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Conference and festival to draw on design strengths
Experts from Australia and Europe will celebrate drawing in all its meanings at a
festival and conference to be hosted by RMIT University.
Drawing Out will discuss drawing as a way of thinking, designing and
communicating in central Melbourne from 7 to 9 April.
Keynote speakers include:
Professor Stephen Farthing, University of the Arts London
Professor Georg Gartner, Vienna University of Technology
Professor Mark Minchinton, RMIT
Godwin Bradbeer, RMIT
RMIT Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Margaret Gardner AO, said: “This
is an exciting opportunity for those whose passion is design and art to come
together and share ideas.
“Drawing Out is a trans-disciplinary conference. It explores drawing across the
boundaries of disciplines. It addresses drawing as a way of thinking and
communicating in the 21st century. Whoever we are, drawing is part of our
everyday and professional lives.
“It’s appropriate that RMIT is hosting this conference, given our excellence in
learning, teaching and research in art and design. It is also in keeping with our
global ethos that the event is being put on in collaboration with the University of the
Arts London.”
The event will also present recent, high-quality research by speakers and artists
from eight countries including Portugal, Egypt and New Zealand as well as a suite
of international exhibitions.
The conference brings together a variety of disciplines and is co-convened by
Professor Elizabeth Grierson, Head, School of Art; Keith Cowlishaw, Head, School
of Fashion and Textiles; and Professor Stephen Farthing, University of the Arts
London, and is supported by Professor Mark Burry, Director, RMIT Design
Research Institute. Drawing Out is also sponsored by the Department of
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
For more information or interviews: Professor Elizabeth Grierson, (03) 9925
2219; or Keith Cowlishaw, (03) 9925 9100.
For general media enquiries: RMIT University Communications, David
Glanz, (03) 9925 2807 or 0438 547 723.
12 February, 2010
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