Visual Art
Find your creative voice with our Visual Arts courses.
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Bring your inner artist outside with one of Melbourne Polytechnic’s Visual Arts courses.
With purpose-built art classrooms, including drawing, painting and printing studios, a dedicated jewellery workshop and photography studios, Melbourne Polytechnic supports and nurtures the next generation of Melbourne artists.
Students can show their work at our three galleries through regular exhibiting opportunities. You’ll be taught by award-winning industry professionals, who love to share their technical knowledge to help you express yourself.
Our industry connections bring successful alumni and artists back into our Creative Arts community to share knowledge with current students and offer unique opportunities.
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Glass reimagined through architecture
Glass is so much more than the window you gaze out of, the bottle you drink from, the windscreen of your car. It’s an art form with a rich history, an aid to good health, an architectural feature, a provider of illumination.
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Photography teacher Keren Dobia wins AIPP 2017 Photographer of the Year
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Central Australian trek photography highlights domestic violence campaign
Winding its way between Alice Springs and Mount Sonder, the Larapinta Trail is a landscape photographer's dream.
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Jewellery teacher Gary Swift gets creative with timber
The jeweller’s bench and essential 'peg' is the place where jewellers work their magic, transforming metals and stones into pieces of art. Teacher Gary Swift has worked his own magic with wood for students and maybe even you...
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