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Conserving the 100-year-old remnants of Gallipoli’s battlefields Volume 11 Number 2 February 9 - March 8 2015 Holly Jones-Amin and Carmela Lonetti, objects conservators from the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, travelled to Çanakkale, Turkey in 2014 to preserve objects uncovered in an historic tri-national interdisciplinary archaeological survey of the ANZAC battlefield.They share some of their experiences. Read more »	A new chapter for Australian literature Volume 11 Number 2 February 9 - March 8 2015 A new Chair in Australian literature will celebrate the best in our nation’s creative writing and provide a leading voice to advance its cause. By Chris Weaver Read more »	Southbank springs to life for SummerSalt arts festival Volume 11 Number 2 February 9 - March 8 2015 Catriona May reports on a new arts festival at Southbank that brings interdisciplinary collaboration into the spotlight and public view. Read more »
Enacting literature: Toni Morrison’s Beloved Volume 11 Number 1 January 12 - February 8 2015 The latest gathering of the Faculty of Arts’ Ten Great Books Series turned its gaze towards Toni Morrison’s classic text, Beloved. By Laura Soderlind. Read more »	Major Buxton art donation to Melbourne Volume 11 Number 1 January 12 - February 8 2015 Property developer and passionate art collector Michael Buxton has donated his collection of contemporary Australian art to the University. His $26 million gift includes funding for a new museum at Southbank. By Rebecca Scott. Read more »	Advancing by making mistakes Volume 10 Number 12 December 8 2014 - January 11 2015 The first cohort of Bachelor of Fine Arts will soon graduate and enter the cultural professions, to share their creative visions with the world. Liz Banks-Anderson spoke with Professor Su Baker, Film and Television student Stephanie Parsons and Music Theatre graduate Alex Gibson-Giorgio to reflect on the year that was. Read more »
Capturing the essence of humanity Volume 10 Number 12 December 8 2014 - January 11 2015 A new exhibition celebrating the work of American photographer Richard Avedon, a National Portrait Gallery of Australia Exhibition presented in partnership with the Richard Avedon Foundation, New York, is now showing at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne. By Emily Smith. Read more »	Training voices to be exciting, colourful and free Volume 10 Number 12 December 8 2014 - January 11 2015 Liz Banks-Anderson speaks with singing teacher Anna Connolly about training vocalists to win prizes while staying connected to their creative purpose. Read more »	Travelling studio program creates global artists Volume 10 Number 11 November 10 - December 7 2014 VCA and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music students have crossed the world to learn from recognised masters in their fields, thanks to support from Arts Victoria. By Liz Banks-Anderson. Read more »
New perspectives on Outsider art Volume 10 Number 11 November 10 - December 7 2014 A new exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne explores Outsider art and one of the key preconceptions about this uneasy category. By curator Joanna Bosse. Read more »	Major gift for Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian art history Volume 10 Number 10 October 13 - November 9 2014 Chris Weaver reports on a major gift to support the discipline of art history at the University of Melbourne, and which honours one of Australia’s greatest artists, Hugh Ramsay. Read more »	Fragments, shadows and projections: Greer on Sappho Volume 10 Number 10 October 13 - November 9 2014 Public intellectual, Professor Germaine Greer recently addressed the 10 Great Books crowd about the Greek lyric poet and romantic figure, Sappho. By Laura Soderlind. Read more »

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