Academic Opportunities
Academic Opportunities
LWAG provides academic programs and prizes to compliment your studies.
The Art Writing Prize is an annual monetary competition which encourages scholarly responses to Exhibitions held at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.
UWA Micro-credentials allow you to research artwork of your choice while gaining behind-the-scenes insights into the workings of an art museum.
Work Integrated Learning Placements allow you to go beyond the classroom – gaining unit credit while applying your learning in an Art Gallery setting.
See all current Academic Student Opportunities below.
Current Academic Opportunities
UWA Micro-credentials
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery runs micro-credential professional development training programs for UWA students. They offer a unique opportunity to gain both behind-the-scenes insights into the workings of an art museum and research of work of your choice as part of a UWA accredited badge. All future Micro-credentials will be posted on this website
Questions? Please contact Student Engagement Officer, Amy Reid, via [email protected]
Past projects
Blaze Micro-Credential
In the latest iteration, with guidance from Lee Kinsella (Curator – Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art), students researched artworks from the exhibition BLAZE: people made known. Their research culminated in extended label texts (some of which are included in the CCWA online database) and a group video.
OPEN CALL OUT TO UWA STUDENTS
2025 COLLECTION RESEARCH PROJECTLed by Lee Kinsella, Curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art In 2025, UWA students are invited to participate in a unique collection research experience engaging with the work of Western Australian women artists that are held in UWA collections. Students will work with Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery professional staff as they catalogue and research individual paintings from the current exhibition, Lines in the Sand: Women from the West. The project will culminate with students communicating their research via exhibition text and audio descriptions. For more information and to apply please download the information sheet: 2025 Collection Research Project PDF [357KB]
Image: Installation view of Lines in the Sand: Women from the West, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery 2025. Photography by Ilkka K Photography
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