Will there be interpreters available?

Yes, we will have a number of interpreters working throughout this event. Members of our team and interpreters will be located at the front entrance on arrival.

How do I get to the Potter?

Train: The nearest train station is Parkville, exit to Grattan Street East.Tram: The nearest tram stop is Stop 1 Melbourne University on routes 1, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 & 72.Bus: Bus routes 241, 402, 505 and 546 stop nearby on Grattan Street.Car: The Potter does not have designated parking. Public parking is available at Ace Parking on Faraday Street, or you can find metered street parking on Elgin Street and Faraday Street.Cycling: Bike parking is available outside our entrance on Masson Road and at a secure bicycle hub on Monash Road.

How do I get to the exhibition once I arrive?

As soon as you enter the Potter, a member of our team will direct you towards the lifts on the ground level. Take the lift up to the Primrose Potter Studio and Peter Jopling Studio.This is an image of the front entrance at the Potter Museum of Art:

Visual Storytelling in Art and Auslan at the Potter

Name: Visual Storytelling in Art and Auslan at the Potter
Start: 2026-10-09T12:00:00+1100
End: 2026-10-09T14:00:00+1100
Location: Potter Museum of Art

Fri, 9 Oct, 12pm - 2pm AEDT

Potter Museum of Art

Parkville VIC, Australia

Potter Museum of Art

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Description

The Victorian College of the Deaf (VCD) warmly invites you to join us at the Potter Museum of Art to celebrate a student exhibition for Visual Storytelling in Art and Auslan, a Creative Learning Partnership supported by Creative Victoria. The event will take place from 12pm - 2pm with exact timings outlined below under schedule.

This exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate the hard work and achievements of participating students and their visual storytelling portfolios. The exhibition will include a showcase featuring artworks created throughout the project, including drawings, collages, paintings and digital media, and sculptures, all exploring intersecting themes of nature, knowledge, technology and identity.

Please note: we will be filming adult guests and student exhibitors throughout this event, please email our team at school-bookings@unimelb.edu.au if you have any concerns.

See schedule below for event timings and further details.

The Potter Museum of Art is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Event Schedule

12:00 pm

Preview and Refreshments

We invite special guests from Creative Victoria, VCD and University of Melbourne to join the student exhibitors for a preview and refreshments prior to formal proceedings.
12:45 pm

Formal Proceedings

The student exhibitors present a formal opening address to their school community, families, teachers and special guests.
1:00 pm

Student exhibition viewing

All guests are invited to view the exhibition and accompanying student video interviews.
2:00 pm

Post event

Attendees are encouraged to stay on after the formalities and view the Potter's current exhibition, Ngarn Wan'gal: Art of the gum tree, which provided inspiration for many of the students' artworks.

Accessibility

If you need assistance when you are at the Potter, see our friendly staff anywhere in the buildings. A welcome hub is located near the entrance.

If you would like assistance entering the Potter or need more information, we recommend contacting us before you arrive on school-bookings@unimelb.edu.au

FAQs

Will there be interpreters available?

Yes, we will have a number of interpreters working throughout this event. Members of our team and interpreters will be located at the front entrance on arrival.
How do I get to the Potter?

Train: The nearest train station is Parkville, exit to Grattan Street East.
Tram: The nearest tram stop is Stop 1 Melbourne University on routes 1, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 & 72.
Bus: Bus routes 241, 402, 505 and 546 stop nearby on Grattan Street.
Car: The Potter does not have designated parking. Public parking is available at Ace Parking on Faraday Street, or you can find metered street parking on Elgin Street and Faraday Street.
Cycling: Bike parking is available outside our entrance on Masson Road and at a secure bicycle hub on Monash Road.
How do I get to the exhibition once I arrive?

As soon as you enter the Potter, a member of our team will direct you towards the lifts on the ground level. Take the lift up to the Primrose Potter Studio and Peter Jopling Studio.
This is an image of the front entrance at the Potter Museum of Art:

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Since its founding in 1972, the Potter Museum of Art has been located across a number of sites on the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus. The current Swanston Street building was designed by Katsalidis Architects and first opened to the public in 1998. After a period of closure between 2018–2024, the Potter reopens in 2025 with an extension designed by Wood Marsh Architects featuring state of the art teaching and learning studios and upgraded social, events and associated amenities—all of which are accessible through a new, distinctive arched entry on campus.

The Potter has supported generations of artists, curators, writers and academics for over fifty years, making a significant contribution to the cultural and social life of the University and its wider community. Looking forward, the Potter’s exhibitions and public programs, fellowships and residencies, research and publishing activities will be thematically focused and interdisciplinary in approach, continuing to centre the voices of artists and art on the key issues and debates of our time.

The Potter is one of the homes of the University of Melbourne Art Collection, with work spanning antiquity to contemporary practice. While the principal focus of the Collection is Australian art, a range of international works include gifts from distinguished alumni and teaching collections that demonstrate the strong connections between the University’s cultural collections and its academic programs. Notable for its breadth, the Collection – now numbering some 18,000 works – is uniquely connected to the University’s history while also responding to our evolving cultural landscape.

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