
20 October 2020
Does listening to your favourite song give you goosebumps? Musical chills, or "frisson", are explored by VCA Film and Television alum Alex Wu in a new film entitled Frisson. C...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA Graduate Tina Stefanou wins $50,000 Schenberg Arts Fellowship
13 October 2020
"I feel like I've woken up in another universe" – The Schenberg Art Fellowship 2020, a cash prize of $50,000, has been awarded to Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) graduat...
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
From Southbank to West Side Story: The Maverick Brass Quintet perform Bernstein
25 August 2020
The Maverick Brass Quintet is a group of musicians based all around the world that meets seasonally to take on creative projects such as summer festivals and international com...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Music Performance
- Alumni
Future Forward: watch the best of the 2020 symposium for graduates entering the creative industries
18 August 2020
Future Forward is a week-long online symposium, designed to support graduating students with the skills they need to transition into creative industries, with a COVID-19...
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Short stop at MIFF program
29 July 2020
Six films by Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television alumni have been selected as part of a new MIFF Shorts retrospective focusing on connections....
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Henry Kelly, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) graduate at the University of Melbourne
16 July 2020
Henry Kelly graduated from the first cohort of the re-imagined Bachelor of Fine Art (Theatre) course at the Victorian College of the Arts. Life has presented many highs and lo...
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Meet Morgan Rose, graduate of the Master of Theatre (Writing) at the University of Melbourne
16 July 2020
Morgan Rose is a graduate of the Master of Theatre (Writing) (formerly Master of Writing for Performance) program at the Victorian College of the Arts. She works with teens th...
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
Dear Australia – new Australian performance writing
10 July 2020
Playwriting Australia’s (PWA) Dear Australia offers bite-sized monologues that give voice to the hopes and fears of Australians facing the persistent threat of COVI...
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
So you've mastered screenwriting at the VCA – what comes next?
1 July 2020
The screenwriter may not be the first name to roll in the credits – but more often than not they're the backbone of any film and television project. We spoke to some wri...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Danna Yun, Composition alum at the University of Melbourne
25 June 2020
Multi-instrumentalist Danna Yun talks composition, collaboration, video-game music and life goals....
- Alumni
- Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
New ABC media residency for arts practitioners and researchers
1 May 2020
The University of Melbourne is partnering with the ABC and the Australia Council to present TOP 5 Arts – a media residency for graduate early-career practitioners and Ph...
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Research
- Alumni
VCA filmmakers get a seat at the table with Australians in Film in LA
4 March 2020
Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television alumni will have the opportunity to work at the former home of Charlie Chaplin in Los Angeles, thanks to a new partnersh...
- Film and Television
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Visual Artist Scotty So opens up about drag, authenticity, and getting mistaken for Carrie Lam on the internet
13 February 2020
In 2019, Scotty So began exploring notions of reality and authenticity – but how did this lead to his alter-ego being accidentally picked up by international news m...
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Alumni collaborate on Asia TOPA's The Seen and Unseen
31 January 2020
Eugyeene Teh and Adena Jacobs met at the VCA in 2007. 13 Years later, they’re collaborating with fellow Australian theatremaker Jenny Hector, Indonesian artist Kamila An...
- Alumni
- Design
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Corrie Chen, filmmaker: some advice for film and television graduates at the University of Melbourne
12 December 2019
Award-winning filmmaker and television director Corrie Chen graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor Film and Television (Hons) in 2008, and a Master i...
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Meet Charby Ibrahim, Master of Film and Television (Documentary) graduate
6 September 2019
From teacher to filmmaker, Master of Film and Television (Documentary) graduate Charby Ibrahim is passionate about social justice. He talks about how he’s trying to push...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Dr Andrew McAliece and Dr Richard Simmie: supporting performing arts students, through their lifetime giving and a gift in their Wills
13 August 2019
Andrew McAliece and Richard Simmie’s decision to support performing arts students, through their lifetime giving and a gift in their Wills, has opened up a whole new wor...
Bill Henson: ‘There is no formula for how creativity unfolds’
10 July 2019
Bill Henson is one of Australia’s best-known contemporary photographers – but it was not always thus. As the First Commissions art project launches ahead of an exh...
- International
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
First Commissions art project launches in Florence
4 July 2019
A major Australian arts project presented by the University of Melbourne has been launched at the feet of Michelangelo’s David, the world’s most famous statem...
- International
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Jesus Christ! Meet VCA Superstar Robert Tripolino
19 June 2019
Robert Tripolino graduated in 2011 with the first ever cohort of Music Theatre students at the Victorian College of the Arts. Now Robert has landed the title role of Jesu...
- Music Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Alumni stories: Eugene Ughetti
28 May 2019
The percussionist, composer, conductor and artistic director of Speak Percussion is known for tackling complex and ambitious art music projects. Here, he discusses his time at...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Music Performance
VCA alumni stories: Janno McLaughlin, artist
1 May 2019
After many years living between New York and Argentina, artist Janno McLaughlin completed a Master of Contemporary Art at the VCA in 2018. She paints and writes stories about...
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Meet Kliment Poposki, Master of Dramaturgy, University of Melbourne
1 May 2019
It was a long journey for Kliment Poposki from science to Dramaturgy, but now he can’t imagine doing anything else....
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Adam Elliot, filmmaker – Alumni Stories at the VCA, University of Melbourne
24 April 2019
Adam Elliot completed his Post-Graduate Diploma in Animation at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1996. He went on to win the 2004 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Fil...
- Film and Television
- Alumni
Meet Hannes Lackmann, Master of Music (Performance Teaching) graduate, University of Melbourne
15 March 2019
Percussionist Hannes Lackmann was performing regularly on the Melbourne music scene after graduating – so what inspired this Jazz & Improvisation graduate to pursue...
- Alumni
- Performance Teaching
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Music Performance
Meet Giulia Giannini McGauran, VCA Art graduate and photographer
25 February 2019
VCA alumna Giulia McGauran wanted to be a nurse, studied drawing, and works now as a photographer. Here she tells us about her artistic inspirations, favourite shoots fro...
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Rachael Alford, Master of Screenwriting graduate, University of Melbourne
20 February 2019
An actor and writer, Rachael Alford recently graduated from the Master of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. Here, she talks about her approach to work, her p...
- Writing
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Artist Moorina Bonini on the reclamation of cultural identity
27 November 2018
Graduating VCA Visual Art Honours student Moorina Bonini discusses her work The Other Reclaims, exhibited in The Stables as part of the 2018 VCA Art Graduate Exhibit...
- Alumni
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Tillman Jex: life as an Interactive Composition grad in Berlin
19 September 2018
Berlin was always part of the plan for Tillman Jex – and he knows how to make it work for him.By Paul Dalgarno...
- Interactive Composition
- Alumni
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Alice Humphries: turning the Tide with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
14 September 2018
More than 100 young musicians will embark on their first international tour when the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra travels to Singapore and Shanghai later this mo...
- Music Performance
- Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
An interview with Yandell Walton, resident artist in the VCA’s PHASMID Studio, Berlin
27 August 2018
Melbourne artist Yandell Walton’s work interacts with its environment in complex ways. So what effect will being in Berlin have on her practice?By Paul Dalgarno...
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- International
- Alumni
Acting it Out: a new VCA Theatre initiative to increase diversity
15 August 2018
The Victorian College of the Arts’ new outreach program aims to support students from Indigenous and culturally diverse backgrounds. By Susanna Ling...
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Watch VCA Greats: Patricia Piccinini
13 August 2018
In 2015, Patricia Piccinini’s ComCiência in Rio De Janeiro was the most visited contemporary art exhibition in the world. Patricia Piccinini is a graduate of the Victori...
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Hell’s Canyon playwright Emily Sheehan and actor Conor Leach in conversation
31 July 2018
Hell’s Canyon, the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights’ Award-winning play by Victorian College of the Arts graduate playwright Emily Sheehan, will show at the&nb...
- Writing
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Acting
- Victorian College of the Arts
Letter: Yours Internally
26 July 2018
Director of the Margaret Lawrence Gallery Dr David Sequeira shares his thoughts about Yours Internally, an exhibition of work by Kiron Robinson and Grant Steven...
- Alumni
- Arts Precinct
- Research
Meet Andrew Bucknall, Master of Music Therapy student
18 July 2018
After working in hospitality, retail, and as an electrician, Andrew Bucknall finally heeded his calling to help others through music. Now a second-year Master of Music Therapy...
- Music Therapy
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
Storm in a Petri dish: mixing art and science
16 July 2018
Storm is an interdisciplinary Symposium and Exhibition, co-hosted by the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and the Faculty of Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne. We spoke...
- Research
- Partnerships
- Alumni
- Visual Art
VCA x MIFF: five films at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival
13 July 2018
Five films by Victorian of the Arts students and alumni are screening at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Here’s the roundup. By Susanna Lin...
- Film and Television
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
William Tell-all: behind the scenes of the epic Victorian Opera production
12 July 2018
Victorian Opera’s latest production is set to be bigger than Ben Hur. Ahead of opening night on 14 July, we caught up with former Melbourne Conservatorium of Music stude...
- Music Performance
- Production
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
Meet Casey Jenkins, Master of Contemporary Art student
5 July 2018
First year Master of Contemporary Art student Casey Jenkins is settling back into university study after spending a lot of time in small but active community art groups. Encou...
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Arts Precinct
- Alumni
VCA alumni on the big screen at Palm Springs International ShortFest
21 June 2018
Of more than 4,200 short film submissions from more than 100 countries, works by eight Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television alumni have been selected. By Sus...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Kim Ho, Master of Writing for Performance student
18 June 2018
Having majored in English and Theatre studies and having already written two full-length plays, Kim Ho decided to apply for the Master of Writing for Performance to gain more...
- Writing
- Theatre
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Four decades of VCA Dance artists and where they are now
4 June 2018
As the VCA Dance 40th Anniversary Celebration (10 June) approaches, we ask some former students about their memories of the Victorian College of the Arts, and what they&r...
- Alumni
- Dance
- Victorian College of the Arts
VCA alumna Yvette Coppersmith wins the Archibald Prize 2018
11 May 2018
Visual Art alumna Yvette Coppersmith has been awarded Australia’s most distinguished portraiture prize for her self-portrait.By Scott McLachlan...
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Nina Buxton, filmmaker: “Being cat-called at night is an incredibly common scenario.”
30 April 2018
Recent Film and Television graduate Nina Buxton felt compelled to make her short film, Mwah, after experiencing sexual harassment while riding alone one night. In the lea...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Sue Healey, choreographer and filmmaker: ‘There’s incredible magic in what we shoot’
28 March 2018
The award-winning choreographer, educator, filmmaker and installation artist talks to Susanna Ling about her upcoming exhibition at the Victorian College of the Arts.By Susann...
- Dance
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
Comedian Louisa Wall: ‘You don’t need people to want you’
26 March 2018
Billed as a perennial millennial who does cabaret like you’ve never seen it before, Louisa Wall’s DIY approach to theatre and comedy is paying off, with a second s...
- Alumni
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
Proof of the Conservatorium’s reach is in the Magic Pudding
13 March 2018
Victorian Opera’s latest opera season celebrates Norman Lindsay’s enduring Australian classic children’s book, The Magic Pudding, which turns 100 this y...
- Alumni
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Chiara Anderson, Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Melbourne Conservatorium
12 March 2018
Chiara Anderson recently started her second year in the Bachelor of Music (Performance) program. Here, she reflects on why she decided to study at the Conservatorium and what...
- Alumni
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Tropfest 2018 winners Greta Nash and Gillian Crosby in interview
26 February 2018
Nash’s film Two Piece took the top prize at Tropfest 2018 this month. She and the film’s producer – fellow VCA alumna Gillian Crosby – discuss the...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Watch: Tropfest 2018 winner, Two Piece, by VCA alumna Greta Nash
19 February 2018
Alumna Greta Nash’s film Two Piece took top honours at Tropfest 2018, and you can watch it here.By Sophie Duran...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
Vale Alun Leach-Jones, distinguished painter and VCA alumnus
1 February 2018
VCA Director Professor Jon Cattapan remembers one of Australia’s great abstract artists.By Professor Jon Cattapan, Director, Victorian College of the Arts...
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
Video: Polly Staniford, co-founder of Aquarius Films
29 January 2018
From the VCA to the Oscars: meet film and television alumna Polly Staniford.By Kate Mulqueen...
- Alumni
- Film and Television
- Victorian College of the Arts
AntigoneX: Greek tragedy, with beach balls
17 January 2018
Victorian College of the Arts Senior Lecturer in Theatre Dr Zachary Dunbar is the writer, director and producer of a riotously reimagined version of Sophocles’ Anti...
- Alumni
- Research
- Theatre
- Victorian College of the Arts
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