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Displaying from Wednesday, June 07, 2017
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June 2017
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Wednesday 07 |
Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise, where you focus on your breathing, in this tour you allow your mind to settle on selected pieces of contemporary art.
Each viewing will be themed differently and will be followed by an (...)
18:00 - ALUMNI EVENT - School of Design - Annual Dean's Lecture : On Beauty and Justice in Architecture
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"This lecture will discuss the important convergence of beauty and justice, ethics and poetics in architecture, both in practice and in education. This reflection is urgent in view of our complex political environment and the prevailing obsession with digital tools and formal novelty for its (...)
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Tuesday 13 |
13:00 - PRESENTATION - Talking Allowed: Culture Jamming the Perth Modern School Relocation Proposal : This presentation examines a new way for law and visualization to intersect
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Culture Jamming is defined as a movement that mixes politics with graffiti, and satire with paint. Said by some to scramble “... the signal, injects the unexpected, and spurs audiences to think critically and challenge the status quo”, this presentation examines a new way for law and (...)
13:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Talking Allowed: Visual Influences on Legislation : Culture Jamming the Perth Modern School relocation proposal
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Culture Jamming is defined as a movement that mixes politics with graffiti, and satire with paint. Said by some to scramble "... the signal, injects the unexpected, and spurs audiences to think critically and challenge the status quo", this presentation, by Professor Camilla Baasch (...)
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Wednesday 14 |
Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise, where you focus on your breathing, in this tour you allow your mind to settle on selected pieces of contemporary art.
Each viewing will be themed differently and will be followed by an (...)
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Friday 23 |
18:00 - BOOK LAUNCH - HERE&NOW17: New Photography : Join us for the book launch of HERE&NOW17: New Photography documenting the artwork exhibited at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.
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Curator Chelsea Hopper will be in conversation with Dr Darren Jorgensen (UWA School of Design and Centre for Rock Art Research and Management) discussing the book and the exhibition.
HERE&NOW17: New Photography centres on contemporary Western Australia artists working with, or at (...)
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Friday 30 |
19:00 - FREE LECTURE - UWA School of Music presents Taryn Fiebig : Working with the director and preparing a role
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UWA Music & West Australian Opera | Distinguished Artist Series
UWA Graduate and Helpmann Award-winning soprano Taryn Fiebig is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile artists. She returns to Perth to star in the title role of West Australia Opera’s forthcoming production (...)
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July 2017
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Saturday 01 |
Join us for an innovative touch and audio descriptive tour of Kevin Ballantine: Photographs 1986 – 2001 and HERE&NOW17: New Photography. Audio Description enhances visual art for people who are blind or vision impaired. A trained Audio Describer delivers a verbal description of the visual (...)
17:00 - EVENT - TEDxUWASalon: ART // ACT (Part 1) : Announcing the inaugural TEDxUWASalon!
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** Presenting the inaugural TEDxUWASalon Series, ART // ACT **
We invite you to explore the concept of "artistic activism".
Join the global discussion on the power of spreading ideas through the visual and the verbal. Discover how local change-makers are taking a stand on (...)
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Wednesday 05 |
14:00 - WORKSHOP - ** SOLD OUT** Fibre Art Animals : Learn to make a fibre art animal in this hands-on children's art workshop
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Join Nyoongar artist Sharyn Egan and learn how to make a fibre art sculpture animal – a dog, bird, lizard or other desert creature - from straw and colourful natural fibres.
Learn techniques from an acclaimed local artist whose woven work has been widely exhibited. All participants (...)
18:00 - EVENT - Politics, art and madness in Putin�s Russia : Russian artists have often deployed ostensibly ‘mad’ tactics to provoke public response.
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Russian artists have often deployed ostensibly ‘mad’ tactics to provoke public response, and provide commentary on social and political affairs. In turn, Russian authorities have turned to the label of madness to discredit, marginalise and institutionalise artists who dared to engage in such (...)
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Thursday 06 |
14:30 - WORKSHOP - **SOLD OUT** Needle-felted Pet Portraits : Join artist Elizabeth Marruffo for a fun children's art workshop learning to make a mini felt sculpture
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Using 100% Australian Merino wool and a picture of your pet, artist Elizabeth Marruffo will show you some simple tricks to sculpt a beautiful little portrait of your pet. As your imagination runs wild we will also make accessories and food for your tiny companion.
Needle felting is so (...)
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Friday 07 |
10:30 - WORKSHOP - **SOLD OUT**Cuties and Mini Beasts : Using colourful polymer clay, artist Elizabeth Marruffo will teach children how to sculpt tiny creatures
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It’s time to get tiny! Artist Elizabeth Marruffo will take you on a sculpting adventure as you create tiny creatures of the fantastic. Using polymer clay and a range of clever sculpting tools and techniques, you will learn the basic skills that will help you sculpt anything you like.
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The Likeness is an exhibition drawn from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art and curated by Gemma Weston.
It is a partial survey of 100 years of Australian portraiture, reflecting how artists have utilised the genre to explore ideas of self-determination, identity and the changing - (...)
19:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA School of Music Presents - Verbitsky & WASO : 30th Anniversary Celebration
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Under the baton of Maestro Vladimir Verbitsky, The Symphonic Chorus of UWA join WASO and the WASO Chorus in the Russian masterpiece, Rachmaninov’s massive, Edgar Allan Poe-inspired choral symphony The Bells.
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RACHMANINOV The Bells
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony
Vladimir Verbitsky (...)
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Saturday 08 |
View The Likeness and learn some tips and tricks from professional artist Elizabeth Marruffo to paint your own portrait. All materials provided. Participants will need to bring with them a printed A4 sized ‘selfie’ picture of themselves.
Limit of 20 people for ages 13-17 years
13:00 - WORKSHOP - Paint Yourself : Use modern make-up to create your own self-portraits.
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Did you know that many of the earliest pigments used to paint with were first used to decorate our bodies? Let’s see how we can use modern make-up as a palette and create our own self-portraits. If you can apply a decent foundation, you’re already on your way to painting a great portrait. (...)
13:30 - GUIDED TOUR - ** SOLD OUT** Hidden UWA - Behind the Doors : Discover the hidden secrets and forgotten spaces of UWA's Crawley campus
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Have you ever wanted to climb the 184 steps to the top of the UWA clock tower to marvel at the view? Come and discover this and some of the other hidden secrets and treasures at UWA’s Crawley campus on a tour Behind the Doors, led by the University’s recently retired “Oracle” Terry Larder.
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Thursday 13 |
10:00 - EVENT - Somerville Forest KIN Village : A full day of arts and nature this school holiday
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At KIN Village, children will have the chance to explore and play in nature under the pines in UWA’s beautiful Somerville Auditorium. With the guidance of the team at Educated by Nature, children will build a village of cubbies, make nature-inspired art, learn whittling, play wilderness adventure (...)
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Saturday 15 |
10:00 - EVENT - WA Writers Professional Development Day : Gain insight into the publishing process.
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Learn how to get your work published with tips and practical guidance from industry professionals.
Join UWA Publishing for a professional development day and gain insights into the entire publishing process – from writing a compelling book proposal, to marketing and publicity. Learn (...)
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