schools in australia?

[juzza]

hey, I was wondering if there are any schools that are considered "amazing colleges of art", or anything of that fashion in australia?

[ruzkin]

Sadly no... Monash Uni does a pretty solid fine arts/creative arts BA, the ANU has a very good fine art degree but they steer you more towards arty fartyness as opposed to hard skills. RMIT has the best Industrial Design and Architecture degrees in the southern Aus. But there are no exclusively awesome Art uni's around :(

[Snarfevs]

I concur with Ruzkin. I can only speak for my observations of the ANU visual arts school (Where one of my relatives was teaching glasswork) but the general gist of the curriculum appeared geared away from developing a specific skill set and towards fostering style (or arty farty :D ). As ANU is Australia's premier university, it's probably the best available. This is not to say that the school doesn't produce great artists.

[rodrigo!]

hey wat city do u live in?
and wat sort of education are you looking for?

[waronmars]

I got a pamphlet for some good looking summer workshops by USQ, maybe check them out.

[briggsy@ashtons]

Have you seen this thread juzza?
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38699

While in Sydney you could also check out the National Art School, which is excellent in many areas, especially Art History. It has a far stronger practical emphasis than the other university level art courses here. Ashton's is the best for technical painting and drawing skills, but is a private school and doesn't offer formal degrees.

[rodrigo!]

Ashton's is the best for technical painting and drawing skills

of course YOU would say that
haha! kidding
keep up the good work dave!
see you soon too ;)