2018

Past events 2018

The Uncertainty Principle

Faculty of Arts & Design Staff exhibition
29 August–16 September 2018, ANCA Gallery

Poetry on the Move 2018 – Inhabiting Language

13–17 September, 2018
Multiple venues: Gorman Arts Centre, Canberra Museum and Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, University of Canberra, ANCA Gallery

Creative and Cultural Futures: Leadership and Change

A symposium exploring the critical issues driving change in the sector
12 October 2018, Ann Harding Centre, University of Canberra

Writing About Discovery symposium

9 November 2018, in Collaboration with the Humanities Research Centre, ANU
More details available soon.

Play for a Vital and Sustainable City: The world's most amazing playspace!

3rd Play, Creativity and Culture Symposium
22 & 23 November 2018, National Museum of Australia

Environmental Writing: Creativity and Social Efficacy Symposium

Thursday 7 June 2018, 9.00am-5.00pm
Venue: William Macmahon Ball Theatre Old Arts Building University of Melbourne 
Enquiries: Saskia Beudel, Saskia.Beudel@canberra.edu.au
Bookings are essential for this free symposium. Register at http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/creative

Empathy and Creativity Symposium

Friday 15 June, 2018
University of Canberra 
Enquiries: Kylie Fitzpatrick, k.fitzpatrick@bathspa.ac.uk

Story Ground: A National Symposium on Indigenous Australian Story and Creative Writing

Friday 6 April, 9am-7pm

Public seminar: Berlin: Industrial Heritage and the Soundtrack of a City

Professor John Schofield, University of York, UK
Thursday 8 March, 5:30-7pm at GML Heritage, Canberra

Book Launch: Dancing Home by Paul Collis

Thursday 1 February 2018, National Library of Australia

Write Yourself: A creative writing intensive with Paul Collis

Week 1: 9am to 2pm, 29, 30 and 31 January 2018
Week 2: 9am to 2pm, 5, 6 and 7 February 2018

2018 News

• Dr Paul Collis wins ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home' (Arts ACT)
• Creative arts and rural health initiative for drought-affected community (UC Monitor)
• Reap what you sew: UC's Repair Cafe is all about textile sustainability (UC Monitor)
• A new report by Dr Cathy Hope and the Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Project, reveals Canberra's favourite playgrounds (Canberra Times)
• Poet to Poet: Contemporary Women Poets from Japan, edited by Rina Kikuchi and Jen Crawford, reviewed (Japan Times)
• The University of Canberra and the Australian War Memorial have partnered to create the first ever art prize offered exclusively to members of the defence force (UC Monitor)
• The Play Activation Network lights up at Enlighten (UC Monitor)