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Wendy Stavrianos in Conversation about ‘Fragments of Memories’

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Image: Wendy Stavrianos, Celebration of the Palms, Darwin (detail), 1977-78. Pen, ink and acrylic on canvas. 213.0 x 409.5cm. Collection of the Artist.

Wendy Stavrianos in Conversation LUMA curator Alana O’Brien talks to Wendy Stavrianos about the personal, environmental and literary influences informing her giant sculptural drawings produced in the 1970s. Following the discussion visitors are invited to enjoy afternoon tea with Wendy and LUMA staff. Date: 2-3pm Friday, 12th August. Venue: LUMA Latrobe University Museum of Art Enquiries: 03 9479 2111 or www.latrobe.edu.au/LUMA About the Exhibition FRAGMENTS OF MEMORIES In recent times there has been growing use of craft ‘technologies’, frequently those traditionally considered female’s craft, in the service of artists. Wendy Stavrianos should be considered among the pioneers of such art in the Australian context. In the 1970s Stavrianos was living in Darwin, which she experienced both pre- and post-Cyclone Tracy.…

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Talk: Arlo Mountford in Conversation

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rlo Mountford, The Triumph (video still), 2010. Image courtesy of the Artist and GRANTPIRRIE

Arlo Mountford in Conversation at LUMA LUMA Curator Ryan Johnston talks to Arlo Mountford about the elaborate processes via which he makes his digital films, as well as the art historical ideas and pop cultural inspirations behind them. This is a fun way to view the exhibition if you have not already done so, or to revisit the show to broaden your knowledge of the work, while enjoying some light refreshments. Date: Monday 28 March 2011, from 1:15 – 2:15pm. Venue: LUMA | La Trobe University Museum of Art, Ground floor, Glenn College, Bundoora Campus (nearest car parking in Carpark 6 or 7). This is a FREE event For more information contact: Anita La Pietra Public Programs and Education Officer LUMA…

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Talk: Wayne Qulliam ‘Indigenous Artists in the Art World’

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Utopia Art

Wayne Qulliam Former Indigenous Artist of the Year and Walkely Award Winner Indigenous Artists in the Art World To be held in conjunction with the closure of the Utopia Art Exhibition, a collaboration between the University, Desert Knowledge And Mbantua Fine Art Gallery and Cultural Museum. Date: Thursday 21 October 2010m 5.30-7.30pm Venue: University Library, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus (Bundoora) RSVP: Mick Coombes, La Trobe University, ph. 03 0479 6678 or email m.coombes@latrobe.edu.au Enquires: Mick Coombes, La Trobe University ph. 03 0479 6678 OR Miranda Daniels, Mbantua Foundation ph. 0437 729 601

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Talk – Eugene Von Guerard’s Landscape paintings and the science of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and the European context (Ruth Pullin)

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Dr Ruth Pullin Curator of forthcoming Von Guerard exhibiton at the National Gallery of Victoria Eugene Von Guerard’s Landscape paintings and the science of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and the European context Time: Thursday 23 September, 12:05 to 1:45 pm Venue: History Meeting Room, David Myers Building East E125, La Trobe University, Bundoora Seminars are open to anyone who wishes to attend For more information - Please contact Dr Robert Kenny r.kenny@latrobe.edu.au or history@latrobe.edu.au

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Exhibition - The Cipher’s Interval (La Trobe University Museum of Art)

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ciphers interval

The Cipher’s Interval Lyn Plummer’s installations engage sound and digital imagery and wall and floor forms in a wide range of materials. She investigates the diverse ways that significant meanings can be attached to space, forms, marks, images, sounds and silences, and how connotations of these symbols shift with each exhibition space, the variations of the elements and of the nature of the intervals between them. Lyn Plummer 8 September - 31 October LUMA | La Trobe University Museum of Art - http://www.latrobe.edu.au/luma/ To be opened by Dr Dan Wollmering, Senior Lecturer Department of Fine Arts, faculty of Art and Design, Monash University. Date: Tuesday 14th September 6-8pm (RSVP Friday 10th September). Public Programs Lyn Plummer in Conversation Date: Friday…

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Seminar - Dr Caroline Jordan ‘Educating Amercians about Modern Australia’

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Dr Caroline Jordan (Lecturer, Art History, History Program, La Trobe University) Educating Americans about Modern Australia: The Carnegie Corporation’s Art in Australia 1788-1941 exhibition to the USA and Canada, 1941 Date: Thursday 2 September When and Where? Time: 12:05 to 1:45 pm Venue: History Meeting Room, David Myers Building East E125, La Trobe University (Unless otherwise notified). Seminars are open to anyone who wishes to attend. For more information - Please contact Dr Robert Kenny r.kenny@latrobe.edu.au or history@latrobe.edu.au

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Exhibition: ‘Charles Nodrum Selects’ LUMA

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Mortime Menpes, 'Holy Sands', nd

Charles Nodrum Selects Exhibition of works from the La Trobe University Art Collection and talk by Charles Nodrum La Trobe University Museum of Art 14 July – 29 August 2020 In a personal collection, unless you are a masochist, you are not going to hang a work on your wall that you don’t like, just because it happens to be an ‘important painting’ by an ‘important artist’ - Charles Nodrum 20 August 2020 - 11.30 am Charles Nodrum will be appearing at the La Trobe Museum of Art (Bundoora) to discuss his approach to the art of building a personal collection. This is a FREE event but please book to ensure availability of seating (see contact details below). In 1969…

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Seminar: Vincent Alessi on Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Alessi Postgraduate candidate at La Trobe University ‘It’s a Kind of Bible: A Thematic and Stylistic Analysis of Vincent Van Gogh’s Collection of English Black-and-White illustrations’ La Trobe University, School of Historical Studies Research Seminars Date: Thursday 13 May, 12:05 to 1:45 pm Venue: History Meeting Room, David Myers Building East 125, Bundoora Campus, La Trobe University. (Car Park 3) Enquiries: Dr Robert Kenny, History Research Seminar Co-ordinator, r.kenny@latrobe.edu.au

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Snapshot: Contemporary Photography from the La Trobe University Art Collection Opening 27 April

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SNAPSHOT Contemporary Photography from the La Trobe University Art Collection An exhibition to be opened by Naomi Cass - Director, Centre of Contemporary Photography Tuesday 27 April 2010, 6-8 pm LUMA| La Trobe University Museum of Art RSVP Friday 23 April on 9479 2111 Dr Alana O’Brien, LUMA Curator Phone:   03 9479 2111    Fax: 03 9479 5588

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