Author Archives: Rebecca Renshaw

Job │ Lecturer in Contemporary Art │ University of Melbourne

April 17, 2023Jobs

Job no: 0059093 Location: Parkville Role type: Full-time; Continuing Faculty: Faculty of Arts Department/School: School of Culture and Communication Salary: Level B – $110,236 – $130,900 p.a. plus 17% super About the Role The Art History and Art Curatorship program teaches the history, theory, and curatorship of Australian, Asian, European, and American art from the Early Modern to contemporary periods. We offer a Major within the Bachelor of Arts, and the Master of Art Curatorship, and collaborate closely with the Masters Degree in Arts and Cultural Management. As a lecturer, you will contribute to teaching diverse cohorts at undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate levels, and undertake research or engage in […]

Announcement today: Trove has secured funding

April 3, 2023News

The National Library of Australia welcomes the commitment made by the Albanese Government to provide $33m over the next 4 years to maintain Trove, with $9.2m ongoing and indexed funding from July 2027. We are delighted that Trove’s future has been secured. AAANZ would like to thank our members who were involved in the petition and letter writing campaign to save TROVE. Home – Trove (nla.gov.au) National Library of Australia’s Trove saved from closure threat (smh.com.au) Trove saved thanks to $42.2 million Federal lifeline | ArtsHub Australia

AAANZ 2023 Conference | Call for Panels

April 3, 2023AAANZ Conference

AAANZ 2023 Conference | Call for Panels Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Gold Coast (Southport) 6 – 8 December 2023 The Conference Committee invites proposals for panels for the AAANZ conference, to be hosted by Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 December 2023. Deadline 28 April 2023 The AAANZ Annual Conference for 2023 is in person again! We look forward to receiving panel proposals on all art and art historical topics. Keynotes are Aruna d’Souza and Hanneke Grootenboer Who should apply? All conference participants need to be AAANZ members. How to apply? The online application […]

CALL FOR PAPERS │ BRILL │ Cultural Histories of the Avant-Garde: A Companion Series

April 3, 2023Call for Papers

OCEANIC AVANT-GARDE are seeking contributions to a special volume of the ongoing Brill reference work series, Cultural Histories of the Avant-Garde: A Companion Series www.brill.com/CHAG This volume will be dedicated to exploring the question of an Oceanic Avant-garde. Given avant-garde studies has extended beyond a narrow Western European-North American lens to encompass discussion of a wider global context, this cultural history aims to examine a topic that is both perplexing and thought-provoking. To ponder the question of an Oceanic avant-garde entails considering the limits of a Western art-historical, cultural, and aesthetic framework. It would also need to consider a history that […]

Autumn reading: Art Monthly Australasia

March 27, 2023News

WELCOME TO ISSUE 335 As I was about to hit ‘send’ for this Autumn 2023 quarterly edition of Art Monthly Australasia (AMA), our national Board and small team were also busy refining a ‘vision’ for the magazine’s expression of interest for future funding with the Australia Council. Front and centre of this vision is a collective desire to bring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists into the heart of the magazine, and to do this in a culturally safe space. To help get us there, late last year the AMA Board adopted an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Policy and Action Plan prepared […]

AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2023 ARE NOW OPEN

March 20, 2023AWAPA, Prizes

The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. Categories for the AWAPAs include prizes for books, exhibition catalogues, artist led publications, Indigenous Australian, Māori and Pasifika art writing. AWAPAs recognise: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area […]

ANZJA CALL FOR PAPERS │ SPECIAL ISSUE │ CLOSE FRIDAY 31 MARCH

March 20, 2023ANZJA, Call for Papers

Call for Papers | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Special Issue, Ko Te Moananui-a-Kiwa te wahi whakarahi, The Pacific Ocean joins us all: 23.2, 2023 Submissions Due: Friday March 31, 2023 Editors: Ngarino Ellis and Heather Igloliorte The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) is calling for submissions to be a part of Issue 2, 2023, entitled, Ko Te Moananui-a-Kiwa te wahi whakarahi. The Pacific Ocean joins us all. This Special Issue is edited by Ngarino Ellis and Heather Igloliorte. ANZJA welcomes Indigenous curators, artists and art historians to submit material for the first Indigenous-led issue of the ANZJA. Te […]

Kluge-Ruhe Residential Fellowship: First Nations Curator

March 20, 2023Opportunity, Research Fellowship

About the Opportunity In partnership with the Australia Council, Kluge-Ruhe is offering a residential fellowship in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. The fellow will curate an exhibition of 60-70 limited edition prints by First Nations Australian artists drawn from the Basil Hall Collection at Kluge-Ruhe. Comprising more than 1500 workshop proofs donated by master printer Basil Hall, the collection encompasses artworks created between 2002 and 2022 by artists from diverse nations throughout Australia. This fellowship is divided into two residential periods totalling six months with a holiday break in December-January. Research and development will take place over four months between mid-August and […]

CURATORIAL RESIDENCY AT THE HUMBOLDT FORUM

March 20, 2023Opportunity, Research Fellowship

This scholarship provides the opportunity for an early career professional working in a curatorial or collections role at an Australian museum or art gallery to conduct a 4-6 week research residency at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. Its aim is to promote cultural exchange, professional development and international collaboration by providing the opportunity for a young professional to work on a project related to the collections of the Museum of Asian Arts or Ethnographic Museum at the Humboldt Forum. This may include researching objects for an exhibition or program, provenance research or enhancing collection documentation. It is open to emerging […]

ANZJA CALL FOR PAPERS │ SPECIAL ISSUE │ CLOSE FRIDAY 31 MARCH

March 13, 2023ANZJA, Call for Papers