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CREATIVE ARTS i connect: CREATIVE ARTS 2 our faculty 4 Spaces and places 6 making it 10 Study options

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If you are creative, ambitious, and keen to make your mark, it makes a lot of sense to study Creative Arts at the . It’s your entry into one of the fastest growing employment sectors in —and the world. Creative industries is where our graduates work, and where they play as well. Like you, when they came here they were passionate about their chosen artform, they wanted to develop skills and they were looking for new ideas and inspirations. These are the immediate things we offer you: the chance to strengthen your practical skills, to immerse yourself in a dynamic creative environment, to think critically about the arts, about history, about contemporary life. Our students produce diverse, ambitious and exciting works, in everything from traditional art forms to innovative new media. You’ll spend much of your time in studios, labs and theatres, practising your artform and finding new ways of tackling creative challenges. And then we offer a whole lot more, as our graduates have found out.

Professor Amanda Lawson Dean, Faculty of Creative arts

Professor Amanda Lawson has more than 25 years’ experience in the arts in Australia and during that time has been the director of several organisations, including the Crafts Council of NSW and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, where she was also manager of Cultural Services and established the Hill End Artists in Residence Program. She has worked at the Australia Council, with NSW State and Regional Development, Research Council and as an independent arts consultant. She has expertise in arts marketing, audience development and collections and cultural project management. Professor Lawson gained a BA from the University of Edinburgh and an Honours degree from the University of Wollongong before completing a PhD in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney in 2002. At UOW she is director of the University Art Collection and teaches in the areas of curatorial and professional practice.

creative arts 1 what we do connect: our faculty

2 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG Creative Arts offers you a dynamic and progressive education that connects hands- on studio production with critical reflection. This strong practice-based training undertaken in conjunction with a distinctive theoretical component is an excellent preparation for a life in the contemporary arts or creative industries. UOW embraces all aspects of the creative arts, from the visual arts and graphic design to media arts and socially engaged practice; from acting and performance, to stage-management, sound, lighting and audiovisual design, from creative writers, to documentary makers and journalists. Whether you major in painting and drawing, work with high-end digital technologies, tell stories on the page, or on the stage, through video, radio or new forms of convergent media, explore lighting and sound, or create objects using organic or synthesized materials, you will learn that there is so much more to a life in the creative arts. Learning is through thinking, doing and making: through practice and practical assessment as well as through theory and history, supported by staff who are professionals within their fields. From your first to your final year, you’ll be encouraged to hone your perceptions, and develop a range of practical, creative and critical skills, towards your future life as an artist, journalist, teacher, curator, producer, or cultural policy maker. You will benefit from being part of a multi-disciplinary unit recognised for its excellence and innovation, using electives and minors to build interdisciplinary expertise. A degree in technical theatre for instance, might be supported by a minor in media arts or creative writing, while someone undertaking a degree in visual arts and graphic design might want to pick up electives in digital media and professional writing. Increasingly, there are opportunities for you to engage with professional and cross-disciplinary experiences within your degree.

CREATIVE ARTS 3 BUILDING 25 SPACES AND UOW WOLLONGONG CAMPUS

Creative Arts teaches most of its programs from Building 25 PLACES on the UOW main campus. The building combines lecture- style teaching spaces with specialist facilities designed for each creative discipline: computer labs for design, theatres for performance, studios for visual arts, and recording and editing suites for journalism. The building incorporates gallery spaces for student work and several performance venues for theatre and writing students. §§ Creative Arts Gallery §§ Long Gallery §§ Drawing Studio §§ Sculpture Studio §§ Textiles/Printmaking Studio §§ Photography Lab §§ Design Lab §§ Computer Labs §§ Digital Media Lab §§ Journalism Labs §§ Radio Studio §§ Editing Suite §§ Performance Space §§ Black Box §§ Rehearsal Spaces 4 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG BACKSTAGE HOPE, building 40 DIGITAL MEDIA CENTRE UOW WOLLONGONG CAMPUS UOW INNOVATION CAMPUS, north wollongong

Backstage Hope is a three-storey creative arts teaching and The Digital Media Centre (DMC) is located on the Innovation research centre transformed from a disused backstage space Campus (iC) in North Wollongong. It offers state of the art attached to the University’s Hope Theatre (named after UOW’s teaching and technical facilities to support a professional first Chancellor, the Hon. Robert Hope). learning experience in Digital Film Making, Digital Photography, Film and TV Studio Practice, Editing, Animation and Media The facility includes professionally equipped rehearsal spaces and Arts. The following studio and exhibition facilities are used for equipment for theatre productions including a walk-on lighting industry-ready technical training, and as spaces to support mezzanine and control room which allows students to learn creative installations and projects: professional lighting, sound and video techniques. Backstage Hope also boasts dedicated study rooms, visual arts studios and an §§ Two-storey TV studio with a range of specialist, industry- exhibition space for postgraduate students. standard equipment §§ Animation studio with acoustic panelling, green screen and lighting grids §§ 2 ‘Black Box’ studios with acoustic panelling and lighting grids §§ 5 computer labs including an animation and editing lab, and a dedicated editing suite §§ 116-seat lecture theatre with widescreen cinema projection and 12.1 surround sound system §§ DMC Gallery space for exhibiting your work Students at the DMC have access to an array of both professional and high-end consumer equipment including Digital SLRs, laptops, audio gear (mikes, booms and recorders), studio lights, projectors and more.

CREATIVE ARTS 5 MAKING IT

In the Creative Arts it’s not just what’s in your head, or even in the classroom—it’s what you can bring into the world. UOW Creative Arts’ graduates are bringing their art to life in the studio, the museum and out in the community.

6 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG DARA GILL BCA (visual arts & graphic design) ARTIST (ART, RESEarch, PERFORMANCE)

Dara Gill is a young artist whose work regularly crosses lines It’s typical of the group, in that it challenges the audience to between art, research and performance. He restlessly explores rethink ideas about theatre and media. new media to make his art—sculpture, photography, film, theatre The group started when Dara and the other members were all and painting. students at UOW. He works out of his Redfern studio, an old converted shopfront. “At UOW I was mixing with performance kids a lot at the time. He does freelance design work to, as he says, “pay the rent”, and Between semesters, we’d put on shows. When you start out at is participating in more and more art shows, many of which call uni, being able to bounce ideas off people is important.” for new work. “UOW supported us a lot and the lecturers gave us feedback. One Dara is seeing a shift in focus from collaborative to solo work. of the great things about the uni was that there was no necessary “Collaboration was initially a part of my practice, but as time notion about what the degree was supposed to do.” goes on, I’m becoming more sure of myself and my instincts.” “I could manipulate the degree to suit my own goals,” he Despite this shift, he still finds time to work with other artists. explains. “My teachers were very open to me running away with a Since 2007, he has been a part of Team MESS, a group of artists project and taking it somewhere they didn’t expect.” and performers who develop and perform experimental theatre. “This was good. Uni is a time when you learn where you’re Their latest work, BINGO Unit, is a combination of live theatre, TV headed as an artist.” production and improvisation that will shoot around the streets of Melbourne during the Next Wave festival.

CREATIVE ARTS 7 REBECCA EVANS BCA/BA (visual arts/history) ASSISTANT CURATOR, POWERHOUSE MUSEUM SYDNEY

Rebecca Evans loves vintage clothing and fashion. Hailing from “It was a small nightdress that belonged to his son—and it was a family of dressmakers, her appreciation for yesterday’s fashion the clothing he died in. Normally it wouldn’t be kept, but because is absolute. She studies it, wears it, makes it from original of the exceptional circumstances, it was.” patterns and, as an Assistant Curator at Sydney’s Powerhouse Seeing the power of these personal stories is part of what Museum, works with it. Rebecca loves about curatorship. She also appreciates what we “When people ask me what a curator does I liken it to a keeper in have to learn from the past. a zoo,” she says. “I Iook after the animals, show them, make sure While she was still a student at UOW, Rebecca volunteered they’re as close to perfect as possible.” at Tongarra museum, a very small museum of local history She is, in fact, helping care for one of Australia’s most important supported by Shellharbour City Council. She worked there for collections of historical clothing. The importance of this role two years—in the second year on a Movable Heritage Fellowship isn’t obvious, and it even took Rebecca by surprise. from the Powerhouse. She credits the experience as an important foundation for her career. “When I first started, I thought: what am I doing looking after all of this amazing stuff? Then the stories unraveled,” she says. “You cannot go from two more extremes in terms of resources,” “They stopped being things and started being people. Objects she says, comparing Tongarra to her current work. “It doesn’t are powerful storytellers.” matter where you work. Especially when you’re learning, you should reach out. Don’t write something off because you think Rebecca recalls one item from the family of Samuel Marsden, it’s small or unglamorous. In a small museum, you’ll learn more an influential clergyman and judge and prominent figure in than you expect and have freedom you wouldn’t get elsewhere.” Australian colonial history.

8 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG Kate McIlwain bcms/bca (journalism/graphic design & new media) masters in journalism JOURNALIST, MERCURY

“I’ve always wanted to be a journalist, as cheesy as it may When Kate started at the Mercury in 2011 she wrote for the sound.” UOW graduate Kate McIlwain confides. “I remember paper’s features section where she covered entertainment, reading the Good Weekend or the Sydney Morning Herald as a lifestyle, fashion, arts and human interest issues. child lying on the floor at my parent’s house and realising that However, she knew her passion was in news and soon made the being able to tell a story and change people’s views or educate transition. them on an issue is a pretty powerful thing.” “I wanted to be able to make some sort of contribution through Kate has come a long way since sitting on her parent’s floor. journalism and I thought that being a news journalist was the She studied the Bachelor of Creative Arts and Bachelor of way to do that.” Communication and Media Studies at UOW and is now a reporter at the Newspaper. “You need to be able to listen and you need to be interested in what is going on in the world around you—the big things and the For Kate, the practical aspects of the degrees helped her really little things—sometimes that is where the best stories work out what she was interested in. “The graphic design and come from. You need to have an understanding of what people journalism combination of my undergraduate degrees taught me want to read about.” to research, write well, communicate clearly through words and pictures and gave me a broad grounding in politics, history and “In journalism, part of its appeal is that there’s never a typical sociology.” day. The news is based on what is happening in the world and that changes every day.” Since graduating Kate has worked on a lot of interesting stories. “The really satisfying stories that I’ve written have been ones “Journalism is a changing industry at the moment. It’s where I’ve been able to help people,” she says. completely unpredictable: print journalism is fighting for its life. But I love writing and I love telling stories. I don’t know where I’ll A set of stories Kate worked on grew out of the federal be in the future but that’s what’s exciting about it.” government’s aged care reforms. “As long as I’m writing, meeting people every day, talking to them “A report came out about how people who have dementia are and telling their stories, I’ll be happy.” cared for in Australia—it showed that the system failed them, it wasn’t working. So, I spoke to some people living with early onset dementia and their carers. Being able to share their stories and contribute to that issue was really rewarding.”

CREATIVE ARTS 9 learn your way connect: STUDY OPTIONS

10 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG DEGREES OVERVIEW BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS BACHELOR OF JOURNALISM

The Bachelor of Creative Arts (BCA) focuses on creative practice The Bachelor of Journalism (BJour) provides training in – majoring in one discipline, and is supported by relevant history journalism and other forms of specialist communication. It has a and theory subjects. You complete a major study in the discipline strong vocational focus, with an emphasis on practical learning of your choice: and work placement opportunities.

§§ Creative Writing BACHELOR OF PERFORMANCE §§ Graphic Design §§ Theatre The Bachelor of Performance (BPerf) is an intensive practice- §§ Visual Arts based degree that develops your skills as a highly proficient §§ Visual Arts and Design performing artist. You can choose from two majors: §§ Acting & Performance Making The opportunity to support your major area of specialisation through a minor study in a complementary area, or to challenge §§ Technical Theatre yourself by taking subjects that offer you new experiences beyond your major study are also available through electives and DOUBLE DEGREES Open Studio subjects. Double degree programs allow you to combine a Creative Arts degree with a full qualification in another area. This can help BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (DEAN’S SCHOLAR) prepare you for a specialist career in the arts, or allow you to The Dean’s Scholar Program is designed for high-achieving pursue different passions. We offer the following double degree students. Dean’s Scholars complete the Bachelor of Creative programs: Arts with a number of added benefits: §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Arts §§ Access to an academic mentor §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Commerce You will be paired with an academic mentor and given the §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Communication and opportunity to draw on their experience, insight and guidance Media Studies to overcome academic challenges. §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Computer Science §§ Textbook/materials allowance §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of International Studies You will be given an annual allowance to assist paying for §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Journalism textbooks and other learning resources. §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Laws §§ Extended library access §§ Bachelor of Creative Arts – Bachelor of Science Expanded library borrowing privileges will put you in the §§ Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Arts same category as research students—giving you access to additional resources you need for special projects. §§ Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Commerce §§ Access to the Creative Arts’ postgraduate lab §§ Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies §§ Opportunity for internships, self-directed study and special projects §§ Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Engineering The Dean’s Scholar program is highly adaptable to your §§ Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of International Studies interests and strengths. You are able to build a course of §§ Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Laws study around your major, in consultation with your mentor. §§ Bachelor of Journalism – Bachelor of Science The program has a limited intake and you’ll need a minimum If you’re interested in a double degree, you can request more ATAR of 90. You may be asked to attend an interview on-campus information by contacting UniAdvice at [email protected] and are encouraged to apply for an undergraduate scholarship www.uow.edu.au/about/scholarships DURATION

BACHELOR OF DIGITAL MEDIA Single Degrees: 3 years full-time study or part-time equivalent. Double Degrees: 4.5 – 5.5 years full-time study or part-time The Bachelor of Digital Media (BDM) degree is taught jointly equivalent. by UOW and TAFE Illawarra and focuses on creative media production practice. Subjects in the BDM are taught both at UOW’s main campus and the Innovation Campus in North Wollongong.

CREATIVE ARTS 11 HOW TO APPLY AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS BCA, bdm & bjour Bachelor of Performance applicants must submit a Registration Form, by the due date, available at www.uow.edu.au/crearts Applicants are selected on the basis of their ATAR (or equivalent), although outstanding results in relevant subjects To apply for the BCA, BDM, BJour or BPerf degree you need may be taken into account. to have that degree listed as a preference with the University Admission Centre (UAC). More information on this process can BACHELOR OF PERFORMANCE be found on the UAC website at www.uac.edu.au UOW also has special entry options for current Year 12 students. As well as applying through UAC, Bachelor of Performance These include Selective Entry, Alternative Entry and Regional Acting and Performance-Making applicants must attend an Bonus Points and Points to UOW plans. For more information on-campus audition, while Technical Theatre applicants are contact UniAdvice at [email protected] required to attend an interview. These face-to-face meetings will give applicants the opportunity to demonstrate their talents and potential to benefit from the course.

12 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG flexible study Creativity isn’t just limited to artists. Developing a creative skill Undertaking Open Studio subjects outside your major study area can enhance your pursuit of careers in many different industries, can enhance your creative practice, and provide opportunities for and not always in the ways you expect. Performance subjects collaboration on interdisciplinary projects. An oil painting studio give you confidence in front of an audience. A class in short and a poetry workshop are very different, but through Open story writing will teach you valuable techniques for expressing Studio subjects, you can work within a new discipline and gain an yourself clearly and concisely. Our subjects give you the edge to insight into the variety of artistic approaches that Creative Arts find extraordinary solutions to common problems, both within has to offer. the workplace and in your everyday life. A Creative Arts degree doesn’t prevent you from gaining There’s no reason why you can’t combine our subjects with other experience in other areas, and electives from other faculties can areas of study—in fact, sometimes that’s exactly what you want allow you to pursue specialist paths within your artistic field. A to do! By taking Open Studio subjects in Creative Arts, either as journalist might enhance their knowledge by taking an elective elective subjects or to form a Creative Arts minor study, you can in Law, History or International Studies. Graphic designers learn new skills without giving up on your other interests. might choose to expand their skill set by studying Media and Communications or Marketing. Theatre students might want OPEN STUDIO SUBJECTS to write a play or design the sound for their next production. All of our creative disciplines function within a wider cultural Many of our subjects are available to students from any degree context, so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t complement in the University—you don’t have to worry about having a specific your creative work with other areas of interest in say Philosophy ATAR, or proving you have previous experience in the field. These or Languages. Open Studio subjects are designed to deliver creative skills and specialist cultural knowledge to artists and non-artists alike. MINOR STUDIES Students from anywhere in the University can enrol in Open Studio subjects if they meet the necessary subject prerequisites. If a particular creative discipline is of interest to you, you can take a prescribed course of study and qualify for a minor study in that Writing a novel? Learn the basics in our Introduction to Creative area. Writing, then come and workshop your writing in one of our Narrative Studio subjects, and learn the tricks of the trade. A minor study in any discipline in Creative Arts provides sustained training in a creative field. Although not as Interested in the theatre, but don’t want to do a degree in comprehensive as a major study, a minor can help you develop Performance? Develop your vocal presence or learn to build skills in a particular area. Minor studies in Creative Arts include: schedules and organise events working alongside theatre students, while learning how theatre productions are put §§ Art History together from the ground up. §§ Creative Writing Pick up typographic skills in Graphic Design Studios. Learn film §§ Design editing techniques through an Open Studio subject in Journalism. §§ Design History Learn to design a soundscape for your film, theatre production or §§ Media Arts installation, or how to turn your video footage into an experiential §§ Performance audiovisual environment. Benefit from the experience of award- §§ Technical Theatre winning photographers, poets, documentary-makers and §§ Visual Arts designers, and learn new skills to enhance your work in other areas. These minor studies are open to all undergraduate students at UOW, and if you declare your minor before applying to graduate, Whether you are curious about pursuing further formalised it will be recorded on your academic transcript. Whether studies in Creative Arts, or simply want to learn some exciting you’re enhancing your Creative Arts degree with a second new skills, Open Studio subjects can give you a taste of what specialisation, or gaining a minor to accompany a different Creative Arts has to offer. degree, a minor can provide valuable and exciting opportunities ELECTIVES to learn new creative skills. It’s rare to only be interested in one art form, even if you’re already working in Creative Arts. As your degree progresses, you may find you want to develop practical skills in a different discipline. All of our degree programs require you to complete elective subjects, which can be chosen from Open Studio subjects and electives within Creative Arts as well as subjects offered by other faculties.

CREATIVE ARTS 13 BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (CREATIVE WRITING)

ATAR 75/90 (Dean’s Scholar) Writing is the art of clear and persuasive expression. Good writing makes your meaning DURATION 3 years clear and allows you to communicate with your readers, but the best writing can also STARTS Autumn (February) redefine how people see themselves and the world around them. It’s more than just putting words on a page. It’s thinking about those words: what they mean, why you chose ENTRY Admission to the Bachelor of Creative Arts is based on them and what effect they will have on your reader. the HSC ATAR (or equivalent), From short stories to song lyrics to the words spoken by your favourite TV character, although outstanding results writing has a powerful effect. A novelist and a computer games writer produce vastly in relevant subjects/areas may different end products. What they have in common is their ability to use language to also be taken into account. shape the way people think. LOCATION Wollongong UAC 754601/754610 (Dean’s Scholar) WHAT YOU STUDY CRICOS 001709K A Bachelor of Creative Arts in Creative Writing encourages you to look beyond the individual forms of creative writing, and to analyse the effects of writing. Our degree isn’t just about defining what writing is—it’s about discovering what writing can do. Our literary theory subjects help position your creative practice within a wider historical and cultural context. Practical subjects offer opportunities to workshop your writing with other students under the guidance of emerging and established writers. Lectures and seminars will allow you to explore the intersections between theory and practice, and workshops and writing exercises encourage you to develop, draft and refine your own creative work with the input of your peers. You will also be encouraged to facilitate public performance and publication of your works, both within your Creative Writing subjects and for your own creative development. Creative Writing students oversee the publication of UOW’s annual literary anthology, TIDE, which allows you to gain valuable insights into editorial and publishing practice as well as providing an opportunity for publication. Many of our students also successfully submit work to national and international literary journals during the course of their degree. This degree focuses on three key areas of creative writing practice: poetic, dramatic and narrative writing forms. But there are also opportunities to combine these areas of practice, and to explore the intersections between writing and the other creative arts. Working within Creative Arts at UOW, you have the chance to undertake electives or studio subjects in other disciplines, work with people with different knowledge and skills, and create new and innovative work that borrows from many different forms of artistic practice. Applicants are selected on the basis of their ATAR (or equivalent), although outstanding results in relevant subjects may be taken into account. CAREERS A degree in Creative Writing can lead to a variety of career paths, such as: §§ Novelist §§ Biographer §§ Media Writer §§ Publisher §§ Editor §§ Copy Writer §§ Teacher §§ Employment in publishing, sales, literary management, literary organisations in the government or non-government sectors.

All forms of communication rely on clear and persuasive expression. Some of our graduates have become well-known poets, novelists, playwrights, editors and bloggers. But any job that requires efficient communication can be improved by the kinds of skills you learn in a Creative Writing degree. Many graduates use their writing skills within professional careers in other areas including arts administration, and government and community arts organisations.

14 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG WHO WE ARE

Professor Catherine Cole Dr Merlinda Bobis Dr Shady Cosgrove Deputy Dean of Creative Arts Senior Lecturer Senior Lecturer Catherine is a writer and Merlinda is a Filipino- Shady is currently writing a has published novels, short Australian multi award- novel entitled “The Necessary stories and non-fiction and winning writer who has Tango”, set in Argentina, which has edited a number of published in three languages. explores themes of hope, anthologies in Australia, She is the author of three survival and forgiveness. the UK and USA. She has novels, five poetry books, Her creative non-fiction extensive academic, writing seven dramatic works (stage manuscript, She Played Elvis and industry connections in and radio), a collection of —about family, pilgrimage and the fields of creative practice short stories, a monograph nationhood—was shortlisted and literature. on writing and researching for the 2007 Australian/ fiction, and more than ninety Vogel Literary Prize and was poems, stories, and scholarly published by Allen and Unwin articles in literary anthologies, in 2009. Her short fiction has journals, and magazines. been published in Southerly, Antipodes, Hecate and Best Australian Short Stories 2006.

Dr Joshua Lobb Mr Alan Wearne Lecturer Senior Lecturer Joshua is a writer whose Alan is a poet who has creative work focuses on been part of the Australian performance writing and poetry scene since 1968 prose. He previously worked and is the author of three for three years as writer and verse collections, a verse dramaturg for the Australian novella, two verse novels and Museums Theatre Education Kicking in Danger, a satire program. on Melbourne’s football. He is currently the publisher of Grand Parade Poets.

CREATIVE ARTS 15 BACHELOR OF JOURNALISM

ATAR 75 Journalism provides public information. A journalist writes and reports so that readers DURATION 3 years and viewers can stay informed, and carries the responsibility to report accurately and STARTS Autumn (February) fairly on the public actions of individuals, business entities and governments. ENTRY Admission to the Bachelor of Journalism provides both an account of action, and a forum for community response Journalism is based on the HSC and participation. It’s not just about creating the news, but also for presenting public ATAR (or equivalent), although response and feedback and ensuring that powerful groups are held accountable for what outstanding results in relevant they do. subjects/areas may also be taken into account. WHAT YOU STUDY LOCATION Wollongong The Bachelor of Journalism gives you the training to become a journalist and UAC 754700 communication specialist, through video, audio, print and web based technologies. You CRICOS 058983K will present news stories across a variety of media, and learn essential industry skills to accompany your practice. Studio subjects allow you to gain experience working in the Creative Arts’ student newsroom and radio studio. You will also have the chance to contribute to UOWTV, the weekly web magazine ‘The Current’, and the student publication ‘Paper Rock’. Practical exercises, both within Journalism subjects and in wider industry placements, will form part of a portfolio of work that will be submitted for assessment. Our staff have extensive experience as professional journalists, and their guidance will help you develop your technical skills and your understanding of the industry as a whole. The Bachelor of Journalism also provides opportunities to gain experience at respected media organisations, including a four-week internship during the final year of the degree. Applicants are selected on the basis of their ATAR (or equivalent), although outstanding results in relevant subjects may be taken into account. CAREERS The Bachelor of Journalism can lead to a variety of careers, such as: §§ Copywriter §§ Editor §§ Features Writer §§ Freelance Writer §§ Newspaper Journalist §§ Online Journalist §§ Photojournalist §§ Radio Journalist §§ TV News Presenter

The Bachelor of Journalism gives you the practical and analytic skills to pursue a career as a journalist in a wide variety of fields and across a broad spectrum of media, including print, radio, television and the internet. Combining this degree with another discipline, through elective subjects or a double degree, can enhance your employability in specialist fields. Science writing, political profiling, media analysis and financial journalism require journalistic skills in addition to knowledge in other areas.

16 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG WHO WE ARE

Mr Shawn Burns Dr Eric Loo Dr Siobhan McHugh Lecturer Senior Lecturer Senior Lecturer Shawn has extensive Eric has worked as a financial Siobhan is an award-winning experience as a regional daily journalist, features editor, writer and broadcaster, whose and non-daily newspaper production editor, and media publications include six books, journalist, photographer, educator in Australia, the three book chapters, over 60 sub-editor and editor. He has Philippines, Malaysia and the radio documentaries, scripted worked as journalist and Chief United States. He is founding international television of Staff with WIN Television editor of the refereed journal documentary, and written and held positions including Asia Pacific Media Educator, numerous newspaper and WIN Television NSW State and has co-edited books in magazine features. She is News Director and Federal international journalism and a noted oral historian, her political media and policy cross-cultural communication. collections being held in the adviser. His interests include National Library of Australia representation of people with and the State Library of New disability in the media. South Wales.

Mr Marcus O’Donnell Professor Stephen Tanner Lecturer Professor Marcus has worked as a Stephen has worked as a journalist and editor for more journalist, political adviser than fifteen years and has and academic. He has written written widely about art and on a range of topics, including architecture, gay/lesbian educational practice, politics, issues, religion, classical corruption, journalism ethics music and film. He was the and investigative journalism. editor-in-chief of SSO Media, His major publications include the publishers of Sydney Star the co-authored text Feature Observer, and is interested in Writing: Telling the Story the links between journalism (Oxford University Press and popular culture; blogging, in 2009); the co-authored hypertext and online media; text Journalism Ethics at and alternative and community Work (Pearson in 2005), and media. the edited text Journalism: Investigation and Research (Pearson, 2005).

CREATIVE ARTS 17 BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (GRAPHIC DESIGN)

ATAR 75/90 (Dean’s Scholar) Graphic design uses visual design to communicate specific information. From posters to DURATION 3 years company logos to individual websites, graphic design has a specific goal, and uses visual STARTS Autumn (February) images to reach that goal—to make a picture, sign or advertisement worth a thousand words. ENTRY Admission to the Bachelor of Creative Arts is based on With connections to both artistic and commercial applications, graphic design is the HSC ATAR (or equivalent), goal- and information-oriented, using specific tools to convey a message. And, when although outstanding results the traditional tools are no longer adequate, graphic designers adopt and exploit old in relevant subjects/areas may technologies and invent new ones. Graphic design is always changing, staying current also be taken into account. and reshaping itself around technological developments. LOCATION Wollongong UAC 754602/754610 (Dean’s Scholar) WHAT YOU STUDY CRICOS 001709K A Bachelor of Creative Arts in Graphic Design allows you to apply contemporary design techniques across a number of conceptual and industrial applications, and offers specialist studies in a variety of areas, including illustration, typography, web design and branding. Our practical studio subjects allow you to create design works that enhance your professional portfolio, and also provide ongoing opportunities to learn new technical skills to develop and enhance your practice. These studio subjects run alongside visual and design theory subjects that demonstrate the historical and commercial contexts that shape your work. Our Graphic Design staff members are experienced industry professionals. They provide you with valuable technical support and training in cutting edge digital technologies, and also encourage you to pursue industry experience to further develop your skills. Access to state-of-the-art facilities and professional support will help you create innovative design works, responding to real-world marketing and communication challenges. The course culminates in a major design project, which is exhibited alongside other students’ work in the Art and Design Graduate Show. This public exhibition showcases the practical skills that you will develop during the degree, and also provides an opportunity to demonstrate organisational, curatorial and production skills. CAREERS Graphic designers can pursue a variety of career paths, including: §§ Art Director §§ Brand/Logo Designer §§ Typesetter §§ Publication Designer §§ Web Designer §§ Production Artist §§ Graphic Designer §§ Animator/Cartoonist §§ Production Artist/Coordinator/Director

Graphic design is highly visible—as a graphic designer, you could provide visual content for a wide variety of clients, from retail chains to pharmaceuticals companies, film studios to government departments. Commercial opportunities in graphic design are numerous, and may reach a global audience of thousands or millions of people. But the technical and analytical skills developed in a Graphic Design degree are still applicable closer to home, in any career that requires communication with visual images in both physical and digital media.

18 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG WHO WE ARE

Mr Gregor Cullen Mr Grant Ellmers Ms Jo Stirling Lecturer Lecturer Lecturer Gregor is a designer whose Grant is a designer and Jo has 20 years’ industry posters and prints are has established a design experience across platforms represented in major galleries consultancy that specialises in in advertising, branding including the National Gallery visualising academic research and identity development, of Australia. Gregor was co- and in developing visual publishing and publication founder of the internationally representations of research design, music industry, eco acclaimed Wollongong design concepts and outcomes for tourism, environmental and studio, Redback Graphics, and university academics. The social design. Her interests his graphic design solutions results have been employed include sustainable design for the Roads and Traffic in publications, funding practice and the designer as Authority can be seen on applications, for publicity activist. road and pedestrian bridges purposes, and commercial throughout the Illawarra and applications. Southern Highlands.

Dr Jon Cockburn Lecturer Jon is a lecturer in design theory with a strong interest in design and visual arts history and theory. He has a strong commitment to investigating issues concerning new media theory, film, animation and sequential art and contemporary fashion.

CREATIVE ARTS 19 BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL ARTS)

ATAR 75/90 (Dean’s Scholar) Visual arts is based around the creation of physical aesthetic artefacts: in two- DURATION 3 years dimensional media such as painting and film, three-dimensional forms like textiles and STARTS Autumn (February) sculpture, and, increasingly, in virtual spaces with digital image making and design. Traditional forms are now being used and adapted within innovative multimedia works. ENTRY Admission to the Bachelor of Creative Arts is based on New works interrogate our commonly-held assumptions about aestheticism and artistic the HSC ATAR (or equivalent), worth and blur the boundaries that have defined artistic practice: between individual although outstanding results creation and collaboration, between physical and virtual, between longevity and in relevant subjects/areas may impermanence. also be taken into account. Contemporary visual arts practice relies upon traditional forms and media, but is LOCATION Wollongong not bound by them. Seeing the points where different forms intersect allows you to UAC 754605/754610 (Dean’s Scholar) be experimental and innovative, and to scrutinise the relationship between artistic CRICOS 001709K technique and the audience’s aesthetic response. WHAT YOU STUDY A Bachelor of Creative Arts in Visual Arts will help you learn the practical skills to work as an independent arts practitioner, while developing an understanding of art history and contemporary modes of community-based artistic collaboration. Your works don’t exist in a vacuum: understanding the influences on the creation and exhibition of artworks gives depth and purpose to your own practice. Visual Arts studio subjects give you the opportunity to learn and practice artistic processes, focusing on textiles, painting and sculpture and with supplementary studies in drawing, printmaking, photography, video, digital image making, installation and curating. Alongside your studio work, you will also take subjects in visual art theory, tracing the development of contemporary visual arts practice and positioning your work within a wider artistic context. Creative Arts has a number of gallery spaces, and student work is exhibited throughout the year along with changing exhibitions from staff, external artists and from UOW’s permanent Art Collection. Organising and curating these exhibitions gives you the chance to develop skills in arts administration and curatorship, and to display your creative work for a wider audience. At the completion of your degree, you will exhibit along with your peers in the Art and Design Graduate Show, one of the major annual public exhibition events within Creative Arts. In your degree, you will be taught practical and theoretical skills by practising artists and experienced visual arts scholars from a wide variety of fields. You may also choose to combine your visual arts practice with subjects from other artistic disciplines, within Creative Arts, or to collaborate with other students to develop innovative cross- disciplinary works. Applicants are selected on the basis of their ATAR (or equivalent), although outstanding results in relevant subjects may be taken into account. CAREERS Our graduates possess the knowledge and skills to pursue a variety of career paths, including: §§ Art Historian / Theoretician §§ Textile Designer §§ Art Journalist §§ Curator §§ Artist §§ Exhibition Coordinator §§ Arts Writer §§ Gallery Director §§ Museum Worker §§ Arts Administrator §§ Photographer §§ Community Arts Worker §§ Printmaker §§ Teaching §§ Illustrator

The Bachelor of Creative Arts in Visual Arts helps you develop your artistic practice to a professional standard. You may choose to pursue a career as a professional artist— however, the analytical and visual skills developed in this degree can also help you respond to aesthetic challenges in a variety of non-artistic careers.

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Ms Agnieszka Golda Dr Penny Harris Lecturer Senior Lecturer Agnieszka is a textiles lecturer Penny is a visual artist who is and visual artist. She has been focused on extending bronze teaching for the past fourteen casting techniques into areas years, and has lectured across not conventionally used by number of areas including metal casters with a particular constructed textiles, print and focus on cast found objects dye, textile design, material and found material. She studies, concept development, often works in collaboration painting and installation. with sound artists in order to explore the relationship between sound and objects and the space they hold.

Mr Derek Kreckler Ms Jacky Redgate Senior Lecturer senior Lecturer Derek is a visual artist who Jacky is a visual artist who has taught at a number of began exhibiting her work in universities including Western the late 1970s and has since Australian Academy of exhibited extensively within Performing Arts (WAAPA), Australia and internationally. University of Sydney, Sydney She has most recently been College of the Arts and the awarded the prestigious University of NSW, College of William and Winifred Bowness Fine Arts. He has received of a Photography Prize. number of awards and various residencies and has exhibited extensively and participated in various national and international events.

CREATIVE ARTS 21 BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN)

ATAR 75/90 (Dean’s Scholar) In the creation of aesthetic artefacts, visual art and graphic design are increasingly DURATION 3 years interconnected. Artists may adapt traditional media for digital display and exhibition, STARTS Autumn (February) while graphic designers draw upon established aesthetic techniques to position their work within a wider artistic context. ENTRY Admission to the Bachelor of Creative Arts is based on Visual art involves some of the oldest forms of artistic production, such as sculpture the HSC ATAR (or equivalent), and painting. Graphic design is comparatively ‘young’, and has emerged in response to although outstanding results contemporary technological developments. The history and conventions of visual art can in relevant subjects/areas may lend credibility to graphic design, while design offers new approaches to the traditional also be taken into account. challenges of the visual arts. LOCATION Wollongong UAC 754607/754610 (Dean’s Scholar) WHAT YOU STUDY CRICOS 001709K A Bachelor of Creative Arts in Visual Arts and Design combines technical skills from the areas of Visual Art and Graphic Design, while exploring the intersections of the two. You will develop practical skills in both traditional and new media, allowing you to create works that blur the boundaries between established analogue and new digital artworks. Drawing on a combination of subjects from the Visual Arts and Graphic Design areas, this degree encourages you to explore the connections between analogue and digital art forms. Studio subjects teach you the artistic processes that you’ll need to create art and design projects, while history and theory subjects provide a foundation for understanding the position of your work in relation to contemporary art and design practice. In the final year of the degree, it’s your choice where you focus: your major project may be in Visual Arts or Graphic Design, but will be shaped by your knowledge of how these two areas interact. A degree in Visual Arts and Design draws on the strengths of both components, but offers additional flexibility for contemporary artistic practice. You will have access to a wide variety of resources from both disciplines, including UOW’s state-of-the-art Digital Media Centre, located on the Innovation Campus. Experienced staff from Visual Arts and Graphic Design will provide you with the key skills to create works in both traditional and digital media, and you will have the opportunity to collaborate with other students across disciplines. Studio subjects in design and branding allow you to practice your skills in a professional context, and the final year of the degree involves the creation and exhibition of a major creative work as part of the Art and Design Graduate Show. Applicants are selected on the basis of their ATAR (or equivalent), although outstanding results in relevant subjects may be taken into account. CAREERS Visual Arts and Design graduates apply their compositional and technical skills in a variety of careers, including: §§ Animator/Cartoonist §§ Photographer §§ Arts Administrator §§ Printmaker §§ Artist §§ Production Artist §§ Brand/Logo Designer §§ Production Artist/Coordinator/ §§ Community Arts Worker Director §§ Content/Digital Curator §§ Publication Designer §§ Curator §§ Teacher §§ Exhibition Coordinator §§ Textile Designer §§ Gallery Director §§ Typesetter §§ Graphic Designer §§ Web Designer §§ Illustrator

Visual Arts and Design provides exciting areas of overlap between the practice of visual artists and designers. Tools and techniques from graphic design enhance the work of contemporary artists in both new and traditional media.

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Mr Garry Jones Dr Su Ballard Professor Ian McLean Lecturer Senior Lecturer Professor of art history Garry is a visual artist with Su is a writer and curator Ian has published extensively extensive experience in Indig- whose current research is on Australian art and enous affairs having worked focused on media art histories particularly Aboriginal art. as a senior program and policy and visual culture. She is a His books include How officer advising governments director of The ADA Network, Aborigines Invented the Idea on Indigenous housing, arts New Zealand’s only digital of Contemporary Art, White and cultural development arts network, and has edited Aborigines Identity Politics in matters. His current work a number of publications Australian Art. He is also on address the emergence of including The Aotearoa Digital the advisory boards of Third contemporary ‘urban’ Aborigi- Arts Reader, Junctures: The Text, the international journal nal visual arts, examining what Journal for Thematic Dialogue, of postcolonial art, World Art impacts this development has and The Fibreculture Journal. and National Identities. had on the emotional health and well-being or Aboriginal artists and communities.

CREATIVE ARTS 23 BACHELOR OF DIGITAL MEDIA

ATAR 75 As a discipline, digital media is focused on digital production, with a particular emphasis DURATION 3 years on creative applications of new media. The technologies that underpin digital media are STARTS Autumn (February) rapidly evolving, and these constant changes create a vibrant environment for innovative creative practice. ENTRY Admission to the Bachelor of Digital Media is based on Digital media is not just one thing—it’s all about convergence, the way different media the HSC ATAR (or equivalent), and technologies can influence one another. Animation. Film making. Computer systems. although outstanding results Digital media stands at the intersection between technology and creativity. in relevant subjects/areas may also be taken into account. WHAT YOU STUDY LOCATION Wollongong The Bachelor of Digital Media (BDM) is a cross-institutional program taught by UOW UAC 754650 and TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute. This collaboration means that, as well as a UOW CRICOS 071836A degree, you will also receive a Certificate IV and Diploma from TAFE for your completion of digital media related studies and, depending on your subject selection, an Advanced Diploma. These qualifications reflect the high level of academic and vocational skills provided by this course of study. This degree combines practical subjects in digital media arts with an education in art theory and practice, enabling you to create innovative digital media works for a variety of contexts. TAFE subjects in animation, cinematography, editing and film/TV production give you the skills to produce creative projects for the screen, TV or online environment. You’ll also learn the historical and theoretical foundations of digital media arts, which will help position your work in a wider cultural context. The practical components of the degree are taught at the Digital Media Centre at UOW’s Innovation Campus in North Wollongong. This state-of-the-art facility provides film studios, animation and computer labs, editing suites and exhibition spaces. Your practical training will be undertaken with industry-recognised hardware and software to ensure that you are working at the cutting edge of digital media arts. And the DMC’s facilities make it easy to share and exhibit your work: in the classroom, in specialised multimedia exhibition spaces and online. Applicants are selected on the basis of their ATAR (or equivalent), although outstanding results in relevant subjects may be taken into account. CAREERS Graduates from the Bachelor of Digital Media can pursue a number of different career paths, including: §§ Animator §§ Cinematographer §§ Digital Effects Editor §§ Film Maker §§ Online Content Producer §§ Production Coordinator

The vocational skills you develop in the Bachelor of Digital Media allow you to respond innovatively and flexibly to the rapidly changing media environment. Whether you’re animating a website or adding digital effects to a film, you need specialised technical skills and a clear grasp of how your own practice relates to the wider industry. Many careers are increasingly reliant on digital literacy and proficiency, and the key skills you learn in this degree can be applied in any field where a digital presence is required.

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Associate Professor Dr Lucas Ihlein Ms Jo Law Brogan Bunt Lecturer Lecturer Program Convenor Lucas is an artist who works Jo is an artist filmmaker Brogan has a background in across many different whose works span a traditional media production media, using blogging, social number of fields including that is combined with current interactions, printmaking, experimental film and video, expertise in the field of media public speaking, and installation, interactive and arts theory and software art. performative methods of online platforms, screen He has a particular interest artmaking. In 2011 he was cultural program, and critical in computational media and awarded the inaugural writing. Jo’s films, videos and general media history and Alfred Deakin Medal for Best installations have been shown theory. Most recently, he Doctoral Thesis in Humanities widely across Australia and produced the algorithmic for his work titled “Framing internationally. Her interactive print exhibition, Loom (2011), Everyday Experience: Blogging online work, Project X, was which explored the aesthetic as Art.” included in Interactiva at the potential of recursive Museum of Contemporary geometric subdivision. Arts in Mexico.

CREATIVE ARTS 25 Theatre and performance

Theatre is a place and a practice where questions of political and personal identity, imagination and desire, history and its discontents can be explored; where the relationship between performer and audience is key. It may be a theatre of image or movement-based, be a play or group-devised work, use puppets and objects, or digital projection. Theatre is for children, for adults and for diverse communities. It may take place on a stage, in a quarry, on the street, or in an empty room. Increasingly theatre uses sophisticated forms of technology. Whether you work backstage or onstage, a training in theatre will develop not only your creative and conceptual abilities but also your research, communication and practical skills. Theatre is about collaboration. It relies on the coming together of theatre-makers: performers, directors, dramaturges, lighting and sound designers and stage managers as well as writers or devisors to create an encounter between the audience and the performance.

BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (THEATRE)

ATAR 75/90 (Dean’s Scholar) WHAT YOU STUDY DURATION 3 years A Bachelor of Creative Arts in Theatre equips you with skills in a broad range of STARTS Autumn (February) performance-related areas, including performance, stage management, technical ENTRY Admission to the Bachelor production and theatre history. This degree does not provide the intensive focus of the of Creative Arts is based on Bachelor of Performance, but offers a wider variety of practical experience and a strong the HSC ATAR (or equivalent), foundation in history and dramaturgy. although outstanding results in relevant subjects/areas may You will gain an understanding of rehearsal and workshop methodologies, as well also be taken into account. as learning techniques for compelling stagecraft in both performance and technical LOCATION Wollongong production. Dramaturgy and theatre history subjects provide the foundations for UAC 754609/754610 (Dean’s Scholar) understanding the breadth of theatre practice and its history, allowing you to position CRICOS 001709K your work within a wider historical and cultural context. Our academic and technical staff have extensive experience as directors, writers, performers and designers, and their knowledge will help you develop your skills and abilities. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow students on workshops and productions. Applicants are selected on the basis of their ATAR (or equivalent), although outstanding results in relevant subjects may be taken into account.

CAREERS Theatre graduates can use their skills to pursue a variety of different careers, including: §§ Actor §§ Production Manager §§ Singer §§ Technical Manager §§ Director §§ Teacher §§ Dramaturge §§ Arts Administrator §§ Lighting Designer §§ Cultural Worker §§ Stage Manager

This major combines performance skills, stagecraft, stage management, technical production, dramaturgy, history and theory. It is a flexible program that allows you to easily combine your love of acting and theatre with other minor areas of study including art history, creative writing, design theory, media arts, graphic design or technical theatre. The BCA in Theatre equips you with skills in a variety of areas of performance and production. This variety is highly valuable in careers in theatre or film, but also gives scope for employment in arts administration, and government and community arts organisations.

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Dr Margaret Hamilton Mr Christopher Ryan Dr Janys Hayes Senior Lecturer Lecturer Lecturer Margaret is the author of Christopher is a performer, Janys is a theatre director “Transfigured Stages: Major director, dramaturge, and ar- and actor. She trained as an Practitioners and Theatre tistic advisor. He has mentored actor with Yat Malmgren at Aesthetics in Australia” many young and emerging Drama Centre London and has (Rodopi, 2011). She specialises theatre artists, companies trained actors in Melbourne, in research on postdramatic and collectives. He is an as- Sydney and Wollongong, using theatre in Australia and sociate artist with Version Malmgren’s method. She has abroad. 1.0 with whom he has worked attracted grants both from the as a performer/devisor and Australia Council and the NSW dramaturge. Ministry for the Arts for her work as both a director and performer.

CREATIVE ARTS 27 BACHELOR OF PERFORMANCE

ATAR The Faculty does not advertise WHAT YOU STUDY an ATAR as additional selection criteria (audition/interview) is In the Bachelor of Performance, you can choose from the following two majors. You will also used. further focus on the Acting and Performance Making major by choosing a specialisation DURATION 3 years from your second year. STARTS Autumn (February) ACTING and PERFORMANCE MAKING ENTRY In addition to a UAC application, The Acting and Performance Making major allows you to focus either on interpretation applicants must register directly with the Faculty by 30 October. and performance of theatre texts, or on devising your own works for performance. For an audition or interview Here actors learn the skills required to pursue careers in acting for theatre and in order to demonstrate your performance, ranging from the traditional staging of plays to more contemporary forms ability to meet the criteria for a of performance, including the generation of self-devised performances, and multimedia proposed major, please refer to installation works. the faculty website for details www.uow.edu.au/crearts/ Acting specialisation: You will undertake a traditional interpretive actor training, futureundergrad developing skills in acting, voice, singing and movement. In introductory subjects, Students who complete the first you acquire competencies in theatre-making with an emphasis on collaboration and year of the Bachelor of Creative ensemble practice. You’ll also study the history and theory of theatre and undertake Arts (Theatre) to a high standard studies in professional practice. may apply to be considered Performance Making specialisation: You share foundation studies with Acting for a place in the Bachelor of students; however, from the second year, the focus is on devised works for theatre and Performance; however, places will be strictly limited and the modes of contemporary performance. process highly competitive. TECHNICAL THEATRE LOCATION Wollongong UAC Acting & Performance Making: This major allows you to focus on all the creative, organisational and technical skills 754800 necessary to bring a professional theatre production into being and to work in theatres Technical Theatre: 754810 and other venues. You’ll acquire skills in stage management, sound, lighting and CRICOS 072568G audio visual design, and learn to apply those skills by working on theatre productions, performances, installations and events. Actors, creatives and technicians work together to produce a number of productions directed by professionals working with students throughout the degree. Creative Arts offers access to rehearsal studios and performance spaces, including the FCA Performance Space and the recently-built Backstage Hope. Our academic and technical staff have extensive experience as directors, writers, performers and designers, and their knowledge will help you develop your skills and abilities to a professional level. CAREERS The Bachelor of Performance provides the skills required to pursue many different careers, such as: §§ Actor §§ Singer §§ Director §§ Dramaturge §§ Performance-maker §§ Lighting and Audiovisual Designer §§ Sound Designer §§ Stage Manager §§ Production Manager

Graduates from the Bachelor of Performance are trained to be versatile, highly skilled and self-reliant theatre practitioners, with valuable experience in both traditional and contemporary forms of theatre and performance. Graduates may go onto work in mainstage and independent theatre, they may choose to start their own ensembles, or to create highly experimental work in areas such as puppetry, outdoor performance, theatre by and for children and young people, or in community practice.

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Professor Sarah Miller Dr Lotte Latukefu Professor of Performance, Lecturer and Associate Dean: Research, Creative and Professional Lotte is a singer who has Practice performed with several Australian and Symphony Sarah has worked in many Orchestras. In 2011 she capacities in the arts received national awards and including performer and citations for her outstanding writer, producer/curator and contribution to teaching and Executive Director, working learning and has published across the visual, performing, internationally on a pioneering, hybrid and media arts. research-led model of learning singing underpinned by socio- cultural theories.

Mr Tim Maddock Dr Catherine McKinnon Senior Lecturer Lecturer Tim is a director, designer Catherine is a playwright, and actor. He has directed novelist and director, who new plays for prestigious has directed for Red Shed companies nationally, Theatre and the State Theatre including: Malthouse Theatre, Company of South Australia. Melbourne, Griffin Theatre Her novel, “The Nearly Happy Company, Sydney Theatre Family”, is published by Company, Red Shed Theatre Penguin Viking (2008) In 2011, and Brink Productions. she received Australia Council funding to write a new trilogy of plays.

CREATIVE ARTS 29 LEARN MORE

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