Re-source - prospects for contemporary jewellery and object making 14th Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Biennial Conference.

Central Institute of Technology (formerly Central Tafe)
25 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia.

The Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia is holding its 14th Biennial Conference in Perth, Western Australia, at Central Institute of Technology (formerly Central Tafe), from the 9-11 April, 2010 with workshops in the three days preceding and the week following. The conference brings together practitioners, educators, collectors, critics and cultural theorists for three days of discussion, debate, interaction and the exchange of ideas.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Re-source focuses on harnessing and reinterpreting resources - the natural materials and the innovation of makers - to further enhance and encourage a vibrant creative industry in jewellery and object making in Australia and beyond. The Conference has three main areas of focus:

• Unearthing the past: contemporary practice as a statement of history

• Materials exploration: technology as a process, and process as a resource

• Prospecting future directions: progressing the old and new

 

Submissions for Conference Papers addressing one of the above themes are sought.
 
Abstract requirements:
Initial submissions should take the form of a 300 - 400 word abstract together with a one-page CV.  The deadline for abstracts is 31 May, 2009.  Submissions should be emailed to Jacquie Sprogoe, Coordinator of the JMGA 2010 Conference jsprogoe@bigpond.net.au 

Refereeing of papers:
The selection of papers will be made in two stages.  
First Stage:  All abstracts will be reviewed.  
Second Stage: Authors will be invited to submit full papers for juried selection.

Anyone interested in holding a workshop or exhibition in conjunction with the Conference is encouraged to contact:

WORKSHOPS: 

Jacquie Sprogoe
jsprogoe@bigpond.net.au

EXHIBITIONS:

Carrie McDowell     
carriemcdowell@bigpond.com

Contacts

Jacquie Sprogoe
jsprogoe@bigpond.net.au

Carrie McDowell (Vice President JMGA WA) carriemcdowell@bigpond.com

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