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Book Launch and Talk: Terry Smith – Talking Contemporary Curating

July 25, 2016News

Friday 29 Jul 2016, 6.00- 8.00pm || Terry Smith, Rebecca Coates & Tara McDowell In 2015, Terry Smith launched his second publication, Talking Contemporary Curating, as part of ICI’s series Perspectives inCurating. To accompany the Melbourne launch of this important publication, Terry Smith will be speaking with Rebecca Coates (curator and writer, Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, UoM, and Director, SAM, Shepparton Art Museum) and Tara McDowell (Associate Professor, Curatorial Practice, MADA, Monash University). The conversation will be moderated by Professor Charles Green. Talking Contemporary Curating offers timely reflections by curators, art historians, critics, and artists on emergent debates in curatorial practice […]

Call for Papers – AAANZ Conference 2016 – now open

Call for Papers AAANZ Conference 2016 The call for papers for the 2016 AAANZ Conference is now open – the deadline is August 26th 2016. The Annual Conference of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand will be held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 1–3 December 2016. The conference will be based at the Australian National University, with additional events hosted by the National Gallery of Australia and the National Portrait Gallery. Sessions will be 90 minutes with the expectation that each session will comprise 3 x 20 minute papers, followed by 10 minutes of questions, discussion, and commentary […]

AAANZ letter on Closure of Sydney College of the Arts

July 22, 2016Advocacy, NewsSydney College of the Arts

Closure of the Sydney College of the Arts Anthony White, President of the AAANZ, has written to Michael Spence, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney, to express our concerns over the proposed closure of the Sydney College of the Arts. You can read more about the proposed closure and merger with UNSW here in a statement from NAVA Executive Director Tamara Winikoff: https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2016/SCA-mediarelease-12July16/ We encourage all our members to write to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Dr Michael Spence, to state their position on what we believe is a very concerning development for arts education in the region. Letters can be emailed […]

Dr Melissa Chiu announced as Keynote Speaker for 2016 AAANZ Conference

July 21, 2016AAANZ Conference, NewsKeynote

The conference committee is delighted to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Dr Melissa Chiu, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. AAANZ 2016 Conference | The Work of Art Dr Melissa Chiu How has the work of art changed in the 21st century? Keynote Speaker for AAANZ 2016 December 1, National Gallery of Australia Dr. Melissa Chiu is Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the national museum of modern art, a Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. She was previously Museum Director and Senior Vice President, Global Art Programs at Asia Society […]

Museums Australia (Victoria) – Roving Curator Info Session + The Art of Curation

July 19, 2016News

Info Session: Roving Curator Program The Roving Curator Program is an initiative by Museums Australia (Victoria) to help museums and galleries develop engaging and dynamic exhibitions. Find out how the Roving Curator Program could assist you in 2017, with tips on putting together a strong application and avoiding common mistakes. Free session but bookings essential. Date: Thursday 18 August Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm Venue: Melbourne Museum Cost: Free, bookings essential > Book now to secure your place Seminar: The Art of Curation A panel of curators will share their experiences and views on the importance of curating, […]

Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Heritage of the Built of Environment – The University of Melbourne

July 18, 2016Jobs, News

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Heritage of the Built Environment Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia Salary: AUD66,809* – AUD90,657 p.a. (*PhD Entry Level AUD84,458 p.a.) plus 17% superannuation The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Heritage of the Built Environment. This position is located in the Australian Collaboratory for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH). Working alongside industry, academic and government partners, ACAHUCH fosters a collaborative approach to the critical study of architectural history, heritage conservation […]

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Research Symposium, Archives: the Ethics of Keeping

July 6, 2016News

Research Symposium, Archives: the Ethics of Keeping Tuesday 26 July 2016, 9am–12.30pm Explore the central and sometimes difficult topics concerning judgments and the place of the archive in contemporary society. In this symposium, speakers question and reconceptualise the idea of the archive. They will interrogate and upend understandings and practices of access, control, agency, power, choice, including the act of repurposing in the creative process. Private, public, cultural, legal, factual, interpreted and other categorisations of the archive are discussed by a series of experts offering different ways of thinking. How are cultural institutions and others addressing these ethical issues and taking […]

iDARE RMIT Workshop 2016 – CREW

July 6, 2016News

CREATIVE RESEARCH ETHICS WORKSHOP (CREW) Running from early August through late September, 2016 Activities will occur in multiple locations in the Melbourne CBD/inner north Website Interested in participating? Let us know by Monday July 18, 2016. EOI What should I do to be part of the CREW? Send an email to mcpherson.m@unimelb.edu.au with the following: – a 100-200 word statement indicating your interest in being involved in this project. Additionally, please confirm whether you are able to commit to the two full days of the intensive (Phase 1), and what days/times of the week you would be available for the […]

Launch: emaj 9

July 5, 2016News

Announcing emaj 9, the newly published 2015/16 edition of the peer-reviewed online art journal Please feel free to join the editors of online art journal emaj (electronic Melbourne art journal) for a drink this Friday, to celebrate the launch of the 2015/16 edition, emaj 9. Rex Butler, Professor (Art History & Theory) Monash University, will officially launch this edition. Details: The Lincoln Hotel, Cnr Cardigan Street & Queensberry Street, Carlton. Friday the 8th of July, from 6pm. www.emajartjournal.com

Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Fellowship

June 21, 2016News

The Cité Internationale des Arts in the Rue de L’Hotel de Ville, in the Marais quarter of Paris, was opened in the early 1960s. It provides studio accommodation for foreign and provincial art students, including musicians, painters, sculptors and graphic artists. One of the first decisions of the Power Institute was the purchase of a studio for the use of Australian artists. Each year the Institute offers residencies in its studio to artists, art scholars and art writers. Information for applicants Selection Criteria and Categories of Awards Category A: Power Institute Award for Artists Applicants may be from any of […]