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The International Conference on the Arts in Society and
The International Journal of the Arts in Society provide an
intellectual platform for the arts and art practices, and enable an
interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. They
are intended as a place for critical engagement, examination and
experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their ontexts in the
world - in studios and classrooms, in galleries and museums, on stage,
on the streets and in communities.
The 2010 Conference will coincide with the Sydney Biennale, and will be
held in conjunction with featured exhibitions and programs. The Biennale
of Sydney was created in 1973 as an international showcase for
contemporary art. Its aim was to develop and present a program that
challenged traditional thinking and encouraged innovative, creative
expression. Within its first decade of exhibitions (1973-82) the
Biennale of Sydney was among the first to celebrate Australia's cultural
and ethnic diversity; the first to show indigenous art in an
international contemporary art context; the first to focus on Asia and
the contemporary art of the region. It was among the first to present to
wide audiences the art of the social change movements which transformed
Australian society in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The occasion of the Sydney Biennale provides an opportunity for the
Conference to serve as a node in the larger phenomenon of fairs,
festivals, and their networks. As such, the Arts Conference aims to
discover what values, instincts and common ground may exist within the
arts and their practices and sites of reception around the world. Your
participation shapes the Conference itself.
As well as an impressive line-up of plenary speakers, the Conference
will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations
by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like
to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters
may choose to submit written papers for publication in The International
Journal of the Arts in Society. If you are unable to attend the
Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which
allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we
also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please
select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further
details.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and
short abstract) is 8 October 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on
the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within
two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an
online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference
website - http://www.Arts-Conference.com/.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope that you will be
able to join us in Sydney in July 2010.
http://www.Arts-Conference.com/
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Colin Rhodes
Dean and Director
Sydney College of the Arts
University of Sydney, Australia
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on the Arts in Society
and The International Journal of the Arts in Society
colin.rhodes@arts-conference.com
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