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Book Launch │ Elisabetta Sirani

Publication

Elisabetta Sirani Adelina Modesti This insightful volume is the first authoritative and accessible English-language book to explore the life and legacy of Elisabetta Sirani, one of the most celebrated women artists of the seventeenth-century. Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665)—painter, printmaker, and teacher—was one of the most innovative and prolific artists of the Bolognese school. The daughter of a painter, she hailed from a city whose university had educated women since the Middle Ages and that celebrated the cult of Saint Catherine of Bologna, who was known for her skill as a painter and illuminator—ideal conditions to encourage the training and patronage of […]

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AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2023 – ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 28

AWAPA, Prizes

The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. Categories for the AWAPAs include prizes for books, exhibition catalogues, artist led publications, Indigenous Australian, Māori and Pasifika art writing. AWAPAs recognise: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area […]

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AAANZ 2023 CONFERENCE – CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN

AAANZ Conference, Call for Papers

The Call for Papers is now open! Who should apply The AAANZ Conference is held every year, and is the region’s major conference for art historians, artists and researchers. You should apply to present at the conference if you are an art historian, artist or a curator. Outside these core areas, we also welcome architecture, design and moving image historians, museum studies academics, and arts and design professionals. Read more about the conference and its format here. Questions about specific panels and submission of papers to panels should be directed to the conveners listed below. Any general questions about the […]

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Job Opportunities with Creative Australia

Jobs

Current opportunities Senior Officer Literature Projects Project Investment Officer Assessment Officer Executive Assistant Artists Services Officer Director Evaluation and Impact Measurement Project Manager (identified) State Manager Development and Partnerships (Queensland) State Manager Development and Partnerships (Northern Territory and South Australia) Queries regarding the positions please contact Devage Jegathesan D.jegathesan@australiacouncil.gov.au  

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CALL FOR ARTICLES | ANZJA | SPECIAL ISSUE: DOCUMENTA FIFTEEN: “THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY,” 24.1, 2024

ANZJA, Call for Papers

Call for Articles | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Special Issue: documenta fifteen: “the first exhibition of the twenty-first century,” 24.1, 2024. Editors: Amelia Winata, Cameron Hurst, Chelsea Hopper, Giles Fielke, Helen Hughes, Hilary Thurlow, and Paris Lettau Full article submissions due: 29 September 2023 This special issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) is edited by emerging art historians and critics Amelia Winata, Cameron Hurst, Chelsea Hopper, Giles Fielke, Helen Hughes, Hilary Thurlow, and Paris Lettau. They have worked together across numerous art historical editorial projects, including Index Journal, Discipline, and Memo Review. For ANZJA they focus on historicising documenta fifteen (2022). ANZJA is calling for submissions […]

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AAANZ 2023 Conference – Call for Papers now open

AAANZ Conference,

The Call for Papers is now open! Who should apply The AAANZ Conference is held every year, and is the region’s major conference for art historians, artists and researchers. You should apply to present at the conference if you are an art historian, artist or a curator. Outside these core areas, we also welcome architecture, design and moving image historians, museum studies academics, and arts and design professionals. Read more about the conference and its format here. Questions about specific panels and submission of papers to panels should be directed to the conveners listed below. Any general questions about the […]

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AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2023 – ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 28

AWAPA

The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. Categories for the AWAPAs include prizes for books, exhibition catalogues, artist led publications, Indigenous Australian, Māori and Pasifika art writing. AWAPAs recognise: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area […]

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AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2023 – ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 28

AWAPA, Prizes

The AWAPAs highlight the vitality of arts publishing in the region and acknowledges the contribution of both emerging and established scholars, curators and artists. The Awards play a pivotal role in promoting the importance of writing and publishing in disseminating knowledge and understanding of the visual arts, craft and design. They are the only prizes in the Australasia region to celebrate the publishing achievements writers make to the field. Categories for the AWAPAs include prizes for books, exhibition catalogues, artist led publications, Indigenous Australian, Māori and Pasifika art writing. AWAPAs recognise: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area […]

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Call for Papers | Special Issue of Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion ‘Menswear and Performance’

Call for Papers

Special Issue of Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion ‘Menswear and Performance’, 2024 Guest editor: Will Visconti, University of Technology, Sydney Abstracts due: 31 August 2023 Authors notified of decisions: 30 September 2023 Completed articles due: 30 November 2023  In the wake of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and ongoing press attention surrounding the sartorial choices of performers like Harry Styles, Lil Nas X and Billy Porter, new questions are being asked about menswear and performance: precisely who is wearing what, how, and why. So too might one ask questions about what constitutes performance in an age of celebrity culture and ubiquitous social […]

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Funding | Tyler Visiting Fellowship, University of Tasmania

Funding

The Tyler Visiting Fellowship is a biennial residential fellowship for scholars, art historians, artists, and arts practitioners living anywhere to travel to Tasmania for two weeks to conduct research utilising the Tyler Collection, housed within the University of Tasmania. Applications close 31 July 2023. The Fellowship is to be undertaken in 2024. For full details see: https://www.utas.edu.au/community-and-partners/tyler-visiting-fellowship/_nocache The Tyler Collection is a private collection developed by University of Tasmania alumnus Geoffrey Tyler during his work with the International Monetary Fund in Europe, while Romania struggled under the oppressive communist rule of Nicolae Ceausescu. Bequeathed to the University by Frances and Geoffrey […]

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