Events
Le Ceol
Free public programs from November to February
Exhibition opening & performance program
Friday 28 November 5 to 7:30 pm
Refreshments provided
- Welcome to Country with Jason Kerr
- Brief exhibition introduction by curator Jacqui Shelton
- Performance of Brigid by Alice Heyward and Oisín Ó Manacháin/Oisín Monaghan
Exhibiting artists: Dr Lou Bennett AM, Harley Dunolly-Lee, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Alice Heyward and Oisín Ó Manacháin/Oisín Monaghan, Susan Hiller, Tamsen Hopkinson, Mary Lloyd Jones and Ciwas Tahos
Please join us to celebrate the opening of our next exhibition Le Ceol and to experience a one-off live performance of Brigid by Alice Heyward and Oisín Ó Manacháin/Oisín Monaghan, with collaborators Gregor Kompar and Oonagh Slater.
Brigid is a choreographic and sound work that engages with the ancient practice of sean nós (the Old Way) song and dance to explore embodied and vocal spaces where mythology, transgenerational grief, horror, and diasporic identity intertwine.
The performance will move through the gallery spaces and will be followed by refreshments and nibbles in the galleries.
Curator-led tour
Friday 23 January 2026 1 to 2 pm
Join curator of Le Ceol La Trobe Art Institute Curator Jacqui Shelton for a relaxed and conversational tour of the exhibition.
We offer free guided tours and curatorial walk-throughs for schools and community groups to engage with the themes and materials of our exhibitions. Interested groups are invited to get in touch.
Interactive workshop with La Trobe University Linguistics Academics
Friday 6 February 2026 1 to 4 pm
Snacks provided
Learn from the experts! We are excited to welcome the Linguistics teams from La Trobe University to the gallery for a fun, interactive workshop on language and identity.
Registration details to come.
Plus information on workshops for kids and community to be announced.
Since 2006, we have delivered a robust residency program with international guests. Founded on exchange and research, we prioritise creative processes over predetermined outcomes. This model has proven deeply generative for artists, for our curatorial research, and for our wider program.
Our place-responsive residency program is driven by solid partnerships with First Nations led organisations in Victoria and key partners in the Asia Pacific region. Guided by the Djaara seasons, our residencies are grounded on Country and informed by the principles of self-determination, place and reciprocity. Rather than set outcomes, national and international artists are offered the opportunity to connect with place and community, to seed ideas and explore new directions. This program centres global First Nations artists and Indigenous ways of knowing.
Forthcoming public programs associated with artists visiting us and sharing knowledge include:
Sculpture Park – Melbourne Campus
Ongoing
Follow our map of the Sculpture Park [PDF 1MB] to explore more than 20 public sculptures in the bushland setting of the La Trobe Melbourne Campus. Works by artists including Charles Robb, Inge King, Robert Klippel, David Wilson, Karen Ward and Reko Rennie reflect key movements in contemporary Australian sculpture since the mid-1960s.