Author Archives: Giles Fielke

Update: Elam Fine Arts Library – University of Auckland

June 14, 2018Advocacy, News

I recently wrote to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland regarding the proposal to shut down their Elam Fine Arts Library. You can view my letter here: https://aaanz.info/letter-from-aaanz-on-the-elam-fine-arts-library/ The response I received from the Vice-Chancellor, Stuart McCutcheon, argued that the University’s review and restructure process “does not provide for submissions from external parties.” In my view this unsatisfactory response shows how short-sighted the University administration is, particularly given the historic and contemporary significance of the Library to the local and broader art communities. A sense of the institution’s current priorities can be gained from the significant amounts of money […]

AAANZ Conference 2018 – Call for Panels extended to COB June 25 2018

June 12, 2018AAANZ Conference

Submission Process Submit panel proposals via the google form here: https://goo.gl/forms/TijiQiVZY4M7u1fB3. Please include: name and email address of the session convenor(s); institutional affiliation; session title; a brief abstract (250 word limit) that describes the session and how it fits with the conference theme. The deadline for session proposals has been extended to COB Monday 25 June 2018. Session convenors are required to be active members of AAANZ at the time of the conference and will be asked to renew or register for membership upon acceptance of their panel proposal. Session convenors will be notified of the acceptance of their proposed session on […]

Call For Panels – AAANZ Conference 2018 – due 12 June 2018

June 4, 2018AAANZ Conference

A Message from Marnie Badham, co-convenor of the AAANZ conference for 2018: On behalf of the 2018 AAANZ conference committee, my co-convenor Professor Daniel Palmer and myself, I would like to invite you to submit a panel proposal for our upcoming conference Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art, December 5-8, at the School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. The conference will open critical dialogue on the histories of art by examining the social contexts of aesthetics and politics. Bringing together art historians, theorists, curators, critics, and artists from across the region, we will offer a four-day program of panels and papers, publication […]

Australian National RIdIM Centre

April 30, 2018News

Dear Colleagues, It’s with great pleasure that we announce the formation of a National RIdIM centre in Australia and invite contact from all those who are interested. Established in 2017, the Australian Music and Art Research Group is based at the School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania. It fosters scholarly and practical research into the intersections between music and visual culture, including – but not limited to – the study of music iconography and the development of new creative work. Association RIdIM officially recognized the group as the Australian National RIdIM Centre in December 2017. Last week, the Australian […]

Georges Mora Fellowship – 2018 deadline: May 6

April 23, 2018Funding, General

The Georges Mora Fellowship is dedicated to the support and promotion of contemporary art and artists in Melbourne and Australia. Named in honour of Georges Mora, the renowned restaurateur, art dealer, patron, mentor and cultural catalyst, the Fellowship aims to ignite courage and support the fresh thinking required for the development of art in Australia. APPLYING TO THE GEORGES MORA FELLOWSHIP Applications for the 2018 Fellowship are now open. Download the 2018 application form here. The completed form, visual support material and all supporting documentation must be submitted by 11pm, 6 May 2018. For inquiries or requests for further information please see […]

“Talk, The Talk” Lecture – University of Melbourne – Friday 27th April, 5-6.30pm

April 20, 2018Events, News

The “Talk, The Talk” lecture series and Art Curatorship Partnership (ACP) PROJECTS invites you to join Dr. Anthony White, Senior Lecturer at The University of Melbourne and Ms. Sim Luttin, Curator and Gallery Manager at Arts Project, in a discussion on some of the myths and stereotypes that have been applied to the work of Outsider artists. Entitled ‘Outsider Art: Contemporary Considerations’ this topic will include artists who have experienced disability, mental issues and other forms of marginalization over the last 100 years. It will also entail a presentation reflecting on the role of supported studios, focusing on Arts Projects […]

New Journal – CONTENTION

April 9, 2018Call for Papers, News

Contention is dedicated to research on and about social protest and political behaviour. The journal advances essential knowledge on of collective action, social movements, and other forms of social and political contention. By providing a multidisciplinary forum to scholars within and across the social sciences and humanities, it seeks to promote scholarly exchange and knowledge sharing among them. Please visit our website for more information about the journal, and previous issues: www.berghahnjournals.com/contention Contention welcomes all submissions of high quality, including: research articles with novel findings, theoretical and methodological essays, and movement writing, as well as critical reviews, commentaries and book reviews. Contention aims to present original […]

emaj 10 now online

March 29, 2018News

emaj | online journal of art https://emajartjournal.com/ Issue 10 – 2017-2018 features articles by Anna Parlane, Simon Pierse, Alice-Anne Psaltis, Kate Warren, and book reviews by Una Rey and Grace Blakeley-Carroll. This issue focusses on contemporary Australian art and its precursors, with essays on Lynette Wallworth’s immersive media environments, Richard Bell and Emory Douglas’s Burnett Lane mural, a 2012 work by Michael Stevenson, and Alannah Coleman at Bonython’s in 1970. Reviews of Sheridan Palmer’s recent book on Bernard Smith, and David Brooks and Darren Jorgenson’s book on the Wanarn painters are also included in this issue. emaj is a refereed […]

Australian Academy of the Humanities – Grants and Awards deadlines closing soon

March 26, 2018Funding

From the Australian Academy of the Humanities: 2018 Grants and Awards closing soon Every year, we offer a series of prestigious grants and awards that promote excellence in the humanities and support the next generation of scholars and practitioners. Applications close at 5:00pm AEST on 4 April 2018 for the Medal for Excellence in Translation, Max Crawford Medal, Humanities Travelling Fellowships and Publication Subsidy Scheme.

‘Risk Anything!: Modernist Women between Centre & Periphery’ at UNSW Sydney, Friday 6 April

March 26, 2018Conference, Events

Dear friends & colleagues, I’m pleased to invite you to attend a one-day interdisciplinary symposium, ‘Risk Anything!: Modernist Women between Centre & Periphery’ at UNSW Sydney, Friday 6 April. This symposium brings together papers exploring risk, women and modernist culture, especially research dedicated to women who have traversed the ‘risky’ division between centres of modernism – Britain, Europe, and the United States – and so-called ‘peripheries’. The event will conclude with a public keynote lecture from Associate Professor Natalya Lusty (University of Sydney): ‘From Sexual Abstinence to Hymenectomy: Risk and Failure in Modernist Radical Feminism’. The event is free, but please register […]