Wominjeka As we approach the end of what has been a big year for all, we are delighted to share this overview of activity in the School of Art from 2025.

"It is with great sadness that yesterday the School of Art received the very difficult news that Dr Phil Edwards has passed away." Image: Phil Edwards at the install of 'The Museum of Abject Sentimentality' in SITE EIGHT Gallery, 2014. Image courtesy of David Dellafiora

School of Art POST GRADUATE STUDY INFORMATION EVENING Do you have an interest in diving into Post Graduate study in a creative field?

Opening tonight! Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibition Opening Tuesday 18 November 5:00pm – 8:00pm RMIT Buildings 2, 4, 37 and First Site Gallery RMIT City Campus Installation photos: @gracialouise.bsky.social

A look behind the scenes as the forthcoming Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibition takes shape. Each year RMIT’s city campus comes alive as art students exhibit and celebrate their work. Photos by @gracialouise.bsky.social All artists tagged, on RMIT SoA instagram.

Exhibition: SISSY Greek Community of Melbourne 272 Russell Street, Melbourne Curated by Dr Nikos Pantazopoulos There will be performances on 22 November Exhibition runs 15 October – 22 November Thursdays 12pm – 6pm Fridays 12pm – 6pm Saturdays 12pm – 5pm Image credit: Jody Haines

Tomorrow: Kelly Gellatly In Conversation with Robert Baines Thursday 13 November 5:30pm - 7:30pm RMIT Gallery 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne Join curator and writer Kelly Gellatly and artist-goldsmith Robert Baines, OAM for a conversation about BAINZ JEWLZ.

SAVE THE DATE: BA Photography, Photography & Art Honours, and Masters Graduate Exhibition Opening Tuesday 2 December 5:00pm - 8:00pm RMIT Buildings 2, 4 and First Site Gallery RMIT City Campus

Opportunity: Ballarat International Foto Biennale’s 2025 GradFoto Award Deadline: Sunday 23 November 2025 at 11:59 pm (AEDT) Ballarat International Foto Biennale's 2025 GradFoto Award is now open for entries. This year’s award will be judged by Daniella Zalcman, founder of Women Photograph.

Opportunity: ARTIST OPEN CALL Prelude Deadline: 5pm, 24 November 2025 Australian Galleries is excited to invite submissions from early career artists to feature in a group exhibition at our Melbourne, Collingwood gallery.

This weekend: Designers in Conversation, Rigg Design Prize 2025: Next in Design Saturday 8 November 1:00pm - 2:00pm The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square Theatre, Ground Level

COMING SOON! 2025 School of Art Graduate Profiles Website Explore the diversity of projects achieved by graduates of RMIT School of Art. This website profiles graduates of our Art and Photography programs.

Each year RMIT’s city campus comes alive as art students exhibit and celebrate their work. The graduate exhibition for Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience graduating student work across a variety of media.

COMING SOON! Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibition Each year RMIT’s city campus comes alive as art students exhibit and celebrate their work.

Beneath the Visible: Uncovering the Legacies of Colonial Power and Concealed Landscapes Featuring: David Burns, Philip Samartzis, Lisa Radford and Yhonnie Scarce Thursday 23 October, 2025 6:30-8:30pm Brunswick Mechanics Institute, 270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Coming up: Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibition Opening Tuesday 18 November 5:00pm - 8:00pm RMIT Buildings 2, 4, 37 and First Site Gallery RMIT City Campus Image: Georgia Drummond, Here With Me, 2024, fabric, turmeric, wool. Photography by Keelan O’Hehir

Exhibition on now: Healing: Art and Institutional Care Until 9 November La Trobe Art Institute 121 View Street, Bendigo Image credit: Finnegan Shannon and Sam Peterson, Do you want us here or not, 2023. Courtesy of the artists.

Congratulations to 3rd year BA (Fine Art) — Gold and Silversmithing student Lou Wheeler, recipient of the Museums Victoria Gold Jewellery Acquisitive Emerging Prize

Currently: BAINZ JEWLZ Until 22 November 2025 RMIT Gallery 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne Image: Robert Baines, Perception 1, neckpiece, 2015, silver, electroplate, powdercoat, 180 x 175 x 90 mm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Coming up: BA Photography, Photography & Art Honours, and Masters Graduate Exhibition Opening Tuesday 2 December 5:00pm - 8:00pm RMIT Buildings 2, 4 and First Site Gallery RMIT City Campus

OPPORTUNITY: EOIs now open! Apply Now for an exhibition at First Site in 2026 Deadline: 11:59pm, Sunday 2 November 2025 Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are now open to exhibit in our First Site 2026 exhibition program. We welcome EOIs from ALL schools and ALL disciplines.

Join us to celebrate the opening of SISSY Wednesday 15 October 5 – 7 pm Greek Community of Melbourne 272 Russell Street, Melbourne Image credit: Jody Haines This project has been supported by the School of Art Staff Research Fund

Three new exhibitions at First Site First Site Gallery RMIT University 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne Image: Molly Morris-McGinty, nightlight (detail), 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.

Artist Talk — Andreas Angelidakis Wednesday 8 October 3:00pm Online via Teams or In person, Building 6, Level 2, Room 3 Bowen Street, Melbourne Andreas Angelidakis (b. 1968, Athens) is an architect and artist living and working in Athens.

Application forms are live now on babf.no for BABF2026 - International artists and publishers have an early opportunity to apply by 15 Oct. There is NO FEE to table at Bergen Art Book Fair. Full details on the website. Fair is 10 – 12 April 2026.

BAINZ JEWLZ FREE PUBLIC PROGRAM The Crinkle and Crankle of Wire: Performance lecture by Emeritus Professor Robert Baines OAM Thursday 9 October 5:30pm - 7:30pm RMIT Gallery 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Coming up: Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibition Opening Tuesday 18 November 5:00pm - 8:00pm RMIT Buildings 2, 4, 37 and First Site Gallery RMIT City Campus Image: Georgia Drummond, Here With Me, 2024, fabric, turmeric, wool. Photography by Keelan O’Hehir

Healing: Art and Institutional Care Until 9 November La Trobe Art Institute 121 View Street, Bendigo Image credit: Finnegan Shannon and Sam Peterson, Do you want us here or not, 2023. Courtesy of the artists.

Help write Soy Boy’s next adventure Soy Boy is back and we are building on Comic 1! We're calling on male-identifying RMIT students to help us write the next adventure for Soy Boy, Tbone, Avo and Pot Noddle. Learn more: www.rmit.edu.au/students/stu...

Postgraduate elective/flex term offering: Working in First Peoples Contexts: creative partnerships and cultural production Discover more: www1.rmit.edu.au/courses/054899

Coming up: 'For The Term of his Natural Life' screening with orchestra Sunday 26 October 1pm The Capitol 113 Swanston Street, Melbourne This October at The Capitol, join us for a dazzling afternoon that celebrates the golden age of Australian silent cinema.⁠

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