Events
Free public lectures, workshops, exhibitions and events
Miwatj
Tuesday 29 May 12:00am
Drawn from the collections of La Trobe University, Miwatj presents the work of five highly respected senior Yolngu leaders: Birrikitji Gumana (c.1898-1982), Dr Gumana AO (c.1935-2016), Mithinarri Gurruwiwi (c.1929-1976), Narritjin Maymuru (c.1916-1981) and Wandjuk Marika OBE (c.1927-1987). These senior men were highly respected community leaders and embraced the act of painting as a means of communicating Yolngu culture with non-Yolngu people.
Art Forum: Heather Lee
Wednesday 30 May 01:00pm
Our Art Forum is a weekly public lecture series for La Trobe students and open to the community.
The Grammar of Glitch
Tuesday 24 July 12:00am
Antonia Sellbach James Little Katie Paine Michael Georgetti Paul Kaptein Ross Taylor
Chart Form
Tuesday 18 September 12:00am
Chart Form celebrates a data aesthetic and a systems language. Presenting the work of four artists whose work evokes flow charts and process maps, the exhibition offers ways of understanding implied meaning generated by formalist tropes.
Emerging Curators Program: Brigid Hansen
Tuesday 18 September 12:00am
The Emerging Curators Program has been established to provide a mentoring experience for new curators to conceive, develop and produce an exhibition of their own choosing with the guidance and assistance of the Institute’s curatorial team and professional staff.The Program is application based and the inaugural participant is recent RMIT graduate Brigid Hansen.
Support Structure
Tuesday 13 November 12:00am
Support Structure assembles the work of artists who paint with a sculptural sensibility. Acknowledging the physicality of paintings, these artists produce artwork that blurs the boundary between media, offering ways of rethinking the nature of contemporary painting.