APT Bulletin Vol.3 No.2

APT3 Conference– Beyond The Future The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial Conference was held in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 12 September 1999. This was the largest art conference ever held in Australia, bringing together more than 700 Australian and international specialists on contemporaryAsian and Pacific art. Sessions were held in Chinese, Japanese and Bahasa, reflecting the multilingual background of delegates. Through twelve major sessions, workshops and parallel sessions, delegates and speakers addressed issues raised in the exhibition, in particular the place of tradition in contemporary art and the interface between contemporary art and contemporary society. The Conference program is available at www.apt3.net Reaching The Community-The Outreach Program Extending far beyond the Queensland Art Gallery, the International Visitors' Outreach Program linked more than thirty participating artists and ten conference speakers with programs in over fifty Australian primary schools, high schools, TAFE colleges, universities, artspaces, regional galleries and community groups. Together with host institutions, the Gallery organised APT3 participants to be involved in a range of activities including long and short-term residences, workshops, forums, youth programs, community activities, university lectures and artists' talks. Regional Queensland was actively involved in this program with artists travelling to major centres and remote Queensland areas. Flying Arts Inc. included Indian artist N. S. Harsha and Vietnamese artist Nguyen Minh Thanh in its regional tours to Queensland towns, including Townsville, Toowoomba, Goondiwindi, Baralaba and Dysart, and areas such as Wee Waa in Northern NSW. The artists accompanied Flying Arts tutors to present visual arts workshops and lectures. Australian Universities and schools were also actively involved in this program. I felt like a kid again, meaning it was quite loose and the kids were fun to work with. It was a two-way form of interaction on a level we all.could understand. I found them very open minded expressing whatever they felt at that moment and I came to understand their point of view. Daniel Waswas commenting on his residency at Wynnum North State School I enjoyed the pottery classes in Dysart. I grew up in a ceramic village where I learnt traditional techniques. The experience of Dysart was a reminder of my childhood... this experience enabled me to make a collaborative ceramic work. Vietnamese artist Nguyen Minh Thanh commenting on the Central Queensland Flying Arts Tour • 20.VietnameseartistNguyenMinh Thanhconductingaworkshopa\St~ters LutherenCollege . 21&22.lndianartistN.S.Harshawith schoolchildrenduringhisresidencyat SommervilleHouseschoolinBrisbane . 23.PapuaNewGuineanartistDaniel Waswaswasartist-in-residenceatWynnum NorthStateSchool foraweek.Duringthis residency,theschoolundertookaweekof PapuaNewGuineaculturalandsocial studies • 24.lndonesianartistHeriDono conductingaworkstiopaspartofKids' AP13