Victorian College of the Arts

Not to be confused with Victoria College of Art in Canada, also abbreviated as VCA.

Victorian College of the Arts
Other name
VCA/FFAM
TypePublic
Established1972; 52 years ago (1972)
DeanMarie Sierra
DirectorEmma Redding
Academic staff
116[1]
Students1,300[2]
Location
Southbank, Victoria
,
Australia

37°49′29″S 144°58′13″E / 37.8248°S 144.9702°E / -37.8248; 144.9702
CampusUrban
(Southbank Campus)
4 hectares
Websitefinearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/vca

The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music (FFAM). It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the university.

Courses and training offered at the VCA cover seventeen discipline areas: acting and theatre, composition, creative arts and music therapy, dance, design and production, ethnomusicology, film and television, Indigenous arts and culture, interactive composition, jazz and improvisation, music performance, music psychology, music theatre, musicology, performance teaching, visual art, and writing.[3] The VCA is also home to the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development.[4]

The library on the Southbank campus is known as the Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library.[5]

  1. ^ "Staff Directory – Victorian College of the Arts". vca.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Victorian College of the Arts – eMelbourne". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Discipline areas". Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development – About the Wilin Centre". Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ^ "The Hub". Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Retrieved 9 January 2024.