Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
Painter Jon Cattapan has been announced as the new VCA Director. He will take the reins as former Director, and DDCA President, Su Baker shifts gear to a new position as PVC Engagement for the University of Melbourne.
In a profile interview for the University of Melbourne he explains one of his ambitions for his term is to capitalize upon the ‘tension between pure and applied art forms’ to produce a new and positive ethos for the College.
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Calling for contributions to an edited book exploring the impacts of artistic research and practice-based research PhDs upon creative practice.
Submissions due 30 November 2023 Editors Behzad Khosravi Noori and Magnus Bärtås. Nordic Journal for Artistic Research is inviting contributions
Lecturer: Contemporary Art (Ceramics) (Academic Level A) Lecturer: Architecture (Teaching Academic Level A/B) Associate Professor/Professor of Contemporary Art (Academic Level
Calling for contributions to an edited book exploring the impacts of artistic research and practice-based research PhDs upon creative practice. This book will be edited by Brad Haylock, Jessica Wilkinson, and Charles Anderson of RMIT University, and published by Valiz. Final contributions Timeline Fees Read more @ Research-in-practice…
Submissions due 30 November 2023 Editors Behzad Khosravi Noori and Magnus Bärtås. Nordic Journal for Artistic Research is inviting contributions to Issue 12: Contemporary Ar(t)chaeology: A dead-alive of Artistic Re-search and History Read more @ VIS…
Lecturer: Contemporary Art (Ceramics) (Academic Level A) Lecturer: Architecture (Teaching Academic Level A/B) Associate Professor/Professor of Contemporary Art (Academic Level D/E) Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Animation (Academic Level B/C) Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Photography (Academic Level B/C)
by Clive Barstow and Paul Uhlmann It is with great sadness that our lifelong colleague and mentor in the arts, Professor Ted Snell passed away on the 26th of September 2023 at the young age of 74. Ted was highly regarded both nationally and internationally for advancing the status of the visual arts in our […]
Submissions due 15th November 2024 The DDCA 2023 Annual Conference has taken as our theme for this year: Thriving Futures – with additional panels formed around the topic of Leadership. These are two priority areas for universities and arts sectors in general, and we wanted to participate in this conversation by focussing on what these […]
Submissions close Sunday 14 January 2024 HDR + ECR Special Issue of NiTRO Creative Matters HOW LIFE GETS IN We have been told that when you’re doing a PhD, ‘everything’ is the PhD… But is it? We’re interested in what happens when the academy and life collide. How does your practice change, inform, and permeate […]
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