What's On at UWA

Inspired by Phillipa Nikulinsky’s current exhibition Nikulinsky Naturally, join multidisciplinary artist Joanna Sulkowski to learn how to draw native plants and flowers from life. Using simple line drawing techniques and watercolour paint, Joanna will guide aspiring artists to make their own botanical illustrations. Each student will receive their own watercolour set to take home. PRICE: $30. Suitable for ages 8 - 13.

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

This talk will explain how UWA became the first University in Australia to appoint a Lecturer in Italian in 1929, followed soon after by the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney, and why Francesco Vanzetti only retired, aged 85, in 1963.

Create the characters of your imagination from seedpods, leaves and plants of the Australian bush. Inspired by storybook creatures such as May Gibbs’ Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and the current botanical exhibition Nikulinsky Naturally, create tiny sculptures using felt, dried native plant material and seedpods. Step into a world of magic and wonder and create your own unique bushland buddies. PRICE: $20, all materials included. Suitable for ages 7 - 12.

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

Spend an entertaining evening with some of Perth’s best storytellers as they bring to life exciting new works by Australian and international short story writers. No Shrinking Violet features a great selection of short stories on flowers and fury, boldness and bravery, growth and change. Suitable for ages 18+. Tickets $20 - includes a glass of wine and nibbles.

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

Do you dream of bushland fairies and sprites? Join us for a fun afternoon of crafting to create a colourful dream catcher using wool, ribbon, dried native plants… and just a pinch of magic dust. Hang in your bedroom or in the bottom of the garden and you might just find them! PRICE: $20. Suitable for ages 7 - 12.

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

Join textile artist Pauline Franklyn and experience the wonder of creating your own three-dimensional seamless vessel. During this workshop you will learn to lay wool fleece, explore colour, surface design and form to make a unique fully felted vessel to take home. $80 - tickets include materials, wine and cheese. Suitable for ages 15+.

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

UWA’s Origami Club willbe teaching animals such as penguins, cranes and anything else we can imagine. Never done origami before? No problem, just come along and give it a go! PRICE: $10. Suitable for ages 7 - 13. Book in to one of our two sessions: Fri 12 July (1.30-3.30pm) or Fri 19 July (1.30-3.30pm)

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

The celebration of Western Australia’s wildflowers puts a spotlight on the State’s botanical riches and the threat humans now pose to them. Hear from botanists, curators and artists bringing you an array of botanical and environment themed exhibitions and events in 2019.

Friday 19 July takes place at Art Gallery of Western Australia. Saturday 20 July takes place at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Full program to be revealed shortly. Co-presented with the Art Gallery of Western Australia as part of the What On Earth season program.

Join contemporary Aboriginal artist Sharyn Egan to explore the multicultural art of basket weaving in a workshop for adult beginners. Learn simple techniques to make a sculptural yet practical woven work using raffia and other natural fibres. You will learn coiling and other techniques to shape your own unique vessel. $50 - includes materials, and afternoon tea. Suitable for ages 15+

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

*RESCHEDULED DUE TO POOR WEATHER: NEW DATE TUESDAY 23 JULY* Join photographer Sean Standen for a lesson in creative night-time photography. Learn a variety of tips and tricks that can be used to take brilliant photos. This workshop is ideal for anyone who attended last year’s session, as well as newcomers! Participants will need to bring their own digital SLR camera and if possible, a tripod.

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

Join us for a screening of Kew’s Forgotten Queen, a documentary celebrating the work of one of the most prolific botanical artists of the Victorian age – Marianne North. At a time when women barely left their parlour rooms, North defied convention as she travelled alone navigating the world twice, from Borneo to Brazil to Japan, in her pursuit of documenting every living plant on her canvas. Marianne North (24 October 1830 – 30 August 1890) was a prominent biologist and botanical artist, widely renowned for her plant and landscape paintings, plant discoveries, writings, and the creation of her gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Presenting Partner: BBC Four

A public lecture by Dr Susan Broomhall, School of Humanities (History), UWA.

This lecture explores how the character of Rembrandt van Rijn is interpreted through place, gender and emotions in museums and heritage sites in the Netherlands today. It focuses on the cities of Leiden and Amsterdam, Rembrandt’s homes, and particularly, the role of women in shaping interpretations of Rembrandt’s life and work. Historical women in Rembrandt's life are increasingly employed as tools to understand the artist's mind in creative responses such as Peter Greenaway's 2006 film 'Nightwatching' or the 2009 Australian opera by Andrew Ford and Sue Smith, 'Rembrandt's Wife'. This lecture investigates how heritage sites have likewise co-opted Rembrandt's relationships with women, in a range of ways, in order to increase visitor engagement.

Rembrandt’s death took place 350 years ago this year, in 1669. Museums across the globe, from Amsterdam to the Arabian Gulf, are staging exhibitions to commemorate his artistic legacy, and a life that was far from a masterpiece. Sometimes dismissed contemptuously in his own time, the supreme genius of Rembrandt is now universally acknowledged. The Institute of Advanced Studies at The University of Western Australia is pleased to present a series of lectures offering insights into the artist’s life, his work and its reception.

What happens when you mix art with technology, medicine, geology, mathematics? We often see art as a field separate from all others, as an independent pursuit of creativity. However, when we combine it with other aspects of our lives, the results are fascinating. Listen to a line-up of presenters as they explore enchanting worlds created with imagination and inventiveness by bringing art into their fields of practice.

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

Join us for a touch and verbal descriptive tour of the current exhibitions. A trained guide delivers descriptions of the visual elements of artworks exhibited, along with tactile opportunities using mixed media, maquettes and some of the artworks. Tours are free to attend and open to friends and carers. Community Partner: DADAA

Babushka dolls are gorgeous and a lot of fun to make. Learn resist wet felting and take home a new little friend. Pauline is a highly skilled artist, working intuitively and experimenting with textiles to create gorgeous artefacts. She has run textile workshops since 2005 and her work is available in the LWAG Gallery Shop. In this workshop she will teach you all the techniques to create your own colourful babushkas.$80 - includes materials and afternoon tea. Suitable for ages 15+

The 2019 UWA WINTERarts season runs 2 - 31 July. There are exhibitions, concerts, craft workshops, tours and a dedicated children’s program for the school holidays. Find an event for you at www.culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au/winterarts

Slow down your day 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 we settle our minds on the artwork.

We begin this session with a close observation of selected artworks from the exhibitions "Sculptural Silver" and "Naturally Nikulinsky", followed by an informal discussion on the themes of empathy and emotional intelligence. Community Partner: Institute for Creative Health

Quickly gaining recognition internationally as a fearless and versatile artist, Lina Andonovska (flute) enjoys a diverse career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, collaborator and educator. In this concert, staff and students come together with Andonovska to perform exciting works for contemporary woodwinds by Dorff, Berio, Connesson, Penderecki and Liebermann.

Tickets from $10

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Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from with the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

Fresh from her solo recital at Musica nova Helsinki (Finland’s largest contemporary music festival), Lina Andonovska joins us as a Royal Over-Seas League Visiting Artist to perform an exciting program which champions electronics and innovative audio manipulation with works by Brett Dean, Chris Cerrone, Jacob TV and Donnacha Dennehy.

Free entry, no bookings required.

The VOSE Memorial Prize is UWA's most coveted performance award, with three finalists chosen to perform with a full symphony orchestra in the Perth Concert Hall in October. Join us for the first round, as 23 talented students perform their chosen concerto for our panel of judges.

The competition will run from 4pm to approximately 8pm, with each performance lasting roughly 10 mins. Audience members are welcome to arrive or leave at any time between each performance. Free entry - no bookings required

Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from with the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

This week Conservatorium Voice students present 'Christmas Comes Early' – an eclectic concoction of Christmas favourites across the ages, with a sprinkling of the unexpected.

Free entry, no bookings required.