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Sydney College of Arts (pictured) to merge with UNSW Art and Design
Touted as the ‘creation of a leading centre for visual art and design’, the positive tone of today’s announcement that art schools at The University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney are set to merge in 2017, with conversations in play with the National Art School also to ascertain their position, has a darker side of further pull backs to the value placed on arts education.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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