Melbourne Uni chisels Victorian College of the Arts, shrinking creativity, innovation and our cultural base.
The University of Melbourne plans to halve practical training in the schools of the VCA, with savage budget and staff cuts.
The VCA is a key ingredient in the mix that fosters Melbourne’s globally recognized art community. I believe it is the backbone.
The VCA traces its origins to the National Gallery of Victoria painting school, which accepted its first students in 1867. Many of Australia’s finest painters owe their start to this academy.
The world famous Film and Television school, formerly at Swinburne, has been downgraded to a ‘series of programs’.
Hang your heads in shame, you turnips!
These schools accelerate artists’ development and liberate their thinking.
The changes may save money; they will definitely leave us poorer. Melbourne’s fizz relies on its artists’ social commentary, cultural enrichment and deep thinking.
We can’t always measure the contribution Art makes to a great city. But we do know greatness is impossible without it.
Want to help? Visit www.savevca.org to find out how and for a list of the talents fostered by the VCA – it will blow you away.
Alumnus John Brack 1920-1999
