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Perspectives on creative arts in higher education

Advice for prospective arts students

ArtsHub has produced a useful guide to prospective students in the process of selecting their tertiary study program and institution. Based on responses from educators and industry professionals to the question: “What is the one key piece of advice you would offer secondary school students to help them in making the best decision for their tertiary study options?”, key pieces of advice stress the need to be informed, passionate, determined and authentic and keep an eye on industry and post study options. The full article can be accessed via ArtsHub at: https://www.artshub.com.au/education/news-article/sponsored-content/arts-education/richard-watts/why-choosing-a-tertiary-course-is-like-homework-for-your-future-256877

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48th World Conference for the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance

9th – 15th January 15th, 2025 ONSITE AND ONLINE PARTICIPATION OPTIONS Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre​50 Cable Street​Te Aro​ Wellington, 6011​New Zealand Full program Read more @ ICTMD…

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ARC Discovery funding announced

Congratulations to all whose projects have been approved for ARC Discovery 2025. A special congratulations to the five of 536 teams receiving the award in the Creative Arts field of research. Associate Professor Xiaohuan Zhao; Professor Dr Duanfang Lu; Professor Dr Wenming Che; Professor Dr Deyin Luo; Professor Dr Luwei Wang (The University of Sydney) […]

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VIS OPEN CALL #14

The Heart of the Experiment (and the art of failure). Editor: Michael Francis Duch, co-editor Tale Næss. “In this edition of VIS we would like to pay attention to experimental art practices and artistic research where the experiment is at the heart of the practice and the main pulse of the art work. Where one […]

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Read: VIS #12

CONTEMPORARY AR(T)CHAEOLOGY VIS Issue 12, October 2024: Contemporary Ar(t)chaeology: A dead-alive of Artistic Re-search and History This issue contains seven expositions that investigate the past with methods that activate an intersection between art and archeology. Editors of the issue are Behzad Khosravi Noori and Magnus Bärtås. Read more @ VIS…

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Article: Empathic unsettlement + textile art

‘Empathic unsettlement’: trauma as spectre in contemporary textile art by Beata Batorowicz and Jane Palmer, in the Journal of Aesthetics and Culture. ABSTRACT Autobiographical trauma art is a way to connect its viewers with the artist and her experience, and with the history in which this experience occurred. We argue that when autobiographical trauma art involves […]

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FINAL AGENDA

DDCA Symposium 2024 SUSTAINING – MAINTAINING – NOURISHING – CREATIVITY DATE: Friday 29th November, 10am – 5pm AEDT LOCATION: Federation University Ballarat Technology Park, 106-110 Lydiard Street, Ballarat Central 3350 This is a free, fully catered, one-day event which will be held on and around Federation University’s SMB campus in leafy Ballarat, regional Victoria.  This […]

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