Australian College of the Arts Pty Ltd (Collarts) is an Australian independent tertiary education provider, with four campuses in Melbourne, Victoria. Originally operating as AusMusic, Collarts was founded in 1993 and offers undergraduate degrees to on-campus and online students. Collarts also works closely with a number of

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s to provide VET music programs, offering music programmes to school students. Upon successful completion of a VET program, students are awarded a nationally-accredited vocational training certificate. Collarts has four campuses across Melbourne, on Wellington Street and Cromwell Street in Collingwood, and George Street and Brunswick Street in

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. As of May 2021, there were 1200 students enrolled at Collarts, studying both online and on-campus.

Acquisition

In 2017, Collarts acquired the Mercer School of Interior Design, in order to expand further into the creative arts education industry. The merger coincided with the introduction of two courses: Music Production and Content Creation.

Accreditation

* Registered Higher Education Provider * Registered Training Organisation * Accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) * Accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) * Registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) * Member of the Australian Council of Private Education and Training (ACPET) * Nationally recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework

Courses

Collarts offers undergraduate courses in: *

Animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

& VFX *

Audio Engineering Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to: Sound * Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound *Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum * Digital audio, representation of sou ...

* Digital & Social Media * Dramatic Arts (Comedy) * Entertainment Management * Entertainment Journalism
Fashion Marketing
* Fashion & Sustainability * Interior Design * Music Performance *

Music Production A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

* Photography * Screen media -

digital Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits. Technology and computing Hardware *Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals **Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...

broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...

and electronic media Bachelor degrees are offered in Trimesters, and are completed within 2 years at a full time study load. Starting in the 3rd Trimester, 2019, Collarts will begin offering their Diploma and Bachelor degrees in Dramatic Arts (Comedy). The course is recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework, accredited until 28 March 2026.

Notable staff

Simon Ashford
– Worked in animation on projects such as '' Balto'', ''The Tales of Beatrix Potter'', and '' The Silver Brumby'' * Dallas Frasca – Front-woman of

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* Ella Hooper – 4-time

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

winner and co-founder of Killing Heidi and The Verses * Jesse Hooper – 4-time ARIA Music Awards winner and co-founder of Killing Heidi and The Verses * Broden Kelly – Member of comedy group Aunty Donna * Steve “Stevic” Mackay – Lead guitarist of Twelve Foot Ninja * Ben O’Hara – Owner and operator of music business resource centre thebiz.com.au * Tommy Rando – Australian performer, producer, singer-songwriter and composer *

Jon Toogood Jonathan Charles Toogood (born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 9 August 1971) is the frontman (lead vocals and guitar) of the New Zealand rock band Shihad. He formed the band in 1988 with fellow Wellingtonian Tom Larkin. Toogood and Larkin met a ...

– Frontman of the New Zealand rock band Shihad * Jason Torrens – Member of band
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The Reefers
and owner/manager of Debasement Recording Studios. * Chrissie Vincent – Worked with Grammy Award-winning artists and supported acts such as The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Tim Rogers and Pete Murray * Tim Watson – Member of ARIA Award winning group

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. * Tim Wild – Member of ARIA Award winning group

References

Australian College of the Arts

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