Australian Arts: Where the Bloody Hell Are You: Australian Arts in an International Context
By (Author) John Clark
Edited by Peter McCallum
Edited by Ian Maxwell
Sydney University Press
Sydney University Press
2nd April 2007
Australia
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Sociology: sport and leisure
306.470994
Paperback
142
Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 8mm
210g
'Australian Arts: Where the Bloody Hell Are You' was a one-day symposium in December 2006 organised by the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney to consider Australia's international arts profile. The forum examined cultural advocacy not as a one-way process but as a means of facilitating cultural flows which benefit both artists and society. It highlighted the substantial benefits of international cultural exchange and concluded that strengthening existing programs rather than a large bureaucracy would best serve Australia's current circumstances. Doubling or trebling Australia's current expenditure would enable the public to enjoy more fully the fruits of those who are currently Australia's biggest arts subsidisers, the artists themselves.
John Clark is a professor of art history at the University of Sydney and founding Director of the Australian Centre for Asian Art and Archaeology.
Peter McCallum is an academic advisor in the Office of the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sydney.
Ian Maxwell is the Chair of the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney.