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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 […]

Entries Open | AAANZ Arts Writing and Publishing Awards

June 19, 2020Prizes

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. Following a review of the Awards earlier this year, AAANZ is pleased to announce a new category, Best Medium Exhibition Catalogue. This […]

Call for Papers | The World We Want: Dystopian and Utopian Impulses in Art Making | CAST at RMIT University

June 19, 2020Call for Papers

Contemporary Art & Social Transformation Research Group (CAST) at RMIT University is calling for papers for a new publication The World We Want: Dystopian and Utopian Impulses in Art Making edited by Grace McQuilten & Daniel Palmer Abstracts due Friday 17 July 2020 How can we think in times of urgencies without the self-indulgent and self-fulfilling myths of apocalypse, when every fiber of our being is interlaced, even complicit, in the webs of processes that must somehow be engaged and repatterned? Donna Haraway, 2016 It is art’s job – along with the other natural, social and human sciences – to […]

Books | Top 20 Book Facts | Publishing Industry Trends | Friends of the South Australia State Library

June 5, 2020Book

Top 20 Book Facts 1. Did you know, the fear of running out of something to read is called Abibliophobia 2. The world’s smallest book is Teeny Ted from Turnip Town 3. There are four law books bound in human skin at the Harvard University Library 4. Fact has it that former American President Theodore Roosevelt read one book a day 5. People say the longest sentence to ever be printed in literature belongs to Victor Hugo. The claim is that in Les Misérables there is a sentence which is 823 words long 6. 1 in 5 adults around the world cannot read […]

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 […]

Entries Open | AAANZ Arts Writing and Publishing Awards

May 29, 2020Prizes

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | THE GARAGE JOURNAL: STUDIES IN ART, MUSEUMS & CULTURE

May 29, 2020Call for Papers

To coincide with the International Museum Day, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art launched a research platform called The Garage Journal: Studies in Art, Museums & Culture. An independent interdisciplinary academic journal that publishes original empirical, theoretical, and speculative research in a variety of genres, celebrating innovative ways of presentation. Fully peer reviewed, The Garage Journal conforms to international standards of ethical research. The journal’s editor-in-chief is Vlad Strukov, an associate professor at the University of Leeds (UK). The editorial board comprises world-leading researchers, curators and authors. On the site of the journal call for submissions for four planned issues is available. Issue […]

Awards | First Nations Arts Awards

May 22, 2020Prizes

First Nations Arts Awards 2020 Wednesday 27 May 2020, 6.00pm AEST – LIVE online Formerly the National Indigenous Arts Awards, the First Nations Arts Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding creativity and lifetime achievements of First Nations artists. The awards are held annually on 27 May marking the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the recipients of this year’s awards will be revealed during a live streamed event, hosted by Deputy Chair Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin and Chair of the First Nations Arts Strategy Panel and Sydney Festival Artistic Director Wesley Enoch, with a guest performance from the Stiff Gins. On […]

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

Awards | Entries Open | AAANZ Arts Writing and Publishing Awards

May 15, 2020Book, Prizes