What's On at UWA

The Berndt Museum presents a free screening of the film Ten Canoes on Wednesday 25 September 2013, 6:30pm at the Robert Street Lecture Theatre.

Set in and around the Arafura Wetlands of Central Arnhem Land in a time before Western contact, Ten Canoes is the tale of young Dayindi (James (...)

Winthrop Professor Ted Snell, AM CitWA, Director of the Cultural Precinct at the University of Western Australia invites you to attend the opening of three exhibitions at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Friday 11 October 2013. Doors open: 5pm.

STAN HOPEWELL: GOD IS LOVE // BLISS // (...)

Art After Death

A half day symposium exploring legal, financial and other issues affecting artists after death.

Arranged and supported by The University of Western Australia Law School, The University of Western Australia Cultural Precinct, and Artsource.

An artist� (...)

The Cultural Precinct is pleased to invite you to this free public lecture by Katrina Strickland, as she discusses her new book Affairs of the Art: Love, loss and power in the art world on Monday 14 October 6pm at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Affairs of the Art explores the role (...)

Join curator Ted Snell on Friday 18 October 2013, 1pm at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery for a fascinating talk on the exhibition Stan Hopewell: God is Love.

Artist Stan Hopewell’s creative work became a means of expressing his love for his seriously ill wife and his certainty in the (...)

Join us for a special talk by visiting speaker Dr Diana Young on October 23, 6pm at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Ernabella Arts, situated on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the Western Desert, is the oldest continuously running Indigenous art centre in Australia (...)

Jennifer Post, an ethnomusicologist, is currently an Honorary Senior Research Fellow working with the John Blacking Collection at the Callaway Centre, UWA.

In this talk, Jennifer will explore the way saved sounds, objects and images hold stories and conjure memories of music-making (...)

Experience the sights and sounds of Africa through the lens of world-renowned ethnomusicologist John Blacking. Music Dance Landscape Image uses the John Blacking Collection, housed at The University of Western Australia’s Callaway Centre, to provide snapshots of performances that Blacking (...)

The Longevity Dividend is a symposium on a variety of issues related to health and ageing, including the potential for and benefits of creative expression and cultural engagement in later life.

Presented by the Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing (WACHA) and the UWA (...)

The Arab Spring has both changed and charged some of the region’s thorniest problems – from the rise of political Islam to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Israel-Palestine conflict to rivalries between key regional powers. Exploring the sources of conflict in the Middle East and their various (...)

The Bliss exhibition considers notions of contemporary beauty and the feelings elicited by a harmonious state, however these may be complicated by political or social commentary.

Two* of the artists commissioned to create video works for the exhibition, Jacqueline Ball and Joshua Webb (...)

Join us to hear textile artist Nalda Searles share her knowledge of the Narrogin dollmakers, on Friday 22 November 2013, 1pm at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Nalda Seares will talk about Joyce Winsley’s sculptures in Guildford grass, drawing from her 20 years of engagement with the (...)

Westerly will launch issue 58:2 at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

The launch is being held in conjuction with the Bliss exhibition, for which the Westerly Centre was campus partner.

This special edition, On Beauty, has been guest edited by long-term former editor, Dennis (...)

Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson, Callaway and Tunley Chair of the School of Music at UWA, explores the use of music for health, and its impact on the well-being of participants coming to musical performance activities for the first time in later life.

The participants include those (...)

8:00AM - 12:00PM, SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER 2013 UWA Publishing’s Big Book Sale is back for 2013 and bigger than ever!

Come down to the UWAP carpark on Saturday 7 December and grab some pre-Christmas bargains.

ALL BOOKS UNDER $10!

Books for sale include fiction (...)

Join us at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Friday 7 February 6pm for the opening of:

Anne Ferran: Shadow Land + The launch of the companion publication - Shadow Land + Ukiyo-e: Japanese Prints of the Floating World This event is free to attend, however please register your (...)

In conjunction with the exhibition of her work, Shadow Land, one of Australia's most acclaimed photo-media artists, Anne Ferran offers a personal look into her multi-faceted artistic practice.

The artist talk is free to attend, however, please REGISTER your attendance via http://ferranta (...)

Internationally acclaimed composer and Professor at MIT’s Media Lab, Tod Machover chats to conductor and radio presenter Prue Ashurst on Wednesday 26 February 6pm at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery as part of the Creative Minds series.

The discussion will provide insight into the (...)

Following the successes of previous Focus Day events for the family, the Berndt Museum is hosting another special focus day celebrating the exhibition Ukiyo-e: Japanese Prints of the Floating World at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on Saturday 1 March 2014 from 2 - 4pm.

Including floor (...)

first flock is a special event for University of Western Australia first-year students to welcome you to your on-campus art gallery.

This is a complimentary event proudly hosted by the Cultural Precinct and the Cultural Precinct Collective.

This event is free to attend (...)