Public Programs - Monash University Museum of Art

Monash University

Exhibitions

MUMA presents exhibitions of contemporary art by Australian and international artists. Focusing on curatorial research and commissioning, the program includes significant solo artist projects, thematic responses to current issues and exhibitions that contribute to shaping the recent history of art.

Public Programs

Public Programs include lectures, talks, workshops, symposia, screenings and events presented for students and the wider community, connecting people, art and ideas. Varied programs bring audiences into closer contact with artists and researchers, creating spaces for discussion and participation.

Education

MUMA Education engages students and teachers through tailored programs drawing on current exhibitions and the Monash University Collection. Trained educators and artists connect students to art in meaningful ways, promoting creative thinking and critical problem-solving skills. MUMA acknowledges the diversity of all children and provides a child safe environment.

Public Programs include lectures, talks, workshops, symposia, screenings and events presented for students and the wider community, connecting people, art and ideas. Varied programs bring audiences into closer contact with artists and researchers, creating spaces for discussion and participation.

Upcoming

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Honouring the Gamelan Digul

Saturday 13 June, 2–4pm
MUMA
Register here

2026

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Knowing Otherwise Exhibition Opening + Artist Talks

Saturday 7 February
Artist Talks 2.30pm
Official Opening 3–5pm
Register here

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Knowing Otherwise Curatorial Tours

Tuesday 10 February, 10.30–11am
Tuesday 17 February, 10–10.30am
Book now

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MUMA Book Sale

Tuesday 17 March, 11am – 3pm
Ian Potter Sculpture Courtyard
All welcome

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Love and Art: The World of Vali Myers

Wednesday 25 March, 7–9pm
State Library Victoria, Theatrette via entry 1
Register here

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Arcane Memory: Poetry and Performance Event

Saturday 28 March, 2–3.30pm
MUMA, Free entry
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Sriwhana Spong: HA HA HA Opening and Artist Talk

Opening
Thursday 23 April, 6–8pm
Artist talk
Thursday 23 April, 5.30pm
All welcome, register here

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Publication Launch: Sriwhana Spong and Tessa Laird in Conversation

Thursday 14 May, 6–8pm
MUMA Foyer
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HA HA HA Curatorial Tours

Tuesday 28 April, 11–11.30am
Tuesday 12 May, 11–11.30am
Free entry, register here

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MUMA Talks: Running into the Wind, or making art with industrial process

Saturday 23 May, 11am–12pm
MUMA
Register here

Recordings

Jennifer Higgie: Weaving Their Way

Wednesday 26 July 2023, 6–7.30pm

Climate Aware Creative Practices Keynote Lecture

Thursday 23 February 2023, 5–7.30pm AEDT

Form x Content – Creative Care: Socially Engaged, Collaborative and Inclusive Practice in Contemporary Art

Wednesday 14 September 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – Colonialism and its Narratives

Wednesday 7 September 2022, 1–2pm

Form x Content – How to Make a Bomb and Battlefield: The Garden as a Site of Critique and Care

Wednesday 31 August 2022, 1–2pm

Form x Content – WHEN I AM NOT THERE

Wednesday 24 August 2022, 1–2pm

Form x Content – Future Hospital and a Manifesto of Care

Wednesday 17 August 2022, 1–2pm

Form x Content – Atmospheric Evidence

Wednesday 10 August 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – COMPOSTING Feminisms and the Environmental Humanities

Wednesday 3 August 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – Pulling Apart Elements from History to Speak to My Own Presence

Wednesday 11 May 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – Making the Visible Invisible

Wednesday 4 May 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – Embodies Writing Practices

Wednesday 6 April 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – Vivienne Binns and her Feminist Lineages

Wednesday 30 March 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – Connections—Touchpoints in a World of Design

Wednesday 23 March 2022, 1pm

Form x Content – To Be Many Things at Once

Wednesday 16 March 2022, 1pm

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners and Elders—past, present and emerging—of the lands on which Monash University operates. We acknowledge Aboriginal connection to material and creative practice on these lands for more than 60,000 years.

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