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Real studio hours, real clients, real instructors, hands-on from your very first shift. Get your placement hours somewhere that actually puts a brush in your hand.
A fine art painting student at RMIT, Gloria rotated through workshops, studio operations, and client-facing admin. Then we hired her.
"It really pushes you outside your comfort zone and you learn a lot. The staff are all lovely, and I never felt lost." Gloria Li, Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), RMIT
Genuine hands-on rotations. You work through the same areas that keep a real creative business running.
Get in front of real participants and take an active role in the session.
Leave with something real that you made yourself.
See how a creative business actually runs day to day.
Gloria designed and painted this herself during her placement, and it is now a permanent feature of the studio.
Every shift logged toward your university's WIL requirement, with a proper supervision report at the end.
Direct guidance from Dya's founder, admin lead, and instructors throughout, so there's always someone to ask.
A real project you can put in a portfolio, plus written feedback from an exit interview.
We've hired directly out of this program before. If it's a fit both ways, there's a path to paid work.
A collaborative portrait mural, the kind of hands-on project interns take part in.
You learn so many skill sets from the different tasks. The painting workshops taught me what it's actually like to teach painting, something I've considered as a career but wasn't sure about.
Come see it in person before you commit a semester to it. Book a short visit, meet the team, and see the space for yourself.
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