Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarships Exhibition 2005
The Siemens RMIT University Fine Arts Partnership is one of the most exciting business-arts initiatives to be launched in recent years in Australia.
The Siemens RMIT University Fine Arts Partnership culminates annually with the selection of eight students to receive a combined $32,000 in financial scholarships to further their studies and careers.
Siemens is a large, multi-national organisation with about half a million employees around the world, focussing on electrical engineering, electronics and e-business. They have a number of partnerships with RMIT, in the engineering, business and science schools, but this is the only one with an arts focus.
The exhibition is up for one week only, and presents the shortlisted entries from RMIT Students for assessment for the scholarships. There are eight scholarships in total: five for undergraduate students and three for postgraduate studies. The winning entries can be identified by a little label, and are judged by a panel from RMIT Fine arts, the arts community and a representative from Siemens.
There is also an acquisitive award, worth $1000 which is judged by a panel from the organisation. That artwork will become part of the collection of Siemens. Other works from the shortlist are on show at their head offices throughout the year, which is great exposure for the students.
Anyone from within organisation is invited to apply to be a judge for the show, from any part of the organisation.