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ADVOCACY | ARTS DAY ON THE HILL | NAVA

April 17, 2020Advocacy

Every Wednesday evening from 22 April, NAVA will join Australia’s leading advocacy thinkers and practitioners online at 4pm (AEST). Let’s talk arts, policy, media, political and public engagement. What works? What doesn’t? What can we achieve together? Results from the online workshops will culminate in Arts Day on the Hill – Australia’s national day of advocacy for the arts. This year’s Arts Day on the Hill is Wednesday, 12 August, during the first Parliamentary sitting week after the winter break. Last year’s Arts Day on the Hill training was an intensive two-day set of workshops presented at the National Gallery of […]

COVID-19 PANEL DISCUSSION | FLATTENING THE CURVE | UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

April 17, 2020Events

The first in a new series of discussions with eminent thinkers and scientists on COVID-19, which continues to rapidly change our world. In Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View, the wider implications of the COVID-19 pandemic is explored. The discussion brings in a range of leading experts to consider the impacts on the economy, education, public life, and our politics and culture. In episode one, Professor Shitij Kapur (Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Health) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences) and panellists Professor Sharon Lewin, Professor James McCaw, Professor Ian Harper and Professor Joy Damousi discuss the issue of flattening […]

News | AAANZ Conference Postponed to December 2021

April 3, 2020AAANZ Conference, News

In light of escalating measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus that have led to widespread job losses and economic hardship for many people and has created much uncertainty in planning the 2020 AAANZ conference. AAANZ and the 2020 Conference Organising Committee have made the decision to postpone the conference scheduled to be held in Sydney in December this year. The conference will be delayed 12 months and will be hosted by the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales and other partners in December 2021. While we expect the crisis to have passed by the […]

News | NAVA COVID-19 Ceative Industry Letter to Government

March 27, 2020Advocacy, News

On Thursday, 26 March, Esther Anatolitis, Exectuive Director, National Association for the Visual Arts organised more than fifty orgs to come together to write to the Prime Minister, key frontbenchers, the Opposition, the state ministers, and the lord mayors, outlining urgent action needed for the industry: Letter to Federal and State Ministers Please see the media release Creative Industry Unites Esther acknowledges the important collaboration between Australia’s self-directed First Nations arts orgs who authored the paragraph on First Peoples impacts and extends thanks to Merindah Donnelly and colleagues. What’s next? Please share if you’re on social media with #DontCancelCreativity Please […]

News | AAANZ COVID-19 UPDATE

March 20, 2020News

With the effects of Covid-19 amplifying daily in Australia, New Zealand and around the world, wide sweeping measures are being implemented to limit its spread. This includes the temporary closure of universities and cultural institutions, the cancelling or postponement of entertainment and sporting events and the restriction of passage across borders both within and between countries. AAANZ extends its concerns and sympathies to all members, colleagues and industry stakeholders as we navigate through profound changes to daily life and the economic upheaval that is being created. Many forthcoming conferences and art events are being reduced in scope, postponed or cancelled. […]

Obituary | Donald Brook (1927 – 2018)

March 13, 2020ANZJA, News

Fellowships | National Library of Australia | Applications open for 2021

March 6, 2020Jobs

National Library of Australia | 2021 Fellowships Now Open The National Library of Australia has diverse collections that support, inspire and transform research. Fellowships enable researchers to embark on a period of intensive research into the collections in a supportive, intellectual and creative environment. Who should apply? Fellowships are open to researchers from Australia and overseas undertaking advanced research projects. Eight funded fellowships will be awarded for research areas where the Library’s collections have the depth to support the desired outcomes. What do Fellows receive? an honorarium of AUD1,000 per week for 12 weeks travel and accommodation support* privileged access […]

Know My Name Edit-a-thon Sydney

March 2, 2020EventsEvents, Feminism

Learn to create new Wikipedia pages about female creators to celebrate International Women’s Day About this Event Date And Time: Sat 7 March 2020, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm AEDT Location: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW, Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW 2000 Just 18 per cent of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. When it comes to female artists and creators, that number is even lower. Wikimedia Australia is partnering with the National Gallery of Australia’s Know My Name project to enhance the understanding and appreciation of work by Australian artists who identify as women. On the weekend of International Women’s Day, join us […]

Applications Open | Australian Academy of the Humanities’ 2020 round grants and awards

February 28, 2020Funding, Prizes

Every year the Australian Academy of the Humanities offers a series of prestigious grants and awards as part of their ongoing commitment to fostering and promoting the highest quality humanities research and supporting the next generation of scholars and practitioners. This year the Academy is offering the following opportunities: Max Crawford Medal Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise by an early career humanities researcher Medal for Excellence in Translation a major national award that recognises outstanding achievement in literary translation John Mulvaney Fellowship $4,000 awarded to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early career researchers and PhD students to undertake research […]

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

February 21, 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 […]