Events and learning

A public symposium and workshop for writers and thinkers exploring the concept of “islandness” and relational approaches to histories of art and visual culture. 

Join us for an intimate exploration of Wira to Djara: an intern-lead research project by Braelyn Rolfe-Chase (Ngugi), Blaklash Curatorial Intern.

Join us to hear from internationally regarded researcher and Yidinji Elder, the Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie (UQ), as she shares the story of Lani Mulgrave Blair (1883-1900). Lani’s story traverses major themes in our shared history: stolen children, frontier wars, colonial displacement, and assimilation policies. He exists beyond his moment and reminds us of the crucial importance of historical enquiry and memory-making.

Join Curator Kyle Weise in conversation with Dusk of Nations artists Fiona Foley, Archie Moore and Keemon Williams.

Join leading writers Samuel Wagan Watson and Ellen van Neerven for a conversation about Samuel’s 2004 volume of poetry 'Smoke Encrypted Whispers'.

Join artist Colina Wymarra in conversation with Peta Rake to discuss Wymarra's practice of storytelling through connection to Country in her multidisciplinary body of work.

Explore ‘Remote Artist Award’ Winner Colina Wymarra artist showcase at The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City, from the 9th – 16th of September 2024.

As part of Wear it Purple Day 2024, join us for a conversation with renowned queer artist William Yang as he discusses the journey through his ‘closet’ as a young adult in the 1960s at The University of Queensland.

For UQ Art Museum’s celebration of Wear it Purple Day, Dr Cassandra Byrnes (she/her) will lead an afternoon talk in the Alumni Friends of UQ Collection Study Room focusing on gender and queer subjectivities, examining recent queer histories in Australia through works by Luke Roberts and TextaQueen.

As part of Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line, join us for a discussion on the politics of image-making.

Connect and unwind with a casual still-life drawing session, where responding to art, you will be inspired to consider how self-portraits can be used to express the multiple identities we all contain.   

In celebration of this historic moment, please join Ellie Buttrose (Curator, Contemporary Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art) in conversation with artist Archie Moore and Bundjalung editor and poet Grace Lucas-Pennington. Together, they will discuss Moore’s exhibition kith and kin and the unparalleled experiences that led them to Venice; of community, kinship, and the infinite relations that connect us all. 

Join us for a screening of films running alongside Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line. The selected films have influenced Hoda Afshar’s artistic practice that often blurs the lines between documentary and fiction.  

Connect and unwind with a casual still-life drawing session in UQ Art Museum. Surrounded by art and various found objects, you will consider how identities and journeys are shaped through the objects around us and within.

Join artist Hoda Afshar in conversation with curator Isobel Parker Philip on the opening weekend of Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line. 

Join us to celebrate the launch of UQ Art Museum’s latest exhibitions, including 'Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line'.

Kickstart your O-Week. Discover UQ’s Museum experiences across the St Lucia campus!

Join us during NAIDOC Week 2024 for an Art Walking Tour exploring some of the incredible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art On Campus at UQ St Lucia.

Oral Histories passed down by matrilineal story telling have sustained Melanesian cultures for generations. For many, these histories become a central part of their approach to life and creative practice, offering a rich, layered and emotive foundation to their work and identity. Join us for a conversation between women across generations as they discuss how their life’s work of making these stories visible has been a pathway for healing and connection.

A evening of performances of chamber works for choir, small vocal ensemble, and strings.

Join UQ art history expert, Associate Professor Andrea Bubenik, on Thu 9 May as she shares some of the most unbelievable and hidden tales behind incredible portraits from the UQ Art Museum Collection. Presented by UQ Arts, Brisbane Portrait Prize, and the UQ Alumni Team in the beautiful Atrium Space at UQ Brisbane City.

This event brings together the creative talents of UQ School of Music's composition & performance students in reflective and imaginative artistic dialogue. Join us for a free night of performances set against the backdrop of 'How we remember tomorrow' at UQ Art Museum.

Join us for a discussion on practices of storytelling around Indigenous histories and futures connected to the Great Ocean.

Join us for The Word for World is Ocean Reading Circle led by Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Chateris. Give yourself permission to connect, read, discuss and share deeply around the vast body that connects us all - the Great Ocean.