Siemens-RMIT Fine Arts Scholarship Awards

School of Art

Exhibition dates: Monday 27 November – Saturday 9 December

Progressive student artworks on display

A selection of outstanding visual artworks from Australia’s most progressive student artists is on display at the RMIT Gallery in Swanston St, Melbourne.

The variety of visual artworks includes tattooed moulded plastic, a fluorescent light passage, rubber foam sculptures and a two-metre high knitted family tree.

Siemens-RMIT Fine Arts Scholarship Awards – background information

  • The Siemens-RMIT Fine Arts Scholarship is one of the most progressive scholarships of its kind in Australia.
  • Now in its seventh year, the scholarship program enables RMIT students to further their careers in the field of fine arts by assisting their research and production costs.
  • The partnership demonstrates the commitment of both Siemens and RMIT University to innovation, knowledge and excellence.
  • Siemens has committing to support the arts program for a 10-year period, one of the longest arts-business partnerships in Australia.
  • The partnership culminates with the selection of eight students who receive a combined $32,000 in financial scholarships to further their studies and careers: five undergraduate travel scholarships and three postgraduate scholarships.
  • In addition, one of the winners will receive the $1,000 Siemens Fine Art Acquisition Award, with the winning work becoming part of the Siemens Australia and New Zealand art collection on display at the Siemens Australian Headquarters in Bayswater, Victoria.
  • Over the past seven years, around 50 young artists have benefited from the Siemens-RMIT Fine Arts Scholarship.
  • Fine arts students from RMIT’s Australian and international campuses are eligible for the scholarships.
  • An exhibition of the finalists' artworks is on display at the RMIT Gallery until 9 December 2006.
  • Selected from RMIT's School of Art, the works include ceramics, drawing, fine art, photography, gold and silver smithing, media arts, painting, printmaking and sculpture.
  • Previous Siemens Acquisition Award winners include Kate Spencer for Hot Water Bottle which is a giant hot water bottle measuring more than one meter in length, moulded from latex and encasing a DVD player displaying the ocean inside the water bottle creation.

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