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Graduate and Masters Art Exhibitions
The much anticipated VCA Graduate Exhibition opens on Monday 25 November, with a feast of drawing, prints, photography, sculpture, painting, screen-based and digital media from students completing their Bachelor of Fine Art, Honours and Postgraduate Diploma of Visual Art. A fortnight later the VCA Masters Exhibition, will showcase work by graduating students from the Master of Contemporary Art and Master of Fine Art.
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45th Annual Graduate Screenings
13 - 15 December
The high standard of films created by VCA film students is demonstrated through continued success at international film festivals including Melbourne, Cannes, Sundance, Palm Springs and more. The end-of-year screenings at ACMI are your first chance to see films from VCA’s emerging filmmaking talent before their release on the festival circuit. Whether you are a keen movie buff or a budding filmmaker this event is one not to be missed.
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Master of Music Recital Series
25 November – 9 December
The Master of Music (Performance) Recital Series begins next week at Melba Hall featuring nine performances from some of the finest musicians at the MCM. Pianist Peter Toohey will perform Franz Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze; soprano Belinda Dalton will perform repertoire from Handel to Alban Berg, and clarinettist Sunpil Lee will perform the Australian premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Drei Schattentänze.
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Production Launch 2013
26 - 28 November
Production graduates from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) will showcase their work in set design, costume, workshop, sound, lighting and stage management at the Production Graduate Launch Exhibition. The exhibition is an opportunity for the public, industry professionals and prospective students to explore the skilful work that goes on behind the scenes in creative and backstage roles.
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Melbourne Now
VCA School of Art staff and alumni are well represented in Melbourne Now, a landmark exhibition opening at the National Gallery of Victoria this week. Amongst the 300 artists, architects and designers who are participating, there are 86 alumni and 18 current staff. Projects encompass the fullest range of contemporary art disciplines and practices, from painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics and contemporary jewellery, to photography, video, sound, performance, installation and online projects.
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Three: Engaging communities with sound
Don Immel (Head of Brass) and Joel Brennan (Lecturer in Brass) have collaborated with local artists to bring relevant contemporary classical music to students and audiences in Alexandra, Euroa, Shepparton and Healesville. Secondary school students were engaged through a series of workshops delivered by MCM teaching staff and new works by Australian composers have also been commissioned.
Watch a video documenting the project on YouTube »
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Melbourne Prize for Music 2013
Congratulations to alumni Stephen Magnusson and Kate Kelsey-Sugg who respectively picked up last week the $30,000 Outstanding Musician Award and the $13,000 Development Award 2013 and Residency at the Melbourne Prize for Music 2013. The judges said guitarist Stephen Magnusson's work represents an outstanding example of creativity and skill; and Kate Kelsey-Sugg, pianist, vocalist, saxophonist and composer, demonstrates outstanding musical talent with the potential to develop her music career.
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Art Association of Australia and New Zealand conference: ‘Inter-discipline’
7 - 9 December
The annual AAANZ conferences play a central part in the intellectual and institutional life of art history in Australia and New Zealand. Art historians will address new methods, ideas, practices, and pressing cultural concerns. Up to 200 papers will be delivered, from early-career researchers to eminent academics, curators, artists, and designers. Find out more »
Wagner and Us: A Symposium
5 - 8 December
Scheduled to coincide with the Opera Australia’s performances of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in Melbourne, the symposium Wagner and Us will explore and critique Richard Wagner’s continuing cultural, political, and historical importance to contemporary society. Find out more »
MTC: Book of Everything
From acclaimed Ring Cycle director Neil Armfield comes the charming production that took Sydney and New York by storm. Funny, deeply touching and created especially for young people, The Book of Everything is MTC’s Christmas treat for you and your family. Dutch author Guus Kuijer’s classic book has been adapted for the stage by playwright Richard Tulloch and turned into an enchanting play for ages 9 to 90.
For your chance to win a family pass (2 adults & 2 kids) for The Book of Everything on Saturday 7 December at 7pm, Southbank Theatre, simply email vcamcm-enews@unimelb.edu.au.
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anon.
Up-and-coming chamber group anon.’s recital New Identity, takes place at fortyfivedownstairs this December. Collaborating with fellow music makers oboist Jasper Ly and cellist Josie Graham, anon. (Nicole Tj and Thomas Lo) explores the world of Classical within the context of a modern society – a fresh take to listening, a novel visual experience; a new identity.
For your chance to win a double pass to the recital on 10 December 7.30pm, email vcamcm-enews@unimelb.edu.au.
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Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlings is the true story of friendship and murder that led to the birth of an entire generation. This is the previously untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), and William Burroughs (Ben Foster) at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that would lead to their Beat Revolution.
For your chance to win one of five double in-season passes, send your full name and postal address to vcamcm-enews@unimelb.edu.au.
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Image credits: Highlight 1: VCA Graduate Exhibition, 2012. Foreground: Georgina Glanville 'Objects of Pain, Joy and Truth (Form 1)' Handmade felt, acrylic paint, earth, wax, paper mâché, welded steel. Background: Minna Gilligan 'I wish him the best of all good luck' Collage digitally printed on fabric 143 x 200cm; Highlight 2: 'The King is Dead', directed by Curtis Hill, 2013; Highlight 3: Peter Toohey; Highlight 4: Costume design sketches by Mattea Davies for “City of Angels”, directed by Gary Young, musical direction by Andrew Patterson, choreography by Gerry Symonds. Photography by Steve Wyld. 2011. News 1: Anastasia Klose born Australia 1978 designs for One Stop Knock-Off Shop 2013 T Shirts mock-up, digital image (cropped) Collection of the artist © the artist and Tolarno Galleries; News 2: Joel Brennan. News 3: Stephen Magnusson and Kate
Kelsey-Sugg. Leisa Hunt photography. Focus: Bianca Hester ‘a world fully accessible by no living being’ 2011, a three-part project including an architectural construction at Federation Square, a broadsheet distributed freely (2000 copies), and a series of propositions performed over a two-week period in November 2011. Image detail: cinder block wall, Saturday November 19th, 2011. photo: Bianca Hester.
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