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John O’Toole || Update on The National Curriculum

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

John O’Toole, ACARA lead writer for the Arts Shape paper will be in Brisbane on the 23rd of March.


John will be appearing at the Circle Gallery from 7.00pm – 9.00pm to provide an overview of the final paper and answer your questions about the next stages of the process – writing the actual curriculum – and some of the ways in which the curriculum will be phased in and implemented.


Please RSVP to Leigh Phair at admin@schoolartsupplies.com.au so that they can allow for seating and a light supper.


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Artist In Residence Connect Arts With Education

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Artists in Residence program

The Artist in Residence (AIR) program is a collaboration between the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Queensland and Education Queensland to provide an Artist in Residence program that recognises good practice and encourages innovation in arts and education programs in Queensland.

The AIR program gives artists an opportunity to broaden their experience and share their skills, while providing school students, teachers and pre-service teachers with greater exposure to the benefits of creative practice. It creates opportunities for artists, teachers and pre-service teachers to work together on developing effective teaching methods and practices for the arts.

The priorities of the AIR Program are to:

  • develop collaborative practice between teachers, students and artists
  • encourage collaborative projects that consider how students learn best (differentiation) and support a variety of teaching strategies
  • build evidence for the value of the arts in supporting the development of literacy and numeracy skills and capabilities
  • support the cross curriculum priorities of the Australian Curriculum
  • explore student’s creative ideas, encourage risk taking and creative problem solving
  • provide students with social learning opportunities
  • offer personalised learning and authentic learning tasks.

View and download the 2012 Artist in Residence Guidelines (PDF, 175KB)

View and download the 2012 Artist in Residence Application Form (DOC, 341KB)

Read more about projects funded in 2011

Read more about projects funded in 2010

Read more about projects funded in 2009

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Queensland Festival of Photography Portrait Prize

January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Photographers of all ages are invited to submit their photographic portraits for a chance to win the first Queensland Festival of Photography Portrait Prize.

The Queensland Festival of Photography Portrait Prize is a celebration of photographic portraiture in all it’s forms, whether it is constructed around an idea, positioned in a specific environment, a candid snap or experimental.

Portrait photography has been around since the invention and popularization of the camera, and with today’s digital and phone cameras and rise of social media sites, taking and sharing portraits is bigger than ever. This prize aims to encourage the production of the best and most innovative photographic portraits, and share them online and in the Queensland Centre for Photography gallery!

Fifty finalists will be presented in an online exhibition, out of which twenty finalists will be selected for exhibition in the QCP Window Gallery from 1 April to 29 April 2012. The winner of the Head 2 Head Prize will be announced at the opening of the exhibition at QCP on Sunday 1 April 2012.

The judges in 2012 are Dr Victoria Garnons-Williams, Senior lecturer, QUT, artist and QCP Board Member; Richard Muldoon, Photographer; and Maurice Ortega, Director, QCP.

IMPORTANT DATES
Entries Open Wednesday 4 January 2012
Entries Close Wednesday 29 February 2012
Exhibition Opening Sunday 1 April 2012, 4-7pm
Exhibition Dates 2 April to 29 April 2012

ENTRY FORMS
Download and print the Queensland Festival of Photography Portrait Prize entry form here in Word or PDF.

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Regional Arts Australia National Conference Conference Presenter call out

January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

RAA-conference-WEBLaunceston, Tasmania was the home of the 2010 Regional Arts Australia National Conference, Junction 2010. In 2012 the conference moves to Goolwa, South Australia. Regional Arts Australia are calling for presenters, video work and panellists to be involved.

Using the lenses of cultural leadership and emerging digital cultures, they invite you to participate around one or more of the following themes;

  • Resilient People, Strong Communities
  • Our Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability
  • Organisations, Policies, Partnerships and Models for the Future

If you have a great idea that you’d like to share in a panel, presentation or workshop you should consider nominating yourself. The call for participation is now open for the 2012 Regional Arts Australia National Conference, hosted by Country Arts SA.

For more information and to keep updated about the development of the festival, please join the 2012 conference mailing list at the Arts Alexandrina website.

Nominations close Tuesday 28 February 2012.

 

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Art & Australia Contemporary Art Award

December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Melbourne-based artist Laith McGregor, 34, whose work crosses the mediums of drawing, painting, sculpture and video, has as been announced as the Summer 2011 recipient of the Art & Australia/Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award. Tete blue, 2011, a sculptural bust of oil paint on modelling clay, portrays McGregor’s signature obsession with beards and will appear on the back cover of the Summer 2011 issue of Art & Australia.

‘I feel honoured to be part of an amazing collection of artists who have established a prominent position in the magazine’, McGregor says. ‘For me, it’s always been the first port of call when I grab the latest copy of Art & Australia: who’s got the back cover? Always an eclectic and valuable source of contemporary Australian art, I look forward to being part of that journey.’

McGregor epitomises a new generation of multimedia artists who have shaken up more traditional artforms such as drawing, all the while embracing them. The popularity of his biro drawings has been affirmed with recent appearances in important survey exhibitions such as ‘Freehand: Recent Australian Drawing’ (2010-11) at Melbourne’s Heide Museum of Modern Art and ‘New Psychedelia’ (2011) at the University of Queensland Art Museum in Brisbane.

For more information on the award visit www.artandaustralia.com.au/emergingartists.asp

(image credit: Laith McGregor, Veilen Dank, mein Damen und Herren!, 2011. Biro and pencil on paper, 195 x 150 cm. Courtesy the artist and Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney.)

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Urban Smart Projects

December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Urban Smart Projects are responsible for the coordination of the painted traffic signal boxes that populate Brisbane. Expanding to Hobart and Melbourne, this creative initiative gives people the opportunity to design and paint their own original artwork on a chosen traffic signal box (TSB). The requirements are that:

  • You must live, work or study in the municipality of the chosen box
  • You must have your design approved by Urban Smart Projects
  • You must abide by the details outlined in the Participant Agreement (which you sign and return before painting your box)
  • You must use the paint and safety equipment that they provide you
  • Any artist under 18 is required to have an over 18 supervisor but other than that it is quite straight forward.

Urban Smart Projects have an online process where participants can reserve a TSB.

Please go to the Urban Smart Projects webpage and click on the PAINT A BOX page.

From that page you can search for a particular box or view available boxes in your area.

 

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CIAF 2012

December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) offers an opportunity to experience the beauty and diversity of Indigenous cultures. Held over three days annually in August, CIAF is an unparalleled celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, dance and music.

Over the past three years CIAF has emerged as the nation’s premier art fair. It has given more than 33,500 visitors the chance to immerse themselves in the state’s rich diversity of Indigenous art in an ethically sound environment, with both commercial art galleries and Indigenous art centres selling artwork by Queensland born or based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

Plans for CIAF 2012 are underway. The CIAF team looks forward to welcoming you, 17-19 August 2012, to the fourth year of displaying to the world the spectacular vibrancy of Queensland Indigenous art.

The CIAF team is seeking submissions from dance groups and musicians to perform in the opening ceremony and throughout the three-day event. If you would like to be a part of this special event contact, CIAF General Manager Alison Copley at alison.copley@arts.qld.gov.au

More information available here.

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del.icio.us – A selection of resources and links for teachers of Visual Arts & Design in Queensland.

December 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A selection of resources and links for teachers of Visual Arts & Design in Queensland.

QATA is now using Delicious.com to save, stack and share the web. You can instantly access our favorite links, share what you find with your students and colleagues, and dig deeper into your favorite topics.

Click on the image below to access all our favourite links now!

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Applications Open for 2011-12 Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowships

December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Program provides Fellowships each year to enable Queenslanders to undertake research projects at the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex and research organisation.

The Program seeks to foster an interchange of knowledge and skills between Queensland organisations and the Smithsonian and advances the Queensland Government’s Toward Q2 vision of a strong, green, smart, healthy and fair Queensland through the development of international alliances and networks.

Up to three Fellowships will be awarded in 2011-12.  The duration of a Fellowship is for a maximum of 26 weeks and a minimum of 13 weeks, with a maximum award of $30,000.

Applications are open to Queenslanders working in areas of mutual interest with the Smithsonian, in particular: evolutionary, systematic, behavioural and environmental biology; biodiversity, conservation and climate change; earth and mineral sciences; anthropology, archaeology and Indigenous and cross-cultural studies; science and technology; art and design; museum based education, science education, and museum outreach; and museum management and practice.

The program is open to people working in government; research, educational or cultural institutions; and the private sector.

Applications close at 5:00pm on Friday 9 March 2012.

For detailed information about the Fellowship Program, including the guidelines and application form, visit www.science.qld.gov.au  and click on Financial incentives.

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