What's On at UWA

In extended field work in West Africa and more recent research in India and Nepal, Professor Petra Tschakert has employed a variety of conceptual mapping approaches that promote critical engagement with marginalised rural communities and open up alternative routes for “doing” geography.

As Stevie Wonder once said, “We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with a disability”.

Join Caine Chennatt, access initiatives advocate at LWAG for a conversation with access advocates from DADAA and Alzheimer's Australia discussing ideas, suggestions (...)

The Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art includes a range of printed and handdrawn posters exploring themes such as feminism, the environment and community. Under the guidance of collection curator Gemma Weston, students from Rosalie Primary School have worked to create their own posters that (...)

In this one-off conversation, join artist Kelly Doley and Gemma Weston, Curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, as they discuss feminism, learning, sharing, performance as a research tool, contradictions, archives, and other ideas that inform Doley’s practice.

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We launch the 2018 exhibitions program with the opening of three new exhibitions at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. - Zadok Ben-David: Human Nature, presented as part of the Perth Festival and supported by the Visual Arts Program Partner Wesfarmers Arts, In Light of Shadows, presented by the (...)

UWA Chief Cultural Officer Professor Ted Snell is pleased to invite you to the opening of three new exhibitions:

Helen Britton: Interstices + Works of Art from Warbuton + The Likeness Helen Britton: Interstices is a 25-year survey of the work of renowned jeweller Helen Britton, including (...)

Join Helen Britton as she leads you through her magical world of jewellery and sculptural installations. Hear how her memories, ‘shaped by encounters from the past and present’ have been reimagined into stunning brooches, neckpieces and other objects crafted from metals, glass, precious stones (...)

Attend a tour of The Likeness and participate in a close reading analysis of selected portraits with visual arts educator Erin Knight. Free event.

Discover more about contemporary art from the Western Desert community of Warburton in this walking tour with exhibition curator and head of the Berndt Museum, Dr Vanessa Russ. Free event.

Join us for an engaging tour of our current exhibitions designed to connect participants living with dementia in a shared exploration of art through personal insights, emerging interpretations and memories.

The tour features a 25-year survey of the work of renowned jeweller Helen Britton (...)

Come to LWAG’s first Art Party for 2017! Bring your friends and meet new ones. This is an opportunity for newcomers as well as regular visitors to explore the gallery and tour the new exhibitions in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Enjoy a free sundowner, listen to live music, try (...)

The nature of jewellery training, practice, exhibition and professional development means that strong international networks underpin successful national practices.

But what are the current training and exhibition opportunities, the critical forums, and what is the marketplace? Join this (...)

Dr Leanne McRae is the Senior Researcher for the Popular Culture Collective; a community of film makers, musicians, web builders, designers, writers, researchers and teachers who wish to create thinking – and thoughtful – popular culture.

Join her as she discusses the relationships (...)

Inspired daily by the beauty of her local bushland, Perth jeweller Donna Gahan has a strong interest in the effect of architecture on the human psyche, and the relationship between the natural and built environment.

Another recurring theme in her work is the many layers of our emotions (...)

Join us for the Audio Described Tour of Helen Britton: Interstices. Audio Description enhances visual art for people who are blind or vision impaired.

A trained Audio Describer delivers a verbal description of the visual elements. This tour will also include various tactile 3D printed (...)

In this free-to-attend talk, Nicholas Jose reflects on the transformation of art in China across the last 30 years. In parallel with the political and social changes that saw China become a global economic powerhouse, a new kind of art emerged, mixing self-reflection, celebration and critique. In (...)

Feminism has been one of the most durable political-ethical platforms of the 20th and 21st centuries – so much so that we speak of first-, second- and third-wave feminism and its impact on society and on academic scholarship throughout the world.

In her illustrated talk, Anne Marsh (...)

Take a more contemplative approach to art by joining us for a gallery tour with a difference. Much like a mindfulness exercise, where you focus on your breathing, in this tour you allow your mind to settle on selected pieces of contemporary art.

Each viewing will be followed by a (...)

Cate Hayes is an artist, illustrator and author of literary fiction and stories for children. Join her for a family-friendly session of fascinating and fun-filled art activities to create jewellery, write a story of magic, and contribute to decorating a community robot.

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In 2016, Bill Leak’s controversial cartoon generated widespread debate about free speech and racism in Australia. Following Leak’s death on March 10, and in light of proposed amendments to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, those debates have resurfaced and intensified.

Jan (...)