Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1995-96

Q U E E N S L A N D A R T G A L L E R Y SOCIETY In July 1995 the Society presented a life-size bronze casting of a cocktail party at Parliament House as guests of the Speaker; Susannah by Daphne Mayo as a centenary gift to the Gallery. The and the popular monthly luncheons and coffee mornings in the gift also paid tribute to Mayo's long association with the Gallery and Society's rooms. to her contribution to the development of art in Queensland as a sculptor, painter and arts advocate. The bronze Susannah is from The Young Members group enthusiastically organised their own a plaster cast previously gifted to the Gallery by the beneficiaries functions such as talks on landscaping design, antiques appreciation, of the artist's estate. In the forty-five years since its establishment the history of writing through the ages and a fashion parade - all in 1951, the Society has donated over ISO artworks to the Gallery, attracting large attendances, including potential members. Perpetual Trustees Queensland Limited once again supported the Society with a generous donation of $15 000. The " - . " - ''nfla Society thanks Perpetual 4 4 Trustees for their con- tinued financial support. o' A new bimonthly colour magazine, AkTlines, was 7/ . introduced and replaced the Society's newsletter. ' . , - a&, 5 A It proved an important marketing tool in attract- ing new membership toba the Society. A substantial Mg increase in membership is a target of the present Management Committee. A V . , Activities focusing public merest on the Gallery con- tinued to be arranged. / The 995 Gertrude / at Lan er Lecture was g'ven by Dr Jud'th McKay, Curator of Aplied Arts N" at the Queensland Museum, who spoke on the life and work o f / Daphne Mayo. Speakers at other functions in / ------ - — '- cluded Mr Robin Gibson, . ' - . 1 architect, who spoke on the Brisbane townscape; , . - - YOSHITOSHI, Taiso Mr Christopher Saines Japan 839-92 (now Director of the Auckland Art Gallery), who spoke on Gallery A beauty design and his most recent trip overseas; and the 1996 Queensland (from Mitate tai-zukushi Day speaker, Director of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust, (A collection of desires) series) c.i878 Mr Tony Gould. Purchased 199S. Queensland Art Gallery Society Other functions included a visit to Metromedia Technologies Opposite International Inc., a $50 million computerised art laboratory; KUNISADA II a cocktail party at the new Hotel Conrad; the 1995 Christmas Japan 823-80 party, with the theme 'Victory in the Pacific', acknowledging AOairnyo and his retainers the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War I; a Christies watching awoman and child diving for abalone 1863 auction preview; a luncheon at Rhyl and Rob Hinwood's home, Purchased 1995. with an absorbing discourse by the artists on sculptural techniques; Queensland Art Gallery Society