What's On at UWA

Medical and art historical skills come together in this free workshop for medical and health practitioners led by Dr John Terry and Dr Janice Lally. Investigate visual language and refine your communication skills while exploring topical social and cultural themes through close observation of (...)

Referring originally to the capacity of visual description to conjure a thing as if it were physically present, ekphrasis is itself reinterpreted by Caitlyn Stone and Joshua Adams and presented in this new work. Words by Caitlyn and music by Joshua will respond to the affective pull of artworks on (...)

Most of our art is political in one way or another. Even works which are mainly narrative or descriptive often contain references to events of their times, or to social attitudes generally. Abstraction in America was encouraged because it was opposed to the Social Realism of the Soviet Union. Refre (...)

All are invited to Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery for this semester’s art party at your university gallery! Taking inspiration from LWAG’s current exhibitions, this semester’s Culture Club event celebrates the ways in which art can be a powerful voice for social change. Enjoy live music, spoken (...)

Equitable and desirable solutions to the climate crisis require a grounded understanding of diverse values and aspirations of citizens and denizens in our societies. Drawing upon feminist geographies, Professor Petra Tschakert and Dr. Karen Paiva Henrique examine the role of social difference (...)

Join us for a tour through the second hang of works in paper from the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art – this time featuring representations of landscape and animals alongside political posters relating to the environment.

Lee Kinsella, Curator of Paper Cut, will provide social (...)

Let your creativity loose and have a play with a range of arts and crafts materials, wander through the current exhibitions, page through a wide variety of art books on one of our comfy couches, or join a guided session combining elements of mindfulness, close-looking and discussion.

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Medical and art historical skills come together in this free workshop for medical and health practitioners led by Dr John Terry and Dr Janice Lally.

Investigate visual language and refine your communication skills while exploring topical social and cultural themes through close (...)

Join Jo Darvall, artist and specialist printmaker who established the Swan River printmakers group, and Andy Quilty, artist, lecturer and Communications Director for the Fine Arts and History of Arts Department from the UWA School of Design, as they talk technique amongst the works in Paper Cut.

Don't miss this live broadcast of RTRFM's Drastic on Plastic at LWAG featuring live interviews and more! Since its founding in 1977, community radio station RTRFM has been hell-bent on helping blaze a trail for women within the industry. From 11 May to 5 June , RTRFM will take over the Lawrence (...)

All are invited to Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery for this semester’s art party at your university gallery! Taking inspiration from LWAG’s current exhibitions, this semester’s Culture Club event celebrates the ways in which art can be a powerful voice for social change. Enjoy live music, spoken (...)

Join us for a tour through the second hang of works on paper from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art – this time featuring representations of landscape and animals alongside political posters relating to the environment. Lee Kinsella, Curator of Paper Cut, will provide social, political (...)

One of Australia's most highly regarded artists, Trevor Vickers will join Dr Sally Quin Curator of the UWA Art Collection and curator of Feeling abstract? in conversation within the exhibition. Born in SA in 1943 and now based in WA, Trevor Vickers exhibited in the ground-breaking and (...)

Join UWA School of Design MFA students Sacha Barker and Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson to see and hear about their work and recent pieces in their MFA graduation exhibition. Sacha Barker’s art embraces textile, sculpture and installation. Since her first major installation, Mindfield; the Sewing (...)

Equitable and desirable solutions to the climate crisis require a grounded understanding of diverse values and aspirations of citizens and denizens in our societies. Drawing upon feminist geographies, Professor Petra Tschakert and Dr. Karen Paiva Henrique examine the role of social difference (...)

Join curator Lee Kinsella for an Auslan-interpreted tour and talk of Matter, examining ideas behind the exhibition and the selection of artwork.

Matter Works from the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art 10 July to 27 November 2021

Featuring works of grit, weight and (...)

The new semester brings new exhibitions to LWAG! We’re keeping the gallery doors open late on Thursday 5 August – come stop in to enjoy complimentary drinks and nibbles alongside a special tour of the latest exhibitions with UWA Art Collection Curator Sally Quin. Don’t miss the opportunity to (...)

Experience the artwork at LWAG in Australian Sign Language.

Join Sally Quin, Curator of the UWA Art Collection, for a free Auslan-interpreted tour of the exhibition Feeling abstract?

Community Partner: Auslan Stage Left



Feeling abstract? Paintings from (...)

Join highly regarded artist George Haynes as he discusses his work in the current exhibition Feeling abstract? Described as a master of light and colour, his work has brought joy and inspiration to numerous other artists as well as the public for over 60 years.



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Join a conversation with Sarah Douglas, UWA Fine Arts Major Coordinator, in the School of Design, together with three Fine Arts students to unpack: “What makes our time definitive and how current art expressions may be reflecting new kinds of worldliness”

Campus Partner: Fine Arts (...)