SaveVCASubscribe Via RSSHomeVCABackgroundThe ProblemThe SolutionThe ReviewHelpResourcesContact UsSUBSCRIBEIndustry calls for VCA Puppetry return / VCA Music Theatre winning!“The VCA supplied eight graduates for King Kong’s all-Australian cast, the most of any tertiary institute.” (The Age) Interesting piece in today’s The Age where King Kong Creature Designer Sonny Tilders talks about the important of education for artists. Read it here. You may remember Sonny spoke out when VCA Puppetry was cut back in 2009. [...]December 3rd, 2012Uncategorized1 Comment »Read MoreKong-Sized VCA Cast – The Road To RecoveryIn 2009 Uni Melb abruptly cancelled VCA Music Theatre and Puppetry. Today, VCA Acting, Music Theatre and Opera grads have dominated the KING KONG full cast announcement (read it on Aussie Theatre here). Furthermore, the former head of VCA Puppetry Peter Wilson is now the Puppetry Director on King Kong. You may remember the Producer [...]November 29th, 2012UncategorizedNo Comments »Read MoreVCA’s 40th Anniversary Street PartyFor 40 years VCA has been educating Australia’s elite arts professionals. More recently, and against the odds, VCA survived the University of Melbourne sledgehammer and things are looking up for St Kilda Rd. So it’s time to celebrate and look forward to the next 40 years of specialist, studio-based training. Click here for your invite [...]March 10th, 2012UncategorizedNo Comments »Read MoreArts Hub: Su Baker talks 40 Years of VCADirector of the Victorian College of the Arts, Professor Su Baker, gives an update on the Faculty as it heads into its 40th year. Click here to read the article.December 9th, 2011UncategorizedNo Comments »Read MoreTHE AUSTRALIAN: Campaign succeeds, but messy fight leaves falloutFinally an update on the Uni Melb admin and rental charges! Well…sort of.September 15th, 2011Uncategorized1 Comment »Read MoreUni Melb Spends Big On VCA Advertising – Do You Buy It?Yesterday the lavish University of Melbourne advertorial lift-out in The Age featured VCA as its lead story. Not surprisingly, there was no mention of the SAVE VCA campaign, and there seems to be an unusually heavy focus on justifiying the new Dean (Barry Conyngham) is right for the job, but of note: The long-held suspicion [...]July 12th, 2011Uncategorized4 Comments »Read MoreTHE AGE: $24M Lifeline, but will it be safe?The Age has today reported where the $6m p/a in Victorian Government funding for VCA will go (click here to read the story). It seems Premier & Arts Minister Ted Baillieu is mindful these funds need to be protected from the University of Melbourne, so he’s drawing up a “memorandum of understanding” – but will [...]May 13th, 2011Uncategorized1 Comment »Read MoreINVITE – Symposium: History of the Gallery School and the Birth of the VCAThe below message is from Director of VCA, Su Baker: Dear SaveVCA, You have!