Apologies for cross-postings The latest Artifact Newsletter covering February 2006 and forthcoming events is now available at: http://www.artifact.ac.uk/news/newsletters/feb06.html Contents of the Newsletter: - Latest news from the Artifact service - official announcement of the RDN restructure and major changes to the Artifact service. For further information see: http://www.artifact.ac.uk/intute/news.html - The ongoing opportunity to have your say and help to shape the AHRC ICT Strategy @ - A selection of the latest web resources added to the Artifact database - Limelight features - with the new feature for February looking at Coco Chanel..*read the full article @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/displayfeature.php?id=76 - Announcements, notices and forthcoming events relevant to the creative arts community including: * ARLIS UK & Ireland Conference 2006 * Gathering Evidence - a unique opportunity to air your views and shape the future strategy and funding for research in the arts and humanities. The AHRC Review - your use of ICT in research survey @ : http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/ahrc/survey * DRH becomes to DRHA - the DRH Steering Committee has recently agreed a small but significant intermediate name-change from 'DRH' to 'DRHA': Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts. * The Anatomical Theatre Revisited,5-8 April 2006 * Steel Cities: Tradition, Transition and Transformation - second Call for Papers, 29 June-2 July 2006, Sheffield * Crash Cinema - a symposium * Irish Media in Local and Global Contexts - call for papers * Prokofiev Study Day - Goldsmiths College, 25 March 2006 * Diasporic Futures: Women, the Arts and Globalization - call for papers * Hidrazone 2006 - call for digital art and papers on the theme of performance * Location Location Location - a one-day symposium in response to the opening of the British Art Show in Nottingham * Feminist Media Studies - call for papers * DHS Essay Prize 2006 - submissions are invited for the Design History Society Essay Prize 2006. * Interval(2) - a confluence of screenings, installations, theoretical papers and video/film essays, Woburn Place Studios (The Slade Research Centre), 17 March 2006 * The 8th Symposium on Systems Research in the Arts Music, Environmental Design, and the Choreography of Space - proposals invited. Further details of these conferences, notices and events can be found via the links in the Artifact Newsletter @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/news/newsletters/feb06.html Subscribe to the Artifact Newsletter to ensure it arrives in your mailbox each month @ http://www.artifact.ac.uk/news/newsletters/subscribe.php Please do not hesitate to contact the Artifact Team should you have any questions about or suggested resources for Artifact at: [log in to unmask] Warm regards The Artifact Team Artifact - http://www.artifact.ac.uk/ ------------------------------------------- Please include Artifact in your links directory: 'The best of the Web for the Arts and Creative Industries.' ---- Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University's email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer