QUT - New short course program – Have your say!

In 2012 QUT Creative Industries will be offering a new short course program for the general public to attend.

In order to help them design the workshops available on the new program, they invite you to participate in their online survey. They are seeking your views on which short courses interest you across the areas of creative arts, design, media and architecture.

You won't need to be studying a degree to now gain access to their world-leading lecturers and tutors in order to improve your competitive creative edge in the workplace.

This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. You will have the chance to win a $100 iTunes voucher as well.

http://survey.qut.edu.au/survey/173263/235d/

Exhibitions Assistant Trainee Positon Available

Artisan is looking for somebdy to join the team as an Exhibitions Assistant Trainee.
For a complete application kit please email Shannon McCaskill at projects@artisan.org.au.
Applications close on the 31st of January.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

• To provide administrative support to the organisation’s exhibitions program
• To support the development and implementation of artisan’s touring exhibitions program.

MAJOR DUTIES

• Prepare exhibition manuals for touring exhibitions, including database of works, itinerary, freight information, installation instructions, packing/unpacking instructions and photograph and create contents list.
• Liase with venues and freight companies to ensure timely delivery of exhibitions
• Liase with venues for contracts, payment of hire fees, delivery of marketing material and final venue reports
• Assist with exhibition installation
• Assist with exhibition research
• Write labels and information panels for objects and artists
• Arrange the design of marketing materials

TRAINEESHIP CRITERIA
This position is a traineeship funded by the Queensland Government.
As such eligible applicants must be living in Queenlsand and be an Australian citizen or a temporary visa holder or a permanent resident of Australia, must not have previously participated in a traineeship and must be unemployed and disengaged in the labour market as follows:
a) Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples
b) Australian South Sea Islanders
c) Long Term Unemployed - people who have not been in employment for 12 months or longer
d) Older job seekers aged 45 years and older
e) Women re-entering the workforce
f) People from a non-English speaking background, including recently arrived migrants,   refugees and humanitarian entrants
g) People with disabilites
h) Recently retrenched workes who have low level skills and are unlikely to easily find alternative
employment as evidenced by having been out of work for three months or more
i) Young people aged 15 to 24 years

Position Vacant at NAVA: Projects Manager

The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is seeking an experienced person for the position of Projects Manager. The person will be responsible for developing and managing projects that address NAVA identified issues within the visual arts, craft and design section. Applicants will need to be experienced in researching, preparing and updating NAVA texts as well as public presentations on NAVA and art industry issues.

For more information please visit http://www.visualarts.net.au/nava/work-with-us/projects-manager or contact Emma Thompson, General Manager on ph: (02) 9368 1900 email: general manager@visualarts.net.au

Applications close Monday 30th January 2012. 

Product Designer wanted for Collaboration

Daniel Kennedy from Epic is seeking to collaborate with a product designer to produce a range of household items from acrylic perspex. Epic currently produces customised acrylic cases for computers.

For further information please contact Daniel - admin@epicstore.com.au

To find out more about Epic please visit epicstore.com.au