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Update: Elam Fine Arts Library – University of Auckland

June 14, 2018Advocacy, News

I recently wrote to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland regarding the proposal to shut down their Elam Fine Arts Library. You can view my letter here: https://aaanz.info/letter-from-aaanz-on-the-elam-fine-arts-library/ The response I received from the Vice-Chancellor, Stuart McCutcheon, argued that the University’s review and restructure process “does not provide for submissions from external parties.” In my view this unsatisfactory response shows how short-sighted the University administration is, particularly given the historic and contemporary significance of the Library to the local and broader art communities. A sense of the institution’s current priorities can be gained from the significant amounts of money […]

AAANZ Conference 2018 – Call for Panels extended to COB June 25 2018

June 12, 2018AAANZ Conference

Submission Process Submit panel proposals via the google form here: https://goo.gl/forms/TijiQiVZY4M7u1fB3. Please include: name and email address of the session convenor(s); institutional affiliation; session title; a brief abstract (250 word limit) that describes the session and how it fits with the conference theme. The deadline for session proposals has been extended to COB Monday 25 June 2018. Session convenors are required to be active members of AAANZ at the time of the conference and will be asked to renew or register for membership upon acceptance of their panel proposal. Session convenors will be notified of the acceptance of their proposed session on […]

Call For Panels – AAANZ Conference 2018 – due 12 June 2018

June 4, 2018AAANZ Conference

A Message from Marnie Badham, co-convenor of the AAANZ conference for 2018: On behalf of the 2018 AAANZ conference committee, my co-convenor Professor Daniel Palmer and myself, I would like to invite you to submit a panel proposal for our upcoming conference Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art, December 5-8, at the School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. The conference will open critical dialogue on the histories of art by examining the social contexts of aesthetics and politics. Bringing together art historians, theorists, curators, critics, and artists from across the region, we will offer a four-day program of panels and papers, publication […]

AAANZ Conference 2018 – Gabi Ngcobo to keynote plus 3 weeks left to submit panel proposals

May 22, 2018News

The RMIT University School of Art and AAANZ are delighted to confirm that in addition to the exceptional keynotes already announced for this year’s AAANZ Conference – Griselda Pollock, Ema Tavola and Genevieve Grieves – curator, Gabi Ngcobo (South Africa), will also be joining us as a keynote at the conference, fresh from curating the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art: We Don’t Need Another Hero. Gabi Ngcobo is the curator of the 10th Berlin Biennale. Since the early 2000s Ngcobo has been engaged in collaborative artistic, curatorial, and educational projects in South Africa and on an international scope. She is […]

AAANZ Conference 2018 – Third Keynote Speaker Announced

May 8, 2018News

AAANZ and RMIT University School of Art, hosts of the 2018 AAANZ Conference – Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art, are pleased to announced that the third keynote speaker for the conference will be Genevieve Grieves (AU), Head of the First Peoples Department at Museums Victoria. She will be joining two other keynotes, eminent art historian Griselda Pollock (UK) and curator Ema Tavola (Fiji). The conference will be held 5-8th December, 2018. Genevieve Grieves is Worimi – traditionally from mid north coast New South Wales – and has lived on Kulin country in Melbourne for many years. She is an educator, […]

Applications Open: Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Artes, Paris Residency Fellowship

May 1, 2018Funding

Applications are now open for the Power Institute 2019 Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Fellowships. We are accepting applications online via submittable. All information including criteria, eligibility and residency details can be found on the submittable form. Applications are open in the following categories: a) Participating artists / craftspeople b) Art critics, art writers, art curators, art historians or art administrators c) Staff of the University of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art and PhD research students of the Department of Art History & Film Studies and Sydney College of the Arts A three or six-month residency […]

Australian National RIdIM Centre

April 30, 2018News

Dear Colleagues, It’s with great pleasure that we announce the formation of a National RIdIM centre in Australia and invite contact from all those who are interested. Established in 2017, the Australian Music and Art Research Group is based at the School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania. It fosters scholarly and practical research into the intersections between music and visual culture, including – but not limited to – the study of music iconography and the development of new creative work. Association RIdIM officially recognized the group as the Australian National RIdIM Centre in December 2017. Last week, the Australian […]

Georges Mora Fellowship – 2018 deadline: May 6

April 23, 2018Funding, General

The Georges Mora Fellowship is dedicated to the support and promotion of contemporary art and artists in Melbourne and Australia. Named in honour of Georges Mora, the renowned restaurateur, art dealer, patron, mentor and cultural catalyst, the Fellowship aims to ignite courage and support the fresh thinking required for the development of art in Australia. APPLYING TO THE GEORGES MORA FELLOWSHIP Applications for the 2018 Fellowship are now open. Download the 2018 application form here. The completed form, visual support material and all supporting documentation must be submitted by 11pm, 6 May 2018. For inquiries or requests for further information please see […]

“Talk, The Talk” Lecture – University of Melbourne – Friday 27th April, 5-6.30pm

April 20, 2018Events, News

The “Talk, The Talk” lecture series and Art Curatorship Partnership (ACP) PROJECTS invites you to join Dr. Anthony White, Senior Lecturer at The University of Melbourne and Ms. Sim Luttin, Curator and Gallery Manager at Arts Project, in a discussion on some of the myths and stereotypes that have been applied to the work of Outsider artists. Entitled ‘Outsider Art: Contemporary Considerations’ this topic will include artists who have experienced disability, mental issues and other forms of marginalization over the last 100 years. It will also entail a presentation reflecting on the role of supported studios, focusing on Arts Projects […]

New Journal – CONTENTION

April 9, 2018Call for Papers, News

Contention is dedicated to research on and about social protest and political behaviour. The journal advances essential knowledge on of collective action, social movements, and other forms of social and political contention. By providing a multidisciplinary forum to scholars within and across the social sciences and humanities, it seeks to promote scholarly exchange and knowledge sharing among them. Please visit our website for more information about the journal, and previous issues: www.berghahnjournals.com/contention Contention welcomes all submissions of high quality, including: research articles with novel findings, theoretical and methodological essays, and movement writing, as well as critical reviews, commentaries and book reviews. Contention aims to present original […]