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The world takes shape with creative art
Building the World in the Correct Position and the Correct Shape

Canadian Indigenous Arts Residency Opportunity
In 2011, an annual Indigenous arts residency exchange partnership commenced between the RMIT School of Art and the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. Applications for the Canadian residency are being sought from Indigenous artists, art theorists and curators (with or without a pre-existing affiliation to RMIT University).

Shanghai Residency Opportunity for RMIT Staff, Students, and Alumni
In 2012 a residency exchange partnership began between RMIT iAIR and East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai, PR China.

Austrian Residency Opportunity for RMIT Staff, Students, and Alumni
In 2007 an annual residency exchange partnership began between the RMIT School of Art and the Krems International Studio Residency Program. The Krems residency is located in a town located directly on the Danube river in the Wachau region of Lower Austria.

Art in Public Space intensive program
Welcome to the program. We’re looking forward to the opportunity of working with you during the coming semester.

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Recent and upcoming events

 

19/06/2013 People who need people
This exhibition brings together the work of artists who are currently undertaking the Master of Fine Art program at RMIT Melbourne and Hong Kong. People who need people will explore experiences of daily life and the inherent complexities of human interaction. An exhibition of student artworks from the MFA program curated by Rhett D’Costa and Dr Laresa Kosloff.
 

13/06/2013 Blood Memories
Scott Benesiinaabandan is an Anishinabe intermedia artist that works primarily in photography, printmaking and video. His work explores Indigeniety from a global perspective, centring on the impact of familial and communal relationships and nonconventional ways of knowing—dreaming, intuition and blood memory. Benesiinaabandan is the 2013 guest of the RMIT iAIR / University of Lethbridge Indigenous residency exchange.

 

13/06/2013 Manifold Man
Hammond video persona—Manifold Man—is a self-affirmed saviour and body building life coach. Through a series of videos, Dylan Hammond investigates identity construction, self worth and personal values.
 

22/05/2013 Parkland
Parkland documents and plays with the history and potential narratives of Como Park, a leisure spot and sports ground for the residents of Toorak, Australia. Como Park, once named ‘Australia Park’, is traversed and scrutinized in a three-channel audiovisual installation that borders on documentary, landscape and fiction.
 

16/05/2013 Glitterers Anonymous
'All that glitters is not gold’ but it sparkles and captures the imagination. The anonymous come out of hiding to bravely shine. Glitterers Anonymous is an international survey of how artists and designers apply glitter in their work. Curated by Stephen Gallagher [AUS].

Current news

 

The people have spoken 17/05/2013
RMIT alumnus Vincent Fantauzzo has yet again succeeded in the world of art, winning his 3rd People’s Choice Prize for the Archibald Prize of his painting of girlfriend and Australian actor Asher Keddie.
 

National treasure wins prestigious jewellery prize 17/05/2013
RMIT University's Emeritus Professor Robert Baines has been named the winner of the prestigious Herbert Hofmann Prize at the 2013 International Trade Fair in Munich, Germany.

 

It's Melbourne, but not as we know it 26/04/2013
A generation of Melburnians grew up with the beloved Melway as their map of choice but the proliferation of smartphones and digital mapping has seen the decline of the once ever-present Melway reference.

 

Skypetrait draws Australia and Germany together 05/04/2013
Artists from RMIT University and Reutlingen University, Germany, have been drawn together in a new exhibition investigating the nature of portraits in today's urbanised and digitalised society.
 

Acclaimed alumnus back to artistic roots at RMIT 18/03/2013
Award-winning artist Vincent Fantauzzo has returned to the place that first nurtured his talent, with a prestigious appointment as an Adjunct Professor in RMIT University's School of Art and a new exhibition.