The Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia hold a continual events program throughout the year focused on providing a unique insight into the local art scene. Members are kept up to date with a regular event newsletter and a members magazine.

2010 sees a mix of Artist Studio Visits, film mornings, private dinners, members' morning events, and lectures from a range of professionals.

To reserve your place at any of the Friends events call the Friends Office on +61 8 9492 6750 or email: friends@artgallery.wa.gov.au

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Art Lecture: Collecting Ceramics

Professor David Dolan

Professor David Dolan, Head of Cultural Studies at Curtin University who will provide a rare insight into the specialist area of collecting ceramics, outlining aspects of the history of ceramics in Australia, particularly available and collectable studio and commercial production from the mid-19th to the late 20th centuries.

Monday 21 July
6.15pm refreshments / 6.45pm lecture.
Art Gallery of WA Theatrette
Members $33 / Guests $44

Booking Enquiry

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Art Gallery of Western Australia
Conservation Department: Guided Tour

Join the Art Gallery’s conservators Maria Kubik, David Graves and Stephanie Baily, as they guide you through the processes that protect and preserve our collections paintings, objects and works on paper. This is an exclusive opportunity, not usually offered to the public, to understand the role of our highly trained conservators in maintaining the collection so that future generations may continue to enjoy the artworks you see in the gallery today. Morning tea will be served in the Friends lounge. Tours are strictly limited to 10 people per tour.

Monday 21 July
Morning Tea 11am Friends Lounge
Tour 10.15am or 11.30am
Art Gallery of WA
Members $25 / Guests $35
Strictly Limited Numbers

Booking Enquiry

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The Peggy Guggenheim Film Festival

OPENING PARTY and FILM: A BOOGIE WOOGIE SOIREE

Join us for a Boogie Woogie Soiree opened by Stefano Carboni,
Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

MONDRIAN: MR BOOGIE-WOOGIE MAN
The Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), who began his career painting delicate landscapes, became one the most avant garde and innovative artists of our century. Fascinated by space and the balance and harmony of nature, he built his paintings from the simplest elements which he moved around the canvas until he found the perfect compositional balance.

Monday 26 July
6.30 - 9.00pm
Art Gallery of WA Theatrette
Entrance via James Street
Members $45 / Guests $55
includes refreshments

Booking Enquiry

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Art Lecture: Art & Architecture

Kenneth Park

Kenneth Park, lecturer, tour leader and curator for a special illustrated lecture that considers the relationship between art, architecture and music. The lecture examines how these elements can be combined with extraordinary effect and to leave people truly inspired... whether in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, on the stage of Opéra Garnier (Paris Opéra) or in unforgettable compositions the likes of "Pictures from an Exhibition - A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann" for piano by Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. This lecture is a must for lovers or art, music and architecture.

Monday 16 August
6.15pm refreshments / 6.45pm lecture.
Art Gallery of WA Theatrette
Members $33 / Guests $44

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Horatio Nelson - Life and Loves

ADFAS Lecture: James Taylor

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) has inspired countless artists, authors, historians and poets to paint and write about his life and times. Nelson may have been short in stature by modern standards, in fact he was 5ft 6ins, but he was tall in deeds and his death on the deck of his flagship HMS Victory
at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805 sealed his popular fate. It is because of Nelson and others like him that Britain has such an eminent maritime heritage. Here we examine his life & loves through a range of historic paintings, drawings, watercolours & prints.

Monday 2 August 2010 SOLD OUT

Members $33 / Guests $44

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Opera: The Melting Pot of Culture

ADFAS Lecture: Sarah Lenton

This lecture is the result of years of writing articles and programme notes for the Royal Opera House. It charts the cross currents between opera and its cultural milieu. - Grand gesture, classical plots, court manners, enormous costumes, nationalism and dead heroines..

Monday 6 September 2010

Members $33 / Guests $44

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The Changing Face of London: 2000 Years of a City and its People, or the Seven Ages of London

ADFAS Lecture: Andrew Davies

Since the arrival of the Romans 2000 years ago, London has been at the heart of British and world affairs. Its great men and women (Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Wren and Dickens) have shaped the city’s history and are internationally honoured. We will explore the major events in London’s history – the Norman invasion of 1066, the role of the River Thames, the Great Fire of 1666, the Great Exhibition of 1851, the impact of the railway, the Blitz, the recent transformation of the Docklands – in order to find out what has made this exciting, vibrant and sometimes infuriating city “tick”

Monday 4 October 2010

Members $33 / Guests $44

Booking Enquiry

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To reserve your place at any of the Friends events call the Friends Office on +61 8 9492 6750 or email: friends@artgallery.wa.gov.au

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