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Symposium | The Meaning of Materials in Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

Items from Sidney Nolan Wahroonga studio Artists' Materials Archive, Conservation Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales Gift of Jinx Nolan 2006 Photograph: © AGNSW

The Meaning of Materials in Modern and Contemporary Art  The 2012 AICCM Paintings Group + 20th Century in Paint Symposium will explore questions around artists’ intentions towards the materials they use, including the social significance of material choices. Speakers represent major collecting and research institutions and private conservators from Australia, Holland, New Zealand, the Philippines, the UK and the USA. The symposium immediately follows the weekend of opening events for ‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (8–9 December) at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art. Symposium…

Funding: University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Women 2012

University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Women 2012 The University of Queensland (UQ) invites applications for a small number of Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Women to commence in 2012. The Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Women have been developed in accordance with the University’s research strategy to introduce special initiatives to advance women in research.  The purpose of the Fellowships is to assist eligible women to re-establish their academic research careers following a career break or interruption. Both full-time and half-time positions will be available, all over a period of three years.  The research must be conducted at…

‘Audience’ SAHANZ Conference, State Library Queensland, Brisbane July 2011

Audience: The XXVIIIth Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, July 7-10, 2011 Conference Theme: Who are the audiences of architectural history? This international conference includes over 70 papers addressing the relationship between architectural history and its audience, inviting reflection upon works of architecture, ideas about architecture and the roles that architects, historians and critics play in projecting audiences for our built past. Keynote Speakers: Mark Jarzombek – Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Associate Dean, MIT School…

Writing Architecture: A Symposium on Innovations in the Textual and Visual Critique of Buildings

Deadline – 16th April 2010. Abstracts are invited on innovative approaches to critical and creative work about buildings and places, through text and or images. Both scholarly papers and new examples of critical and creative work are welcome. The conference will be held at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, and the State Library of Queensland, on July 22 & 23 2010. Keynote speaker is Professor Katja Grillner, KTH Stockholm. Within an expanding international discourse on writing and architecture, the conference invites a broad range of disciplinary approaches including perspectives from…