Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
Professor Marie Sierra has been announced as the new Dean of the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. Professor Sierra, who is a DDCA Board member, has a long career in the arts having held senior positions at the University of Tasmania and most recently as Deputy
The Australia Council is inviting international publishers to apply for support from its Translation Fund for Literature towards the translation of Australian works of creative writing such as fiction and narrative non-fiction. Australian publishers may also apply to support Australian translators producing foreign language works for local publication. Applications close
The Biennial Footscray Art Prize has opened and invites entries from artists across Australia. It has an expanded prize list for 2021 to include two new sub-categories: $10,000 acquisition prize for local artists that will see the winning work added to Maribyrnong City Council’s Art and Heritage Collection Residency at
Four of the recently announced successful grants for the ARC’s Special Research Initiative for Australian Society, History and Culture are in the creative arts field of research (FOR19). Our congratulations to: Dr Brian Martin for project entitled ‘More than a guulany (tree): Aboriginal knowledge systems’ Associate Professor Robert Burke; Professor
The Australian Government is inviting those involved with the Indigenous visual arts sector to contribute to the development of an Indigenous Arts Action Plan. The Consultation Paper and information on how to make a submission is available at: https://www.arts.gov.au/have-your-say/consultation-paper-growing-indigenous-visual-arts-industry
Does Australia need a Chief Artist as well as a Chief Scientist? This is one of the questions discussed in a new edition of Policy Forum Pod. Professors Kim Cunio (ANU), Denise Ferris (ANU), and DDCA President Clive Barstow (ECU) discuss the value of Australia’s arts sector and what policymakers
Congratulations to DDCA Vice President Cat Hope who has been appointed to the advisory board of the Australian Alliance for Wellness in Entertainment (AAWE). Program Manager Bianca Crosling explained a little more about AAWE and Professor Hope’s role: “The Australian Alliance for Wellness in Entertainment is an advisory group which
Professor Cat Hope (DDCA and Monash) was one of the winners recently announced at the AMC APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards, where her opera ‘Speechless’ won the dramatic category which was shared with co-winner Elliot Gyger (University of Melbourne) whose opera ‘Oscar and Lucinda’ also won. Congratulations to Cat and
Professors Craig Batty (UTS) and Donna Lee Brien (CQU), Associate Professor Alison Owens (ACU) and Dr Elizabeth Ellision (CQU) are calling on Australian supervisors of creative arts and/or humanities research students to contribute to research on the Human Experience of Doctoral Supervision. The aim of this project is to explore
DDCA President Clive Barstow is one of a number of invited participants for the Australian Academy of Humanities Symposium which will take place online from 16-20 November 2020. This year’s symposium – At the Crossroad? Australia’s Cultural Future – will “explore Australia’s cultural terrain in light of recent events and
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.