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A College for the Arts submitted to the National Book Prize (2023)

On the advice of the Classification Board of the National Book Fair, the publication A College for the Arts: Mikiel Anton Vassalli College, is being submitted to the National Book Prize  under the category of ‘General research’.

27 March |

INTEREtching Workshop at the Malta School of Art

2nd year sixth-form students at St Martins’ College and Mr Victor Bezzina, their Learning Area Leader,  had a workshop at the Malta School of Art Printing Room with a practical session led by local artist-printmaker and educator at the Malta School of Art, Jesmond Vassallo.  The project entitled INTEREtching, supported by Arts Council Malta, covered different stages on copper plates until the final […]

Celebrating Diversity – exhibition by the Malta School of Art

An exhibition of paintings is being hosted at the foyer of the Malta School of Art. The title is Celebrating Diversity with the participation of three schools, mainly St Benedict College, Birzebbugia, Stella Maris College, Gzira Primary and the Malta School of Art. Viewing is free and is open till the 21st March. You are all invited.

Maltese Students to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the European Parliament

As part of the European youth exchange project, the Mikiel Anton Vassalli College has been invited to join 26 groups of young people from the 26 EU countries. The Maltese group is being invited to Alsace (France) in May 2023 for this 2 year artistic exchange project. Students from the Malta School of Art, Malta […]

Malta School of Art’s Carnival Costumes

The Malta School of Art was bright and loud in preparation for the Carnival activities. Many teachers took the initiative to create costumes from recycled material during class to the delight of the students. Students then paraded in the school foyer and showed off their original costumes. This was a lively event which was well taken […]

First meeting with set designer and set builder.

On the 24th of February the students who chose set design , construction and painting as their role in the production ‘Gawhar Misjub’ had their first meeting with Romoulado Moretti the set designer and Claudio Apap, the set builder. During this session Mr. Moretti explained the process of designing a set starting from the initial […]

27 February |

Student Assistant Stage Directors from MAVC start their work with the Director of Gawhar Misjub

Gawhar Misjub – An Operatic Banquet is the next major production by MAVC. Last year the Mikiel Anton Vassalli College presented the public with an opera film , this year the college is presenting a live show. This production comes from the platform Belt il-Bniedem in which students, professionals and teachers work together to put […]

16 February |

Blat : The Island Fortress to be shown in Vienna

The first Opera Film in Maltese named Blat : The Island Fortress a production of Mikiel Anton Vassalli College which was premiered in June 2022 in Malta is now going to be screened in Vienna later this month. The film (with English subtitles) involved local professionals as well as learners from the College Schools namely […]

DES Director General visits the MAVC Gozo Visual & Performing Arts School

On Thursday 12th of January, the MAVC Gozo Visual and Performing Arts School received the visit of Director General (Directorate for Educational Services – DES) Mr Emile Vassallo and MAVC Head of College Network Mr. Victor Galea, who were proudly shown around by Head of School Mr. Vince Caruana. Following a short talk about the […]

Ġawhar Misjub – Discovered Gems

These are discovered gems indeed! It gives me great pleasure to be able to present yet another College production with the efforts and contributions from the specialised schools of the visual and performing arts (schools of Drama, Dance, Music and Art) through the artistic platform Belt il‑Bniedem and this time with the collaboration of the […]

The Dance Department of the MAVC Malta School of Drama & Dance

Ms Yasmin Falzon representing another style of dance that she teaches at the dance department of the Malta School of Drama and Dance. Together with some of her students they discussed their passion for dance. They got to perform one of the numbers they had for last year’s school show. “With a bit of tweaking […]

MAVC Malta School of Music – Unpacking Feelings

Following the introduction of the schools within the Mikiel Anton Vassalli College (MAVC) on the TV programme ‘Ġimgħa b’Ġimgħa’,  it is now the turn of the Malta School of Music to showcase its practice. The focus was on an Erasmus+ project named ‘Unpacking Feelings’ which the College passed on to the Malta School of Music […]