Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1996-97

300 prints, drawings and photographs to be displayed. An important Services personnel install, conduct education programs and demount the section of the European collection, including paintings by Dutch and Italian exhibition where applicable. Conservation staff will condition-report the masters, was rehung. works at two selected venues during the tour. The ARCO Gallery of Asian Art was further enriched by the installation 'Silver and Gold from the Collection . . .', an exhibition of decorative art of the Richard Gate Korean Ceramic Loan, which includes a carved tile objects coordinated through the Access and Regional Services Program, from the period of the Three Kingdoms, unglazed wares from the Unified celebrated the opening on 3 May of the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery and Silla dynasty, celadon ware from the Kory dynasty, and punch'ong (inlaid) Library by the Premier, The Hon. Rob Borbidge. ware The travelling exhibitions were supported by a range of interpretive An extensive refurbishment program of the Gallery commenced, including material, including pamphlets, education resource kits, posters and invitations. repainting interior spaces, renewal of carpet, and installation of a parquet Gallery personnel contributed to the program in the regions by opening floor in Gallery 2 to impart a warmer ambiance to the Gallery's entrance. exhibitions, presenting lectures, conducting education programs, condition- reporting works and assisting Councils and architects with informal and Workshop formal consultancies. Intensive preparations were undertaken for several major exhibitions, including 'Arthur Streeton . . .', 'The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial . . .', 'Paris Gallery personnel travelled over 86 000 kilometres to regional centres and for all other exhibitions held throughout the year. implementing programs, representing the Gallery, providing advice and judging exhibitions. Requests for advice and assistance from local government Workshop personnel (including several temporary tradespeople) collaborated authorities, regional galleries, committee-run galleries, and other arts with Exhibitions staff and artists participating in the second Triennial in the organisations and architects ranged from advice regarding new facilities resolution of complex installation specifications, including the construction and staffing, collection management, hanging, handling, lighting, storage and of enclosed areas, the utilisation of the Gallery's demountable walls system, packing of art works, implementing volunteer programs, to the assessment and the construction of custom-built equipment. of venues for receiving Gallery exhibitions. To further provide training for regional arts personnel, the Gallery obtained a professional development The Workshop continued its general program of refurbishment and grant from Museums Australia for Caroline Geesu, the Assistant Curator manufacture of display equipment and furniture, including the manufacture at the Rockhampton City Art Gallery. of 190 standard and non-standard frames and eighty strainers and stretchers. Fifteen custom-built crates were manufactured for the travelling exhibition Liaison continued with the Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, 'The Urban Edge: Historical and Contemporary Works from the Queensland Flying Arts Inc. and the Queensland Arts Council (including the Open Art Gallery Collection'. Leaming program) to provide a range of services and coordinated exhibitions programs for regional Queensland. Access and Regional Services Sub-Program Education Regional Services Special education programs were provided for primary and secondary Regional Services continues to provide access to the Collection for the school and tertiary-level groups. Specially designed, primary school children's people of Queensland through its travelling exhibition program and support activity sheets were produced for the second Triennial and al Queensland services. Three exhibitions from the Gallery's Collection, including 'The secondary schools received a resource kit to accompany the exhibition. Spiritual and the Social: Nine Artists from Thailand, Indonesia and The These were developed in collaboration with the Language Unit of the Philippines', 'The Urban Edge. . .' and 'Silver and Gold from the Collection Queensland Education Department. In conjunction with the 'Reference of the Queensland Art Gallery 1735-1988' toured regional Queensland. Points IV' exhibition, secondary school students attended a critical writing and interpretation seminar. Sessions included talks by Education staff, a 'The Spiritual and the Social . . .' continued its tour of six venues, travelling curator and an exhibiting artist. to Townsville, Cairns and Stanthorpe, where it concluded. Indonesian artist and educator Herl Dono and Thai artist Navin Rawanchaikul completed Tertiary groups were the target audience for activities related to the 1997 Artist-in-Residence programs in Townsville and Calms. Whilst in Queensland, Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition. Museum Studies students from the Filipino artist Santiago Bose visited Stanthorpe and presented an illustrated Art History Department of the University of Queensland and other tertiary lecture to secondary school students and the general public, groups attended sessions that included tours of Registration, Conservation and other areas not usually accessible to general visitors. The Section 'The Urban Edge.. .' was launched at a Queensland Art Gallery Foundation regularly provides lectures on career opportunities within the visual arts function for Santos, the sponsor of the exhibition. Ipswich and Townsville for students. were the first two receiving venues of a six-venue tour. Access and Regional /1'