Events

The Western Australian Museum has prepared a seminar and will be running floortalks for this exhibition.

Beyond Garment Seminar

1.30pm – 4.30pm, Saturday 4 September
NWS Theatre, WA Museum – Maritime

Explore the boundaries between art and fashion in the realm of accessories, where cutting-edge design and aesthetics collide with the economy of ‘the wearable’ and the ‘consumer desirable’. How does the tension between these ideas inform the practice of contemporary designers?

Join creative thinkers, bright minds and artists from Beyond Garment for an engaging discussion on current themes and challenges for design, chaired by Professor Ted Snell.

Presentations include:

Slippages: between art, design and fashion
Anne Farren, Exhibition Curator, Beyond Garment

Why shouldn’t an academic wear animal print corduroy pants?
Dr Ann Schilo, School of Design and Art, Curtin University

What’s a girl to do? Turning art into fashion…as well as fashion into art
Dr Kirsten Hudson, Artist and Philosopher

Cost: $15 (includes afternoon tea)
Tickets for the Beyond Garment Seminar can be pre-booked on 9431 8323.

Floortalks

11.00am, Saturday 18 September

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, WA Museum – Maritime

A journey through Beyond Garment
Anne Farren, Exhibition Curator, Beyond Garment

It's complicated: Messing around in the borderlands of art and fashion
Dr Kirsten Hudson, Artist and Philosopher

Cost: Free
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Please meet at the Museum front desk at 10.50am for 11.00am start.

11.00am, Saturday 9 October

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, WA Museum – Maritime

On dress and adornment
Dr Ann Schilo, Senior Lecturer, School of Design & Art, Curtin University

Accessory or art? Aboriginal engagement with Western fashion accessories
Dr Christiane Keller, Research Associate, WA Museum

Cost: Free
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Please meet at the Museum front desk at 10.50am for 11.00am start.