What's On at UWA

A fascination with modes of thinking, the nature of creativity as well as the neuro-physiological basis of these have led me to pursue work within the domains of art and science throughout my adult life. My conviction, through my own experience, that the practices of art and science are varied (...)

Award winning researcher and writer Stephen Kinnane who co-wrote and produced The Coolbaroo Club (1996), an ABC TV documentary, will introduce the film and take questions following the screening.

This documentary is a portrait of the Coolbaroo Club, an Aboriginal-run dance club which (...)

As part of the ALVA Seminar Series, Winthrop Professor Simon Anderson, Associate Professor Sophie Giles and Craig McCormack, (as members of the creative team Felix._Giles_Anderson+Goad) will present Biennale di Venezia, 2014 - a conversation about the exhibitions at this years’ Venice (...)

Join Curator Gemma Weston as she guides us through the stunning works on display from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art in the exhibition Glitter: Pat Larter vs Lola Ryan.

This event is part of the public program accompanying the exhibition Glitter which is featured at the (...)

As part of the ALVA Seminar Series, Dr Simon Pierse (Senior Lecturer at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, Wales) will present his paper on Bernard Smith’s essay Some Northern Critics of Southern Art (1986) - a personalised account of his encounters with British and American critics who (...)

Make an informed decision about your future and how postgraduate study can help achieve your goals by visiting the UWA Postgrad & Honours Expo.

Under the Rug is an open-entry art competition aiming to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing on campus. All welcome to attend this official exhibition opening, and view the outstanding artworks on display. Prizes will be awarded and light refreshments will be provided.

Often translated from the Latin as ‘remember you must die’ or ‘remember your mortality’, memento mori serves as a symbolic representation of the inevitability of death. The term ‘memento mori’ first entered English in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1 (1598) and was immediately accepted (...)

THE UNDISCOVERED symposium is the first of a proposed series of symposia that will emerge over the next three years, presented by Artsource and The University of Western Australia Cultural Precinct.

Speakers include: Victorie Laurie, Ian McLean, Trevor Vickers, Stuart Elliot, Olga (...)

Join us on the evening of Friday 6 March (6-9pm) for the opening night of the annual UWA Life Drawing group exhibition. A great opportunity to meet the artists and be inspired.

Painting Toward Architecture travelling exhibition traces the work of prominent Australian architect, Harry Seidler (1923-2006). It examines his distinctive place and hand within and beyond modernist design methodology. Dozens of featured projects realized across four continents bring to focus (...)

In 1902, soap manufacturer Darwin Martin commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design his new home at Buffalo, New York. Wright responded with nothing short of a tour-de-force: an integrated complex of a main house with a pergola connecting it to a conservatory and carriage house with chauffeur's (...)

Vladimir Belogolovsky will discuss ideas and projects examined in his latest book Conversations with Architects in the Age of Celebrity (DOM 2015). The publication presents interviews with 30 architects, which Belogolovsky conducted in the framework of his long-term, international activities as (...)

Find out about the benefits of a UWA postgraduate course, how a postgraduate degree can help you to advance your career, gain a promotion or change your career path.

Prospective Student Advisers, faculty staff, academics and current postgraduate students will be on hand to answer your (...)

Come and check out the UWA stand at the Perth Careers and Education Expo and discover how we can help you achieve your study and career goals.

DATES: Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 May 2015

TIMES: Thursday 9.00am - 3.00pm Friday 9.00am - 3.00pm Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm Sunday 10.0 (...)

The curatorial provocation Andrew Purvis was given for this exhibition was to respond to the 1979 essay by Rosalind Krauss titled Sculpture in the Expanded Field. In her seminal piece of writing, Krauss identified then current trends in sculptural practice and suggested that sculpture had moved (...)

Since the earliest pastoral stations were established around the country, Indigenous people have been crucial to the working life of the postoral industry in Australia.

Associate Professor Darren Jorgenson of ALVA will look at art made by Indigenous artists on stations, discussing the (...)

Inspired by the HERE&NOW15 exhibition, Professor Bill Taylor, Professor Michael Levine and Philip Goldswain will come together to discuss their shared interest in art, architecture and urban spaces.

Using philosophical parameters these three speakers will offer a range of (...)

If you would like to know how a postgrad qualification can shape your future career, visit our Postgrad & Honours Expo in September.

Chat to current staff and students about the courses on offer, scholarships and the application process, and attend one of the information sessions (...)

The Careers Boot Camp will get you ready for employment! Brush up your networking skills, update your resume and get tips to help you find a job.

All students welcome to attend.

Book for the individual workshops on CareerHub (http://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events)