Welcome to the weblog of the International Journal of Arts in Society and the International Conference on Arts in Society! This is a page to discuss innovative practices in the arts, conducting interdisciplinary discussions of the connections between the arts and society, and developing theories of the aesthetic. If you have an interest in these topics, feel free to add a comment.
** Third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices **
15-17 February 2009
University of the Arts
Berlin, Germany
http://www.design-conference.com/
** The Art of Management Conference **
September 2002 saw the beginning of the Art of Management and Organization Conference in London. The aim is, and continues to be, the exploration and promotion of the arts (in the most inclusive sense) as a means of understanding management and organization(al) life.
For more info: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:85:30
** The Banff Centre- Leadership Development Program **
Canada's renowned centre for leadership development, The Banff Centre, has recently announced the following leadership development programs which explore the intersection of arts and business. "Powerful Expression for Leaders" is a series of four courses.
For more info: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:85:31
** FutureNow: Australia **
FutureNow is an organisation which provides high level strategic advice and leadership to government and industry on the training needs of the creative, cultural and recreation industries. As well as advising government, FutureNow, promotes education and training to employees and employers, and provides a strategic brokerage role and consultancy service to industry and other stakeholders.
For more info: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:85:29
** The Creative Economy: Australia **
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
Creative Economy is a gateway to research and commentary on developments in Australia's creative industries and their cultural and social impact, hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI). The site draws on the resources of Australian Policy Online, together with outputs from industry groups, consultants and other researchers and research organisations. For more info: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:85:28
** Art and Social Justice! **
Two recent issues of the journal "Social Justice" explore the art of social justice.
Essays in Vol. 33, No. 2 address the power of art as a voice of dissent, a tool for democracy, the core of a revolutionary strategy, and a source of memory and future ways of knowing in settings as varied as post-WWII Europe, early modern Japan, contemporary Hong Kong and Taiwan, Argentina after the dirty war, and post-civil rights youth organizing in the U.S.
For more info: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:85:27
** Third International Conference on the Arts in Society **
28-31 July 2008
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design,
Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
http://www.arts-conference.com/
To submit a proposal, see:
http://a08.cgpublisher.com/proposals/new_proposal_entry
To register for the Conference, see:
https://secure.cgpublisher.com//conferences/124/web/registrations/new_rego_entry
** Fourth International Conference on the Arts in Society **
16-19 July 2009
Venice Italy
http://www.arts-conference.com/
** Journal Award Winner **
Congratulations to Oliver Bray the winner of the International Award for Excellence in the Arts for his paper 'Towards an Academic Artist: Recognising Teachers & Learners as Performance Practitioners'. For more information on this paper, and on the Runners-up for the Award and their papers, see: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:85:32
** International Journal of the Arts in Society - Volume 3 (2008) **
Paper submissions are open for Volume 3 of the Journal.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://a08.cgpublisher.com/publish.html
You can submit your paper until one month after the conference close date or 31 August 2008.
** International Journal of the Arts in Society - Volume 2 (2008) **
There are five issues available for Volume 2 at www.Arts-Journal.com
You can view the contents and/or purchase the entire issue in print or electronic format at:
Volume 2, Number 1: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.157 (contains papers resulting from the Arts Symposium)
Volume 2, Number 2: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.188 (contains papers resulting from the Arts Symposium)
Volume 2, Number 3 http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.215
Volume 2, Number 4: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.234
Volume 2, Number 5: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.247
The sixth and final issue will be published soon.
** Electronic Subscription Access **
There are now around 250 published articles available.
If you registered for the third International Conference on the Arts in Society take advantage of your complimentary electronic subscription by logging in at www.Arts-Journal.com and downloading articles of interest to you. You'll also be able to download the full issue in electronic format.
If you are not attending a conference but would like to subscribe you can do so at
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html
** Would you like to be an Associate Editor? **
All referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (although, of course, the particular papers they refereed will not be identified).
If you would like to referee papers please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com and provide a short resume and research interests and if we have any appropriate papers we will contact you.
AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
Congratulations to Oliver Bray, the
winner of the International Award for Excellence in the area of the
arts.
Oliver Bray’s paper Towards an
Academic Artist: Recognising Teachers & Learners as Performance
Practitioners, can be accessed in the online bookstore: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.224
Paper abstract: At Leeds Metropolitan
University the academic Performing Arts team has been intentionally
comprised of practicing artists and performance makers that, as well
as making work professionally, also cite their artistic practice within
their teaching. Having moved on from a time when the struggling artist
would just teach to supplement their income, this paper suggests the
importance of recognising the value of the artist as a practitioner
and educator. Can this be achieved by drawing no distinction between
the processes and learning experiences of devising professional performance
work, and the creative acts of pedagogy? With so many emergent performance
makers and artists coming straight from our universities, it may be
important to acknowledge the large quantity of contemporary performance
work that is contextualised from an academic perspective. As the responsibility
for current and future artists increasingly rests within the academy
and the recognition of practice as research increases, this discussion
reconsiders what it means to practice and teach performance work within
our institutions.
If you have purchased or read this
paper, please add a review at http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.224/addReview
INTERNATIONAL AWARD – LIST OF RUNNERS
UP
Echolalia: Family Stories, Myths and Legends in a Visual Arts Context
Patricia Casey
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.239
Marginalization as Use: Race & Gender in the Work of Yoko Ono
Erin Devine
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.203
Critical Intersections: Education and the Expanding Site of Art Practice
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.246
A Defense of Aesthetic Moralism
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.166
Graphic Novels as Cognitive and Creative Support for Emergent Literacy Learners: Integrating Multimedia Components into the Traditional and Innovative Emergent Literacy Learner Instructional Environment
Denise McDonald and Caroline M. Crawford
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.170
Art as a Process of Revision: The Audience and the End Product
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.201
Dancing with Information Literacy: Coaching the Undergraduate Performance Arts Researcher through the Information Literacy Process
Kathryn Boudreau Patten and Kim Neal Nofsinger
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.165
Thinking about Local Cultural Policy in America: Navigating the Theoretical Confusion
http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.243
Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal