Research

Staff from the Arts Academy are involved in a number of innovative research programs including two projects underway the 'Exegesis project' and the 'Impact of the Arts Academy on the City of Ballarat' that are both attracting wide attention.

The Exegesis project has had recognition via invitation to deliver research papers at the annual ACUADS national conference and to the international conference on the Arts and Humanities at the University of Hawaii in early 2003. This will be followed by the Arts Academy hosting a Symposium on this topic scheduled for March 2003, that is likely to feed into a national report on research in the Visual Arts.

The Impact of the Academy on the City of Ballarat will deliver a preliminary report in November / December of this year to UoB Council and to City of Ballarat Council. This project will build during 2003 upon this preliminary report to encompass economic, social, cultural and geographic aspects of the Arts Academy on the City and its broader implications at a state & national level.

Other projects currently underway relate to…
Investigating methods of physically animating computers for use in theatre.
Investigating the influence of the Print Council of Australia on the development of visual culture in Australia post 1960.
Developing new work in wheelthrown porcelain which involves the development and construction of new contemporary forms and the expressive use of coloured glaze.

To find out more about our current activities please e-mail artsinfo@ballarat.edu.au or telephone (03) 53278600.