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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Join us on 16 and 17 September 2019 as we explore new creative possibilities and pathways for PNG art.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Over two days we present an exciting lineup of international scholars and practitioners from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Europe and North America to critically examine the state-of-play of PNG art today. The conference aims to
generate new ideas for expanding artistic, cultural and economic opportunities in the region.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Key themes</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">What are the networks (local, regional, global) that sustain PNG artists and their creative practices?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How has funding and support for PNG artists shifted over the last twenty years; what have been the key changes affecting the arts?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How can we strengthen regional engagement and support for PNG artists?
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How do artists engage (or fail to engage) with structural opportunities for better connecting to local, national and international markets?</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">What and who have been the seminal exhibitions and artists promoting PNG art over the last twenty years?
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The symposium is funded through an Asia Pacific Innovation Program grant in partnership with the Institute of Pacific Studies (CAP) and the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies (CASS).<span style="color:#1F497D"></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">To register for this event</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">:
<span style="color:#C55A11"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/art-nau-contemporary-art-and-creative-possibilities-in-png-registration-69130211323?aff=ebdssbdestsearch"><span style="color:#C55A11">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/art-nau-contemporary-art-and-creative-possibilities-in-png-registration-69130211323?aff=ebdssbdestsearch</span></a>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Please pass on this invitation to any of your contacts who may be interested</span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#C55A11; letter-spacing:.4pt">This symposium has been created in conjunction with the exhibition <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Piksa Inap Tok </span></em>(Pictures
Can talk): Contemporary Art from Papua New Guinea, which will be launched at the ANU School of Art and Design on September 17, 2019. For more information, please visit <a href="https://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/events/piksa-inap-tok-pictures-can-talk" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C55A11">https://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/events/piksa-inap-tok-pictures-can-talk</span></a></span></b></p>
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