The Arts Dinner Series enable the University and the community to meet, enjoy a meal, and listen to an after dinner speech from prominent members of the arts community including Mr Edmund Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of NSW , Mr Craig Hassal, General Manager, Image, Special Events and Olympics Arts Festivals, Sydney 2000 Olympics , and Dr Peter Hunt, University of Wales, Cardiff . The first in the Arts Dinners Series for 1999 features Mr John Bell , Director, Bell Shakespeare Company , on 10 March. CREA Lunchtime Seminar Series CREA has begun a series of lunchtime seminars, open to all within the university and the community. Each lunchtime seminar is held in the CREA Room on Kuring-Gai Campus, and features a guest speaker. These free seminars are aimed to encourage the coming together of the university and the community.
People are welcome to bring their lunch.
Over forty people attended the seminar, including the Chinese Consul, members of the Aboriginal Community, representatives from the Art Gallery of NSW, members of several faculties within the university, and members of local and national newspapers and radio. CREA lunchtime seminars are being put into place for 1999. The CREA 1999 Calendar will be updated with dates and speakers as the details become available. This is a field-based course conducted through the Centre for Research and Education in the Arts, designed to develop your awareness of our natural and social environment and to encourage you to express in writing you observations and feelings. An enjoyable way to release your potential as a writer in a supportive group.