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Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I'm going to be giving you a tour of
RMIT's amazing art and photography spaces.
Students are taught by photographers, academics
and artists in purpose-built studios such as this one using modern
photographic equipment and specialised software.
We'll have everything you need here to create the highest
quality prints.
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Here we are in one of our photography studios that has a
large cyclorama set up behind me.
We also have a range of industry standard lighting equipment that
students can access.
As well as individual bays for students to work on their
own projects.
RMIT also provides classes on critical theory as well as
classes to develop your practical photography skills.
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RMIT was founded in 1887.
And this building, like many others, are heritage listed.
This belongs to the School of Art.
It's an important part of Melbourne's history,
so let's go take a look.
This Gothic style building was built in 1890 and it has
beautiful stained glass windows that make it really inspiring to
display and create your artwork.
RMIT is ranked number one for art and design in Australia and among
the top 15 for art and design in the world.
Our Fine Arts program allows us to specialise and practice with
different mediums for whatever we are passionate with.
So, let's go take a look at our drawing studio.
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Our drawing studios have amazing spaces for our students to
work individually.
And we are lucky enough to have some of the best drawing
facilities and studios in Australia.
Now, these are our beautiful painting studios where
students can work on their own works and individual spaces.
And are supported by our amazing tech team who can give advice on
technical processes and materials to use.
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Here in our gold and silversmithing studios,
students learn traditional and contemporary metal technologies.
They're taught by artists, jewellers and craftspeople.
And are taught a range of techniques, such as soldering
and 3-D printing.
These jeweller's spaces and benches, we're really fortunate
to have all this equipment and technology ready to use for all
our students.
This is the ceramic studio where students can experiment,
design and conceptualise with clay.
The room is equipped with pottery making wheels.
We've got gas and electric fire kilns as well as a mould making
area the students can use to explore different techniques
and processes.
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This is the video studio where video art students get to
experiment with installation, performance, animation and live art.
We have a range of specialist equipment that we can use that's
available to us to use with our space.
Studies in sculpture include modelling and modelmaking as well
as bronze casting and a variety of other experimental uses.
In these sculpture facilities, we have a range of workshops,
as well as an industry standard foundry.
In case you didn't know, the foundry is used to start the
bronze casting process.
The students here will start with the black moulds, which will
later get translated into bronze.
The print studio offers technologies such as traditional
analog presses as well as contemporary digital printing.
There is a variety of individual studios as well as a communal
workshop like this one, where students are encouraged to
experiment with different concepts and processes.
The studies include screen printing, lithography and etching.
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I hope you enjoyed today's tour of our art and photography spaces.
And remember, if you have any questions about studying,
feel free to reach out to our friendly team at Study at RMIT.