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Events in the next thirty days

24/05/2012 Art graduates work for sale
In 2012 RMIT School of Art graduates will again be attending the Affordable Art Fair to sell their work. Below are just some of the amazing pieces that will be available for sale.

24/05/2012 Globalism Research Centre: Journal Edition Launch
Local-Global: Identity, Security, Community - ‘Culture of climate change adaptation in Australia’ Edited by Martin Mulligan and Andy Scerri

24/05/2012 The Kite Runner Film screening at RMIT Gallery
Based on the best selling novel by Khaled Hosseini, the film is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.

25/05/2012 Short Film Screening - Lines of Flight
The screening includes an introduction from the film's director, Martin Wood, a follow up Q&A session and a Hub Melbourne Wine-down.

29/05/2012 Seminar: Getting to the heart of hERG K+ channels
Professor Vandenberg will talk about how hERG K+ channels play an important role in helping maintain normal cardiac rhythm. His research has brought his team closer to understanding the overall mechanism of C-type inactivation in hERG channels. There is still more to learn about the mechanical and pharmacological manipulation of inactivation.

01/06/2012 School of Art Graduate Research Conference
A series of workshops, speakers, confirmation and completions seminars by higher degrees by research candidates.

06/06/2012 Accumulated experience
This exhibition, inspired by Elkhonon Goldberg’s book The Wisdom Paradox , considers how our everyday experiences are constantly accumulated and affect the formation of our ‘selfhood’.

07/06/2012 Weaving Words: the relationship between poetry and carpets in the Persian world
Susan Scollay will speak of the beauty of Persian poetry and its vibrant tales of human and divine love and its relationship to carpets in the Persian world.

14/06/2012 Indigenous arts residency exchange
The School of Art’s international Artist in Residence Program—iAIR—in collaboration with the University of Lethbridge’s Gushul Studios hosts an annual Indigenous residency exchange between Canada and Australia. These reciprocal residencies have been established to foster an increased mobility for artists and promote cross-cultural exchange and dialogue.

20/06/2012 Penpals: Post-conversation
Penpals : Post-conversation is the culmination of an experimental collaboration between Melbourne and Hong Kong based artists from the RMIT Master of Fine Arts. As penpals, each pair of artists has collaborated to form the conceptual underpinning of a work through handwritten correspondence. Through cross-cultural dialogue, Penpals : Post-conversation explores systems of interpretation through language, location, individual and collaborative art practice.

21/06/2012 Global Studies Seminar Series 4
Global Studies Seminar Series 2012