Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
Event date: 4-6 September 2018Event location: Australian National University, Canberra, ACTWebsite: http://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/events/call-papers-performances-heritage-limelight-interdisciplinary-conference From its development in the colonial period, to its echoes in today’s multimedia spaces, the magic lantern, along with its thousands of photographic and hand-painted slides, has had a pervasive and lasting impact on visual culture. Historians are just discovering its
Event date: 5.30pm, 9 May 2018 Event location: Sir Roland Wilson Building, Australian National University, CanberraWebsite: http://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/events/anu-school-art-design-sir-william-dobell-annual-lecture-0 Mona, the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, is the largest private museum in Australia, with a collection ranging from antiquities through Australian modernism to contemporary international art. Its owner is Tasmanian-born David Walsh,
Event date: 23-30 June, 2018Event location: Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaWebsite: http://www.isea-international.org/isea2018/ The International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) is one of the world’s most prominent international arts and technology events, bringing together scholarly, artistic, and scientific domains in an interdisciplinary discussion and showcase of creative productions applying new technologies in
Event date: 6 -9 December 2018 Event location: Western Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth WAWebsite: http://msa.org.au/Main.asp?_=2018WAConf&FormID=269 The function of art has been considered a kind of mirroring, wherein art reflects the world (imitation for Aristotle; and a mirror revealing the world’s virtues and flaws for Donatus, Cicero, and Hamlet).
Event date: 6-9 December 2018Event location: Western Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth WAWebsite: http://msa.org.au/Main.asp?_=2018WAConf&FormID=269 The 17th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance will be held in association with the 41st MSA National Conference in Perth in December 2018. The Symposium invites proposals for presentations that explore mystery and power in
Event date: 12.30 – 1.30 pm, 27 April 2018Event location: Building 3, Room 3.251, Mount Lawley Campus, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA With a focus on CREATEC disciplines, this workshop shares how employABILITY thinking can work in existing classes. Embedding employABILITY thinking means doing things differently rather than doing more: engaging students
We must show a confident and unified approach in defining our unique position in the research context in a way that is both profound and one that mirrors the longer term good of our society.
Event date: 26-29 June 2018Event location: RMIT, Melbourne VictoriaWebsite: https://sites.rmit.edu.au/acei2018/ RMIT University is hosting the 20th International Conference on Cultural Economics, presented by the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI). The program chair is Prof. Alan Collins (University of Portsmouth, UK), ACEI president-elect. Conference themes include: Creative industries, technological disruption in the arts,
The Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) is inviting nominations for its 2018 Australia Prizes. Two prizes are being sponsored by Routledge (cash prize of $3,500 each): One for a non-fiction book/e-book that enriches Australian cultural and intellectual life, the second for ‘Distinctive Work’- an exceptional artistic performance,
Event date: 11 April – 18 May 2018Event location: Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne Burwood Campus.Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/locations/melbourne-burwood-campus/art-gallery An exhibition capturing 2 decades of experimental and sustainability focused work by contemporary artist ( and NiTRO contributor) Lucas Ihlein. The exhibition includes his multi-year Sugar vs the Reef? project, which uses land art to explore land
In the spirit of reconciliation, the DDCA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.