9/30/2015

CROSSING THE LINE: GLOBAL DRAWING 2015




INTERSECTIONS IN FLORENCE

A contemporary Drawing Symposium

 November 6 -7,  2015

A one day symposium in tandem with the exhibition Contemporary Australian Drawing #5.

Companion to the exhibition:

"Contemporary Australian Drawing #5 : Facsimilies",  
Curator Dr Irene Barberis;

RMIT Gallery, RMIT University Melbourne, Wimbledon Gallery, University of the Arts London, Gallery Langford120, Melbourne, New York Studio School Gallery, New York City, SACI Institute Gallery, Firenze
Organisational Structure

Host Chair: Professor David Davidson (TBC)
International Chair: Dr Irene Barberis
Middle East Chair: Professor Julia Townsend
Chair of Publications: Dr Marcelo Guimarães Lima
Keynote Speaker – Dr Janet McKenzie; International Author, Artist and Historian

Main Partners

•Contemporary Australian Drawing travelling exhibition travelled by The Metasenta Foundation, Australia
•SACI Florence [Host organization]
•Global Centre for Drawing, Dr Irene Barberis, Australia, GCfD Crossing the Line Series of International Drawing Conferences ©]]
•CEPAOS Arts and Culture [Professor Marcelo Guimarães Lima, University of Sao Paulo]
•American University in Dubai [Professor Julia Townsend]
•Sponsors, and in-kind Sponsorship
SACI Institute, Florence,
Global Centre for Drawing,
The Metasenta Foundation, ,
The American University in Dubai,
CEPAOS, Brazil

Symposium themes:

Drawing as a transdisciplinary practice
Drawing as an intersection
Crossing the Line: hand and technology in a changing world
Drawing: a portrait and landscape-notations of our time.