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Discussion with Tony Ellwood and Karen Quinlan on Escher X Nendo
Wednesday 21 November 01:00pm until Wednesday 21 November 02:00pm
Hear from powerhouse gallery directors Tony Ellwood AM (National Gallery of Victoria) and Karen Quinlan (Bendigo Art Gallery, LAI and now The National Portrait Gallery of Australia) as they come together to discuss the NGV’s latest blockbuster Escher X nendo: Between Two Worlds. One lucky attendee will win a catalogue and two x tickets for Escher X nendo: Between Two Worlds
WORKSHOPS : Painting in 3-Dimensions
Wednesday 05 December 10:00am until Wednesday 05 December 12:00pm
3D Painting Workshop
WORKSHOPS : Painting in 3-Dimensions
Saturday 08 December 10:00am until Saturday 08 December 10:00am
3D Painting Workshop
Past events
Humour, Queer Bodies and Pop Culture
Thursday 25 October 05:00pm
Join 2018 LAI Emerging Curator Brigid Hansen, artist Xanthe Dobbie and researcher, writer, and award-winning poet Dr Quinn Eades as they discuss marginalised voices, queer issues and humour in contemporary Australian art and life.
Creating Space: Professional Development Day for Artists
Wednesday 24 October 09:00am
Making art is one thing, but getting it seen is quite another.
Plastic Language: Glitch and Linguistics Forum
Thursday 09 August 05:30pm
Join our expert panel of artists and linguists as they explore the importance of variation, gesture and glitches (mistakes) in their research and practice. Inspired by LAI’s current exhibition The Grammar of Glitch, this discussion will uncover the role of fragmentation, double-take, syntax and overload in visual, spoken and gestural language.
Artist Forum: Exhibiting Culture: New Histories
Wednesday 04 July 11:00am
Hear directly from New Histories artists in this dynamic FREE program of artist talks.
Exhibiting Culture New Histories
Monday 02 July 12:00am
Join contemporary artists challenging the concept of art as a historic record in this week of talks, guided exhibition visits and access to gallery back of house.
Artist Talk: Wukun Wanambi
Wednesday 13 June 05:30pm
Join Yolngu artist Wukun Wanambi and curator Kade McDonald as they chat with Travis Hodgson, Curator of LAI’s current exhibition Miwatj.
Film Screening: The Mulka Project
Tuesday 29 May 12:00am
Drop in to LAI to view four films from the Mulka Project.
The Label Makers
Tuesday 29 May 10:00pm
Drop in and participate in the latest fun, interactive exhibition at La Trobe Art Institute.
Community Colab: Collaboratory Workshop
Saturday 21 April 02:00pm
Drop into La Trobe Art Institute between 2 -4pm on Saturday 21 April to participate in this free collaborative workshop.
Collaborate with Kids: Collaboratory Workshop
Saturday 21 April 10:00am
Create a unique family artwork to adorn the walls of your home at this exclusive collaborative workshop.
Collaborative Duos Workshop
Friday 20 April 05:30pm
Ever wondered how your imagination could be enhanced, challenged or transformed through collaboration?
Symposium: Sum of Parts: Unpacking Collaboration
Monday 16 April 10:00am
Symposium presented by La Trobe Art Institute in collaboration with Bendigo Art Gallery
LAI Exhibition Launch: Collaboratory
Thursday 05 April 05:30pm
Join us for the launch of our latest exhibition Collaboratory.
Helen Grogan, Concrete Room
Saturday 17 March 02:00pm
As part of our current exhibition Infrastructuralism, artist Helen Grogan will perform CONCRETE ROOM. In this sound work, the artist will use a microphone to trace the perimeter (and parameters) of the gallery spaces at La Trobe Art Institute.
Art Therapy Masterclass: Yayoi Kusama
Friday 02 March 10:00am
This masterclass brings together experts from La Trobe University’s Art Institute and Master of Art Therapy program to explore connections between Kusama’s life and practice and the practice of art making more generally.
Public Lecture The search for a new civic imagination
Thursday 15 February 06:15pm
In this lecture, Dr Vincent Alessi will discuss the role of artiste and creative practioners in the public space, investigating how they have and continue to contribute to the creation of a new civic imagination ensuring that the city of the future remains equitable and sustainability for the communities which inhabit it.
Infrastructuralism Launch
Thursday 08 February 05:30pm
Agatha Gothe- Snape, Carolyn Eskdale, Helen Grogan, Jessie Bullivant, Shannon Lyons. The gallery is more than a frame. More than an architectural setting. In Infrastructuralism, five artists produce and deliver work that ingratiates itself inside the physical system of the gallery. The exhibition exposes the hidden, neglected or secretive support structures that serve as platforms for the presentation of art objects. Presented across all spaces at LAI, the artworks marry humour with material awareness in a playful incursion into the nature of our cultural organisations. All the various facets that go into making up architecture, display, function and administration are brought into play.
Public lecture one: Shouting from the studio-top the artist as activist
Thursday 08 February 06:15pm
Throughout history, artists have been active participants in key social and political debates. Pablo Picasso's Guernica is one of the greatest paintings to protest the brutality of war.
James Geurts Seismic Field Special Event
Thursday 18 January 05:30pm
Join 2016 Georges Mora Fellow, James Geurts as we celebrate the closing days of his exhibition Seismic Field at La Trobe Art Institute. During his LAI residency, Geurts initiated a dialogue between the LAI and the dynamics of the underlying earth, examining the relationship between geophysical forms and consciousness. The works are abstract measuring propositions, exploring these forces physically and symbolically. Geurts intervenes the processes of scanning and polaroid photography as site actions, letting weather, temperature, force and the pulse of the body disrupt the form and colour field, blurring the lines between geology and technological praxis. The works investigate seismic phenomena and cultural context, amplifying perceptual and physical thresholds of what is, literally, below our feet. Image: James Geurts' Seismic Field at La Trobe Art Institute. Photograph: Ian Hill, 2017.
Memory and Environment
Thursday 14 December 10:30am
For the first time acclaimed Argentinian textile artist Alexandra Kehayoglou will visit Bendigo’s La Trobe Art Institute to discuss her major new work, Santa Cruz River 2016-17 commissioned for the National Gallery of Victoria’s inaugural Triennial exhibition.
Seismic Field, James Geurts
Thursday 07 December 10:00am
Seismic Field examines the relationship between geophysical forms and consciousness, initiating a dialogue between the La Trobe Art Institute and the dynamics of the underlying earth.