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Ausdance National welcomes Kathy Baykitch as their new Executive Director. Ms Baykitch, a recent board member of Ausdance, has previously held positions at Shaun Parker & Company, the Royal Academy of Dance, Australia, and was founding Director of FORM Dance Projects, formerly Western Sydney Dance Action. She will commence on

The Victorian Government has announced a new action plan to support First Peoples’ culture, cultural expression and creative practice. The First Peoples Action Plan for the Creative Industries 2018-2020, developed in consultation with Victoria’s first peoples, includes 21 actions to improve equity and cultural recognition. It forms part of the government’s Creative State strategy

Congratulations to UTS indigenous artist and senior researcher Jonathan Jones who has been named as this year’s Sydney Myer Creative Fellow in the field of visual arts. Jones, who is based at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Edcation and Research, joins seven other creative practitioners to receive creative fellowships this

La Trobe University professor of practice Kathy Quinlan has been announced as the new Director of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia. Currently director of La Trobe Art Institute, Kathy has served as Director of the Bendigo Art Gallery for the past 18 years.

Aboriginal art collector, lawyer and ANU Alumnus Craig Edwards has gifted what is believed to be the most significant single donation of indigenous art to an Australian University. The collection is valued at over $9 million and comprises works by influential indigenous artists including Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa , Yannima Pikarli, Tommy

Event date: Opens 29 November 6-9pm. Exhibition runs from Friday, 30 November-Thursday, 6 December.Event location: Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford Street, Mt Lawley Campus, Perth, Western Australia.Event website: http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/arts-and-humanities/graduate-shows/artshum-2018 The School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University at Mt Lawley campus in Perth will transform studios to exhibit

Event date: 31 October 2018Event location: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, SydneyEvent website: https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/WebPages/Show/ShowDatesCombo After 37 years as one of the Conservatorium’s leading piano scholars, teachers and performers, Associate Professor Gerard Willems AM will be retiring from full-time teaching at the end of this year. Please join us for

Event date: 17-21 December 2018Event location: Retzhof Castle – Styria, AustriaEvent website: http://www.performingartsconference.org The conference meeting is highly recommended to performing arts practitioners and researchers from different countries interested in the traditional methods as applied to contemporary performing arts work, searching for international network opportunities and new collaboration partners: performing

Event dates: Saturday 24 November-Sunday 2 December, 10.30 am-5.00 pm. Reception: 6-8pm, Friday 23 November.Event location: ANU School of Art & Design, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Building 105, Childers St, Acton ACTEvent website: http://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/gallery-exhibitions The Graduating Exhibition showcases the work of graduating students from

Event date: 29 October 2018Event location: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Southbank, MelbourneEvent website: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/arts-based-research-and-community-engagement-privileging-marginalized-voices-tickets-50716269728?aff=Eflyer Professor Michele Forinash is the director of the PhD program in Expressive Therapies at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA, where she has been on the faculty for 23 years. She is a past president of