Events
All That Is Alive
Free public programs from February to May
Exhibition Launch and Performance Program
27 February 5 to 7 pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of our latest exhibition, All That is Alive, with a live performance from exhibiting artist Ivey Wawn.
After a Welcome to Country with Jason Kerr, and opening remarks by the curators, Ivey will present the live performance of Feeling in a triangle. This will be a one-off performance in Bendigo, so be sure not to miss it!
Feeling in a triangle navigates the vulnerability of being alive. Wawn’s body movements and vocal loops—falling, failing, losing, feeling—are actively noticing what we carry unseen within us, like a nervous system being cruised.
Curator-led tours
5 March, 16 April and 7 May
12 to 12:30 pm in the galleries
Join co-curator of All That is Alive 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.
A Fermentation Plot workshops
25 April and 2 May, time TBC
Activating Madeleine Collie's work in All That is Alive, George Criddle will run two workshops that consider the ginger plants kept alive by gallery staff of both UTS Gallery and LAI since September 2025. Taking the ginger plants as both conceptual source material and material starting point, these workshops will be used to gather and share stories of fermentation, harvest the ginger from the gallery, and create a collective ferment.
A Fermentation Plot invites reflection on the gallery as a site of cultivation and care, highlighting the essential, often invisible role of gallery and university staff in caring for artworks. Through this, they draw attention to the interdependencies that shape our world, gesturing toward more just and reciprocal futures.
Music Image Time Lab
A monthly meeting of artforms in time-based media, MIT Lab is a space for sharing work-in-progress, experiments, new ideas, or new work in a supportive community setting. Everyone is welcome to contribute work.
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2026 MIT Lab dates:
8 March
12 April
3 May
7 June
5 July
2 August
13 September
4 October
8 November
16 December – end of year event
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 will be listed below.
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.