Monthly Archives: March 2026

AWARD | The Evan Webb Award for Len Lye Research | Now Open

Award

Now in its third year, this annual award offers NZD$1500 for research related to the New Zealand-born artist Len Lye – his films, sculptures, life and ideas. The award  is open to students, recent graduates, and researchers interested in film or the visual arts. This award, offered by the Len Lye Foundation, commemorates the artist Evan Webb (1952-2023) who was a key figure in the research and restoration of the work of Len Lye. The award will be open to any researcher. The sum of NZD$1500 will be given annually to the best original contribution to Lye scholarship from at […]

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Call for Papers | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 26.2: Open Issue | CLOSE this Friday 6 March

ANZJA, Call for Papers

Submissions of essays DUE: December 31, 2025 Friday 6 March Managing Editor: Dr Anastasia Murney The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) is calling for submissions for the Journal’s next open issue, to be published in December 2026. We seek original essays, dialogues, visual essays, and other texts that engage with artists, visual culture, exhibitions, critical debates, frameworks, and methodologies across art history, theory, curating, and practice in and across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Please submit all essays and other submissions (including visual essays, dialogues, and reflections) via the Taylor and Francis submission portal, adhering to the Journal […]

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Petition | Call for a national inquiry into Arts Education and Training in Australia

Advocacy

The National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE) has a campaign and petition calling on the federal governments to address the decline in arts education at all levels, see below and read more on their website: https://naae.org.au/news/call-to-action Petition link: https://www.change.org/p/call-for-a-national-inquiry-into-arts-education-and-training-in-australia Based on recent research, the NAAE calls for urgent federal action. You can help alert your local member to this new evidence about the serious decline in arts education at all levels. In the meantime, NAAE has written to relevant Federal Ministers. Through its leadership in initiating research and sustained national advocacy, NAAE has worked for many years to document, highlight […]

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