BLOCK PARTY

You're invited to UQ Arts BLOCK PARTY, 10am — 4pm SAT 1 MARCH!

Join the UQ St Lucia Museums for a FREE community day, art, workshops, performances, tours, learning, heritage, food and more! Enjoy exclusive openings at four of UQ St Lucia's Museums, all day food trucks and drawing on the Art Museum Lawn, free workshops, tours and talks across the Museums, and exclusive performances by artist Alicia Frankovich and Nunukul Yuggera.

Check out the full line up and register for your favourite sessions now!

*Please note: participants much register for specific activations that require registration, such as tours and workshops. Please follow event links to register for these individual activations.

Past sessions

Performance: Alicia Frankovich 'Feather Star' 2025 | BLOCK PARTY performance

1 March 2025 3:00pm–3:45pm

in BLOCK PARTY

A choreographic commission by Alicia Frankovich, a part of 'These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature'.

Uncovering manuscript collections in the Fryer Library teaching space. Photo by Andrew Yeo.

Fryer Library Talk: The Hidden Library

1 March 2025 2:00pm–2:15pm

in BLOCK PARTY

Learn about UQ's Fryer Library at an exclusive public opening as part of the UQ St Lucia Museums BLOCK PARTY

'These Entanglements' Artists Talks

1 March 2025 1:30pm–2:30pm

in BLOCK PARTY

Join us to hear from These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature artists, Alicia Frankovich, Norton Fredericks, Caitlin Franzmann and UQ Art Museum curator Kyle Weise.

Tour: 'Wondrous Machines' at RD Milns Antiquities Museum

1 March 2025 11:00am–2:30pm

in BLOCK PARTY

Join the RD Milns Antiquities Museum for a free guided tour of the 'Wondrous Machines' exhibition.

Weaving Cultural Stories: Weaving Workshop with Ranu James at UQ Anthropology Musuem

1 March 2025 11:00am–12:30pm

in BLOCK PARTY

In conjunction with 'Stories through time: Living cultures, enduring connections', The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum presents a special workshop with cultural arts practitioner Ranu James during the UQ Arts BLOCK PARTY Saturday March 1, from 11am to 12.30pm.

A close up of a larger work which features the silhouette of a plant. On the left you can see the bottom half of a leaf and as you follow the branch to the right you can see the shape of five diamond seed pods grouped together like petals on a flower.

Entangled Kin: Cyanotype Workshop with Norton Fredericks

1 March 2025 11:00am–1:00pm

in BLOCK PARTY

Join artist Norton Fredericks for a cyanotype workshop.

'recompose' 2021, conversation, divination cards, interactive website. A part of Final Call exhibition, Mossy Log Garden, Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens, Horizon Festival 2021. Photography: Timothy Birch

recompose, by Caitlin Franzmann | BLOCK PARTY performances

1 March 2025 10:15am–11:30am

in BLOCK PARTY

Participatory art experience by artist Caitlin Franzmann.

BLOCK PARTY

1 March 2025 10:00am–4:00pm

in BLOCK PARTY

Explore some of UQ St Lucia's Museums for a FREE day community, art, workshops, performances, tours, learning, heritage, food and more!