First Site Gallery

27/02/2023

Aaron Billings' On-Site: Lab 01 workshop last week was a hit!

And if you missed it, fret not! There are still spots available in the upcoming weeks for you to explore the wonders of visual storytelling guided by the artist.

Don't miss out! Register now via the link in our bio.

Image: Workshop, Visual Storytelling with Aaron Billings, 2023, RMIT First Site Gallery

07/12/2022

Today is the day!

For one day only, RMIT Culture's Graduate Residents will exhibit the culmination of their work at First Site. Join us in celebrating a year of wonderful making, exploration and collaboration.

Exhibitions includes work by RMIT Culture’s Graduate Residents Anna Schwann, Holly Goodridge, Shan Dante, Rachel Shugg and Dustin Voggenreiter.

The celebration will continue into the evening with a special catered event and performance by artist Shan Dante.

Exhibition hours: 11 – 5pm Thursday 8 December

Showcase celebration: 6 - 8pm Thursday 8 December

Performance: 7pm

RSVP essential - please follow the link in our bio to register for this evening's celebrations

Image: Dustin Voggenreiter, Courtesy of the artist.

06/12/2022

It's tomorrow!

For one day only, RMIT Culture's Graduate Residents will exhibit the culmination of their work at First Site.

Join us in celebrating a year of wonderful making, exploration and collaboration.

Exhibitions includes work by RMIT Culture’s Graduate Residents Anna Schwann, Holly Goodridge, Shan Dante, Rachel Shugg and Dustin Voggenreiter.

The celebration will continue into the evening with a special catered event and performance by artist Shan Dante.

Exhibition hours: 11 – 5pm Thursday 8 December

Showcase celebration: 6 - 8pm Thursday 8 December

Performance: 7pm

RSVP essential - please follow the link in our bio to register for tomorrow's celebrations

Image: Holly Goodridge, Shan Dante. Courtesy of the artists.

02/12/2022

Save the date! For one day only, RMIT Culture's Graduate Residents will exhibit the culmination of their work at First Site. Join us in celebrating a year of wonderful making, exploration and collaboration.

Exhibitions includes work by RMIT Culture’s Graduate Residents Anna Schwann, Holly Goodridge, Shan Dante, Rachel Shugg and Dustin Voggenreiter.

The celebration will continue into the evening with a special catered event and performance by artist Shan Dante.

Exhibition hours: 11 – 5pm Thursday 8 December

Showcase celebration: 6 - 8pm Thursday 8 December

Performance: 7pm

RSVP essential - please follow the link in our bio

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Image: Holly Goodridge, Shan

29/10/2022

First Site is now accepting exhibition proposals to exhibit in 2023. If you have a curated, group, or a solo project we want to hear from you! It’s free to exhibit and there is funding available. Students from across RMIT are encouraged to apply.

Please note, applicants must be currently enrolled RMIT students who will still be RMIT student in 2023.

Click through on the link for more information and to apply:

If you’re an RMIT student with a creative project, RMIT First Site Gallery wants to hear from you!

29/10/2022

You are invited!

In our fourth and final round of presentations this year, we are excited to announce three new dynamic and explorative exhibitions that opens next Thursday, 3 November at First Site.

Click the link in bio to RSVP and find out more!

2 – 25 November 2022

Opening night: Thursday 3 November, 5.30-7.30pm.
Free entry, but RSVP essential via Eventbrite.

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Image: Kathryn Ruddickk and Maya Grkow, River of Time, 2022. Image courtesy of the artists, photoshopped by Sue Madex.

24/10/2022

Opening next Thursday 3 November, 5.30-7.30pm, a new round of exhibitions at First Site! Read all about them and RSVP via the link.

Showcasing some of RMIT’s best artists and designers, First Site Gallery presents three new exhibitions.

07/10/2022

Opening tonight (Friday), 5.30-7.30pm! 'Folding Social' a new exhibition that expands on the book, ‘100 Finnish Social Innovations’ for an Australian audience. Curated, designed and maintained by RMIT Master of Communication Design students across the year, join us for the celebration tonight or check out the exhibition between 11am and 5pm Monday to Wednesday next week.

More info: https://foldingsocial.com/Exhibition

21/09/2022

We're proud to launch Michelle Chen's 'Mental Jam' as part of The Big Anxiety Festival!

'Mental Jam' is a collection of video games co-created with young people about their lived experiences of depression and anxiety. If you're interested and feel up to it, take a look at (or play) some of the videos that Michelle has created.

Michelle Chen’s Mental Jam is a collection of video games co-created with young people about their lived experiences of depression and anxiety.

02/09/2022

Aviva Gandler's exhibition, 'In the memory of the maker' will be on show as part of the Repair Cafe at First Site on Thursday 8 September! Her exhibition resonates with ideas on consumption an memory in textiles, a perfect rumination alongside the Repair Cafe, which you can RSVP for here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/repair-cafe-at-first-site-tickets-392180952787

Read more about Aviva's exhibition here: https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/culture/first-site-gallery/aviva-gandler-2022

Image: Aviva Gandler, 'In the memory of the maker' (detail) 2022 at First Site Gallery. Photo: Courtney Stockdale.

30/08/2022

Reminder that on Thursday 8 September we're hosting a Repair Café for clothes! RSVP via the link.

Worn a hole in your favourite garment? Want to learn to fix that up? Drop in to the Repair Cafe for clothes at First Site this R U OK Day!

14/08/2022

RMIT Open Day is this Sunday 14th August!

First Site will be open to the public from 10am to 4pm.

We’re thrilled to be showing some of Melbourne, and RMIT’s most exciting and thoughtful artists and designers in these exhibitions – Moon Girle’s ‘𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘢$𝘩𝘺 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘺’, Aaron Ashwood and Yolanda Scholz Vinall’s ‘𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬’ and Aviva Gandler’s ‘𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳’.

See you there!

More info →

Open day: https://www.rmit.edu.au/openday

First Site: https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/culture/first-site-gallery

Image: Install view of Moon Girle, ‘𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘢$𝘩𝘺 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘺’ (detail) 2022 on the opening night of the exhibition. Photo: Keelan O’Hehir.