What's On at UWA

Inspired by the HERE&NOW15 exhibition, Professor Bill Taylor, Professor Michael Levine and Philip Goldswain will come together to discuss their shared interest in art, architecture and urban spaces.

Using philosophical parameters these three speakers will offer a range of (...)

Presented by the Berndt Museum, WARMUN THEN AND NOW features artwork by renowned Indigenous artists whose homelands lie in Gija country, located in the Kimberley region of north-east WA.

This exhibition presents a distinctive series of paintings by 1980s artists such as Queenie McKenzie (...)

Attend the launch of WARMUN THEN AND NOW at 3pm then enjoy afternoon tea and stay to listen to Professor Sandy Toussaint of the Berndt Museum in discussion with representatives of the Warmun Art Centre.

The exhibition includes prized works from renowned Gija artists dating from the (...)

Join us at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery for the launch of two new exhibitions: Elise Blumann: An Emigre Artist in Western Australia, 1938-1948 AND Object Lessons II: Curtain Situations.

German artist Elise Blumann arrived in Perth in the summer of 1938. She was immediately struck by (...)

Join Curator Dr Sally Quin for a discussion of the life and work of German artist Elise Blumann who on arriving in Western Australia in 1938 was struck by the intense light and colour of the local landscape. This tour will investigate the response of the artist to her new home through analysis of (...)

Inspired by the artworks in the current exhibition - Elise Blumann - An Emigre Artist in Western Australia 1938-1948 children will experiment with drawing landscapes and figures with a local artist.

Inspired by the artworks in Elise Blumann An Emigre Artist in Western Australia 1938-1948 children will experiment with drawing landscapes and figures with a local artist.

Article 31 of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), remains one of the most overlooked globally, even though children's cultural rights offer the possibility of shaping museums into more democratic institutions.

In this talk, visiting scholar Dr Lea Mai seeks (...)

In the current exhibition of German artist Elise Blumann: An Emigre Artist in Western Australia, 1938-1948, the artwork provides an insight into the social and cultural life of Perth at a time of immense change.

Join Elise Blumann's son Nils Blumann as he elaborates on the stories and (...)

The role of the curator in museums and galleries is fairly well understood but the role of registrar is less easily defined. It is a job that encompasses the management of collections and exhibitions including information management, artwork handling and movement, preservation, conservation (...)

This year's Salek Minc Lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition Elise Blumann: An Emigre Artist in Western Australia, 1938 - 1948 on show from 11 July until 19 September 2015, and presented by Dr. Jutta Vinzent, Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture at the (...)

Come to UWA Open Day and follow the clues to solve a hypothetical art heist. A special prize will be awarded to the successful sleuth. Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and the UWA Law School.

This event is part of the 2015 UWA Open Day activities.

This event is a special Teacher Professional Learning workshop for Secondary School Teachers focusing on the exhibition Elise Blumann: an emigre artist in Western Australia, 1938 - 1948.

Attend a Curator's Tour with Dr Sally Quin, have afternoon tea and then stay on to participate in a (...)

War and Emotions is the intellectual hub of the Australians and War program. This symposium will explore current research into emotions relating to war, various aspects of World War I and the ANZAC legend, and the experience of Australian soldiers returning from war.

The symposium (...)

Dr Sally Quin's research on Elise Blumann combines her interests in the historical fortunes of women artists and the cultural and social contexts of artistic production. This talk will focus on her approach to research for her book on the artist and the accompanying exhibition.

Discover more about Western Australian Art History with presentations by three researchers working at UWA.

Maria Brown, PhD Candidate at ALVA, is writing her doctoral thesis on Art and Artists in Perth 1950 - 2000. Her research explores critical points in Western Australian art history (...)

Dr. Robert Bower graduated from UWA and has taught extensively in his field of Peridontology in Australia and internationally. He has maintained a keen research interest in Phillips Fox's works painted in North Africa when his painting was at its best. In a period of about two months, in 1911 he (...)

Professor Ted Snell, Director of the Cultural Precinct at The University of Western Australia, invites you to the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Centre for the opening of 'DeMonstrable', an exhibition curated by Oron Catts with Associate Professors Jennifer Johung and Elizabeth Stephens. The exhibition (...)

Professor Ted Snell, Director of the Cultural Precinct at The University of Western Australia, invites you to the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Centre for the opening of the exhibition

OBJECT LESSONS III: Pattern Recognition

Curated by Gemma Weston.

This exhibition is (...)

Spread across multiple faculties, disciplines and venues at UWA, Creative Research Into New Genres of Experimentation aims to embrace failure, futility and the unknown as artists strive for excellence through paths of control. Positioned as a day off between the NEOLIFE and NEAF2015 conferences (...)