1956 Olympic Arts Festival, Melbourne 1 January 1956 Melbourne, Victoria

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Title
1956 Olympic Arts Festival, Melbourne
Date
1 January 1956
Place
Melbourne, Victoria
Description

1956 Olympic Arts Festival, Melbourne. Melbourne’s Cultural Olympiad included five significant exhibitions: architecture and sculpture at the University of Melbourne’s Wilson Hall; painting and drawing at the National Gallery of Victoria; Aboriginal art at the National Museum (of Victoria); displays of literature at the Melbourne Public Library and finally graphic arts, industrial design and ceramics at the Royal Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University).

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1956 Olympic Arts Festival
industrial design
craft
sculpture
painting
Aboriginal art
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https://www.curvelive.com/Magazine/Archives/nineteen/The-beginning-of-a-design-wave

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References [<ExternalResource: The arts festival of the Olympic Games, Melbourne : a guide to the exhibitions with introductory commentaries on the arts in Australia. The Olympic Organising Committee, Melbourne, 1956. (illustrated)>, <ExternalResource: Michael Bogle, "the beginning of a design wave." Curve, 19: May 2007.>] [<ExternalResource: The arts festival of the Olympic Games, Melbourne : a guide to the exhibitions with introductory commentaries on the arts in Australia. The Olympic Organising Committee, Melbourne, 1956. (illustrated)>]
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