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Calendars

Conferences and symposiums

A range of national and international conferences which are significant to the dialogue surrounding contemporary craft and design and the advancement of craft practice.

Jemposium   Jewellery or What
10 - 13 February 2012     New Zealand
JEMposium
JEMposium brings together contemporary jewellers, collectors, curators, critics, and jewellery enthusiasts from New Zealand and abroad to discuss and celebrate the art of jewellery.

India Design forum   2012
9 - 10 March 2012     India
India Design forum
The India Design Forum will take place in New Delhi in 2012 to explore the role of design in India. The event is conceived as an open conversation between designers to identify the elements that define contemporary design in India.

Identity: Context and Reflection  
30 March - 1 April 2012     USA
Surface Design Association (SDA)
In 2012 the Surface Design Association will present a dynamic showcase of lectures, gallery tours, workshops and exhibitions during the Identity: Context and Reflection conference.

Subversive Clay   2012 Australian Ceramics Triennale
1 September - 1 October 2012     Adelaide
Australian ceramics Triennale
The theme for this conference is Subversive Clayand over four days it will explore clay as a medium capable of challenging artistic, social and cultural issues through an investigation across past traditions and invigorating new experimentation's.

Interior: a State of Becoming  
6 - 10 September 2012     Perth
IDEA
The 2012 IDEA symposium Interior: a State of Becoming explores, extends and challenges the world of the interior as a state of constant and dynamic becoming, rather than being. Interior in flux, as adaptation, force field, virtual, performance, waste, cinematic etc.

Participation and Exchange   valuing the participative community
12 - 14 July 2013     Brisbane
JMGA
After much consideration JMGA have decided to postpone the 2012 JMGA Conference. The State Library of Queensland will sponsor the 2013 conference and Participation and Exchange:valuing the participative community will be using their venue for the conference.