posted on 2025-05-10, 22:10authored byAnne Llewellyn, Christine Sanders
In 2003 the University of Newcastle introduced the Bachelor of Illustration (Natural History) reestablishing a successful collaboration between art and science. This program is unique to higher education in Australia and seeks to blend the life sciences, art and design. Formerly known as Wildlife Illustration this study strand was aligned to Fine Arts and after various university restructures to Design. Despite many upheavals and a new focus it is currently situated in the Faculty of Science and Information Technology where new interdisciplinary challenges are bringing forth a wider range of creative research opportunities. Collaboration between researchers and students in art, design, science and I.T. has resulted in a number of non-traditional projects. These collaborative ventures include biodiversity and installation, biophysics and botanical illustration, palaeontology and 3D modelling. Examination of these projects also requires diversity of expertise across the broad range of disciplines, resulting in the potential for new interdisciplinary and cross-institutional research collaborations, in particular the ‘creative’ (arts) and the ‘credible’ (sciences). This paper seeks to explore such collaborations and outcomes.
History
Source title
ACUADS 2003 Conference Proceedings
Name of conference
Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools 2003 Conference
Location
Sandy Bay, Tas.
Start date
2003-10-01
End date
2003-10-04
Publisher
University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Art
Place published
Tas.
Language
en, English
College/Research Centre
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
School
School of Design, Communication and Information Technology