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Vale Mr W. Wanambi

May 9, 2022News

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand extends its thoughts to family, extended family, the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre and the wider community of North East Arnhem Land for the loss of such a significant leader, artist and advocate for culture and Country. In 2007 Mr W. Wanambi became a director of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, where he was instrumental in the facilitation of the short film collection Nhama and the mentoring of young Yolŋu in media practices. In 2014 Mr Wanambi graduated from the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts at the University of Melbourne, specialising in Indigenous Arts Management and was a […]

AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS FOR 2022 ARE NOW OPEN

May 9, 2022AWAPA, Prizes

Arts Writing and Publishing Awards (AWAPAs) are now open. 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 […]

Call for Panels | 2022 AAANZ Conference | Closes midnight, 9 May

May 9, 2022AAANZ Conference, Call for Papers, Conference

The deadline for the Call for Panels for the 2022 AAANZ Conference ‘Demonstrations’ has been extended and submissions will be open until midnight Monday 9 May. Propose a Panel! The Melbourne Conference Committee invites proposals for panels for the AAANZ conference, to be hosted by Monash University, and The University of Melbourne, 1 – 3 December 2022. Key details All proposals are due by midnight, Monday, 9 May 2022. Submit your applications here: Call for Panels Submission Form Conference Theme: Demonstrations The AAANZ Annual Conference for 2022 is prompted by the idea of ‘DEMONSTRATIONS.’ For some this might raise the idea of political […]

AAANZ Vote for Art Campaign │ Letter to The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Shadow Minister for the Arts

May 4, 2022Advocacy

Dr. Wendy Garden, President of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand wrote to The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Shadow Minister for the Arts to advocate for the importance of the arts and to encourage the Labor Party to develop a National Arts & Culture policy that offers tangible support to Australia’s creative industries by increasing Australia Council funding to support small and medium arts organisations and by supporting arts education. Access to the arts is a fundamental human right and a precondition to a healthy democracy. It is vital for a healthy economy and the wellbeing of its […]

AAANZ Vote for Art Campaign │ Letter to The Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, Shadow Minister for Education

May 4, 2022Advocacy

Dr. Wendy Garden, President of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand wrote to The Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, Shadow Minister for Education to urge the Albanese Labor Government to reverse the discriminatory decision made by the Liberal government in 2020 to increase university fees for humanities students by 113%. This inherently unfair and short-sighted decision reduced the affordability of university education for many young people in Australia. The decision did not recognise arts an important career path for many Australians from diverse backgrounds and our current art sector is thriving as a result of this diversity. However already […]

AAANZ ARTS WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS for 2022 ARE NOW OPEN

May 2, 2022AWAPA, Prizes

Call for Panels | 2022 AAANZ Conference | Deadline Deadline Extended to 9 May

May 2, 2022AAANZ Conference, Call for Papers

Call for Abstracts | Special Issue of Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion

April 24, 2022Call for Papers

Special Issue of Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion Men’s Fashion in the Age of AIDS Editors: Jonathan Kaplan and Peter McNeil Abstracts due for review: 30 July 2022 Authors notified of decisions: 30 August 2022 Completed articles due: 30 September 2022 Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion under its incoming editors Dr Jonathan Kaplan (Sydney Jewish Museum and UTS) and Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil (UTS) place a call for papers for a Special Issue ‘Men’s Fashion in the Age of AIDS’. As the world reels from the coronavirus, we remember AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), a virus first ‘identified’ in 1981 (but […]

Call for Proposals | Perspective: news in art history

April 24, 2022Call for Papers

The journal Perspective: news in art history will explore, in its 2022 – 2 issue , the history and historiography of Fashion(s) Exploring fashion as a plural phenomenon that manifests itself in objects and images, influences artistic practices and maintains close ties with their history means understanding the formation of a body of fashion literature within the history of art. It also means attempting to grasp what art history has to gain from addressing this omnipresent yet unresolved subject that questions the discipline’s borders and hierarchies. Two complementary definitions of fashion emerge and these underlie the two approaches that this issue of Perspective seeks to develop: the […]

Invitation to join the Editorial Board | Design and Art of Australia Online

April 24, 2022General

Design and Art of Australia Online Editorial Board Since its first launch in the early years of this century, Design and Art of Australia Online (DAAO) has been an essential research tool for Australian art history as well as for those researching the humanities in Australia. Its initial strength came from its incorporation of works by Joan Kerr (Dictionary of Australian Art, Heritage: The National Women’s Art Book, Black & White Artists) and Vivien Johnson (Western Desert Artists: A Biographical Dictionary and Storylines). Other researchers have added further artists and curators, but there are significant gaps, especially with recent artists. The DAAO has […]