Category Archives: Professional Development

NGV Online Seminar Series: Audience Engagement in Galleries and Museums

Professional Development

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) invites gallery and museum professionals to participate in Audience Engagement in Galleries and Museums, a three-week online seminar series exploring audience engagement and audience-centred planning. Across three interactive, one-hour sessions, participants will explore, discuss and share practical and aspirational ideas for audience engagement in galleries and museums of all sizes. The program welcomes emerging and established professionals working with or planning for audiences, including those in visitor and front-of-house services, public programs, education, access and inclusion, marketing, communications, collections and exhibitions. The series draws on publications and resources developed by the International Audience Engagement […]

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Australian Volunteers Abroad │ Art Gallery Curator Mentor │Solomon Islands

Opportunity, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning

Australian Volunteers Abroad is looking for an Art Gallery Curator Mentor who can live and volunteer for 6 months in the Solomon Islands. As a volunteer, you will share knowledge and skills on acquiring, collecting and cataloging artworks as well as ensuring their overall care. To be considered for this role, you’ll need a bachelor’s degree in art history, fine arts, or a related field and have experience working in an Art Gallery ideally including digital cataloging. This assignment seeks to Identify gaps in the Art Gallery systems and processes and support the team to update them. Full details here

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AAANZ PILOT EARLY CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM | EOI CLOSE MONDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

Professional Development

The last few years, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen the cancellation or transitions of conferences, workshops and events to virtual formats. This has generated challenges for scholars to share their research, engage in scholarly discussions and establish meaningful connections and collaborations with colleagues. The pandemic has also created additional challenges for PhD candidates (PhD) and Early Career Researchers (ECR) who have missed opportunities to create vital cross-institutional and inter-state connections that are the foundations of being part of a vivid and vibrant scholarly community. In recognition of these challenges, AAANZ is launching a Pilot Early Career […]

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AAANZ PILOT EARLY CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM | EOI CLOSE Monday 4 September

Professional Development

The last few years, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen the cancellation or transitions of conferences, workshops and events to virtual formats. This has generated challenges for scholars to share their research, engage in scholarly discussions and establish meaningful connections and collaborations with colleagues. The pandemic has also created additional challenges for PhD candidates (PhD) and Early Career Researchers (ECR) who have missed opportunities to create vital cross-institutional and inter-state connections that are the foundations of being part of a vivid and vibrant scholarly community. In recognition of these challenges, AAANZ is launching a Pilot Early Career […]

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AAANZ PILOT EARLY CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM | EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN FOR MENTORS AND MENTEES

Professional Development

The last few years, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen the cancellation or transitions of conferences, workshops and events to virtual formats. This has generated challenges for scholars to share their research, engage in scholarly discussions and establish meaningful connections and collaborations with colleagues. The pandemic has also created additional challenges for PhD candidates (PhD) and Early Career Researchers (ECR) who have missed opportunities to create vital cross-institutional and inter-state connections that are the foundations of being part of a vivid and vibrant scholarly community. In recognition of these challenges, AAANZ is launching a Pilot Early Career […]

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AAANZ Pilot Early Career Mentoring Program | Expressions of Interest Open for Mentors and Mentees

Professional Development

The last few years, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen the cancellation or transitions of conferences, workshops and events to virtual formats. This has generated challenges for scholars to share their research, engage in scholarly discussions and establish meaningful connections and collaborations with colleagues. The pandemic has also created additional challenges for PhD candidates (PhD) and Early Career Researchers (ECR) who have missed opportunities to create vital cross-institutional and inter-state connections that are the foundations of being part of a vivid and vibrant scholarly community. In recognition of these challenges, AAANZ is launching a Pilot Early Career […]

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Emerging Scholars Program | The Necessity of Australian Art History Now | APPLICATIONS CLOSE Sunday 7 November

Professional Development

As part of the AAANZ 2021 Conference IMPACT an Emerging Scholars Program is being introduced The Necessity of Australian Art History Now This is a new and exciting research intensive for postgraduate and early career scholars working in the field of Australian art history.  Participants will have the opportunity to receive focused feedback on their own work from an invited audience comprised of their fellow workshop participants, alongside a panel of esteemed leaders in the field of Australian art history: Ann Stephen (co-author of ‘The Necessity of Australian Art’), Ian McLean and Greg Lehman. Applications CLOSE on 7 November  For more […]

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Emerging Scholars Program | The Necessity of Australian Art History Now | APPLICATIONS OPEN

AAANZ Conference, Professional Development

As part of the AAANZ 2021 Conference IMPACT an Emerging Scholars Program is being introduced The Necessity of Australian Art History Now This is a new and exciting research intensive for postgraduate and early career scholars working in the field of Australian art history.  Participants will have the opportunity to receive focused feedback on their own work from an invited audience comprised of their fellow workshop participants, alongside a panel of esteemed leaders in the field of Australian art history: Ann Stephen (co-author of ‘The Necessity of Australian Art’), Ian McLean and Greg Lehman. Applications CLOSE on 7 November  For more […]

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CEO Digital Mentoring Program for cultural organisations

Professional Development

ACMI, in conjunction with the Australia Council’s national Cultural Digital Program, will run a new pilot mentoring initiative for strategic technology and digital mentoring for cultural organisations. The program, funded by the Ian Potter Foundation, is an investment in building the digital mindsets of the senior decision-making staff and building a sustainable network of peers within the cultural sector and across artforms and practices. Operating to build capacity, awareness, and improve the internal ability for institutions and organisations to make better long term technology choices, understand a rapidly and continually changing digital environment, and be better able to select and […]

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