Events and learning

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

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

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.

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

Join artist Norton Fredericks for a cyanotype workshop.

Participatory art experience by artist Caitlin Franzmann.

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

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

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

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.