CALL FOR PAPERS: CLOSING DATE 1 APRIL 2011
Name……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……
Position: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Organisation: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......
Postal address: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Phone:…………………………………Fax: ……………………………..Email:………………………………………..
Title of paper…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
(PLEASE TICK) My proposal is for a 15 minute presentation OR 20 slides each discussed for 20 seconds.
I have attached a 150-200 word description of the proposed presentation and a 100 word blurb on the presenter.
The conference is a major professional development opportunity over two and a half days with keynote speakers in plenary sessions, case studies in parallel sessions and Saturday morning masterclasses and skill sessions. Conference themes addressed by keynote speakers include:
- Dealing with Disaster…bushfires, floods and cyclones
- Agents of Social Change and Challenging Stories
- Build it…reconceptualising museum and gallery spaces
- Managing our carbon footprint and lighting solutions
- Beyond the Walls…new media, public art and heritage interpretation
- Changing Nature of Collections…documentation and preservation of new media art, contemporary collecting practices
Proposals for Conference presentations are invited for the Case Studies Parallel Session.
Topics for invited Case Studies:
- Collaborations and Partnerships…success stories and lessons learned
- Disaster preparation and recovery…experiences and lessons learned
- Working with local government post amalgamation…challenges and successes
- Focus on learning…the formal education audience, using new media, evaluation
- International Exhibition touring…challenges, successes, lessons learned
- New initiatives in collection management and preservation…challenges and successes
- Audience Rules…working with audiences, engaging new/non traditional audiences
Proposals
Proposals should address the case study topics or conference themes outlined above.
Please include your name, organisation, address, contact details, title of proposed presentation, a 150-200 word description of the proposed presentation and a 100 word blurb on the presenter. Presentations in the parallel conference sessions may take two forms and either be 15 minutes in length or consist of 20 slideseach discussed for 20 seconds. Please indicate above the preferred format for your proposal. (Please note that submission of a proposal does not guarantee inclusion in the final program.)
RETURN BY 1 APRIL 2011 TO: Ann Baillie, MUSEUM AND GALLERY SERVICES QUEENSLAND, LEVEL 3, 318 BRUNSWICK STREET, FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006. Phone 07 3215 0845; Email
The Museum and Gallery Services Queensland State Conference is an initiative of Museum and Gallery Services Queensland in partnership with Artspace Mackay and is supported by Mackay Regional Council and Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre. M&GSQ is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.