Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1994-95

PUBLIC PROGRAMS In conjunction with the 'Matisse' exhibition and to Trust Australia Limited and Macintosh Securities. celebrate Matisse's love of jazz, the Gallery and Additionally, champagne viewings were organised Gallery Bistro presented a 'Jazz on Sundays' program for smaller groups of visitors. for the duration of the exhibition. Tourism industry representatives who work directly with the public, Several major corporate supporters held functions in taxi drivers and hotel front-office staff were invited the Gallery during the year. These included the to special 'Matisse' viewings. thirtieth anniversary celebrations of Clarke and Kann, Solicitors, supporters of the 1993 Asia-Pacific Volunteer Information Officers continue to provide Triennial exhibition. The Functions Reserve Fund, a quality service to the public, and more than 25 000 generated by corporate use of the Gallery, inquiries were received via the information desk accounted for the purchase of five works of art during the year. during the financial year. Volunteer services were extended, with more than A reception was held to acknowledge the twenty volunteers being recruited and trained to sponsorship by Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. of conduct exhibition surveys for the ' Renoir .. .', the Bizen pot. 'Fairweather' and 'Matisse' exhibitions. Survey responses, which rated the exhibitions highly, The Gallery was used on a number of occasions indicate that the Gallery is fulfilling audience for government functions. A small function was expectations and providing great satisfaction. held for visitors attending the South Pacific Forum and the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon. The Gallery, in conjunction with the Queensland Cultural Centre, was put on line to lnfoBrisbane, the touch-screen network developed by North Communications and the Brisbane City Council. With an extensive network of kiosks throughout metropolitan Brisbane, lnfoBrisbane provides twenty-four hour public access to the Gallery's public program events. Corporate Liaison Major exhibition openings and functions held by sponsors associated with those exhibitions comprised most of the year's activities. For the 'Renoir .. .' and 'Matisse' exhibitions, hospitality programs were implemented welcoming important guests and couriers to Australia. Associated with these exhibitions were sponsors' functions for Eunos Australia, Singapore Airlines, Ansett Australia, Sheraton Brisbane Hotel and Towers, Network Ten, Myer, The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail. Corporate functions in association with these exhibitions were held by Feez Ruthning, Hoechst Australia Ltd., Allen & Hanburys, Brisbane BMW, Potter Warburg Asset Management, Howmedica International, Bankers Paul Keating, was guest speaker at the Asia-Australia Institute annual dinner. The Premier of Queensland, The Hon. Wayne Goss, MLA, hosted a function to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Saitama Prefecture/Queensland Sister State Relationship. On another occasion the Premier hosted a function for the governor of Central Java. At an Australia Day awards ceremony, Queensland Minister for the Arts, The Hon. Dean Wells, MLA, in conjunction with Federal Minister for the Arts, The Hon. Michael Lee, MP and The Hon.Warren Pitt MLA, launched the Cultural Industry Development Scheme. At a function held by the Minister for Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, The Hon. Ann Warner, MLA and The Hon. Dean Wells, MLA, in association with the Bureau of Ethnic Affairs, the Cultural Activities Funding Program was launched.