THE ART OF ENGAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

convened by the

Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney, with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, and C3West

The Art of Engagement symposium explores innovative partnerships between contemporary visual artists, communities and corporate organisations. It takes the long-term Western Sydney project C3West as the starting point for a dialogue about contemporary art and its new modes of engagement.

Speakers include French multimedia artist Sylvie Blocher; Michael Krichman, US Executive Director of inSite, the acclaimed bi-national arts festival that built new networks across the San Diego / Tijuana border; Karin Becker, Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Stockholm University; and Frank Panucci, Director of Community Partnerships at the Australia Council for the Arts.

C3West is an initiative of cultural partners Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Casula Powerhouse and Penrith Performing and Visual Arts. Established in 2006, in its first three years C3West explored and delivered a range of projects in Western Sydney for artists to extend their practice beyond the gallery. Each project is developed through a unique collaborative process, bringing together businesses, artists and communities.

Registrations close: Wednesday 14^th October 2009

Registration Fee: $90 full registration; $50 students/artists/unwaged.

Click here to register

Seating is limited, so please register soon to ensure your place.

This event will be filmed.

C3West is assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW and by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through its Community Partnership section.

The University of Western Sydney is a research partner with C3West, funded through an Australian Research Council Linkage Project grant.

For all enquiries, please contact:

Michelle Kelly, Research Assistant

Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney

Phone: +61 2 9685 9647

Email: mi.kelly@uws.edu.au