Me and my mentor: Britt Salt and Hannah Gartside

Visual artists Britt Salt and Hannah Gartside are both interested in real bodies moving through their installations. They were paired as part of the VCA Masters Mentoring program.

Each year, up to five esteemed VCA alumni artists are paired with high-performing final year Masters of Fine Art students to mentor them and provide connections with galleries.

The awarded students are able to build relationships, experience hands-on industry exposure and nurture more sustainable career pathways beyond formal education. In return, the mentors receive a small stipend, and the chance to interrogate their own practice and renew their relationships with the VCA community.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.