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Quarterbred is a three year old independent artist run initiative, and resident company at pact space, supporting and presenting hybrid arts projects. Quarterbred is directed by seven emerging artists, including COFA graduates Kate Blackmore, Emma Elizabeth Ramsay and Diana Smith. Quarterbred encourages cross-pollination and experimentation through offering residencies and events at pact theatre through an open application process and by curating diverse projects throughout Sydney.

Quarterbread also curate and produce the Tiny Stadiums festival, presented by PACT. Early March 2010 the second Tiny Stadiums festival will launch. The festival aims to include a season of two performance/ live works at PACT theatre, a video library, a rooftop cinema, artist talks, a launch party and a weekend of site-specific live and visual artworks in the Erskineville village.

If you would like to be involved in the Tiny Stadiums festival, contact Quarterbread. For more information please visit:
http://quarterbred.blogspot.com/

Prize: $1,000 award    Deadline: July 10 2009

SITEMAP AND DESIGN TEMPLATES

Eligible students
Any COFA student, or group of students (up to 5 students per group), who are interested in becoming involved with designing the ANNUAL exhibition website, which also be used to create DVD and catalogue. The website will be viewed by creative studios, the public and potential employees. The website will be hosted by the College of Fine Arts.
The development of the website will be managed through the COFA Marketing Department.
The selected design will be adopted for use on the:
• COFA Annual 2009 Website
• COFA Annual 2009 DVD Interface

Brief
To design a sitemap that sets out the navigation of the website, and to create design templates for each corresponding
webpage. The visual identity of the website must be consistent with the winning design of the ‘letter A’ logo from Competition 1; this includes the style and colour palette. The website must be visually engaging and appealing.
The individual/team behind the winning pitch will then have the opportunity to work with technical experts from COFA’s CSU to put the website together.

Considerations
• The website will be used by the general public and hence the website must be user friendly, intuitive and easy to navigate.
• The design should render correctly and accurately across all major computer and all major web browsers on these
platforms.
• The visual outcome should be consistent with the winning 2009 COFA Annual branding from Competition 1.
(refer to file ‘Annual A 09′ below & http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/newsevents/news/news_0228.html)
• It is highly recommended that interested parties review previous COFA ANNUAL DVDs and websites to understand content
and functionality requirements. Contact COFA Marketing Office for copies in G102.

Elements to be submitted
• A sitemap (as a diagram) to demonstrate how each page is structurally related.
• A mock-up of a proposed visual identity.

Format for submissions
• Hardcopy, electronic samples or an online mock-up of the sitemap and webpage design templates.
• Name, student number, class and contact details on all submissions. The details of all contributors should be included.

Viability of submissions
• The proposed website design must be viable and achievable in terms of deliverability.

Submission Process
• Hardcopy or electronic versions of the sitemap and webpage design templates will be submitted to the Marketing
Department in G102 or email j.bosben@unsw.edu.au on or before July 10 2009.

Selection Process
• The Marketing Department will contact the student or group of students who were responsible for the selected pitch which
will be announced on July 17 2009.

Following Selection
• The winning individual/team will meet up with the Marketing Department and CSU to discuss the production process and to
begin production.