What's On at UWA

There are two glaring omissions from orthodox models and theories of economic growth: the planet and the human families and communities which live within it. These models neglect the fact that the human economy is embedded in the biosphere which consists of living things, the products of living (...)

In this public talk, John Cruthers, curatorial advisor to the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, provides a personal reflection on the collection and on the act of private collecting.

The Cruthers Collection of Women's Art is Australia's largest specialist collection of women's art (...)

Join Chantal for this fascinating exploration of the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. By focusing on the trope of ‘the girl in the forest’, this paper suggests how and why the fairytale works to evoke the possibilities of a feminine agency and sensibility.

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In this talk, Donna Franklin - artist, curator and academic at Edith Cowan University - presents a survey of established women artists who engage with bio-politics, ethics, art and the life sciences, recently shown in Creatures of the Future Garden.

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The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery presents a conversation with artists Danielle Freakley, Siné MacPherson and Carol Rudyard in discussion with Felicity Johnston, curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art.

The artists discuss their work currently exhibited in LOOK. LOOK AGAIN - (...)

In this public talk, John Cruthers, curatorial advisor to the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, provides a personal reflection on the collection and on the act of private collecting.

The Cruthers Collection of Women's Art is Australia's largest specialist collection of Women's Art (...)

The Alumni Weekend presents a unique opportunity to celebrate the University's centenary. It offers a diverse program of activities, events and reunions, including a Welcome Cocktail Party, seminars, lectures, panel discussions, tours and the launch of the Shaun Tan Sundial, Centenary plant, music (...)

Join Erica Persak, Sarah Yukich and Kevin Robertson at this public talk as they share insights of the artwork within the Kerry Stokes Collection.

The Kerry Stokes Collection is one of the finest private collections in Australia, and they have generously loaned works by Dan Flavin, Jim (...)

Bring the family along to this exciting behind-the-scenes look at rarely exhibited objects from the Berndt Museum's extensive collection.

The material dates from the 1950s and will include ceremonial adornment as seen in the exhibition Through the Kunai Grass: Portraits of the New (...)

Join Rebecca as she discusses her artworks exhibited within LUMINOUSFLUX at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Rebecca Baumann’s works interrogate ideas of emotion, colour, perception and consciousness through the exploration of materials. Her works are often kinetic and ephemeral in (...)

The Cultural Precinct invites all first-year students for a welcome-party at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Thursday 14th March 2013.

First Flock will have refreshments, prizes, entertainment and will also coincide with the launch of a new initiative - the UWA Cultural Precinct (...)

James Leach from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland presents his research findings regarding an unprecedented event that took place in 2010 on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea.

Slit-gong drums are made and used as part of affinal exchange relations by the people on the Rai Coast of (...)

Renowned photographer Stephen Dupont talks about his confronting contemporary experiences in Papua New Guinea at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

Dupont’s images have received international acclaim, described as ‘hauntingly beautiful photographs of (...)

Join us for a film screening of the documentary First Contact on 10 April 2013 at the Robert Street Lecture Theatre, UWA.

In the 1930s three Australians, Michael, Daniel and James Leahy experienced an astonishing encounter: a flourishing population of native people living unaware of the (...)

Researchers from the Optical + Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (OBEL) share their research findings related to the use of light as a medical diagnostic tool at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Friday 12 April 2013.

OBEL is based within the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and (...)

Panellists Pamela Gaunt, Mark Stewart and Felicity Johnson examine the range of issues raised by the current Exhibition Dark Portals at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Wednesday 17 April 2013.

Focussing on the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art exhibition, the discussion will (...)

UWA writing collective 'Words&Thoughts' presents a unique behind-the-scenes view of the creative process for the development of the language of a poem, at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Friday 19 April 2013.

Words&Thoughts have created new works inspired by the theme 'luminos (...)

Join us for a talk by Dr John E Stanton sharing quotes directly from the Berndt's recollections of their pioneering experience, at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Friday 26 April 2013.

As young PhD students, Ronald and Catherine Berndt were sent into the uncharted Eastern Highlands (...)

‘More than the sum of the parts?’ addresses interrelationships between art practice, architecture, landscape architecture, art history and criticism. The lecture will consider the roles, relationships, scope and creative tensions surrounding artists’ collaborations with other creative (...)

Aaron Seeto will be presenting a special lecture and a tour of the current exhibition 'ORIENTing' at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Saturday May 4, 2pm.

Free Event, No RSVP required.

Aaron Seeto is a curator of contemporary Asian and Asian-Australian art. His curatorial (...)