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Why you should participate in jams! Part 1

48h competitions, or jams as they are often referred to, have been around for a…

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Magnificent Makers

Magnificent Makers tells seven stories of canny creations, daring discoveries and imaginative inventions that trace a path through Queensland’s history since the late nineteenth century. 

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Siganto Foundation Artists’ Books Lecture Series 2017: Helen Douglas

Hear Dr Helen Douglas, an artist and publisher from Scotland who is renowned for her poetic visual narratives in artists’ books, deliver the 2017 Siganto Founda...
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Siganto Foundation Artists’ Books Lecture Series 2017: Helen Douglas

Hear Dr Helen Douglas, an artist and publisher from Scotland who is renowned for her poetic visual narratives in artists’ books, deliver the 2017 Siganto Founda...
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Siganto Foundation Artists’ Books Lecture Series 2016: Part 3 – Victoria Cooper

Dr Victoria Cooper, Siganto Foundation Research Fellow 2015 discusses her research in her lecture titled ‘Montage readings’.
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Siganto Foundation Artists’ Books Lecture Series 2016: Part 2 – Guy Begbie

Sonia Cooper CEO & State Librarian welcomes Dr Marie Siganto AM and guests to the Siganto Foundation Artists’ Book Lecture Series 2016. 
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Siganto Foundation Artists’ Books Lecture Series 2016: Part 1 – Clyde McGill’s performance

Siganto Foundation Creative Fellow Clyde McGill introduces his artists’ book ‘Seven conjectures on looking for place’ through performance. 
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Siganto Artists’ Books Seminar 2015: Session 1

Listen to Brazilian artist, performer and academic Amir Brito Cadôr’s keynote address, ‘The Book as Performance’.
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Siganto Artists’ Books Seminar 2015: Session 2

Siganto Artists’ Books Seminar 2015: Session 2
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