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GALLERIES IN VICTORIA

RMIT First Site Gallery

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RMIT - FIRST Installation view, Jade Cargill, Odin Strbac Low, Yvonne Rambeau and Sophie Malvestuto, in Between the Fog, First Site GaMelbourne, 2024. Photo bySebastian Kainey.

First Site is RMIT's student gallery, focused on presenting art practices from emerging and mid-career artists. 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. 

The gallery presents a diverse program of exhibitions throughout the year via an Expression of Interest model and two annual exhibitions dedicated to RMIT PhD candidates called On-Site. Our EOIs are programmed by an open and equitable call-out process in Semester two each year. The On-Site program invites two PhD candidates annually to participate in an engagement focused exhibition model, sharing their research with our student cohorts and the public through workshops and events. 

First Site's formation can be traced back to 1968 shortly after the creation of RMIT's Student Union. The gallery was relocated in 1996 and moved to historic Storey Hall. From its inception, First Site was conceived as a space to provide students with a conduit into creative practice, independently from RMIT’s teaching programs.   

First Site is part of RMIT Culture.

Getting to the Gallery

RMIT First Site Gallery is located in the Storey Hall Basement at 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne, near the corner of Swanston and La Trobe Streets.

The gallery is located diagonally opposite Melbourne Central Railway Station and can be reached by trams traveling on Swanston and La Trobe Streets, including the City Circle Tram. 

Limited street parking is available.

Accessibility

Wheelchair access throughout the building. The elevator entrance is on Rodda Lane opposite RMIT Building 8. Please call 9925 1717 if you require assistance.
DDA compliant and gender-neutral bathrooms are available


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RMIT Culture brings together the university’s cultural spaces, creative programs and art, film, design and research collections, providing valuable support for the university’s learning and teaching activities and opportunities to inspire creativity and collaboration. By showcasing and expanding RMIT’s cultural assets through new initiatives RMIT Culture helps facilitate an enterprise-wide approach to cultural engagement. RMIT Culture acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands we work.

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Above image: Installation view, Jade Cargill, Odin Strbac Low, Yvonne Rambeau and Sophie Malvestuto, in Between the Fog, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, 2024. Photo: Sebastian Kainey.

Home page image: First Site Gallery, Opening night celebration, Melbourne 2024. Photo: Keelan O’Hehir.

RMIT First Site Gallery
RMIT Building 16,
Level 2 (Storey Hall Basement)
City Campus, RMIT University
344 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000


T: 03 9925 1717
E: first.site@rmit.edu.au

W: rmit.edu.au/about/culture/first-site-gallery


Opening Hours
(during exhibition periods)
Tuesday – Friday: 11am to 5 pm
Closed public holidays, Saturday – Monday, and RMIT Campus closures.
Entry is Free

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Exhibitions


The Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the lands where our office is located, and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Victoria and Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples enduring traditions and continuing creative cultures. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

We are an LGBTQIA+ friendly organisation that celebrates diversity. We are committed to providing safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive services for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.

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