First Site is RMIT’s student gallery, focused on presenting art practices from emerging and mid-career artists and designers. First Site provides students with a space where they can experiment, take risks and learn about presenting their work publicly often for the first time.
Exhibiting at First Site allows students to expand their artistic repertoire, gain professional experience and build valuable connections within Melbourne’s cultural landscape.
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for future programs are open annually at the end of Semester 2, with a commitment to inclusivity. We encourage applications from students across all backgrounds, with a particular welcome to those from culturally diverse communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, LGBTQIA+ practitioners and individuals with lived experiences of disability.
EOIs for the 2025 program are now closed.
Installation view, Cecilia Sordi Campos, 'The motherhood that wasn't' 2020 – ongoing (background), in 'Macumba', First Site Gallery, Melbourne, 2024.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
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