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Displaying from Saturday, March 03, 2018
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March 2018
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Saturday 03 |
Join us for the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery’s quarterly program for people living with dementia and their carers or family members.
This event provides a forum for conversation through the shared viewing and exploration of artworks on display – highlighting themes, artists, and (...)
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Wednesday 07 |
Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise where you focus on your breathing, in this tour we settle our minds on the artwork on display.
The 45-minute session involves a slow observation of selected artworks with the theme (...)
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Saturday 10 |
Experience the artwork at LWAG in Australian Sign Language. Join us for a free tour of the current exhibitions in Auslan guided by a gallery staff member and interpreter from Auslan Stage Left.
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Tuesday 13 |
17:00 - EVENT - CULTURE CLUB I : Art Party featuring drinks + music + door prizes + art activities + tours
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Come to LWAG’s Art Party to celebrate the new academic year!
Bring your friends and meet new ones. This is an opportunity for newcomers as well as regular visitors to explore the gallery and to tour the latest exhibitions – Zadok Ben-David: Human Nature, FLORA and In Light of Shadows (...)
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Friday 16 |
Flowers carry a multitude of iconic meanings – including love, honour and death – and have many uses, from traditional medicine to decoration. But what is their significance in a research world?
Join Monika Murcha and Julia Grassi, two leading investigators from the Plant Energy (...)
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Saturday 17 |
Join us for Art+Feminism, a global movement to improve coverage of women artists online.
A 2011 survey of Wikipedia contributors found that less than 10% identify as female? Wikipedia is one of the most wide-reaching sources of public knowledge accessible, and this gender disparity (...)
Explore the meanings that light and shadow embody in various cultures through the diverse array of objects in In Light of Shadows with exhibition curator Sarah Ridhuan. Consider the broad themes of mortality, memory, power and knowledge in this selection of objects from the Berndt Museum collection (...)
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Friday 23 |
View the exhibition In Light of Shadows and join Richard Read to closely observe and discuss the myriad stories conjured by the play of light and shadow in different cultures and within the visual arts.
Emeritus Professor Richard Read is an Associate Investigator in the Australian (...)
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Saturday 24 |
Participate in an intimate workshop for adults led by artist Alina Tang, exploring the significance of flowers in the exhibition FLORA and examining traditional Victorian meanings of flora.
Participants are invited to create their own individual Tussie Mussie – a small bouquet of (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
Claire is a jewellery maker, landscape architect and artist who works from her home studio in Palmyra. Claire’s jewellery is inspired by nature, architecture and traditional cultures.
Join us to hear Claire discuss her process of using coloured enamel, oxidisation and altered surfaces (...)
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April 2018
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Saturday 07 |
12:30 - SYMPOSIUM - FLORA Symposium : Challenges Facing Sustainability of plants in WA Today
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Current Western Australian-based research in plant science and conservation biology, traditional uses of plants, and environmental issues that challenge our future, will be discussed in a symposium presented by eminent Western Australian speakers.
SPEAKERS
John Curtin (...)
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Wednesday 11 |
13:00 - TALK - The Virgin, the Madame, and the Greenie Girlie-man: an art scholar�s tale. : A Talking Allowed event with Dr Ann Schilo, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University.
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Kehinde Wiley’s recent official portrait of the former US president, Barack Obama, has caused debate over dinner tables and in conference rooms. Looking unlike the conventional figure of conservative, patriarchal power, Obama is pictured seated, amidst a forest of flora. While it has been (...)
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Thursday 12 |
Develop visual language and re ne communication skills through close observation of artworks. Ioana Vlad and Janice Lally will guide participants to become more comfortable with ambiguity and develop re ective practice through the exploration of art and its meanings. The workshops are designed to (...)
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Saturday 14 |
Join us for a touch and verbal descriptive tour of the current exhibitions. A trained guide delivers descriptions of the visual elements of artworks exhibited, along with tactile opportunities using mixed media and 3D printed translations.
Tours are free to attend and open to companions (...)
Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise where you focus on your breathing, in this tour we settle our minds on the artwork on display.
The 45-minute session involves a slow observation of selected artworks with the theme (...)
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Friday 20 |
View the exhibition FLORA with Andrea Gaynor and join a discussion about the relationships between emotion and conservation, and how they have been expressed over time.
Andrea Gaynor is an Associate Investigator with the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the (...)
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May 2018
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Friday 04 |
Artist Brigid Noone and Gemma Weston (Curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art) discuss the role of complex networks and shared histories embodied in the artworks that have been selected or produced for the exhibition Authentic Determination.
We launch the next season at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery with the opening of three new exhibitions.
Stewart Scambler: Fragment presents a new body of work, a striking assembly of large-scale sculptural forms and murals inspired by potter Stewart Scambler's recent journey through the (...)
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Saturday 05 |
Potter Stewart Scambler and Curator Sally Quin take us through Scambler’s stunning exhibition of large-scale works inspired by the artist’s journey through the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia.
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Wednesday 09 |
13:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Talking Allowed: Talking Aloud about Head Coverings, with Krishna Sen
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Krishna Sen FAHA, Professor Emerita, Social Sciences, UWA asks the question, "Is there something particular about the hijab in our time or is ‘to cover or not to cover’ always a central political question?" in Talking Allowed an event series, in collaboration with UWA Institute of (...)
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