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7 Mar 2022 9:29

Richard Watts

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Victorian College of the Arts welcomes new Director

The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne has announced the arrival of Professor Emma Redding as Director of the Victorian College of the Arts.

Redding joins the VCA as it celebrates a hallmark 50th year of artistic excellence and innovation in teaching and research in 2022. The college, situated on the University of Melbourne’s Southbank campus, will soon launch a program of activity to acknowledge its strong partnerships and connectivity with Melbourne’s Arts Precinct and celebrate its milestone birthday.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts