Coming up: Bob Brown: Defiance Tuesday 7 October 7:00pm The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne RMIT is thrilled to partner with The Wheeler Centre to present a riveting evening with Bob Brown.

Coming up: Messy & Meaningful — Shaping an Inclusive Future of Design Tuesday 7 October 6:00pm Trades Hall Common Rooms Corner Lygon & Victoria Streets, Carlton Photography credit: Tanya Voltchanskaya.

Opportunity: City of Casey — Public Art Artist Database opportunities Applications close 31 December 2025 City of Casey is inviting artists who may wish to be considered for future public art opportunities to submit their details to our Public Art — Artist Database.

Coming up: City North Shared Futures Festival Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October 11am–7pm Cardigan Street (near intersection with Victoria Street), Carlton

Coming up: RMIT CERAMICS CLUB MARKET DAY Thursday 2 October 10am–3pm RMIT Building 10, 330/334 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Coming up: Melbourne Fringe Opening Night Gala Tuesday 30 September 7:30pm The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne RMIT University is overjoyed to partner with Melbourne Fringe again this year across a number of events. First up is Fringe's Opening Night Gala!

This week: Multicultural Film Festival — RMIT Screening Thursday 25 September 5:30pm – 7:30pm RMIT Building 80, Cinema 80.01.02 435 Swanston Street, Melbourne

This week: Resisting censorship and silencing by creative and cultural institutions Thursday 25 September 5:30pm – 8:00pm Brunswick Mechanics Institute 270 Sydney Road, Brunswick

I had the great pleasure to share my thoughts on experimentation and regeneration in creative practice at yesterday's Beyond 1 & 0 Symposium in Saigon Also my first opportunity to share my new art project "The Lottery of Forgotten Dreams - Topographies of the Unseen" @rmit-art1.bsky.social.

Coming up: Resisting censorship and silencing by creative and cultural institutions. Thursday 25 September 5:30pm – 8:00pm Brunswick Mechanics Institute 270 Sydney Road, Brunswick

Coming soon: RMIT Gold and Silversmithing Auction Thursday 25 September Open: 5:30pm Live Auction: 6:30pm RMIT Storey Hall 336/348 Swanston Street, Melbourne Students from the Bachelor Arts (Fine Art) — Gold & Silversmithing present their 2025 fundraising auction.

Coming up: BAINZ JEWLZ Friday 19 September (Opening day) 11:00am – 5:00pm Tuesday to Friday 12:00pm – 4:00pm Saturday RMIT Gallery 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Coming up: Creative long Table Sessions Day by Day Zine x Wellbeing Week! Wednesday 17 September 12:00pm – 2:00pm Outside the RMIT Store Building 12, Level 4, Rooms 115–116 RMIT City Campus

Ways into Character: how to create fictional characters and utilise them in your art practice with Tanya Cubric Tomorrow: Friday 12 September 1:30pm–4:30pm First Site Gallery 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne Are you interested in how creating fictional characters can enhance creative expression?

Looking Back, Looking Forward Tomorrow: Friday 12 Sep 2025 9:30am –2:30pm The Garden Building Building 10, Level 6, Room 89 RMIT University, City Campus

Coming up: Speculate Prize Anthology Launch Wednesday 17 September 6:30pm The Wheeler Centre 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne RMIT University is thrilled to partner with Emerging Writers Festival for the ‘Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers Anthology’ launch.

Coming up: Drew Pettifer Homospectres Friday 12 September (Opening celebration, with performance from 7:30pm) 6pm–8pm Temperance Hall 199 Napier St, South Melbourne Homospectres explores themes of queer horror to reflect on historical associations between fear and queerness.

Coming up: Drawing Auction Thursday 11 September Viewing open from 5:00pm Auction to commence at 6:00pm RMIT Building 4, Level 5, Room 4 Bowen Street, Melbourne

Material Assembly (MatA): Re-Forming Matter Tuesday 2 September – Thursday 4 September 10:00am – 5:00pm daily Closing Celebration: Thursday 4 September 5:00pm – 7:00pm SITE EIGHT Gallery RMIT Building 2, Level 2, Room 8 Bowen Street, Melbourne

Diana Morgan Postgraduate and Honours Gold & Silversmithing Prize Exhibition and Announcement Thursday 21 August (Opening celebration & prize announcements) 5–7pm SITE EIGHT Gallery Building 2, Level 2, Room 8 Bowen Street (off La Trobe Street) Melbourne gif: @gracialouise.bsky.social

The Robyn Beeche Photography Award Exhibition Each year the Robyn Beeche Photography Award profiles exemplary works by Bachelor of Arts (Photography) students in their final semester of the program.

The Robyn Beeche Photography Award exhibition Thursday 7 August 5pm–7pm (Opening celebration and award announcement) SITE EIGHT Gallery RMIT Building 2, Level 2, Room 8 Bowen Street, Melbourne For lift access enter via Rodda Lane

Escaping the Gallery: Exhibiting University Collections Across Campus Wednesday 6 August 12:30–2:30pm Garden Room, Level 6, Building 10 (access via Bowen St above Streat Cafe) Melbourne

Unwind, have chats and get creative! Come along to play around with arty materials and make some friends. www.rmit.edu.au/students/stu...

Tomorrow! Creative Long Table Sessions are back! Creative Long Table Sessions Wednesday 30 July 12–2pm Outside the RMIT Store Building 12, Level 4, Rooms 115-116 RMIT City Campus Unwind, have chats, make friends & get creative!

The annual A4 Art exhibition is on! 3rd Year A4 Art Show Wednesday 30 July 4:30pm – 6:00pm (Social Gathering) SITE EIGHT Gallery RMIT Building 2, Level 2, Room 8 Bowen Street, Melbourne For lift access enter via Rodda Lane

Opportunity: Experimental Print Prize Entries are now open! Applications close 28 September 2025 Castlemaine Art Museum is pleased to announce the fourth Experimental Print Prize (EPP).

Coming up: RMIT is delighted to again be partnering with City of Melbourne’s Now or Never festival to present two back-to-back special events at The Capitol on Friday 29 August. Friday 29 August The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Opportunity: Call For Artists — The Other Art Fair is Coming to Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne The Other Art Fair is back and inviting artists to apply for its upcoming editions in Brisbane (Nov 2025), Sydney (May/June 2026) and Melbourne (Jan/Feb 2026).

excited to have my project All The Places I Have Lived exhibited at iNVENTX2025 creative exhibition at Multi Media University in Cyberjaya, Malaysia - academic paper presentation later today @rmit-art1.bsky.social #rmitscdvietnam

RMIT School of Art ALL STARS Until Thursday 24 July Viewing times: Monday 21 July 10am–5pm Tuesday 22 July 10am–5pm Wednesday 23 July 10am–5pm Thursday 24 July 10am–5pm Closing celebration: Thursday 24 July 5pm–7pm

Coming up! RMIT & MIFF RMIT is delighted to be once again supporting MIFF as partner for 2025. The 2025 festival will run from 7–24 August, and we are pleased to be co-presenting an innovative program of films at The Capitol.

This week! The Mourning After Thursday 24 July 5:30pm – 7:30pm RMIT Design Hub Gallery Building 100, Level 2 150 Victoria Street, Carlton The Mourning After invites people to explore grief in all its forms—as something felt, shared, and expressed through different rituals and creative practices.

Campus Fest Wednesday 23 July – Thursday 24 July 12:00pm – 3:00pm RMIT City Campus Find your club at Campus Fest! Over 110 clubs and societies ready to chat and help you pick the right club for you across two days. Make a friend, participate in activities and embrace campus life.

Tonight! White Rock: Ocean Research Climate Action (ORCA) Launch Thursday 17 July 6:00pm – 7:45pm The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne Image credit: Scott Bennett

RMIT School of Art ALL STARS Wednesday 16 July – Thursday 24 July (Closing celebration Thursday 24 July, 5–7pm) SITE EIGHT Gallery Building 2, Level 2, Room 8 Bowen Street (off Latrobe Street), Melbourne For lift access enter via Rodda Lane

Coming up: The Best Films You’ve Never Seen: La Dolce Vita (1960) by Frederico Fellini Tuesday 22 July 6:00pm The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne Escape Melbourne’s winter into the glamourous excesses of 1960s Rome with Federico Fellini’s masterpiece La Dolce Vita.

Coming up: tên tôi (my name): On-Site with Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo Wednesday 16 July 5pm–7pm (Opening Celebration) First Site Gallery 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne Image: Tobias Titz

RMIT School of Art PhD alumnus Sarah Robson and former Dean of School Julian Goddard’s collaborative exhibition ‘It is What it Is’ opens this Friday at Five Walls Project Space 1 &2, 6pm–9pm. Image: Julian Goddard, ‘3’ (detail), 2025, synthetic oil on canvas. 130 x 620 cm

Restoring Corridors Collage Workshop with Gracia and Louise Ground Level, NGV International 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne​ Tuesday 15 July Wednesday 16 July 12–3pm You can help restore a rich biodiverse landscape, one hopeful leap, one leaf at a time.

Intersections II is the second iteration of a cross-disciplinary exhibition curated by RMIT Sculpture Club, foregrounding the generative potentials that emerge when distinct artistic practices converge.

Where do the stars land (2025–) Curatorial and participatory Project by RMIT School of Art alumnus, Ka Yan So, featuring RMIT alumni and students. HOME25: Invisible Cities Exhibition 25 June – 27 September 2025
10am–4pm (Closed Sundays) Drum Theatre, 226 Lonsdale St, Dandenong, 3175

Youth Arts Practice and Futures of Work: Micro-Credentialing of 21st Century Skills Friday 11 July 5:00–6:30pm RMIT University, SAB Building 80, Level 2, Room 7 How can creativity unlock opportunities for young people who are too often left out of formal education and training pathways?

Jude Worters PhD Examination Exhibition Opening Celebration Thursday 10 July 5–7pm SITE EIGHT Gallery Building 2, Level 2, Room 8 Bowen St (off La Trobe St), Melbourne For lift access enter via Rodda Lane Image: Jude Worters. Self-Portrait. Scholar ?. 2022. Digital image. Photography Garry Moore.

Opportunity: Royal Art, Craft and Cookery competition Applications close 20 August Do you have a passion for creating art? Show off your skills and compete at the Melbourne Royal Show!

The latest Book Arts Newsletter No 167, July - August 2025 is ready for download at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/ 76 pages of Artists' Books News - Exhibitions, Courses, Workshops, Opps, Book Fairs and Events, New Artists' Publications, Reports & Reviews, Announcements and Stop Press!

Network Anarchy and Unstable Diffusions: JODI (NL, BE), Eryk Salvaggio (USA), Debris Facility Pty Ltd Thursday 3 July 7–10pm Miscellania 2/401 Swanston St, Melbourne Get tickets: www.rmit.edu.au/events/2025/...

tên tôi (my name): On-Site with Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo Wednesday 16 July 5–7pm (Opening Celebration) First Site Gallery 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne Image: Tobias Titz

Coming up: How to Train Your (Mental) Model: Workshop Tuesday 8 July 2–4pm RMIT Media Portal 414–418 Swanston Street, Melbourne Network Anarchy and Unstable Diffusions: Workshop 3

Coming up Noisy Joints: Embodying the AI Glitch Monday 7 July 12–2pm RMIT Media Portal 414–418 Swanston Street, Melbourne Network Anarchy and Unstable Diffusions: Workshop 1