Category Archives: News

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 […]

News | Prime Minister, this is your moment to create Australia’s future | NAVA

June 5, 2020News

The National Association for the Visual Arts highlights what’s needed and what’s at stake with the Arts and cultural investment statement. Priorities for immediate investment: Introduce a substantial $500m recovery fund accessible to all arts and cultural organisations across all artforms and at all scales Establish an arts and culture working group to advise the National COVID19 Coordination Commission Harmonise income averaging arrangements between the ATO and Centrelink, so that artists can claim JobSeeker; extend JobKeeper for casuals who have been employed at least 3mo; extend JobKeeper to the end of January 2021 Expand income support eligibility to local government […]

News | NCCA first public gallery to reopen its doors

May 15, 2020News

The Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin was the first public gallery to reopen its doors following the start of Covid-19 restrictions being lifted in the Northern Territory. Audiences could see the exhibition priNT 2020 from 12pm, Friday 15 May. Curated by Mats Unden, the exhibition showcases local and national printmakers Winsome Jobling, Anna Russell, Anne McMaster and Namminnapu Mayuru-White. Image: Winsome Jobling, ‘Look #1’, 2019, handmade paper, abaca and cotton with pigmented cotton

Residency | TOP 5 Arts | with the ABC and University of Melbourne

May 15, 2020News

ABC is partnering with the University of Melbourne to present TOP 5 Arts, giving a voice to Australia’s next generation of Arts practitioners and researchers. TOP 5 Arts is media residency for graduate early-career practitioners and PhD researchers working in visual arts, performance, design, architecture and screen. The scheme seeks to equip early-career graduate Arts practitioners and PhD Arts scholars with media and communication skills to share their ideas and specialist knowledge widely through expert commentary and analysis. Winners will work alongside some of Australia’s best journalists and broadcasters to train in the craft of radio and TV interviews and […]

News | AAANZ Conference Postponed to December 2021

April 3, 2020AAANZ Conference, News

In light of escalating measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus that have led to widespread job losses and economic hardship for many people and has created much uncertainty in planning the 2020 AAANZ conference. AAANZ and the 2020 Conference Organising Committee have made the decision to postpone the conference scheduled to be held in Sydney in December this year. The conference will be delayed 12 months and will be hosted by the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales and other partners in December 2021. While we expect the crisis to have passed by the […]

News | NAVA COVID-19 Ceative Industry Letter to Government

March 27, 2020Advocacy, News

On Thursday, 26 March, Esther Anatolitis, Exectuive Director, National Association for the Visual Arts organised more than fifty orgs to come together to write to the Prime Minister, key frontbenchers, the Opposition, the state ministers, and the lord mayors, outlining urgent action needed for the industry: Letter to Federal and State Ministers Please see the media release Creative Industry Unites Esther acknowledges the important collaboration between Australia’s self-directed First Nations arts orgs who authored the paragraph on First Peoples impacts and extends thanks to Merindah Donnelly and colleagues. What’s next? Please share if you’re on social media with #DontCancelCreativity Please […]

News | AAANZ COVID-19 UPDATE

March 20, 2020News

With the effects of Covid-19 amplifying daily in Australia, New Zealand and around the world, wide sweeping measures are being implemented to limit its spread. This includes the temporary closure of universities and cultural institutions, the cancelling or postponement of entertainment and sporting events and the restriction of passage across borders both within and between countries. AAANZ extends its concerns and sympathies to all members, colleagues and industry stakeholders as we navigate through profound changes to daily life and the economic upheaval that is being created. Many forthcoming conferences and art events are being reduced in scope, postponed or cancelled. […]

Obituary | Donald Brook (1927 – 2018)

March 13, 2020ANZJA, News

Call for Artists | International Woodcarving Symposium | St. Blasien | South Germany

January 17, 2020News

Announcement of the International Woodcarving Symposium in St. Blasien, South Germany. The symposium has developed into a significant cultural event in recent years and is firmly fixed in the city’s cultural offering. This year is the 25th anniversary of the sculpture symposium. To tender a document for entry, go to the application tool on the official homepage: www.holzbildhauersymposium.de Online applications are in German and English. The deadline for applications is Friday, April 17, 2020. The jury will meet at the end of April 2020. If you have any questions, Mrs. Christel Steier, Art Director of the symposium can be contacted by email: […]

NGĀ TŪTAKI – ENCOUNTER/S | ULTIMATE GO TO GUIDE | FULL PROGRAMME ABSTRACTS BIOGRAPHIES

November 29, 2019News

NAU MAI HAERE MAI! Welcome to AAANZ 2019 Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies in Tāmaki Makaurau! We hope that you will enjoy the conference and your time with us in Tāmaki. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAMME HERE This is your ultimate go to guide for the conference such as wayfinding, wi-fi connectivity, information about registration, breaks, key meetings, abstracts, biographies and much more! The theme for this year’s conference had as its starting point a critique of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s Tuia Encounters 250th commemorations taking place in Aotearoa in 2019: the notion […]