MUMA Events & Public Programs

MUMA presents a range of public program events to expand critical debate and participation in the contemporary visual arts. The Helen Macpherson Smith Education Space and the Ian Potter Sculpture Court are dedicated venues for MUMA events. MUMA events include keynote lectures, workshops and forums, film/video screenings, floortalks by curators and artists and performances.

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Bookings for MUMA events are essential: email muma@monash.edu or phone (03) 9905 4217

Upcoming Events at MUMA:

Workshop: Casting with Claire Lambe
Spend an afternoon casting objects, learn the two-part molding process, and help to create a collaborative installation in MUMA's Ian Potter Sculpture Court. Beginners welcome, suitable for students and individuals 15 years and over. 
Date: Saturday 3 March 2012
Time: 1.30 – 4.30pm
Cost: $30 waged, $15 student / unwaged.
Venue: Monash University Museum of Art 

Public Lecture: Jan Verwoert
A contributing editor of Frieze Magazine, Jan Verwoert also writes for the journals Afterall and Metropolis. His book, Bas Jan Ader - In Search of the Miraculous was published in 2006 by Afterall Books / MIT Publishing.
Date: Tuesday 6 March 2012
Time: 6.00 – 7.30pm
Cost: Free*
Venue: Village Roadshow Theatre, State Library Victoria (enter via Entry 3, La Trobe Street) 

Public Lecture: Ute Meta Bauer
Curator and academic, Ute Meta Bauer is Dean of the School of Fine Art at the Royal College of Art in London. She was Artistic Director at the Kunsterhaus Stuttgart (1990-1994) where she founded the art periodicals META and Verksted. Bauer was co-curator of Documenta 11 (2002) and Artistic Director of the 3rd Berlin Biennial (2004).  Ute Meta Bauer's visit is kindly supported by Goethe-Institut.
Date: Wednesday 21 March 2012
Time: 6.00 – 7.30pm
Cost: Free*
Venue: Village Roadshow Theatre, State Library Victoria (enter via Entry 3, La Trobe Street) 

Lunchtime Art Forum: Hany Armanious
Date: Wednesday 4 April 2012
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Cost: Free*
Venue: G1.04 Faculty of Art & Design lecture theatre, Monash University, Caulfield Campus 

Artist Talk
Join Self-Conscious: Contemporary Portraiture artists James Lynch and Ronnie van Hout in conversation with curator Catherine Bennetts-Cash. 
Date: Tuesday 27 March 2012
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Cost: Free*
Venue: Monash University Museum of Art 

Artist Talk
Melbourne artists Nicholas Mangan and Christopher LG Hill discuss Hany Armanious: The Golden Thread in relation to their own work. 
Date: Tuesday 20 March 2012
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Cost: Free*
Venue: Monash University Museum of Art 

* Bookings for MUMA events are essential: email muma@monash.edu or phone 9905 4217