June 6, 2019
2019 Artist Callout
This year the Critical Animals Creative Research Symposium will be presented as part of the TiNA (This is Not Art) festival in Newcastle, NSW from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October 2019. We are now calling for proposals for our 2019 festival! We invite anyone whose practice experiments within the experience and interpretation of ‘critical […]
June 6, 2019
2019 Artist Callout
This year the Critical Animals Creative Research Symposium will be presented as part of the TiNA (This is Not Art) festival in Newcastle, NSW from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October 2019. We are now calling for proposals for our 2019 festival! We invite anyone whose practice experiments within the experience and interpretation of ‘critical […]
April 12, 2018
Project Curator Callout
Curator Callout! Have a good idea or two and a bit of curatorial experience under your belt? Been dreaming up the perfect collection of artists and just wondering where you might be able to exhibit them? Sounds like you need to apply to be the Critical Animals’ 2018 Project Curator! What Does this Involve? […]
February 19, 2018
Free TiNA artist application workshop
Get hot tips on how to prepare an excellent proposal to present as part of Critical Animals, Crack X Festival and National Young Writers’ Festival at TiNA’s free Artist Application workshop. This is a great opportunity to chat through your ideas with the festival team. When: Wednesday 7 March 2018. 5-6.30pm Where: Pachamama House, 21 Gordon Ave, […]
January 31, 2018
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018
This year the Critical Animals festival will be presented as part of the TiNA festival in Newcastle, NSW from Thursday 28 September to Sunday 1 October. We are now calling for proposals for our 2018 festival, anchored by the theme Give and Take. Do you feel like the world is in the midst of significant change? We do! […]
October 31, 2017
Join our team! We’re on the look out for a new Co-Director
**DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED** The Critical Animals Creative Research Symposium is looking for a new Co-Director for 2018-2020. The successful applicant will work alongside the ongoing Co-Directors in the facilitation of the next three Critical Animals festivals. For the role of Co-Director, we’re looking for someone passionate about the intersection of arts and research, about […]
September 4, 2017
Callout: Runway for TiNA
Runway and Critical Animals are offering two travel bursaries to support emerging writers from the Hunter Region and Western Sydney to attend this year’s This is Not Art (TiNA) in Newcastle. You will attend the festival (28 September – 1 October) and report on the event for Runway’s online platform, Conversations. The bursary includes: $500 […]
March 22, 2017
Ask the artist: Ele Jansen
Need a few reasons to apply for CA2017? One of our 2015 artists, Ele Janson, can give you a few! How would you describe Critical Animals? The most down to earth, intellectually stimulating melting pot of young art curation and collaboration. Why did you apply? Because it’s a fantastic platform to engage a smart […]
March 8, 2017
Newcastle Museum X Critical Animals – Museum Collection Intervention Opportunity for Artists and Writers
Interested in making new work for CA2017? Engage with the Newcastle Museum Collection and present within this historic setting! Critical Animals is thrilled to be able to announce that we will be presenting our contributing artists, researchers and writers the opportunity to create new works that respond to objects within the Newcastle Museum’s collection and […]
March 8, 2017
Ask the artist: Marisa Georgiou
Unconventional practice and logistical challenges? Hear from artist and CA alum Marisa Georgiou on her Festival experience and making a human fountain. How would you describe Critical Animals? Critical Animals is a supportive and inclusive celebration of experimental contemporary artists at all stages of their practice. Critical Animals seemed to be the place where “go-getters” […]
March 4, 2017
Ask the artist: V-T-R
Short and sweet – all you need to know about Critical Animals from artist and CA alum V-T-R. How would you describe Critical Animals? An art forum that is willing to be open to new and interesting art forms that allows for more radical theoretical discussion. Why did apply for CA 2016? I was […]