Victorian College of the Arts
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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.
Other name | VCA/FFAM |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1972; 52 years ago (1972) |
Dean | Marie Sierra |
Director | Emma Redding |
Academic staff | 116[1] |
Students | 1,300[2] |
Location | , Australia 37.8248°S 144.9702°E / -37.8248; 144.9702 |
Campus | Urban (Southbank Campus) 4 hectares |
Website | finearts-music |
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]