Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1996-97

Attendance Acquisitions Total Gallery attendance 423 296 Total 158 International art 14 Exhibitions Contemporary Australian art 15 Presented at the Gallery Australian art 12 Total 14 Indigenous Australian art 23 National-touring 3 Prints, Drawings & Photographs 55 Collection-based 9 Decorative arts 39 Gallery-initiated I I Funded through Foundation 69 Queensland content 5 Funded through Society 2 Installations Special feature displays 2 Movement of objects Inward loans for exhibition/display 258 Presented in Regional Queensland Objects for acquisition consideration 33 Travelling exhibitions/loans 3 Total outwards I 15 Attendance Other institutions 47 Total 38 500 Government offices 68 'The Spiritual and the Social ...' 17 000 Objects dispatched for sale/auction 'The Urban Edge...' 16 500 'Silver and Gold . . . ' 4 500 Library Exhibition venues 9 Items ordered 268 Personnel visiting regional Queensland 26 Items received 588 Venues visited by Gallery staff 39 Items catalogued/indexed I 228 Kilometres travelled to regional centres Internal loans I 843 by Gallery personnel 86 000 Inter-library loans borrowed 334 Kilometres covered by exhibitions 5 000 Inter-library loans lent 28 QAGLIB database holdings 10990 Education QAGEX database holdings 387 Artists talks 26 SERIALS database holdings 706 Awards judged 2 APT-ARTS database holdings 1585 Corporate talks 23 WHISTLER database holdings 144 Film Program 24 Floor talks 3 Curatorial public inquiries Forums/conferences 2 Written answers to queries 68 Kits/information sheets produced 8 Visitors with works of art 44 Lecture Program IS Telephone inquiries 330 Multimedia productions I Collection storage visits 127 Performances 20 Staff talks 14 Volunteers Teachers activities 3 Total 156 Workshops 16 Volunteer guides/survey volunteers 98 Individuals toured by guides 37 842 Information officers 45 Library 6 Publications Curatorial 7 Published by the Gallery IS In progress at 30 June 6 Training Staff contributions to external publications 26 Staff days 180 Papers presented (unpublished) 22 Approximate expenditure $28500 Photographic reproductions & Copyright clearances Internal requests 277 External requests 146 Copyright clearances sought for Gallery publications 464