VCE KickstART 2026

KickstART is a student driven program that ArtEdVic presents in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria.

KickstART your VCE ART

Inspiration and insights to help you get ahead

• 10:15 AM: VCE Art Making and Exhibiting
• 2 PM: VCE Art Creative Practice

*Please note: Both sessions are individually ticketed

KickstART is a student driven program that ArtEdVic presents in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to support VCE Art Creative Practice and VCE Art Making and Exhibiting students and educators. Hear from NGV Top Arts exhibitors, high achieving students and the Top Arts curator to help current students gain inspiration and insight into VCE in 2026.

• See and hear how high scoring students developed initial ideas and addressed the criteria in their folio and final artwork.
• Access high scoring example folios that encompass a range of media.
• Ask questions and gather tips to support your creativity to help you to excel.
• Find out about resources, future exhibitions and programs to support your journey into the world of art.
• Learn how past students found inspiration and understandings from visiting galleries
• KickstART 2026 is also an excellent professional development opportunity for all Visual Arts Educators.

We have added a teacher networking opportunity which will be held in between the sessions. You can register to attend the network meeting as an add-on when you purchase your ticket.

Educator Networking session: 12:45pm – 2pm

Where

NGV Australia

Fed Square, Melbourne VIC

Program

Session 1:

VCE ART: Art Making & Exhibiting

10:15am- 1:15pm (Registration at 9:45am)
- includes optional folio viewing

Session 2:

VCE ART: Creative Practice

2:00pm-4:50pm (Registration at 1:30pm)
- includes optional folio viewing

Free/ optional - Independent exhibition viewing of NGV collections

View in your own time before or after the presentations.

Ticket Prices:

Each session is ticketed individually, so please be aware that if you are interested in attending both VCE Art sessions you will need to purchase a ticket for each session.

Payment terms - All invoices need to be paid within 14 days from the date of order.

$46 Student – Metropolitan

$35 Student – Regional

$116 Educator – ArtEdVic member

$163 Non-Member/ General Public

If you are not an ArtEdVic member, join our community for the discount member ticket. Visit our website and get your Annual Membership with all the benefits including professional development, networking opportunities and access to member only resources.

Online- Post Event Recording will be a free resource for attendees, for those unable to attend we invite to purchase this valuable resource to share with your students. This will be available to pre-order via our website soon.

$115 ArtEdVic member

$155 non-member and general public

*We will email you a URL link to a recording of the presentations 10 days after the event. This will allow professional editing time to produce a quality recording. Please note the recording will include images of the student folios from their PowerPoint presentations.