Visual Art
Our visual art courses are focused on developing your technical and composition skills covering painting, drawing, printmaking and photography.
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Courses

Fill in the blank canvas of your career
We offer the Diploma of Visual Art.
Painting classes are the heart of this course in which you will develop both the knowledge and practical skills required to become a Visual Artist.
We also run annual painting trips to places like the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne, the You Yangs and Hanging Rock.
For course enquiries:
Alan Morgans
PO Box 14428
Melbourne VIC 8001
Phone: +61 3 9919 1587
Email: alan.morgans@vu.edu.au
Short courses

Studio space in Creative Industries
We offer the following short courses:
The following short courses are on demand and available for group bookings, please contact +61 3 9919 1517 to book or for more information.
- Drawing in the City
- Print Making for Beginners
- Print Making: Your Project
- Painting Techniques: Introduction
- Painting Techniques: Advanced
A complete list of our short courses and dates for the year.
For short course enquiries:
Victoria University
PO Box 14428
Melbourne VIC 8001
Phone: +61 3 9919 1517
Phone: +61 3 9919 6200
Email: ITCI@vu.edu.au
Careers
Most of our graduates establish their own studios and regularly exhibit their work. Many are employed in the visual arts industry as:
- art therapists
- gallery directors
- teachers
- curators
- restorers
- writers
- critics
- consultants
- picture framers
- illustrators
- performance artists
- digital media artists
Some second year students have moved into the second year of a Fine Art Degree course in Higher Education. We also offer pathways into the Bachelor of Creative Arts Industries at VU.