What's On at UWA

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 (...)

Curator Sally Quin discusses how formal experimentation of the post-war period has been used to reveal underlying structures of the bush through selected works from the UWA Art Collection.

Education kits for the exhibition Modern Australian Landscapes, 1940s -1960s have been developed in line with WA SCASA requirements and address VET competency criteria for school teachers. Learn more about these education resources in a workshop led by educator Erin Knight.

Final year medical students from UWA spend four weeks in a clinical elective unit. Replacing the stethoscope with a camera, their photographs in this exhibition highlight the journeys they have taken, and the global health and sociocultural issues observed in far-flung places.

In this tour we undertake a close observation of selected artworks from the exhibitions Stewart Scambler: Fragment and Modern Australian Landscapes 1940s-1960s, followed by an informal discussion on themes of empathy and compassion.

Paigham-i-Ramadan (Message of Ramadan) is an exhibition from UWA’s Centre for Muslim States and Societies showcasing papercutting by artist Tusif Ahmed and conceived as part of Ramadan - the ninth month of the Islamic calendar where Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. The exhibition runs until (...)

In the exhibition Fragment at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Stewart Scambler presents a new body of work, a striking assembly of large-scale sculptural forms and murals inspired by his recent journey through the Pilbara and Kimberley. Join us as the artist walks us through the exhibition and (...)

Join us as Alana McVeigh, one of WA's premier ceramicists discusses the use of her bare fingers in clay, and her consummate application of pure colour glazes. Her works will be available for purchase at this event.

Free workshops aimed at medical and health professionals of all levels. Develop visual language and refine communication skills through close observation of artworks in the exhibition, In Light of Shadows.

Join cultural and social anthropologist Professor Lyn Parker (Asian Studies, UWA), whose research includes the anthropology of Indonesia, women and gender relations, to view the kris (asymmetrical daggers with distinctive blade-patterning) in the exhibition In Light of Shadows.

Join potter Stewart Scambler as he demonstrates the techniques used to make the pieces in the exhibition Stewart Scambler: Fragment.

Modern Australian landscape tradition is captured in the spectrum of works selected from the UWA Art Collection by Curator Sally Quin. View the exhibition and join Associate Professor Tanya Dalziell as she discusses selected works and considers some relationships with contemporary Australian (...)

Using colourful polymer clay, artist Elizabeth Maruffo will teach children how to sculpt tiny dinosaurs to take home.

It’s time to get tiny! With colourful polymer clay, artist Elizabeth Marruffo will take you on a sculpting adventure as you create tiny dinosaurs hatchlings emerging (...)

Learn how to create characters from seedpods, leaves and dried plants in this workshop with artist Elizabeth Marruffo.

Working from the graphic novel Home Time, by Campbell Whyte, you’ll get an inside look into how the world of The Peaches came to be. From wild costumes and hilarious (...)

Join artist Elizabeth Maruffo for a fun workshop learning how to make a tiny felt sculpture of your favourite dog.

It is the Chinese Year of the Dog this year and this workshop is also part of the A Portrait of Taiwan in Perth project. There is an opportunity for your creation to be (...)

Using colourful polymer clay, artist Elizabeth Maruffo will teach children how to sculpt tiny dinosaurs to take home.

It’s time to get tiny! With colourful polymer clay, artist Elizabeth Marruffo will take you on a sculpting adventure as you create tiny dinosaurs hatchlings emerging (...)

No, this workshop is not about your latest crush! Instead join artist Elizabeth Marruffo who will guide you in making a small pinch pot boat.

Using polymer clay, we will then use a range of clever sculpting tools and learn some basic skills to sculpt small creatures or objects from our (...)

Learn how to make a fibre art animal in this hands-on art workshop with award-winning artist Sharyn Egan.

Celebrate NAIDOC week by joining Nyoongar artist Sharyn Egan to learn techniques for making your own fibre art animal sculpture. Using straw and colourful natural and acrylic fibres (...)

Learn how to make a fibre art animal or doll in this hands-on art workshop with award-winning artist Sharyn Egan. Using straw and colourful natural and acrylic fibres, let your inspiration run wild to create a dog, bird, lizard, elephant – or whatever creature you can imagine - in Sharyn’s fun (...)

Become a junior paleontologist and learn about fossils, handle ancient fossil material and unearth a real fossil to take home in this fun workshop. Participants will receive a museum fossil hunt workbook to record their observations. Parents/carers welcome to stay.

Ticket price $10 (...)