The College encourages all past students of the VCA to register and update their contact details. Past students are then kept informed about upcoming College and alumni events, lectures, master classes, collaborative opportunities, special programs and other benefits via VCA News and Your VCA (the College's highly-respected biennial publications).

Upon completion of your studies you are encouraged to keep in touch with the College, to share in its continuing development and to maintain friendships and networking links with other alumni.

To tell us what you're up to contact:
Julianna Green
Fundraising & Relationships Officer
Phone: +61 3 9685 9354
Fax: +61 3 9685 9370
grj @ unimelb.edu.au

To register or update your details with the VCA:
Erik Dias and Lucy Paplinska
Database Managers
VCA Department of Development & Public Affairs
Email: vca-dpa @ unimelb.edu.au
Phone:  +61 3 9685 9309
Fax: +61 3 9685 9370

Alumni of the VCA occupy prestigous positions as artists and arts administrators internationally. They include some of the world’s leading filmmakers, musicians, writers, choreographers, theatre and costume designers, composers, conductors, dancers, actors, directors, visual artists, arts administrators, managers and teachers.

Alumni from VCA Art include renowned photographer and artist Bill Henson; 2003 Venice Biennale representative Patricia Piccinini; 2005 Venice Biennale representative Ricky Swallow; 2007 Venice Biennale representatives Callum Morton and Susan Norrie; 2007 Samstag scholarship recipients Nick Managan and Paul Knight; artist Lewis Miller; fashion designer, Martin Grant; and Archibald Prize winner, Marcus Wills.

Alumni from VCA Dance include Artistic Director of Balletlab, Phillip Adams; Ballet Frankfurt dancer, Prue Lang; Co-Artistic Directors of Kage Physical Theatre Kate Denborough and Gerard van Dyck; choreographer Rebecca Hilton; choreographer Elissa Meyer-Thomas; choreographer Hellen Sky; former Dance Works Artistic Director, Sandra Parker; dancer and choreographer Jo Lloyd.

Alumni from VCA Drama include writer Hannie Rayson; writer Gareth Ellis; television and film actor Vince Colosimo; actor Alice McConnell; actor Sibylla Budd; actor Angus Grant; actor Stephen Phillips.

Alumni from VCA Film and Television include director Gillian Armstrong; animator and Oscar winner Adam Elliot; writer/director Sarah Watt; Hollywood film director Robert Luketic; editor Jill Bilcock; cinematographer Ian Baker; and Oscar nominee, animator Anthony Lucas.

Alumni from VCA Music include composer Liza Lim; opera singer Natalie Christie; violinist Padraic Savage; John Butler Trio musicians Shannon Burchell and Michael Barker; renowned pianist Caroline Almonte; Oboe Soloist with the New York Philharmonic  Diana Doherty.

Alumni from VCA Production include Bluebottle lighting designer Ben Cobham; theatre designer Adrienne Chisholm; TrafficLight designer Michael Jankie; lighting designer Jennifer Hector.

VCA News celebrates the achievements of the VCA students, staff and alumni and reports on significant campus events across the College. Please click here to download the latest edition of VCA News or follow this link to find out more.

For more information about the VCA News publication, or to provide feedback, submit a story idea, or subscribe to VCA News please contact:
Jon Myer
Media Relations & Publications Officer
VCA Department of Development & Public Affairs
Phone: +61 3 9685 9385
Email: jmyer@unimelb.edu.au

Your VCA is a seasonal guide that packages together 'what's on' and 'what's for you' at the VCA. For more information about Your VCA please follow this link or please click here to download the latest edition.

On January 1 2007 the VCA became a Faculty of the University of Melbourne. From 2007, all VCA graduates will be known as alumni of the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Every past student of the University is provided with access to the benefits and services offered by the wider University alumni network, including the Alumni Web Community.

Alumni Web Community
All University of Melbourne alumni can stay connected and reconnect with friends, classmates and the University via new online services.

The Alumni Web Community means you can:

• register to be part of the online community - your details will be matched with those on our alumni database as part of the registration process
• check and update your details on the alumni database (via an interactive web page, rather than via the online form we have now)
• choose the details you would like to share about yourself with other alumni (e.g. business phone number or an email address)
• find and network with other alumni via the alumni directory
• get a University of Melbourne '@alumni.unimelb' email address to use as a forwarding service to any email account you nominate.

To register with the Alumni Web Community follow this link.

For more information about the benefits of a lifelong relationship with University of Melbourne Alumni and Friends follow this link.