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Join us on Tuesday 9 October at 6pm for a special event as part of the current exhibition LONG SHADOWS: THE GREAT WAR, AUSTRALIA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST  Historians Caroline Schneider and Dr Hans Lukas Kieser will present an expansion of the research contained in the Long Shadows exhibition concerning the Yazidi and the modern Middle East.
 Newcastle vocalist Georgie Jones performs at the University Gallery on 25 August The University Gallery is offering up an array of special free events for the University's 2018 Open Day, including basket weaving, guided tours and music performances by local vocalist Georgie Jones. See below for all the details and we will see you there! OPEN DAY at the University Gallery SATURDAY 25 AUGUST SPECIAL EVENTS: Basket weaving with Aunty Tracey Coombes at the University Gallery, Callaghan Campus 11–11:30am: weaving demonstration 11:30–2pm: drop-in basket making workshop Discover the ancient craft of basket weaving with Kamilaroi artist Aunty Tracey Coombes. Starting with a half-hour weaving demonstration at 11am, Aunty Tracey will guide you through the basics of basket coiling and discuss Indigenous weaving techniques and materials. Following the demonstration, make your own basket in an open, drop-in workshop until 2pm. During this event you can experience our current exhibition Painting the Song, which draws from the celebrated Aboriginal art collection of Deborah Sims and Matt Dickson. Open Day Guided Tour of the Visual Arts and Media Studies building, Fine Art workshops and University Gallery, finishing with Georgie Jones’ 1pm performance at the gallery: Session Three – 12:15–1:00pm. Departing from the FEDUA precinct. Georgie Jones performances at the University Gallery, Callaghan Campus 1pm and 2:30pm World-class Newcastle vocalist Georgie Jones will perform two sets at the University Gallery at 1pm and 2:30pm. Described as ethereal, delicate, raw and soulful, one reviewer recently observed of Jones: “…you’re about to experience something special when a naked voice can silence a room”. Jones will perform a mix of her own songs and interpretations of well-known covers. The performances will resonate with our current exhibition, Painting the Song, which explores the relationship between Aboriginal Art and music. These events are FREE, all welcome to attend. For more information on Open Day tours visit: https://bit.ly/2M8Gdzp  Dr Angela Philp Our current group exhibition Memoranda opened this past Saturday 2 June in dedication to our dear friend and colleague Dr Angela Philp. Comprising 45 artists, including past and present staff and students, Memoranda is conceived as a celebration of the visual arts community to which Angela belonged and contributed so much. Angela began her career as a secondary visual arts teacher in Sydney before going on to work as a Senior Lecturer in Education at the National Gallery of Australia, and Lecturer in Art History and Theory at the Canberra School of Art. She was the Director of the Nolan Gallery in Canberra and the inaugural Director of the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery before completing her PhD on ‘Museums and the Public Sphere in Australia’ at the Australian National University. Joining UON in 2007 as Lecturer in Art History and Theory, she shared a wealth of knowledge and expertise with her students over a period of almost 11 years. Angela held the position of Deputy Head of School for research, establishing systems and processes for supporting and developing research. Her interests spanned feminism and art; museology; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art; politics and food in contemporary art; the creative industries and the museum sector. As Lecturer in Fine Art in the School of Creative Industries, she initiated and developed the Museology course, arranged international excursions for Art History students including a trip to China in 2016 and supported the establishment of the Friends of UON Margaret Olley Postgraduate Scholarship and University Gallery interns. Angela was part of the Watt Space Committee and Valuer and Advisor for the University’s Art Collection. Widely published, she was recently commissioned to write chapters for Thames and Hudson on the topics of Renaissance painting. She was in the process of researching and writing her own publication on food and art. Memoranda will continue until 14 July 2018. The University of Newcastle is proud to have the significant work 'Interior' 1974 by Margaret Olley from the University Collection on loan to Orange Regional Gallery. Curated by Gavin Wilson, the exhibition Interiors probes how we are shaped by the spaces that surround us, through the eyes of a select group of modernist and contemporary artists. On until 24 June 2018. Repost below from Orange Regional Gallery instagram showing a review by Christopher Allen in The Weekend Australian 5/6 May, 2018, with our Margaret Olley front and centre! If you would like to discuss a donation of artwork to the University Collection, contact us here   Please join the artist for the exhibition opening at The University Gallery, Saturday 21 April at 2pm.
Since 1981, Imants Tillers has been using his ‘canvasboard system’, in which multiple painted boards are arranged in grids to form large-scale paintings. Also known as the Book of Power, the project was inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé’s idea that ‘everything in the world exists to end up a book’. Through this system, Tillers’ aims to accommodate of ‘all modes of expression: from the trivial to the serious, the banal to the profound’. Using predominately appropriated imagery, Tillers combines existing artworks and texts to address a wide range of themes. Each canvasboard is numbered on the reverse, beginning at the number one, in November 1981, and ascending methodically towards the goal of infnity. The present count has exceeded 108,000. From the Studio presents 10 paintings made up of approximately 840 of these panels. The works are drawn from Tillers’ personal collection and span four decades of his career, from the 1980s to the present. They address issues of power, identity and diaspora and also chronicle a shift in Tillers’ practice towards increasing layers of imagery and text. In the early 1990s, textual references such as poetry and place names gradually made their way into Tillers’ vortex, becoming crucial elements of the work. Around this time his technique also changed from a more painterly style to his now distinctive method of masking, cutting and layering. From the Studio underlines the scope, continuity and cumulative power of the ‘canvasboard system’. A University Gallery Project – curated by Olivia Sophia Don't miss the opportunity to view the incredibly accomplished works by Newcastle artist and PhD candidate Peter Tilley, showing at the University Gallery until 14 April 2018.
Read about it in the recent wonderful review 'Brilliant Tilley' by the Newcastle Herald here And if you can't make it in person, view the exhibition installation and read the catalogue on our 2018 exhibitions page. PETER TILLEY SEEING THE SHADOW 21 March - 14 April 2018 The University Gallery The University of Newcastle  Visitors are thoroughly enjoying engaging with Mojgan Habibi's show now on display at the University Gallery.
Mojgan Habibi’s PhD research is concerned with use of text by politically motivated Iranian visual artists. Hidden or secondary meanings contained in prose become more evident in times of political or religious censorship, and the use of text in contemporary art can direct the viewer to content beyond the literal meaning. The works in Habibi’s PhD research exhibition, Behind the Words, use metaphor, allegory, poetry and references to Persian mythology and history as vehicles to discuss contemporary Iranian politics. Habibi’s carefully crafted objects are made from clay, some are fired, and all contain textual references ranging from Persian script to abstract calligraphy. Exhibition continues until 17 February 2018.  Supported by the School of Creative Industries, The Museum of Us showcases the diverse talents and design work of final year students from the 2017 Bachelor of Visual Communication Design at the University of Newcastle. Invitation coming soon. The Museum of Us Bachelor of Visual Communication Design Exhibition | 22 November - 2 December 2017.
Yarn by Sally Bourke and Nicole Chaffey & In/Site by Michelle Catanzaro are underway this week and we are thrilled with the result. Come along to see the exhibitions, maybe buy yourself a stunning artwork, or hang out with the artists this Saturday 4 November from 1:30pm at the launch. Exhibition continues until 18 November.  Today and tomorrow are the final opportunities to view our double Architecture exhibitions installed across the gallery, downstairs museum and gallery courtyard. You must see the incredible achievements of our UON staff and students. Virtual Wright: Exploring the Hollyhock House and The Essence of Shelter continue until Saturday 28 October. Check out a great piece written by ABC Newcastle. Image of installed shelter below courtesy Robert Virtue, 1233 ABC Newcastle. Bottom images, digital rendering of Hollyhock House by Ian Owen, Nicholas Foulcher, Samantha Watt & Michael J. Ostwald. 
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