If you’re an RMIT student with a creative project, RMIT First Site Gallery wants to hear from you!
First Site Gallery is currently receiving Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to participate in our 2022 program. If you have an exhibition you’ve been looking to present in a gallery, or an idea for a digital or online creative project—get in touch.
Why should you apply?
- It is free to exhibit!
- Projects are supported by RMIT Culture.
- Join a vibrant community of creatives — meet new people and form new connections.
What kind of projects can you propose?
- Solo, collaborative, group or curated exhibition
- Digital and online projects and exhibitions
- Performances or theatre piece
- Conferences, symposia and mini festival
- Tell us your ideas!
If you’re interested, check the eligibility and submit an EOI today. EOIs will be received until 11.59pm Sunday 31 October 2021.
Further Details
First Site Gallery is a gallery space which provides RMIT students a conduit for their creative practice. It is independent from the University’s teaching programs and is a space for students to collaborate, experiment, take risks and learn about presenting works publicly. The gallery is located on Swanston Street in RMIT Storey Hall (Building 16, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC) downstairs from RMIT Gallery.
To be eligible:
- Projects must be submitted by currently enrolled RMIT students.
- Exhibitors must be emerging or mid-career creative practitioners who are enrolled in an RMIT degree both at the time of expressing interest and at the time of the proposed project.
- Projects can include works previously developed in RMIT Coursework programs, but the proposed presentation of works must not impact academic assessment.
- Group exhibitions of coursework program cohorts will not be considered.
- Projects must occur between February and November 2022.
Please note that it is expected First Site Gallery projects will -
- be either sited physically at the gallery, or alternately sited digitally in an online environment.
- have either a comprehensive or a complementary digital presence (i.e. online programming and resources)
- have an exhibition period of ~3 to 5 weeks.
- (for physically sited projects) require exhibitors to install and deinstall works with support.
- (for physically sited projects) require exhibitors to invigilate a portion of the exhibition period.
- be produced with the support of the Curatorial and Production Teams.
- include fees for all contributors (paid for by RMIT Culture).
We welcome applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTQIA+ practitioners and people with lived experience of disability.
Expressions of Interest will be received by Microsoft Forms. To review the EOI questions and prepare in advance, please download a PDF copy of the Expression of Interest Form. If you have questions about the process, want to discuss your project or need assistance with your application, please contact Andrew Tetzlaff, Senior Curator, RMIT Culture (andrew.tetzlaff@rmit.edu.au).
Acknowledgements
Image credit: ‘Mother’ by Mita Chowdhury, 2021, First Site Gallery. Photography by Eloise Coomber.
