Category Archives: News

AAANZ Conference Program Now Available and Masterclass EOIs Extended

October 4, 2018News

Draft AAANZ Conference Program Now Available to Download To help conference presenters and delegates plan their travel and conference stay we have released a Draft AAANZ Conference Program. Please be aware this schedule is subject to change. A finalised program will be made available in November. Please note: The official conference dates are 5-7 December 2018 with ancillary events for postgraduates and independent arts workers and artists on 4 December and 8 December. To download the program visit this link: https://aaanz.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Draft-AAANZ-Conference-Schedule-4-October-2018.pdf Griselda Pollock Masterclass Expressions of interest for Professor Griselda Pollock’s Masterclass have been extended to Monday 15 October. Postgraduate and […]

2018 AAANZ Conference Early Bird Registration extended to October 10

September 27, 2018News

Early bird registration for the 2018 AAANZ Conference has been extended to October 10. To register before the early bird rate closes go to: https://aaanz.info/register-for-the-2018-aaanz-conference/ To help delegates plan their visit to the conference a detailed program, with all panel session and keynote scheduled times, will be available from next week. To stay informed about the conference, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the AAANZ newsletter. https://www.facebook.com/events/193150874673350/ https://twitter.com/ArtAustraliaNZ https://aaanz.info/email-subscribe/ Finally a reminder, postgraduate and early career researchers who wish to participate in Professor Griselda Pollock’s masterclass must apply by 1 October. Full details about the masterclass and how […]

Research Fellow Position – RMIT University, Melbourne

August 27, 2018Jobs, News

http://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/caw/en/job/568161/research-fellow-arc-linkage-project The Role and Your Responsibilities The Research Fellow will be required to undertake a range of research and project management activities in line with the ARC Discovery Project’s strategy and proposal. The position will play a significant part in carrying out team based research activities that will make a significant impact in the area of art based social enterprise education and training practices with marginalised young people. You will be expected to contribute to the development of a high quality research project, and to play a lead role in the production of high quality outputs. You will be the […]

Register for the 2018 AAANZ Conference

August 21, 2018News

Early bird registration for this year’s AAANZ conference is now open and closes on 30 September. For full details about the 2018 AAANZ Conference which is being held from December 5 to 8, 2018, hosted by the School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia visit: https://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2018-conference/ To register visit: https://rmit.onestopsecure.com/OneStopWeb/AAANZ_2018 To join or renew your AAANZ membership visit: https://aaanz.info/membership/ REGISTRATION EARLY BIRD closes 30 September LATE REGISTRATION closes 5 December CONCESSION / STUDENT / RETIREE This category is open to those with valid student ID cards, health care cards or pension cards $100 $150 AAANZ MEMBER Please note all speakers and convenors must be current AAANZ members […]

AAANZ Conference 2018 – Announcing Curator David Teh as Fifth Keynote

August 20, 2018News

The Conference Committee are pleased to announce the 2018 AAANZ Conference’s 5th keynote speaker: Associate Professor David Teh. David Teh is a curator and Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, specialising in Southeast Asian contemporary art. His curatorial efforts have included Unreal Asia (55. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2009), Video Vortex #7 (Yogyakarta, 2011), TRANSMISSION (Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, 2014), Misfits: Pages from a Loose-leaf Modernity (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2017) and Returns, a project for the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018). David’s writings have appeared in journals including Third Text, ARTMargins, Afterall and Theory, Culture and […]

Keir Lectures on Art: Professor Steven Nelson – Learning from Johannesburg, University of Melbourne, 6.30pm 20 August

August 7, 2018News

Keir Lectures on Art: Professor Steven Nelson Learning from Johannesburg: Moshekwa Langa’s Maps of Desire This lecture explores how South African-born, Amsterdam-based artist Moshekwa Langa, who spent his youth under the rule of Grand Apartheid in South Africa, trades in ethnography, the historic relations of whites and blacks, and the systems of homelands in the nation state to create collaged and drawn geographies that point to the constructed nature of official South African maps. This discussion also looks at how Langa’s work, in its mixture of languages and semiotic systems, deconstructs the authority of maps and “official” information as a means […]

The Magic Lantern in Australia and the World: An Interdisciplinary Conference, ANU 4-6 September

August 7, 2018Conference, Events, News

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AAANZ Conference 2018 – Call for Papers Now Open

August 2, 2018AAANZ Conference, News

The Conference Committee would like to invite proposals for papers for the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) conference to be held at RMIT University, Melbourne, 5-7 December 2018. The call for panel sessions is now closed. The conference committee has reviewed the proposals and more than 60 were accepted, including panels with a full speaker list and artist talks. Listed in the Call for Papers are the panel sessions that are open to paper proposals. The full conference program will be available at the end of September 2018. The deadline for paper proposals is Monday 3 September […]

Call for Participation | Survey on social media use by artists, art educators and academics

July 12, 2018Call for Papers, NewsCall for Participation

Call for participation in a research survey. Artists, Art Educators and Academics we would like to invite you to contribute to a survey about your use of social media in your practice. We are investigating how different groups of professionals use social media. Social media has changed how we engage with and reach our audiences. But what does this look like across disciplines that naturally require collaboration, feedback, dissemination and profile building as part of your work? Access the link via the profile or at < https://swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0BWwrVDp0Vrp21D> More info about the project: < https://chatwithrellypops.wordpress.com/reach-and-engagement-social-media-use-by-artists-art-educators-academics /> If you would like to […]

Queen’s Birthday Honours

June 14, 2018Member News, News

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand is delighted to report that two significant members of the art and art history community were recognised on the prestigious Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Both recipients have had an enormous and significant impact on their respective fields and the awards are an indication of the esteem in which members of the art-related professions are held in this country and internationally. Emeritus Professor Virginia Spate received the Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for eminent service to higher education, particularly to art history and theory and to the advanced […]