Image credit: film still from Lani (2023). Courtesy DEMONS LAND.

Stolen Songline: Lani's Lament | A lecture and film screening with Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie AM

17 October 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
Join us to hear from internationally regarded researcher and Yidinji Elder, the Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie AM, 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.
Hoda Afshar Untitled #14, from the series In turn 2023 © Hoda Afshar, image courtesy the artist

Beyond Islandness: Experiments in Writing Relationally

27 November 2024 10:00am1:00pm
A public symposium and workshop for writers and thinkers exploring the concept of “islandness” and relational approaches to histories of art and visual culture. 

Dusk Of Nations: In Conversation with Fiona Foley, Archie Moore and Keemon Williams

26 September 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
Join Curator Kyle Weise in conversation with Dusk of Nations artists Fiona Foley, Archie Moore and Keemon Williams.
Left: Portait of Samuel Wagan Watson, courtesy of the Artist. Right: Ellen van Neervan, Photo by Anna Jacobson.

Samuel Wagan Watson in conversation with Ellen van Neerven: Celebrating the First Nations Classics series

19 September 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
Join leading writers Samuel Wagan Watson and Ellen van Neerven for a conversation about Samuel’s 2004 volume of poetry 'Smoke Encrypted Whispers'.

Artist Talk: Remote Artist Award winner Colina Wymarra

10 September 2024 6:00pm7:00pm
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.
Image: Courtesy of the artist

Seasonal Bloodlines: Artist Showcase by Colina Wymarra at The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City

9 September 2024 12:00pm16 September 2024 12:00pm
Explore ‘Remote Artist Award’ Winner Colina Wymarra artist showcase at The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City, from the 9th – 16th of September 2024.
William Yang, Life lines #21 -- William at Thornborough (2006) 2006/2009. Inkjet print on paper, edition 2/30. Collection of The University of Queensland, purchased 2010.

William Yang's Closet: UQ in the 1960s

30 August 2024 5:30pm6:30pm
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.
A group of people looking at a gallery hang displaying queer Australian art

Dr Cassandra Byrnes: I, myself, in the Borderlands

30 August 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
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.
Artwork "Shamindan and Ramsiyar – Manus Island" by Artist Hoda Afshar in UQ Art Museum exhibition Hoda Afsar: A curve is a broken line

Panel Discussion: How Do We Bear Witness?

29 August 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
As part of Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line, join us for a discussion on the politics of image-making.
A group of students engage in a life-drawing session while looking at artworks

Drawing the UQ Art Collection: Self-Portraits

21 August 2024 1:30pm3:00pm
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.   
Image: Portrait of curator Ellie Buttrose (left) and artist Archie Moore (right). Photo by Rhett Hammerton, Brisbane 2024.

kith and kin: In Conversation with Archie Moore, Ellie Buttrose and Grace Lucas-Pennington

27 July 2024 4:30pm7:00pm
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. 
Still from "Bandar Band", 2020, Color, 1:1.85, 5.1, 75 mins.

Film Night: Bandar Band

25 July 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
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.  

Drawing the UQ Art Collection

25 July 2024 1:30pm3:00pm
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.
Artwork, "Untitled #18" by artist Hoda Afshar in UQ Art Museum exhibition Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line

Opening Saturday: Hoda Afshar in conversation with Isobel Parker Philip

20 July 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Join artist Hoda Afshar in conversation with curator Isobel Parker Philip on the opening weekend of Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line. 
Hoda Afshar Crease 2014, from the series In the exodus, I love you more 2014–ongoing © Hoda Afshar, image courtesy the artist.

Opening Night: 'Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line'

19 July 2024 6:00pm9:00pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of UQ Art Museum’s latest exhibitions, including 'Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line'.
Three people walking towards a colourful building, the UQ Art Museum.

Museum Crawl 2024

16 July 2024 10:00am19 July 2024 4:00pm
Kickstart your O-Week. Discover UQ’s Museum experiences across the St Lucia campus!
 Rosella Namok Old Girls Yarning into the Night 2024. UQ Art Museum Window Commission, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane. Photo: Joe Ruckli

Art Walking Tour: First Nations Art On Campus

11 July 2024 10:30am12 July 2024 2:00pm
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.

The Stories My Mother Gave Me

23 May 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
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.
Apocalypse of St. John, Bibliothéque National de France, français 13096, fol. 46r (France, 14th century)

Voices and Viols: An Evening of Early Chamber Music

17 May 2024 5:30pm7:30pm
A evening of performances of chamber works for choir, small vocal ensemble, and strings.

The Secret Lives of Portraits

9 May 2024 5:30pm7:30pm
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.
Spectrum Festival banner

How we remember tomorrow: Reflections in music

3 May 2024 5:00pm7:00pm
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.

The Sea is Our History and Our Future

11 April 2024 5:30pm
Join us for a discussion on practices of storytelling around Indigenous histories and futures connected to the Great Ocean.

The Word for World is Ocean

7 March 2024 6:00pm16 May 2024 8:00pm
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.
Artwork “sacred water”, by Judy Watson in UQ Art Museum exhibition “Mare Amoris | Sea of Love”.

Ultramarine Conversations: Mare Nullius (Rescheduled)

2 March 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
Join us for a conversation bringing together creative, legal and academic voices to discuss Indigenous water rights.

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