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Big ambitions drive new name for art school

 

Head of School Denise Ferris
Head of school Denise Ferris
AFTER nearly 40 years of prominence on our visual arts scene, the ANU School of Art has officially changed its name.

From 2017 the school will be called the ANU School of Art and Design – SOAD for short – reflecting the introduction of design programs for students and big ambitions for the future.

Head of school, Associate Professor Denise Ferris, said the name change underlined the school’s ambition to become the top design school in Australia, saying: “Design is a growing area of the arts, and one that offers a wide variety of career prospects and opportunities for graduates.”

The ANU Design program will be headed by Geoff Hinchcliffe and Mitchell Whitelaw, both pioneers of new forms of digital and web design, and they have planned courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students including bachelor and masters degrees in design as well as research degrees at masters and PhD levels.

Hinchcliffe, a School of Art alumnus and a well-known figure in the Canberra arts scene, has had a career spanning print, TV, web and interactive media, and his research focuses on new practices in digital design and innovative web-based forms.

Whitelaw has a strong focus on new media art and culture, especially generative systems, data-aesthetics, and digital cultural collections and has since 2010 worked with partners including the Asia Art Archive, Canberra Museum and Gallery, the State Library of Queensland, the State Library of New South Wales, the National Archives of Australia, and the National Gallery of Australia.

 

 

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