Tagged with Arts and Communications

A national campaign to protect Australia’s rock art led by Griffith University’s Professor Paul Tacon was today launched in Sydney. Professor Tacon, who is Australia’s first Chair in Rock Art, warned in less than 50 years, half of Australia’s valuable rock art sites could vanish. He said without a national heritage register of rock art, […]

Elly Hoyt, Queensland Conservatorium jazz vocal graduate, has won a Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal 2011 for her first self titled CD. Elly joins a growing list of recent national award winners, and nominees from the South Bank campus. Jazz is a highly complex and specialised music form and Elly’s natural affinity for […]

Griffith University’s School of Language and Linguistics is leading the way in English education, this year offering a new suite of online interactive resources to enhance international students’ language proficiency. The two-year project will develop discipline-specific interactive resources to enhance the English language proficiency of students. “In 2010 Griffith University launched the English Language Enhancement […]

Final-year (2010) Bachelor of Arts students will showcase a range of final-year projects at two inaugural events this month. The Griffith University Bachelor of Arts Expo will be held at the Gold Coast campus on Thursday, October 7 from 3pm to 7pm. Gold Coast Social Enterprise Coordinator Dr Heather Anderson said the event was a […]

Who are the people behind community creativity? From youth culture to urban planning, from music-making to new media and online communities, the second Griffith University Creative Communities Conference held from September 21-23 will explore these themes. Hosted by the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, the conference follows a successful first event in 2009, and features […]

Ancient bird stencils, more than 9000 years old, have been discovered in a remote part of Arnhem Land by a team of archaeologists and Aboriginal traditional owners. Five stencils of the complete body of a bird were found in July 2009 on the wall and ceiling of a small rock shelter that is part of […]

Three Queensland writers have scooped the literature prizes in the $40,000 Josephine Ulrick Literature and Poetry Prizes held at the Gold Coast Arts Centre last week. Brisbane author Krissy Kneen won second prize for her short story, Steeple Chase, about sisters and the secrets they keep from each other. “This award means a huge amount […]