Tertiary
GRADUATE STUDIES:
ART HISTORY AND CURATORIAL AND MUSEUM STUDIES
The Art Gallery of South Australia, in conjunction with the University of Adelaide, offers a
unique graduate program in Art History and in Curatorial and Museum Studies.
Teaching is based around the collections and exhibition program of the Art Gallery. This
exciting teaching approach, drawing on the expertise of the Art Gallery and the University, is an
Australian first and is now in its eleventh year. Graduates of this nationally acclaimed program
are now working in art institutions and galleries across the country.
In ‘hands-on’ sessions in the Art Gallery, students find out about works of art in the Art
Gallery’s collection, how best to display them, why they are acquired and more.
2012 Program
Courses on offer in 2012 include Curatorial and Museum Studies, Modern Australian Art,
Contemporary Art, Interrogating Colonial Australian Art and South-East Asian Art.
Online offerings with virtual gallery sessions include Indigenous art, Australian art,
Japanese art and European art since the Renaissance. These courses are on offer for rural, remote
and time-poor students, and for those studying on campus.
For information about the Graduate Diploma/MA programs in Art History and Curatorial and
Museum Studies, the ‘study for pleasure’ audit program, FEE-HELP and Austudy, phone Associate
Professor Catherine Speck on (08) 8303 5746, email
catherine.speck@adelaide.edu.au or visit
www.arthistory.adelaide.edu.au
TOURS FOR TERTIARY AND ADULT STUDENTS
Guided tours are available for tertiary, adult and English as a Second Language groups. Book
a guided tour.
RESEARCH LIBRARY
The Research Library of the Art Gallery of South Australia is primarily for use by the staff
of the Art Gallery. It is also open to the volunteer guides of the Art Gallery, as well as scholars
and researchers from outside. Under certain circumstances, members of the public and graduate
students whose needs cannot be met by the State Library or tertiary institution libraries may also
gain access to the Research Library, at the discretion of the Librarian. The Research Library is
located in the Sub-Basement of the West Wing of the Art Gallery and is accessible only with
security clearance. Visitors with appointments should inquire at the Information Desk.
The Library is open between 9 am and 5 pm, Mondays to Fridays (except for public holidays).
Loans are limited to staff and gallery guides. Visitors cannot borrow but may read in the
Reading Room. Photocopying facilities are available for a small fee. Inter-library loans can be
arranged.
For further information telephone (08) 8207 7042 or
email the Library.
Detail: Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide installation view featuring Olivia Plender, The
Masterpieces Part 4 – A Weekend In The Country, 2005, Courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London
© Olivia Plender, 2011
