What's On at UWA

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 (...)

Guy Ben-Ary is an artist and a researcher whose work uses emerging media, in particular biologically related technologies including tissue culture, tissue engineering, electrophysiology and optics.

This free Friday Talk is presented in partnership with SymbioticA in association with the (...)

Robert has engaged with the law in his capacity as both legal practitioner and academic. He is currently preparing a book concerning the intersection between theories of environmentalism and intellectual property rights, to be published by Edward Elgar later this year.

This free Friday (...)

Professor Jill Milroy and Professor Pat Dudgeon will discuss their current work in relation to the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and the National Empowerment Project respectively.

Introduced by Professor Sandy Toussaint of the Berndt Museum who is co-curator with the Warmun (...)

Join Oron Catts (Director of SymbioticA, The Centre for Excellence in Biological Arts School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA and co-curator of DeMonstrable) together with participating artists Donna Franklin, Nina Sellars and Stelarc as they walk and talk us through the exhibition.

In (...)

A paper by Professor Ming-Hao Zheng presented by Paul Anderson, Managing Director of Orthocell Ltd

FREE to attend. RSVP required.

Prof. Ming-Hao Zheng has focused on the development of an academic career in bone and joint research and regenerative medicine. His research has (...)

How has the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, been achieved in Australia? What legislation - state or Commonwealth - has been developed to protect Indigenous cultural heritage? What is the gap between the ideal and the reality in nation state practice?