Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
NiTRO celebrates its third anniversary in July 2019. Since our first edition in July 2016 we have produced 22 editions, which have been accessed by nearly 30,000 users from across the world. NiTRO articles are increasingly cited in scholarly literature and general media, and included in institutional repositories. While readership
UNSW PhD Candidate Marco Susino will take up a research fellowship as a visiting scholar to New York’s renowned Juilliard School after receiving an Endeavour Research Award. His move will contribute to his doctoral project The Music that Moves Us through the co-creation of six bodies of work with Juilliard
Dates: 22-23 August 2019Location: Waterview at Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Park, SydneyWebsite: https://home.artsactivated2019.com Arts Activated is one of Australia’s leading forums for making arts and culture in Australia more accessible for artists and audiences with disability or who are Deaf. The biennial event attracts up to 250 artists, arts workers,
Edith Cowan University’s WA Screen Academy is celebrating a number of recent successes. WA Screen Academy Films Filch, Spiral, Noah, Raw, When Harri Met Salma, and Pretty Face – all short films starring 3rd Year WAAPA acting students and written, directed, produced and crewed by WA Screen Academy Bachelors and
Dates: Conference: 6-7 May 2020 Call for papers deadline: 15 October 2019 Location: University for Music and the Performing Arts, Graz, AustriaWebsite: https://musikaesthetik.kug.ac.at/institut-14-musikaesthetik/symposien/imperfection-as-an-aesthetic-idea-in-music.html Coming from the dual perspectives of artistic research and musicology, this conference aims to broaden our perspectives on how imperfection can inform our aesthetic understanding of music,
The University of Melbourne’s First Commissions project invited emerging artists to respond to the commission briefs that resulted in some of the world’s most iconic artistic works. Without knowing the famous artistic works that originally resulted, 30 emerging artists were invited to respond to the commission briefs that inspired: Michelangelo’s
Dates: 21 – 23 July 2019Location: The Ian Potter Southbank Centre, 43 Sturt Street, Southbank, MelbourneWebsite: https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/events/baroque-winter-academy The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is thrilled to announce the inaugural Baroque Winter Academy – a unique, immersive educational experience including masterclasses, talks and concerts exploring motion, emotion and improvisation through the Baroque
Interdisciplinarity and collaboration have always been an important aspect of knowledge creation, whether this be generated through a singular field of traditional research or by creative collaborative practices where new knowledge and insights are determined almost serendipitously through the open ended process of co-invention itself.
Nominated MP Terence Ho, Executive Director of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, has issued a call for the transfer of art institutions such as Lasalle College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) into fully-fledged art universities. Mr Ho said: “As an aspiring arts nation, I believe we
IETM has released a number of reports from its recent plenary meeting in Hull UK which focused on “inclusion in today’s societies, in their artistic representations and in the process of creation.” Everyone has an opinion, but only mine is right, looks at issues related to inclusion, diversity and difference;
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.