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JOB | Lecturer | Art History and Museum Studies | University of Adelaide

January 31, 2020Jobs

Lecturer Level B – Art History and Museum Studies An opportunity for a Lecturer to undertake teaching and research in the discipline of Art History and interdisciplinary field of Museum Studies. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in developing and teaching innovative curricula in Art History (especially Australian and/or international), curatorial theory and practice, collection management, exhibition development, public programs, and museum ethics. You will coordinate the postgraduate Museum Studies program and teach and/or supervise undergraduate and postgraduate courses and research projects in your area of art historical research specialisation. To be successful in this role, you will need […]

CALL FOR ARTISTS | THE OTHER ART FAIR | THE FACILITY | MELBOURNE

January 31, 2020Exhibition

The Other Art Fair presented by SAATCHI Art 21‒24 May 2020, The Facility, Kensington The Other Art Fair Australia is currently doing a Call For Artists for their next and 4th edition of the Melbourne Fair! The Other Art Fair connects independent artists like you with thousands of art lovers annually at our live events in Sydney and Melbourne. This year, The Other Art Fair will be returning to their Melbourne home – The Facility. From the 21–24 May 2020, they’ll be taking over this unique space, hosting 130 artists alongside their very special Fair features, performances, installations and, of […]

SYMPOSIUM | COLIN MCCAHON CENTENARY | MONASH ART DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE | MELBOURNE

January 31, 2020Events

A half-day symposium celebrating the life and legacy of New Zealand’s most significant painter, Colin McCahon. Colin McCahon Centenary Symposium Saturday 15 February, 12.30 – 5.30pm Monash Art Design & Architecture Building G, Lecture Theatre G1.04, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East Tickets Join Monash Art Design & Architecture for a half-day symposium to celebrate the life and legacy of New Zealand’s most significant painter. By the time of his death in 1987, Colin McCahon (1919–1987) was hailed as a leading Antipodean modernist. After failing to find an audience for much of his career, his numerical and text-based compositions, and his […]

Development opportunity | AAMC Foundation’s 2020-2021 Networked Curator

January 20, 2020FundingCurator opportunity

OVERVIEW AAMC Foundation’s Networked Curator is a professional development initiative for nonprofit art curators that advances overall digital skills and vocabulary, enables them to better understand the resources and possibilities of the sector, and empowers them to collaborate and actively participate in related initiatives. Applicants are required to have a minimum of at least 5-7 years of direct curatorial experience, as well as moderate experience with, dedicated commitment to and interest in responsibility for digital projects. Each application will require submission of an individual curatorial project which they will work to integrate program learning into during the course, this project can be […]

Job | Lecturer in Asian Art | University of Sydney

January 20, 2020JobsAsian Art, Asian studies, Job

Lecturer in Asian Art Exciting opportunity for a scholar with expertise in Asian Art Join a collaborative and supportive network of internationally renowned academics Continuing, full-time position; remuneration package: $125K – $149K p.a. which includes leaving loading and up to 17% super About the opportunity The Department of Art History at the University of Sydney invites applications for a full-time, continuing position in the art and visual culture of Asia. The precise area and period of specialisation are open, but candidates whose work complements existing departmental strengths and who demonstrate engagement with global, transcultural, and transregional currents in the discipline […]

ANZJA Current Issue | Vol 19 Issue 2 2019 | Special Issue: Australian Rock Art in the Expanded Field

January 17, 2020ANZJA

ANZJA Current Issue | Vol 19 Issue 2 2019 | Special Issue: Australian Rock Art in the Expanded Field Editors: Susan Lowish and Robert Gunn Introduction – Susan Lowish and Robert Gunn Link to Vol. 19.2 at Taylor and Francis here. Articles Archaeological and Art Historical Appreciation of Rock Art: A Case Study from Nawarla Gabarnmang Susan Lowish and Robert Gunn Figure on a Sandstone Ground: Considering Brett Whiteley’s Rock Art Ursula K. Frederick ‘A New Kind of Film’: Performing Aboriginality in James Cant’s WirrittWirritt (1957) Sarah Scott Lucas Grogan and the Eroticism of Aboriginal Art Darren Jorgensen The Saint Sequence, Cudtheringa […]

Call for Artists | International Woodcarving Symposium | St. Blasien | South Germany

January 17, 2020News

Announcement of the International Woodcarving Symposium in St. Blasien, South Germany. The symposium has developed into a significant cultural event in recent years and is firmly fixed in the city’s cultural offering. This year is the 25th anniversary of the sculpture symposium. To tender a document for entry, go to the application tool on the official homepage: www.holzbildhauersymposium.de Online applications are in German and English. The deadline for applications is Friday, April 17, 2020. The jury will meet at the end of April 2020. If you have any questions, Mrs. Christel Steier, Art Director of the symposium can be contacted by email: […]

2019 AAANZ Book and PhD Prizes

December 20, 2019Prizes

Congratulations to the following winners of the AAANZ Book Prizes and the PhD Prize for 2019, as announced at the AAANZ conference in Auckland. The full citations and judges comments for the prize winners click here. Best Book | Susan Lowish, ‘Rethinking Australia’s Art History: The Challenge of Aboriginal Art’ (New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018) Best Anthology | Sean Mallon and Sébastien Gallio, ‘Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing’ (Wellington: Te Papa Press and New South Publishing, 2018) Best Anthology: runner-up | Stephen H Whiteman, Sarena Abdullah, Yvonne Low and Phoebe Scott (eds.), ‘Ambitious Alignments:New Histories of Southeast Asian […]

Job | Lecturer in Spatial Design | Auckland University of Technology

December 13, 2019Jobs

Auckland University of Technology is looking for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Spatial Design to join the School of Art and Design team. The role is permanent full-time, and the successful applicant will be student-centred, focused on high-quality undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision, as well as active in research or creative practice. The Department of Spatial Design is a mature, creative programme that offers lots of scope for growth, welcomes innovative and experimental approaches, and values craft and deep thought. For more details go to: https://careers.aut.ac.nz/jobdetails?ajid=D2pNa Applications close 5 January, 2020

NGĀ TŪTAKI – ENCOUNTER/S | ULTIMATE GO TO GUIDE | FULL PROGRAMME ABSTRACTS BIOGRAPHIES

November 29, 2019News

NAU MAI HAERE MAI! Welcome to AAANZ 2019 Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies in Tāmaki Makaurau! We hope that you will enjoy the conference and your time with us in Tāmaki. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAMME HERE This is your ultimate go to guide for the conference such as wayfinding, wi-fi connectivity, information about registration, breaks, key meetings, abstracts, biographies and much more! The theme for this year’s conference had as its starting point a critique of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s Tuia Encounters 250th commemorations taking place in Aotearoa in 2019: the notion […]