News: Faculty of Creative Arts @ UOW

Journalism student wins national competition

Tanya Barton-Saad — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:09:00 UTC +1000

Creative Arts 'Feature Writing' student Kaila Matthews, was one of three UOW students selected as finalists in the 2009 archfashion Fashion Journalism competition. Read more...

Marrying Out, ABC Radio Series: Siobhan McHugh

Laura Potter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:03:00 UTC +1000

Just two generations ago, before multiculturalism became the norm, Australia was polarised between two main groups: Protestants and Catholics. Religion was code for identity, with tensions fuelled by historical grievances. ‘Catholic’ meant Irish, and to an English Protestant Establ... Read more...

ABC Radio National: Rowan Dalgleish

Laura Potter — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:48:00 UTC +1000

Rowan Dalgleish, a Postgraduate Journalism student, beat student journalists across Australia in 2008 to win a competition for best short feature run by ABC Radio National. For his prize, he got to make a full-length documentary with ABC Radio, which airs Saturday, 26 September on 360. In END ... Read more...

She Played Elvis by Dr Shady Cosgrove

Tanya Barton-Saad — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:04:00 UTC +1000

UOW Creative writing lecturer Dr Shady Cosgrove celebrated the release of her new book She Played Elvis with launches in Wollongong and Sydney over the weekend. Read more...

Landmarks by Kim Williams @ Wollongong City Gallery

Brooke House — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:52:00 UTC +1000

Wollongong City Gallery’s 08/09 Resident Artist and Technical Officer with the Faculty of Creative Arts @ UOW, Kim Williams, presents an exhibition of painting, drawing, mixed media and installation works exploring themes of the land and the delicate relationship between nature an... Read more...

Loose Change - an exhibition by 3rd year painting students

Tanya Barton-Saad — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:00:00 UTC +1000

Clifton School of the Arts
338 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Clifton 2515 Read more...

1/4_inch is back!

Laura Potter — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:18:00 UTC +1000

Saturday 22 August sees the return of 1/4_inch with an almighty show of light and sound at a new venue. Making up the bill will be local artist Rob Hughes and out of towners Gail Priest, Mark Brown & Khaled Sabsabi and the duo, Sounds Of Homes. The event will be mixed in surround and will ... Read more...

Writers Talk: Siobhan McHugh, "The Snowy"

Laura Potter — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:21:00 UTC +1000

The National Archives of Australia present a writers talk by Faculty of Creative Arts Lecturer and award winning author, Siobhan McHugh. Read more...

A Sense of Place by Sarah Willard Gray

Laura Potter — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:01:00 UTC +1000

Classical contemporary music with a twist

Brooke House — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:00:00 UTC +1000

Compositions by Michael Barkl, Dennis Bathory‐Kitsz, Warren Burt, Hugh Dixon, Kraig Grady, Michael H Dixon, Graham Hair, Terumi Narushima, Greg Schiemer Read more...

Tales of Brave Odysseus - Six plays by Creative Writing students

Tanya Barton-Saad — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:00 UTC +1000

ONE NIGHT ONLY! Read more...

2009 Faculty of Creative Arts Awards Night

Brooke House — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:00:00 UTC +1000

The Faculty of Creative Arts celebrated its annual Awards Night on 19 May with the addition of five new sponsored awards for high achievement in 2008. Read more...

The Hanging of Jean Lee, composition by Andrée Greenwell DCA Candidate

Brooke House — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:00:00 UTC +1000

THE HANGING OF JEAN LEE (Composer and music director: Andrée Greenwell) will be broadcast by ABC Radio National on the “Poetica” programme on April 11, 2:05 pm. A reduced version of this broadcast will be repeated on Thursday April 16, at 3pm. Read more...

Biotech Art - Revisited, Catherine Fargher and Terumi Narushima

Brooke House — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:00:00 UTC +1000

In his final exhibition project as director of the EAF Melentie Pandilovski revisits a signature theme – art and biotechnology. Biotech Art – Revisited includes an exhibition (of the same name), a workshop – Vital micro-ecologies: splice, dice, duplicate, and a free public sy... Read more...

River, River by Merlinda Bobis performed in Spain

Brooke House — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:00:00 UTC +1000

This March, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, Merlinda Bobis, will perform her play 'River, River' and present a keynote paper at University of Zaragoza's international literature conference in Spain. The c... Read more...

Writers Talk: Jessica White, "A Curious Intimacy"

Tanya Barton-Saad — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:00:00 UTC +1000

In 1999 Jessica White completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts/Bachelor of Arts, BCA BA (Hons) at the University of Wollongong, majoring in Creative Writing with the School of Journalism & Creative Writing. She recently submitted her PhD with the London Consortium (University of Londo... Read more...

Welcome Young Hee Park, Theatre Fellow

Brooke House — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:00:00 UTC +1000

During Autumn Session of 2009, the Faculty of Creative Arts is proud to be hosting Young Hee Park, a Korean performer, who will be working with the School of Music & Drama and the aspiring young performers and stage crew who make up the Performance program. For many years, Young Hee has be... Read more...

Fruitingbodies, Digitalis & The Real Thing by Mary Rosengren

Tanya Barton-Saad — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:00:00 UTC +1000

Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) candidate with the Faculty of Creative Arts, Mary Rosengren, presents an exhibition of prints and artists books in the University of Wollongong Library. Read more...

My Street Winner- Rowan Dalgleish

Laura Potter — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:51:00 UTC +1000

A University of Wollongong student has won a prestigious national radio competition with a story about life in a Mount Keira share house. Read more...

2008 JEA Conference at UoW

Tanya Barton-Saad — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:19:00 UTC +1000

The Faculty of Creative Arts, School of Journalism & Creative Writing, will host the annual JEA Conference at the University of Wollongong from 1-3 December 2008. Read more...

2008 Nude Auction

Brooke House — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 UTC +1000

Faculty of Creative Arts, 3^rd year Visual Arts and Graphic Design students hosted the annual Nude Auction Art Sale on Thursday 4 September 2008, and had a banner year! Read more...

'Dr Egg & The Man With No Ear' in Chicago, Catherine Farger

Tanya Barton-Saad — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:00 UTC +1000

Dr Egg and The Man With No Ear, a theatrical work written by Faculty of Creative Arts doctoral candidate, Catherine Fargher, is now front page news in Chicago, Illinois! Read more...

Premier of Triple Concerto by Associate Professor Stephen Ingham

Tanya Barton-Saad — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:00:00 UTC +1000

The premier of Associate Professor Read more...

1/4 Inch - Presented by Aaron Hull

Laura Potter — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:34:00 UTC +1000

To celebrate the launch of two very special CD's by bands A Slow Rip and The Dead Sea, 1/4_inch will be hosting one of the biggest events it has planned all year. Read more...

2008 Yang Sheng-An Memorial Art Prize - Winner Jayne Fischer

Laura Potter — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:10:00 UTC +1000

Winner - Yang Sheng-An
Memorial Art Prize Read more...