Dr. Terry Smith presented at Artists' colonies in the world / The world in artists' colonies, a three day conference at the University of Melbourne. His paper, "Colonies of Colonials Inside the Centres? New York 1960s and 1970s", focuses on artist colonies and cohorts occuring in New York in the 1960s and 1970s, and their precedent throughout art history. You can learn more about the conference on the University of Melbourne's website.