NCAT FAREWELLS AMANDA CROATTO

NCAT Folio Preparation has recently farewelled valued staff member Amanda Croatto.

Amanda originally began with us at what was then NDS as a mature age student in 2000. A nurse, Amanda had craved a more creative direction. She excelled in her year with us and went on to study Textile Design at RMIT and then completed her Graduate Diploma of Education.

When we were looking for a replacement teacher in our program in 2007, Amanda was the logical choice. We knew her standard of excellence and breadth of knowledge would be a perfect fit. Over the years she has taught broadly from Experimental Art, Visual Literacy, Life and Studio Drawing, Studio Arts, Textiles to Fashion design.

Amanda is a prolific artist, producing creative work in a broad range of styles and media. Her recent exhibition of work showcased prints and painted babushka dolls. (Left)

And so, after six years with Folio Preparation, Amanda has decided to retire from teaching to pursue her creative interests. She is currently creating beautiful jewellery which she is selling through her Etsy online store (See below). We wish her every success in her new endeavours!

 All images copyright ©Amanda Croatto 2014

N C A T Folio Preparation 2011: 100% Success rate on first round VTAC offers!

We are thrilled to announce that 100% of our students who went through the VTAC Tertiary/TAFE application process have been given first round offers! Our students will be going on to highly diverse courses from within the Art and Design fields, which is really exciting to see. 

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them all on their hard work and persistence. Some students came to us unsure of their direction but they all left us confident, well skilled and really ready for Uni/Tafe. 

We wish them all well on their individual journeys and look forward to seeing them do wonderful things in the future! We will also enjoy seeing them return to the College to present at forums and Industry days in the coming years.

Here is a run down on the courses they have been accepted into!

Visual Communication - Monash University Caulfield
Interior Architecture - Monash University Caulfield
Communication Design - RMIT University City 
Creative Industries - Victoria University City Flinders 
Fashion Design - RMIT University Brunswick 
Fine Art (Print Imaging Practice) - RMIT University City 
Furniture Design - RMIT University City 
Games Design - RMIT University City
Photography (Arts) - RMIT University City 
Textile Design - RMIT University Brunswick
Fashion Design - Kangan Institute Richmond 
Visual Merchandising - Kangan Institute Richmond 
Building Design - NMIT Greensborough 
Graphic Design - NMIT Fairfield 
Illustration - NMIT Preston 
Interior Design and Decoration - NMIT Preston 
Interactive Digital Media - RMIT University TAFE City 
Photography and Photoimaging - RMIT University TAFE City 
Product Design - RMIT University TAFE City 
Textile Design and Development - RMIT University TAFE Brunswick 
Visual Art - RMIT University TAFE City 
Visual Merchandising - RMIT University TAFE City 
Graphic Design - Swinburne TAFE Prahran 
Interior Design and Decoration - Swinburne TAFE Prahran 
Graphic Design - Vic Uni TAFE City Flinders 

Polka-Dot Studio: Eye Candy!

 Polka-Dot Studio

Tanya D'Souza did NDS in 2006. She went on to study Textile Design at RMIT. Tanya has taken a year out from study to work at GMH Holdens' Colour & Trim Department.

Here is a link to her blog...
In it she says:

"I'm a textile loving, cupcake eating,mess-creating designer in the making.
The Polka-Dot studio isn't really a studio.Yet!
Its a space full of the happenings in my life as it goes on (well, my creative life mostly)
It will evolve as I evolve.
Today its this, tomorrow...who knows!
Stick around and we can find out together!"