JMGA 2013 Conference - Participation and Exchange

We have posted information about some accommodation ideas.

We have set up a facebook page www.facebook.com/ParticipationandExchange

We are really excited to announce the call for exhibitors for Participate

The conference website is www.participationandexchange.com

Registration is open NOW.

Registration 3 days 12, 13 &14 July including lunch, refreshments and Sunday closing function!   
Full:             $425.00 (inc GST)                      
Student:        $395.00  (inc GST)
JMGA Conference Dinner Saturday 13 July  including Pin Swap!
                                           $60.00      (inc GST)

The results of the Graduate Metal entry blind review.   Beau Allen, Graduate Metal 12 The Blind Reviewer's reports are back and the list of Graduate Metal 13 applicants who have been selected has been finalised! Congratulations to all, the reviewers were impressed by the breadth of practice presented. If your name is below you will be emailed directly with details of what is required for you to do next. We are looking forward to seeing all of the work in Brisbane for the exhibition in July. If you find your name in the short list and you can't wait for your email, or you prefer to deal through this site  We are very excited to announce that the curatorial students from QCA will be writing catalogue statements for each of the exhibited works. If you select to exhibit you will be contacted by the budding arts writer. Should you intend to exhibit, which we certainly hope you will, you are required to pay the exhibiting fee of AU$60 and need to respond to this email confirming that you intend to exhibit. We require that you action this by Friday 1 March. The payment can be made via this secure link. We require that you action this by Friday 1 March.  If you wish to supply a better print quality image of your work please let us know. You will be required to cover the freight for your work to and from the conference venue. If you would like your work to be for sale there will be a  of 30% commission charged. We look forward to receiving confirmation that you intend exhibit. On receipt of your intention to exhibit and payment, we will send details for delivery of the work. In the meantime if you have any questions please contact us JMGA@grifith.edu.au Clare Poppi Aurelia Yeomans Saori Kita Shan Wu Annie Gobel Sarah Hudson Mandy Flood Alison Stone (Shand) Jacqueline Dyson Samuel Lintern Shanna Muston Brondwyn Vivian (Holmes) Gabrielle Morosini Clare Hooper Kate Hutchinson Emily Becher Jodie Lyndon-James Lindy McSwan Christopher Hardwick Karah Sinden Katie Stormonth Keri-Mei Zagrobelna Angela Su Wendy Korol Ambyr Craven Rei Minohara-Starke Sally Leung Kathleen Hunt Morven Downie Felix Gill Fiona Meller Felicity Large Nicole Wallin Angela Porritt Alicia Lane Sarah Johnston Adie Collard Natalie Gock Katherine Hubble Dianne Hedger Kacie Rutherford Laura Shipp Brighde Lewis Jeanette Lee Mieke Roy Sarah Cattoni Aleksandra Kalnins Lisa Littlewood Dat Van Safira Blom Trephina Mackay Luke Abbot Melissa Punch Betty McKeough Olivia Boyle Nikki Di Giulio Sarah Read Shan Shan (Eliza Wing Shan) Caroline McQueen Danae Natsis Eileen Xie Amy Cochrane Rebecca New Ann O’Connor Amelia Pascoe Tess Doyle Andrea Caligiuri Jo Hawley Jacquelene Reid Moniek Schrijer Blandine Halle Tomislav Milanovic Hannah Jago

UPDATE 9 January 2013

The deadline for Graduate Metal entries is next week!

The deadline for Paper proposals is the end of the month!

Also, we have been adding more information to the website, please take a look. The blog is now in use and includes answers to frequently asked questions.

Thank You to everyone who has been assisting by sharing the information around, we greatly appreciate your assistance with getting the information out far and wide.

UPDATE 19 December 2012

Call for Papers

On behalf of the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia (Queensland Chapter Inc.), we invite proposals from emerging artists and practitioners, postgraduate students, educators, writers and curators for contributions to the JMGA’s 15th conference, to be staged in Brisbane Australia July 2013.

We are interested in papers from the fields of jewellery and metalsmithing that explore the links between individuals and communities, both real and virtual, through participation and exchange.

The conference theme has been chosen to specifically focus on collective participation and inspirational initiatives in contemporary practice.

We want papers that explore, investigate, uncover or expose participation and or exchange in practice within the fields of jewellery and metalsmithing.

The deadline for Abstract submissions is January 31, 2013.

The Call for Papers details are available on the conference website.

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UPDATE 08 December 2012

Important points to remember about Graduate Metal entries!

• Graduates from Australia and New Zealand are invited to participate
• Students are only eligible if they have completed a Diploma, Associate Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Undergraduate degree or Honours degree in a Contemporary Jewellery or metalsmithing course since the last JMGA Biennial Conference in Perth, April 2010
• The work must have been made in their graduating year
• A $60 entry fee is payable after students have been selected and if they intend to exhibit
• If the quality of the actual work is not consistent with the images provided the entrant may be refused the right to display the work in the exhibition
• All initial entry forms and images for selection must be post marked by January 15, 2013. Entries will not be accepted after this date.

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The Graduate Metal Entry Form is available from the conference website

UPDATE 01 November 2012

The JMGA 2013 Conference Participation and Exchange website is live!  We will be updating regularly as details are confirmed. Most Importantly, what is available now is the Graduate Metal 13 Entry Form. Entry to Graduate Metal 13 is open to students who have completed a Diploma, Associate Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Undergraduate or Honours degree in jewellery and/ or metalsmithing in Australia or New Zealand since the last JMGA Biennial Conference in Perth in April 2010.

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UPDATE 21 October 2012

GRADUATE METAL 13 entry details will be made available soon...

Entry to Graduate Metal 13 will be open to students who have completed an Associate Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Undergraduate or Honours degree in jewellery and/ or metalsmithing in Australia or New Zealand since the last JMGA Biennial Conference in Perth in April 2010. Works entered must have been made in the final year of study and entries will go through a selection process, so prepare by getting good documentation of your work.

Participation + Exchange valuing the participative community

JMGA CONFERENCE 2013

12-14 JULY 2013 State Library of Queensland.

The conference is less than 12 months away! Things are falling into place and we are pleased that 12-14 July 2013 is looking like a busy and productive time for jewellers and metalsmiths. Our program of satellite events including exhibitions and masterclasses will take place from early July for 2 weeks or so…including Graduate Metal 13, and a JMGA delegates exhibition.

Most events will take place in the South Bank area of Brisbane, at the State Library of Queensland and Queensland College of Art Griffith University.The South Bank area is filled with cafes, restaurants and parklands and of course has the added bonus of QAG and GOMA. Thanks to the marathon recovery efforts of the community and government you will not find a trace of the January 2011 flood damage to this area.

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/

http://www.griffith.edu.au/visual-creative-arts/queensland-college-art

http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/

Please look for more updates soon.

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After much consideration we have decided to postpone the 2012 JMGA Conference.

We had previously indicated we would hold it in 2012, as is expected of a biennial conference.  This is not a decision we have taken lightly.  We apologise for being a little slow in responding to requests for information, but we were hesitant to publish information until we had made some crucial decisions. 

Most of you will be aware that Queensland has had its fair share of natural disasters this year.  In Brisbane while most things are up and running, there is still a long way to go in terms of returning to 'normal'. The effect of such an event cannot be underestimated; many people are still without homes, and many businesses are yet to reopen.  To put it simply, we’ve had to direct our attention and energies elsewhere in the short term. We are confident that scheduling for 2013 will allow us the time and space we need to organise an exciting and dynamic conference.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

What we can tell you now is that we are extremely pleased to have confirmed the title and theme, the venue and the dates. 

Participation and Exchange valuing the participative community

JMGA CONFERENCE 2013

12-14 JULY 2013

State Library of Queensland.

We are pleased to confirm the State Library of Queensland as a sponsor and will be using their fabulous venue for the conference.