Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
Former Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) Director Julie Banks has been appointed as Head of Strategic Collections at the University of Melbourne’s new Museum and Collections Department. Her key role will be to “develop and deliver a vision, roadmap and strategic framework focused on access and global engagement”
CQUniversity was a proud partner of a fundraising activity held during the Adelaide Fringe Festival, by matching ticket sales donated from the opening night of the Ironing Maidens’ new performance A Soap Opera. Patty Preece, an Associate Lecturer at CQUniversity, is a member of the Ironing Maidens, an award-winning electronic
Conference dates: 1-4 December 2020Call for papers deadline: 31 March 2020Event location: University of New South Wales, SydneyWebsite: https://www.adsa.edu.au/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=91720 Under the theme: ACTS OF GATHERING. PERFORMING FUTURES. ROARING CHANGE, The Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA) is inviting proposals for presentations, panels, performance or performative audio for
Griffith Film School senior lecturer Dr Peter Hegedus has been awarded Best Documentary at the Hungarian Film Critics Awards for his film Lili. The documentary, which received funding from Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Griffith University, FocusFox Studio and Hungarian television, follows the journey of a family dislocated by the Hungarian
Closing date for applications: 6 April 2020Website: https://www.arts.gov.au/funding-and-support/indigenous-languages-and-arts-program The Indigenous Languages and Arts (ILA) program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to express, preserve and maintain their cultures through languages and arts activities around Australia. Applications are open to organisations that support participation in, and maintenance of, Aboriginal and
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University has announced three new appointments in Design. Associate Professor Katja Fleischmann, former Head of Design and Innovation at James Cook University and Professor of Print Design and Interactive Media at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, brings her expertise on the role of
Deadline for expressions of interest: 31 March 2020Website: http://aaanz.info/call-for-papers-australian-and-new-zealand-journal-of-art-volume-21-issue-1 The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art is inviting expressions of interest to submit to a special issue of the journal focused on the Art of China and its diasporas. This issue will examine the art of the Greater China
A number of high profile musicians will join Monash University’s Sir Zelman Cowan School of Music in the coming months. These include: Award-winning soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham, who will take up the post of Professor of Practice and DECRA awardee, and leading percussionist Dr Louise Devenish, who has been
Deadline: 31 MarchWebsite: https://www.griffithreview.com/griffith-review-70-generosities-of-spirit Recent research suggests that the average person in 2009 demonstrated less empathy than in 1979. Can this really be the case? Does it indicate our reserves of kindness are evaporating? Can we detect a creeping desertification of human generosity? Or does the human capacity for joy
Welcome to NiTRO edition 26, the first edition for 2020 in which we investigate ideas of change and how we envision the past, present and future within a dynamic higher education sector here in Australia.
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.