Working in Indigenous Art Centres

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Risky business: Engaging adolescents at the Art Gallery of South Australia
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Kylie Neagle

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MCAD Manila: Learning, sharing and conversation
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Joselina Cruz and Paula Acuin

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Museum MACAN: Critical conversations through art
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Aaron Seeto

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Falling in love (Or is the curatorial a methodology?)
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Tara McDowell

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Being an artist and an art teacher
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Henry Ward

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Trying to be at home in the world: New parameters for art education
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Gert Biesta

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Choose your own immersion: Art schools as a site of creative becoming
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Una Rey

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Vanishing into action: Art beyond the contemporary
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Alasdair Foster

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Felicity Wright speaks from long experience, as a worker and as a reviewer of art centres on Aboriginal lands. Her thoughtful article teases out many do's and don'ts in this highly contested field.

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