Tuesday 1st March, 2005 - Week One BBQ ('Class Struggle') 1pm. Join us for free grub on the grass below the coloured glass window at the University Art Museum in the Mayne Centre (Building 11). Company will include art history lecturers, UAM staff, the SoFA executives, and other art history students. Hopefully that includes you. Saturday 26th February, 2005 - First ArtLounge in conjunction with QUTAM 10am - 12pm. Relaxed, enjoyable get together where we can all talk about shows, articles, etc. Plus coffee! The starting topic will be the art scene in Brisbane, so feel free to unleash all your witty observations, or devastating critiques, on local panjandrums. Tuesday 5th October 6pm, 2004 @ the Transit Lounge, Level 3, IMA, Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts -- with Special Guest Speakers This forum will look at the history, aims and role of the Online Museum, and the implications for the physical museum. We will look at where they came from, and where they might be going, as well as the way they are set up (emulating real galleries vs unique experiences of their own) and any other issues that may be pertinent from a technical perspective (resolution, navigation, context, design). The implications of the quick-fix, rapid consumption nature of contemporary media on objects that traditionally demand contemplation and time, will also be considered. So if you are interested in where our aesthetic experience is headed, come along to this forum and find out!