Panel Discussion: A Celebration of Printmaking

Join us for afternoon tea followed by a discussion celebrating the diversity of printmaking, with Lee Kinsella (LWAG), Andy Quilty (School of Design) and Melissa Harpley (AGWA) each offering a nuanced perspectives on the rich genre.

Event schedule:

1pm – Tea, coffee, and refreshments served on the verandah

1.30pm – Panel discussion in the Place Makers exhibition space

Lee Kinsella is the Curator of the Place Makers exhibition and the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. Lee will speak to examples from the Place Makers exhibition, from the hand carved and printed wood engravings of Edith Trethowan to Margaret Morgan’s expansive inkjet print series, and Gladys Milroy’s exquisite drawings, as reproduced in book form in Silver Leaves (Magabala Books, 2022). 

Andy Quilty is an artist, independent arts worker, and Lecturer in Fine Arts at the University of Western Australia. Andy has been working with artists from Warmun community for the last two years and will speak about printmaking as both a means for making standalone works, and a process for exploring and developing ideas that can inform paintings and other creative works. 

Melissa Harpley is the Manager Curatorial Affairs, and former Curator of Historical Art, at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Melissa will refer to the practices of Western Australian women printmakers from the early 20th Century as she details their strategic responses to institutional biases of the time.

Place Makers will be on display at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery until 6 December.

Gallery open Tuesday - Saturday 11AM-4PM.

Free event | All welcome | Bookings essential

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Place Makers draws attention to the work of four exceptional artists whose work is grounded in relationships of place and community. Each artist takes inspiration from the gritty realities of everyday life to re-frame these moments as extraordinary, with nuanced and closely observed narratives offering diverse perspectives for understanding the world. Spanning from the 1920s to the present day, the exhibition features  new and loaned works alongside holdings from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art.

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Image Credit:

Installation image, Margaret Morgan, Two-Eleven: Life Work, 2012 - 2020, An Excerpt of 67 Resequenced, 2025, in Place Makers, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, 2025, Ilkka K Photography