What's On at UWA

Join artists Carla Adams and Joanne Richardson for this workshop exploring zine making and book binding techniques. The workshop is organised alongside Fold, Stitch & Staple, an exhibition library of DIY publications in the Paper Cut residency gallery curated by Adams and featuring zines by Richardson, among others.  All materials necessary for the workshop will be provided, including collage material, paper, needles and thread, but participants are also welcome to bring their own collage material.

$20 concession | $30 standard

Carla Adams was born in Perth (1984) and graduated with first class honours from Curtin University in 2014. Her work incorporates sculpture, textiles, craft practices, painting, drawing, research and book-making to navigate the complexities of relationships from an embodied, female perspective. Adams’ work has been exhibited at Art Gallery of WA,  Turner Galleries, Bus Projects (Melbourne), FELTSpace (Adelaide), ARTBAR at The Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), Verge Gallery (Sydney) and Blindside (Melbourne). Adams’ work was selected for the 2013 Hatched National Graduate Exhibition at PICA; she was a finalist in the 2017 and 2020 Joondalup Invitation Art Awards.

Joanne Richardson creates drawings and sculptural works incorporating DIY methods and humble materials to create whimsical disruptions. Richardson’s PhD work (Curtin University 2017) titled: ‘Resolutely Inclusive: Merz Art Practice and Einfuhlung’ is long but has many pictures and explores art practice as activity, weaving links between everyday life and Art concerns. Currently works as a Sessional Academic in the school of Media Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.

Please note: in keeping with the University's guidelines, space is limited for this event and registration is required.

Take a break from your day and drop in at LWAG for our new monthly Art Break series. Let your creativity loose and have a play with a range of arts and crafts materials, wander through the current exhibitions, page through a wide variety of art books on one of our comfy couches, or join a guided session combining elements of mindfulness, close-looking and discussion. Art Breaks take place during the UWA common lunch hour and offer opportunities to relax and destress, either individually or socially, at your university gallery. 2021 Semester 1 Art Breaks: Tuesday 16 March, 1-2pm; Tuesday 13 April, 1-2pm; Tuesday 11 May, 1-2pm

Please note: in keeping with the University's guidelines, space is limited for this event and registration is required.

Free concert every Wednesday during semester.

Medical and art historical skills come together in this free workshop for medical and health practitioners led by Dr John Terry and Dr Janice Lally. Investigate visual language and refine your communication skills while exploring topical social and cultural themes through close observation of artworks in the exhibition Dislocation at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Dr John Terry is the Clinical Director of the UWA Guild Medical Clinic. A GP for over 25 years, he has worked in Psychiatry, Travel and Emergency Medicine. He has always found the world of visual art a source of inspiration and education and is delighted to be able to make art a very real practical tool for improving observation and communication in the medical setting. Dr Janice Lally is Curator of Academic and Public Programs at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. She is an art historian who also worked for over 20 years as a medical research scientist, including in neurophysiology and clinical biochemistry. For Dr Lally, bringing knowledge of art together with science is a means of enriching and extending appreciation and understandings in both.

Campus Partners: UWA Medical Centre and UWA Student Life

Please note: in keeping with the University's guidelines, space is limited for this event and registration is required. Hand sanitiser will be available at the door and we ask that visitors observe social distancing. If you are feeling unwell, please cancel your booking on Eventbrite or notify our staff at [email protected].

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Referring originally to the capacity of visual description to conjure a thing as if it were physically present, ekphrasis is itself reinterpreted by Caitlyn Stone and Joshua Adams and presented in this new work. Words by Caitlyn and music by Joshua will respond to the affective pull of artworks on display in the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, promising new ways of looking at, and thinking about, these pieces as well as the relations between sound and writing. The new compositions will be presented by the St George College Choir. Introduction by Associate Professor Tanya Dalziel of the Discipline of English and Literary Studies, School of Humanities, UWA. Campus and Community Partners: Discipline of English and Literary Studies and St Georges College Choir

Please note: in keeping with the University's guidelines, space is limited for this event and registration is required. Hand sanitiser will be available at the door and we ask that visitors observe social distancing. If you are feeling unwell, please cancel your booking on Eventbrite or notify our staff at [email protected].

Free concert every Wednesday during semester.

Most of our art is political in one way or another. Even works which are mainly narrative or descriptive often contain references to events of their times, or to social attitudes generally. Abstraction in America was encouraged because it was opposed to the Social Realism of the Soviet Union. Refreshments provided Cost: $10

----------------- Friends of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery The Friends are an integral part of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and provide support for its activities, ranging from the acquisition of new works to providing artistic and technical facilities. This support is achieved through memberships, donations and fundraising activities.  -----------------

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Free concert every Wednesday during semester.

All are invited to Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery for this semester’s art party at your university gallery! Taking inspiration from LWAG’s current exhibitions, this semester’s Culture Club event celebrates the ways in which art can be a powerful voice for social change. Enjoy live music, spoken word performances, food and drinks, art-making activities and more, all set among three potent exhibitions of artwork by leading Australian artists: Paper Cut, Dislocation: Olga Cironis and Creatures.

This event is organised by the LWAG Student Advisory Committee, UWA Student Guild, Public Affairs Council, Guild Access Department and Guild Volunteering.

Please note: in keeping with the University's guidelines, space is limited for this event and registration is required. Hand sanitiser will be available at the door and we ask that visitors observe social distancing. If you are feeling unwell, please cancel your booking on Eventbrite or notify our staff at [email protected].

Equitable and desirable solutions to the climate crisis require a grounded understanding of diverse values and aspirations of citizens and denizens in our societies. Drawing upon feminist geographies, Professor Petra Tschakert and Dr. Karen Paiva Henrique examine the role of social difference across gender, race, class, ethnicity, age, and other dimensions of inequality and how they intersect to shape embodied experiences of climatic changes and narratives of both harm and hope. Transitions to more just and liveable futures entail active engagement with uneven power structures to dismantle persistent patterns of domination that favour the privileged rather than the most vulnerable, and an inclusive approach to climate justice that recognises and promotes more-than-human flourishing. Professor Petra Tschakert is a human-environment geographer and conducts research at the intersection of political feminist ecology, climate change adaptation, livelihood security, and environmental, social, climate, and multispecies justice. Her current work examines intangible harm in the context of climate change, with particular emphasis on differential vulnerabilities and persistent inequalities. Dr Karen Paiva Henrique is a human-environment geographer working at the intersection of climate adaptation, cities, and multiple dimensions of justice. Her research focuses on climate adaptation planning and politics to examine how individuals with unequal resources and decision-making power protect what they value against the impacts of simultaneous crises. Campus Partner: Department of Geography and Planning

Please note: in keeping with the University's guidelines, space is limited for this event and registration is required. Hand sanitiser will be available at the door and we ask that visitors observe social distancing. If you are feeling unwell, please cancel your booking on Eventbrite or notify our staff at [email protected].

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Join us for a tour through the second hang of works in paper from the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art – this time featuring representations of landscape and animals alongside political posters relating to the environment.

Lee Kinsella, Curator of Paper Cut, will provide social, political and historical information about the works on display.

Paper Cut Paper Cut is an exhibition of works on paper from UWA's Cruthers Collection of Women's Art. The 'cut' in the exhibition's title refers to both the technique and to the incisive cut of much of the subject-matter. It is a mass showing that reveals the particular strengths of the collection and the remarkable breadth of content, featuring many works on public display for the first time.

A Paper Cut residency program complements the collection display, showcasing print media and paper forms currently being produced by four local groups in dialogue with the themes, materials, strategies and processes of the exhibition.

Content advisory: Paper Cut contains images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Some works in the exhibition refer to adult themes.

Please note: due to Covid-19 safety precautions, registration is essential for this event and space is limited.

Free registration: trybooking.com/BOCJG

Free concert every Wednesday during semester.

More info: [email protected]

Let your creativity loose and have a play with a range of arts and crafts materials, wander through the current exhibitions, page through a wide variety of art books on one of our comfy couches, or join a guided session combining elements of mindfulness, close-looking and discussion.

Art Breaks take place during the UWA common lunch hour and offer opportunities to relax and destress, either individually or socially, at your university gallery.

Campus Partner: UWA Living Room

Please note: due to Covid-19 safety precautions, registration is essential for this event and space is limited.

Free concert every Wednesday during semester.