UQ Art Museum’s Advancement Manager Wendy Mansell joined the team just before the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold in Australia. Now that we’ve reopened and life has returned to a new normal, we wanted to share a bit more about Wendy and the incredible wealth of experiences she brings to her work at UQ Art … Continue reading
Rachaell Crawford-Corser is currently researching cultural mediation for her Master’s dissertation at UQ, so her appointment as our new Kinnane Endowment Fund Visitor Engagement intern is a heavenly match. We caught up with Rachaell to find out a little more about cultural mediation, her new role, and what she’s experienced so far. You’re the … Continue reading
We believe that art museums should be safe spaces to exchange ideas, explore perspectives, and ask questions of one another — and our dedicated staff are always keen to have a chat about our exhibitions or to hear your thoughts. Our front-of-house staff play an important role in furthering this mission and they’re really keen … Continue reading
Across time and terrain, human cultures have drawn on the cosmos and its symbols to express the infinite universe and our place within it. An ancient hypothesis traced back to Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, ‘Music of the Spheres’ suggests that orbiting planetary bodies produce a musical frequency – revealing a divine poetic order to … Continue reading
One of our important jobs at the Art Museum is to help shape the next generation of arts professionals by providing practical experiences. Of course, this becomes a little more difficult to do when the museum doors are closed and the majority of staff are working remotely due to a pandemic! But we’ve embraced the … Continue reading
Every Friday during May and June, we’re sharing on Instagram new Matthew Griffin digital collages, commissioned by UQ Art Museum in response to COVID-19. The artwork is part of Conflict in My Outlook: We Met Online, a major exhibition of Australian and international artists presented on a dedicated web-platform launching in August 2020. We asked … Continue reading
During this period of physical closure, our team has mostly been working remotely. We’re looking forward to being together again and seeing you back at the Art Museum soon! But for now, we thought we’d share some of the silver linings we’re all finding during our time apart. Can you pick who from our team … Continue reading
In 2016, Sam Cranstoun visited Greece to further a research project about the internationally renowned town planner, architect and engineer Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis (1913 – 1975). His research would ultimately inform a body of work Cranstoun is currently showing with UQ Art Museum, To Speak of Cities. While in Greece, Cranstoun spent time with Doxiadis’ … Continue reading
Hey! I’m Elena Dias-Jayasinha, a fourth-year UQ student completing a Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) majoring in Art History, and a concurrent Diploma in Languages majoring in Japanese. I currently volunteer at the artist-run initiative Outer Space, and am working on an archival project with the Verlie Just Collection. I’m also the student curator of … Continue reading
Lee Weng Choy’s to deliver two sold-out writing workshops at UQ Art Museum. Continue reading
