Author Archives: Rebecca Renshaw

Invitations Open | AICA Australia

September 6, 2020Membership

Invitations are now open to join AICA Australia (International Association of Art Critics), a Paris based organisation with chapters worldwide. Sponsored by UNESCO with headquarters in Paris, AICA brings together over 4,600 art professionals from some 95 countries all over the world, organised into 62 National Sections and an Open Section. AICA is a prestigious membership and provides free entry to museums around the world. It is also an opportunity to join both a local and international community of fellow art critics and professionals. AICA Australia is currently working towards establishing new avenues to strengthen connections among its community and […]

ANZJA Current Issue | Vol 20 Issue 1 2020 | EWar, Art and Visual Culture

August 14, 2020ANZJA

ANZJA Current Issue | Vol 20 Issue 1 2020 | EWar, Art and Visual Culture Editors: Kit Messham-Muir and Uroš Čvoro Link to Vol. 20.1 at Taylor and Francis here. Articles Cruel Visions: Reflections on Artists and Atrocities Joanna Bourke Artists, Institutions, Publics: Contemporary Responses to Conflict Kate Warren, Anthea Gunn and Mikala Tai George Gittoes in an Era of Post-Heroic, Hyper-Real Warfare Darren Jorgensen Thunder Raining Poison: The Lineage of Protest Against Mid-century Catherine Speck Paradoxes of War Critique on Display: The Dresden Bundeswehr Deborah Ascher Barnstone Japanese Art in Australasia During the Second World War Richard Bullen and Tets […]

Job | Artists Services Officer | Australia Council for the Arts

August 7, 2020Jobs

Australia Council for the Arts has a new career opportunity in the Arts Investment Division as Artists Services Officer. This role will pair excellent communication skills with a customer focused mindset to manage the delivery of grants administration and provide exceptional client service to current and prospective grant applicants. This is a full time position on a 2-year contract. Applications close 30 August 2020 at 11:59 pm AEDT The full job advert and position description can be found on the Australia Council careers page under ‘Current Vacancies’.

PhD Scholarship | Visual Medical Humanities | Centre for Art History and Art Theory | ANU

July 31, 2020General

The Australian National University is offering a PhD Scholarship in Visual Medical Humanities This opportunity is for a candidate interested in Art History, Visual and Material Culture, Medical History, Medical Humanities, Disability Studies or, preferably, a combination of the above. The successful candidate will work with Dr Keren Hammerschlag, with funding from the ANU Futures Scheme, on a topic. Apply now $28,092 p/a, 3 years Applications close 31 August cass.anu.edu.au

Advocacy | Letter to The Hon Paul Fletcher MP to reverse the decision to cut 10% of staff at the National Gallery of Australia

July 6, 2020Advocacy, News

On Monday 6 July, the Executive Committee of the Art Association of Australia New Zealand wrote to The Hon Paul Fletcher MP, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety, and the Arts outlining their concerns with the proposed decision to cut staff by 10% at the National Gallery of Australia and what the ramifications would be with such a decision on the sector. Dear Minister, The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ), the peak professional body representing art historians, artists, and art curators in Australasia and the Pacific, objects strongly to the decision to cut 10% of staff at the […]

AAANZ Prizes | Arts Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) close Friday, 31 July, 2020

July 3, 2020Prizes

Arts Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) close Friday, 31 July, 2020. 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. Following a review of the Awards earlier this year, AAANZ is pleased to announce a new category, Best Medium Exhibition […]

Call for Papers | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art | Open Issue: 21.2

July 3, 2020ANZJA, Call for Papers

Call for Papers | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Open Issue: 21.2 Submissions Due: 23 October, 2020 Editors: Dr Anita Archer, Dr David Challis and Associate Professor Christopher Marshall The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) is calling for submissions to be a part of Issue 2, 2021. The issue will be edited by Dr Anita Archer, Research Coordinator of the ERCC (Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Contemporary Culture), Dr David Challis and Associate Professor Christopher Marshall, each are from the School of Culture and Communication an the University of Melbourne. The editors seek research papers that engage […]

News | Humanities hit hardest when needed more than ever | Australian Academy of the Humanities

June 19, 2020News

Humanities hit hardest when needed more than ever The Australian Academy of the Humanities today expressed deep concern about the Government’s changes to university fee structures, which disproportionally affect the humanities and call into question the very role of the 21st century university. “This is potentially the greatest hit to Australia’s humanities sector in a century”, said Professor Joy Damousi, President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. At a time when the Government has announced new policy strategies to combat disinformation and to develop ethical AI, the incentives for students to study the subjects which are the ‘source code’ of […]

Entries Open | AAANZ Arts Writing and Publishing Awards

June 19, 2020Prizes

Arts Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) are now open. 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. Following a review of the Awards earlier this year, AAANZ is pleased to announce a new category, Best Medium Exhibition Catalogue. This […]

Call for Papers | The World We Want: Dystopian and Utopian Impulses in Art Making | CAST at RMIT University

June 19, 2020Call for Papers

Contemporary Art & Social Transformation Research Group (CAST) at RMIT University is calling for papers for a new publication The World We Want: Dystopian and Utopian Impulses in Art Making edited by Grace McQuilten & Daniel Palmer Abstracts due Friday 17 July 2020 How can we think in times of urgencies without the self-indulgent and self-fulfilling myths of apocalypse, when every fiber of our being is interlaced, even complicit, in the webs of processes that must somehow be engaged and repatterned? Donna Haraway, 2016 It is art’s job – along with the other natural, social and human sciences – to […]