To complete your application for the BVA (Hons), you will need to upload all of the following support material:
Certified copy of an identity document (e.g. birth certificate, driver's licence, passport)
Certified copy of Australian citizenship or permanent residency (e.g. passport, visa grant notice)
Certified transcript of academic records OR digital copy that can be verified online (e.g. My eQuals), including evidence of completing undergraduate degree in Visual Art (or equivalent qualification) with a credit average or higher
Curriculum Vitae containing exhibitions, grants, written publications, awards or any experience since graduation relevant to the proposed Project Proposal
5 – 9 images in one PDF showing a range of recent work relevant to the Project Proposal. Please include detailed for the images, including title, dimensions, materials and date.
Other example of work if applicable (video excerpts should be no more than 2 minutes)
500-word project proposal which should outline of the area of research (studio practice) you intend to pursue.
The purpose of the Project Proposal is to:
• give a clear indication of your particular research topic or question
• demonstrate your capacity to translate ideas into studio led research
• show a capacity for understanding the relationships between your studio practice, theories, techniques, materials, processes and the historical, cultural and contemporary contexts relevant to your practice
Your Project Proposal should:
• be clear and concise
• outline your research objectives
• state what methods, processes and materials you intend to use
• state what expertise you will develop
• state what, if any, specific resources will be needed
• include a bibliography of key literature and other material which will inform your research direction (the bibliography is not included in the word count)
• follow the Oxford referencing style
All applicants will be invited to attend an interview. If your application is successful, the Project Proposal will inform your direction of study and will be modified and developed into a Research Proposal that includes a substantial theoretical analysis of studio practices, theories, and traditions in art that are relevant to your own work.
Identity and academic documents must be certified in order to be accepted, unless they can be verified online (e.g. through My eQuals verification or similar).
To certify your document:
1. Make a copy of the original document
2. Take the original and the copy to an Authorised Officer for certification. Below is a list of people who are authorised to certify documents:
• Health professions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, Chinese medicine practitioner, Chiropractor, dental practitioner, medical practitioner, medical radiation practitioner, nurse, midwife, occupational therapist, optometrist, osteopath, paramedic, pharmacist, physiotherapist, podiatrist, psychologist
• Legal professions: Legal practitioner, patent attorney, trademarks’ attorney
• Court positions: Bailiff, justice of the peace, judge, magistrate, registrar or deputy registrar, clerk, master of a court, CEO of a Commonwealth court
• Commissioner for Affidavits, or Commissioner for Declarations (dependent on jurisdictions)
• Government representatives (elected): Federal, state or territory or local Public servants: Federal, state or territory or local – employed for five years or more
• Employees of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Bank officer, building society officer, credit union officer, finance company officer – employed for five years or more
• Veterinary surgeon
• Accountant (member of ICA, ASA, IPA or CPA, ATMA, NTAA)
• Minister of religion, or marriage celebrant
• Member of:
• Chartered Secretaries Australia
• Engineers Australia, other than at the grade of student
• Australian Defence Force (an officer; or a non-commissioned officer with five or more years of continuous service; a warrant officer)
• Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Notary public
• Holder of a statutory office not specified in another item in this Part
• Police officer
• Sheriff or sheriff’s officer
• Teacher (full-time) at a school or tertiary education institution