The ARTISTS’ COLONIES IN THE WORLD / THE WORLD IN ARTISTS’ COLONIES conference arises from a collaborative research project on the Abbey Art Centre, an artists’ colony on the outskirts of London that attracted many Australians and South Africans in the decade following WW2. Professor Ian McLean, Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History, is lead investigator on the 2020–23 project, which is funded by the Australia Research Council.
The conference is intended to broaden the international context for our research by examining artists’ colonies of different periods from around the world.
The details are as follows:
Title: ARTISTS’ COLONIES IN THE WORLD / THE WORLD IN ARTISTS’ COLONIES
Dates: 28–29 November 2022
Where: University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia
Format: Dual delivery, in person and online (both live online and pre-recorded online, according to time zones of speakers), 20-minute papers
Audience: anticipated approx. 150, free public event
Convenors: Dr Jane Eckett, Dr Sheridan Palmer, Victoria Perin
Output: A selection of papers to be published in book form under an international academic imprint, such as Routledge
Website: https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/e/
Image: Peter Graham and Douglas Green, Abbey Art Centre (c. 1947-49). Photo: unknown photographer, private collection, courtesy the artists’ estates.
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