What's On at UWA

UWA Farm Ridgefield and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) are hosting a community based festival event to celebrate astronomy and Australian science on Saturday, 20 October 2018!

The event will feature fun and engaging activities in a beautiful rural setting (...)

Join us to hear Sue Baker, aka Mrs Potter Pots, discuss her backyard process for creating her unique super light-weight concrete pots and candles. Sue’s pots are all hand-painted, each one unique, and can be used in a variety of ways – for plants, kitchen utensils, candles and desk accessories (...)

In this Friday Talk, listen as Emeritus Professor Richard Read explores the idea that ‘bad’ works of art reveal the problem that ‘successful’ works of art conceal and that this effect of ‘failure’ has therefore been an essential quality of truly experimental art, especially over the (...)

A film screening followed by a panel Q&A with Professor Carmen Lawrence (UWA School of Psychological Science), Professor Dawn Bessarab (UWA Medical School), Professor Patricia Dudgeon (UWA School of Indigenous Studies), and Dr Nicholas Bannan (UWA Conservatorium of Music)

Paul (...)

USTAD FAREED AYYAZ AND USTAD ABU MOHAMMAD AND BROTHERS

Sufi Qawwali Night

Brought to you by the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, UWA, in collaboration with SelamFest

DATE: 1 November 2018

TIME: 6pm to 10pm

TICKETS: $40 to $60 via: (...)

Join exhibition curator Dr Vanessa Russ, Associate Director of the Berndt Museum, to learn about the forming of the exhibition Stockyards and Saddles: A Story of the Gibb River, and the stories depicted in the rich array of photographs, most of which were taken by her uncle Colin Russ on a box (...)

Led by educator Erin Knight, attend the Professional Development workshop for teachers using these education kits. Links can be made to: VET Courses: Certificates in Visual Arts, CUA50915 Diploma of Photography and Photo Imaging, Year 11 ATAR Design Unit 1 and 2, Year 11 and 12 General and ATAR (...)

After an Imperial age of splendor, Rome went through centuries of decline. While the Renaissance took off in Florence, the Eternal City was nothing more than a provincial backwater in the fifteenth century. Successive popes tried to turn the tide by heavily investing in ambitious monuments, but it (...)

Join Tom Picton-Warlow, collector of important signed works and archival material by Marcel Duchamp, to hear about the origin of his interest and collection – some of which is featured in HERE&NOW18 now showing at LWAG.

An exhibition featuring artwork inspired by 'Our Living Planet'. The theme emphasises that our Earth is a beautiful, living planet and that through the ingenuity and creativity of those in the UWA scientific and cultural community, it shall remain a vital and healthy home for all living things. We (...)

Contemporary work from Fine Arts, Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture students and BIM students.

Perth Upmarket is Perth’s premier quarterly market for original and handcrafted wares. The market brings together over 180 of Perth’s most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and gourmets all under one roof at the University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall. Incorporating a dedicated (...)

Increasingly creative writing and poetry have been shown to heal. Join us as we explore the power of poetic voice for personal reflection, transformation, joy and healing. Includes afternoon tea, voluntary poetry recital, reflection, story, Q&A, along with a guided hands-on introduction into (...)

Join us for the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery’s quarterly program for people living with dementia and their carers or family members. This event provides a forum for conversation through the shared viewing and exploration of artworks on display – highlighting themes, artists, and exhibitions at (...)

Join us for a touch and verbal descriptive tour of the current exhibitions for people living with vision impairment or blindness. A trained guide delivers descriptions of the visual elements of artworks exhibited, along with tactile opportunities using mixed media and 3D-printed models of the (...)

Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. We begin this session with a close observation of selected artworks from the current exhibitions, followed by an informal discussion on themes of empathy and compassion.

Experience the artwork at LWAG in Australian Sign Language. Join us for a free tour in Auslan of the current exhibitions guided by a gallery staff member and interpreter from Auslan Stage Left. We welcome adults with hearing loss and their friends and family on this tour. Community Partner: Auslan (...)

Bring a picnic and be transported into the festive season with Australia's leading soloists Sara Macliver, Paul Wright, Raymond Yong, and conductor Mark Coughlan, along with the fabulous musicians of St George's College. Booking Essential.

Held on Whitfeld Court against the magnificent backdrop of Winthrop Hall, the UWA Christmas Concert will feature all your favourite Christmas classics and carols performed by acclaimed staff and students from the UWA Conservatorium of Music.

There will be plenty of fun for all the family (...)

Join us for the launch of our 2019 Season 1 exhibition program, with the opening of two new exhibitions:

Love, Displaced • Film and video art offering new and innovative ways of navigating the white noise of contemporary life. | Artists include AES+F, Jacobus Capone, Jeremy Deller & (...)