http://culture.gov.au/news/ Latest news about culture in Australia en-au Copyright 2010 culture.gov.au http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 1440 http://culture.gov.au/images/favicon.gif http://culture.gov.au/news/ The Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards will include the Glenn Murcutt Student Prize, Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize, Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture and Dulux Study Tour. http://culture.gov.au/news/design.htm#archawards editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Penthouse Mouse (PHM) is a pop-up shop that transforms deserted spaces into a temporary art and design hub. http://culture.gov.au/news/design.htm#phm editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 View a selection of delicate and outstanding architectural plans by leading modern architects. Curator Jennifer O'Callaghan will talk about the Mitchell Library's vast architectural collections. http://culture.gov.au/news/design.htm#outvaults editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Around 50 stalls are carefully selected for the Melbourne Design Market to balance homewares, fashion, furniture, graphic design, designer gadgets, gifts and jewellery for the thousands of people who flock to this event. http://culture.gov.au/news/design.htm#mdm editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 On the existing Main Beach, a new contemporary skillion shaped Cafe Restaurant is nearly completed. http://culture.gov.au/news/design.htm#beachcafe editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 This summit is considered the annual meeting place for key influencers in Australia's broadcasting industry and features a two day conference on television broadcasting media, and a one day conference on radio.  http://culture.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm#absummit editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA), Australia's peak industry body for digital and interactive content, honoured the 25 winners of its 16th Annual AIMIA Awards.  http://culture.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm#aimia editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Three Australians were named in the Oscar nominations ceremony, making it through to the final shortlists in their categories. http://culture.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm#oscars editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is calling for applications from creative practitioners and science and research organisations for the 2010 Synapse Residency program. http://culture.gov.au/news/digitalmedia_entries.htm#synapse editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The call for entries to the 2010 festival has now officially opened for all national and international films. http://culture.gov.au/news/digitalmedia_entries.htm#muff editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The Darwin Festival features local and touring performances and events including outdoor concerts, workshops, theatre, dance music, comedy and cabaret, film and visual arts. http://culture.gov.au/news/festivalsandconferences.htm#darfest editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The festival presents international and Australian artists and productions alongside free outdoor events, controversial home grown productions and cutting edge and offbeat material in theatre, music, dance, visual arts and conversation. http://culture.gov.au/news/festivalsandconferences.htm#brisfest editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Rarely seen and evocative items from the Mitchell Library's fabulous Antarctic collection will be on view. http://culture.gov.au/news/historyandidentity.htm#antarct editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Frock stars: inside Australian Fashion Week unveils the history, highlights, controversies and achievements of an event that has challenged and changed perceptions of the Australian fashion industry. http://culture.gov.au/news/historyandidentity.htm#frockstars editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Gallipoli: The First Day by ABC Innovation is the Best Cultural or Lifestyle Winner at the 16th AMIA Awards. http://culture.gov.au/news/historyandidentity.htm#gallipoli editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The East Kimberley Painting Revisited exhibition showcases the work of Rover Thomas, Freddie Timms, Rusty Peters and Jack Britten. http://culture.gov.au/news/indigenousarts.htm#eastkim editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Big hART's Namatjira arts and community development project has just launched a new project blog. http://culture.gov.au/news/indigenousarts.htm#namatjira editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Ian Waldron has won the the 2010 Glover Prize for landscape for Walach Dhaarr (Cockle Creek). http://culture.gov.au/news/indigenousarts.htm#waldron editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Professor Mick Dodson from The Australian National University has been appointed the next Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University. http://culture.gov.au/news/indigenousarts.htm#dodson editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Booderee National Park in New South Wales took out the top prize in the Indigenous tourism experience category at the National 2009 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards in Hobart. http://culture.gov.au/news/indigenousarts.htm#booderee editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The focus of the program is firmly on Australian writing, with recognition of our physical place in the world through the inclusion of Indonesian and Asian authors. http://culture.gov.au/news/languageandliterature.htm#byronbay editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 A cast of eighteen 3rd Year Bachelor of Circus Arts students present Veritas, in which high-energy circus acts combine with video projection to portray the interior landscape of archetypal characters on a journey through a kaleidoscope of aerial adventure. http://culture.gov.au/news/performance.htm#veritas editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Now in its third year, the Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) is the Australia-Pacific region's music industry conference and showcase of Indigenous, roots and world music. The expo is open for entries. http://culture.gov.au/news/performance.htm#awme editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Various groups are working together to develop the NSW Empty Spaces website and toolkit. The project is based on the success of Renew Newcastle and aims to support short-term creative and community uses for disused buildings. http://culture.gov.au/news/resourcesandfunding.htm#nswspaces editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The Australia International Cultural Council (AICC) Grants Program offers funding for international arts and cultural projects. http://culture.gov.au/news/resourcesandfunding.htm#aicc editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 On 31st December 2009 Tim Miller finished a vast artwork consisting of 365 single images, one for every day of the year. Each image is a small pastel or occasionally, oil, of the evening sky. http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#sundown editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 CarriageARTworks is a free annual event which celebrates artwork and art culture from Sydney's south west city fringe area. http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#carriage editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The winner of the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010, Scott Bycroft's work titled Zareth, is featured in an exhibition of forty-three portraits from the finalists' and is on display at the National Portrait Gallery. http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#nppp editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Wilderness will bring together fourteen Australian contemporary painters, to consider how nature and landscape are entwined in our minds, memories and imaginations http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#wilderness editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Stick it! explores graphic and eye-catching works created by pasting and applying paper, ephemera and other materials to a base. http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#stickit editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The Art Gallery of Ballarat has called for entries for the 2010 inaugural annual Rick Amor Drawing Prize of $10,000. http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts_entries.htm#rickamor editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1000