Academic collaboration underscores the Schaeffer Library’s growing role in facilitating innovative teaching and learning partnerships, and supporting creative, research-rich learning experiences across the University.
Schaeffer Library is proud to partner with Dr. Yvonne Low and students from the program Master of Art Curating, in unit ARHT6937: Exhibiting and Collecting Asian Art for an exciting, practice-led academic initiative. As part of a student-led research project, students will develop original exhibition proposals grounded in the Schaeffer Library’s unique collections. This hands-on assignment is designed to cultivate curatorial thinking, strengthen independent research skills, and encourage deep engagement with primary resources.
The top five exhibition proposals will be selected for public exhibition at Schaeffer Library from July to November 2025, giving students the opportunity to translate their scholarship into real-world, audience-facing displays.
This collaboration underscores the Schaeffer Library’s growing role in facilitating innovative teaching and learning partnerships, and supporting creative, research-rich learning experiences across the University.
Students showcasing their curated materials for the exhibition pitch.
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Yvonne Low
Yvonne Low is an art historian in Asian Art. She is a lecturer at the University of Sydney, teaching Art History and Curating in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs. She researches on modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art, with an interest in Chinese diasporic cultures, women’s history, and digital methods. As editorial committee to Southeast of Now Journal (NUS Press), Yvonne is committed to advancing scholarship in the region. She is currently an advisory committee member for The Flow of History (AWARE/Asia Art Archive), The Womanifesto Way Digital Anthology (Power Institute, DFAT, 4A) and co-developer of digital tool, Artists Trajectories Map.