the practice of drawing lines: architecture and art
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new directions for aaanz journal
As the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand approaches its 40th anniversary I’m delighted to announce a number of significant changes for our Journal of Art. A new publisher In 2014 we will partner the international publisher Taylor & Francis, allowing us to maintain the highest standards of scholarship into the 21st century while streamlining production. The change will give our journal online global reach while members will continue to receive a hard copy. A new editorial committee Our new editorial committee is to be hosted by Power Professor Mark Ledbury, Power Institute, The University of Sydney who will be working with Dr Keith Broadfoot, […]
daao
Design and Art of Australia Online (www.daao.org.au) is the next generation of the Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, which in turn had its origins in Joan Kerr’s Dictionary of Australian Artists. Despite its incomplete state, the DAAO is already the most comprehensive data base on Australian visual culture, and as such is proving to be a valuable research tool. freely available to all. Its new iteration enables researchers to modify existing incomplete entries, and also to write on exhibitions and associated events, as well as writing on curators. There is however one category of entry that cannot be altered: those entries that […]
joan kerr biography
Dr Susan Steggall’s biography of art historian Joan Kerr – ‘A Most Generous Scholar: Joan Kerr, Art and Architectural Historian’, has just been published by LhR Press. A MOST GENEROUS SCHOLAR: JOAN KERR, ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN is an important record of the work of an important Australian art historian who was not only a mentor to many art history students but also a scholar whose work changed the way Australians view their visual cultural heritage. The book is a comprehensive record of the work of an important Australian art historian who was not only a mentor to many art […]
save art in TAFE
Address by Ann Stephen, President, AAANZ 19 November 2012 There is widespread concern at the closure of TAFE art training across all sectors of the arts. The Art Association of Australia & NZ (AAANZ) calls on the government to restore public funding for TAFE arts courses across Australia. Last weekend the Arts Section of the Australian Academy of Humanities also expressed concern at the proposed closure in the TAFE sector. Since all education is a continuum that leads potentially into tertiary studies every sector needs to support potential. Both AAANZ and the Academy are particularly concerned at how the closure […]
colonial art exhibitions: past, present, future
Two Day Symposium Dates: Friday 23 November and Saturday 24 November Venue: Sunderland Theatre, Medicine (Building 181), The University of Melbourne Date: Friday 23 November 2012, evening session 6.15 – 8.00 pm Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch (Building 134), The University of Melbourne Date: Saturday, 24 November 2012, day session 10.00am – 4.15pm Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch (Building 134), The University of Melbourne Overview: The last decade has witnessed a resurgence of interest in Australian colonial art, with an unprecedented number of important exhibitions being held in our major art galleries (national, state and regional) and libraries. This symposium […]
interstices 2012
Join national and international architects, curators, historians, and artists in a three-day symposium – read more…
challenging the humanities
AAH 43rd Annual Symposium 15-16 November University of Western Sydney, Parramatta campus Convened by Professor Tony Bennett FAHA and hosted by the Institute for Culture and Society, the theme for this year’s symposium is Challenging (the) Humanities. more information, programme and registration is available on the Symposium website: http://www.humanities.org.au/Events/AnnualSymposium.aspx The humanities are currently presented with a rare combination of intellectual challenges: changing policy environments and priorities necessitate new styles of thought and intervention; the still-unfolding financial crises urges a rethink of the economy and the interdisciplinary issues at stake in its investigation; there is increasing emphasis on the role played […]