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Arts and Culture

Planning's role in brothel regulation questioned

Friday, 29 June 2012

It is unlikely that brothels and sex workers will be completely moved from the suburbs and confined to designated spaces such as industrial estates, according to a planning researcher at The University of Western Australia.

Jalmarrajarti (Aeroplane), 25.9 x 38.5 cm [WU10261]

Singing boomerangs and Kimberley dancers for Jimmy Pike show

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Dances never before seen outside the Kimberley will mark tomorrow's opening of an exhibition of works by legendary Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike.

Art, music and film to liven up winter

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Andy Warhol, Robert Wilson and Jimmy Pike have provided just a taste of what's on offer at this year's WINTERarts season from 4 July at The University of Western Australia.  They're joined by other must-see artists, musicians, films, speakers and authors taking part in the week-long festival of arts, culture and entertainment hosted by UWA.

Professor Louis Charland

Passionate plea for passion in psychiatry

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

The study of human passions has vanished from Western psychiatry and should be restored, according to a visiting professor who will give a free public lecture at The University of Western Australia.

Kalpurtu (waterhole ‘snake’), 28 x 38 cm [WU10175]

UWA for first-time show of Jimmy Pike's drawings

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Never-before exhibited drawings by the late Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike will be shown at The University of Western Australia's Berndt Museum from 29 June.

UWA Publishing book wins 2012 Margaret Medcalf Award

Thursday, 14 June 2012

For the third year in a row, a book published by UWA Publishing has won a prestigious Margaret Medcalf Award.

Associate Professor Joe Dortch

Grants for inspiration: the science of tasting and Indigenous/European heritage

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Exploring the archaeological evidence and impact of contact between Western Australia's first isolated British settlement and the Noongar people of the State's South-West, and workshops to explain the science of tasting food have received Inspire Australia government funding to bring science to the community.

Assistant Professor Karen Upton-Davis

Distance may make the heart grow fonder: Expert

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

More committed Australian couples are choosing to live in two houses instead of one - and a researcher at The University of Western Australia wants to know why Living Apart Together (LAT) relationships are particularly attractive to heterosexual women.

Child painting with spice

Zuytdorp Zest Festival taps Zeitgeist

Monday, 28 May 2012

On a June day 300 years ago, the Dutch trading ship, Zuytdorp, sank off the Western Australian coast near Kalbarri - and the event is being marked with a new and exciting festival aptly named Zest.

Guy Ben-Ary

Guy Ben-Ary awarded Creative Australia Fellowship

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Congratulations to Guy Ben-Ary Manager of CellCentral who in his other life as an artist received a Creative Australia Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts last week. Ben-Ary has been a collaborator and researcher at SymbioticA for more than 10 years.