Queensland Art Gallery Annual report 1999-2000

Out of the Box. Special performances for children and a , , ... children's exhibition featuring art works with animals will be held within the Gallery. In September 1999 the lnSEA 30th World Congress was held in Brisbane to coincide with APT3. Staff from the Education section attended the Congress, which 4 r attracted delegates from interstate a n d overseas. The Acting Head of Education presented a paper o n recent innovations in the Galleryb programs for children. . , . PUBLIC PROGRAMS - .5 , . . The Gallery continued to develop a n d implement gai integrated public programs to provide access to the Collection a n d exhibitions. These public programs .. \ included cross-cultural collaborations which attracted , new audiences. .,00 APT3 provided an outreach program which rcccived a high level of positive audience response. Extending beyond the Gallery, the APT3 International High school students participate in the mystery trail developed as an educational activity for the 'Jeffrey Smart' Visitor Outreach Program offered audiences throughout exhibition. Australia varied opportunities to engage with visiting artists, critics, writers a n d speakers. The program linked with schools, community groups, tertiary institutions Gallery as a lead u p to the 1999 Festival. The series a n d galleries, a n d regional Queensland was actively included Peter Goldsworthy Queensland author Chris involved with artists a n d critics travelling to major Nyst, a n d a final session where 300 guests heard David Queensland centres a n d remote areas. Malouf read from his b o o k Untold Tales. A similar Other public program highlights throughout the reading series, which was instituted for the 2000 Writers I included the large n umb e r of performances, lectures Festival, featured the Australian authors Roberta Sykes a n d films for APT3, a performance of Torres Strait dance a n d Lily Brett. by the Wagga Dance Company, a sci-fi film program, a n d The Queensland Art Gallery Society was renamed a presentation b y the artist William Yang in conjunction the Friends of the Queensland Art Gallery to reflect its with the display of the See Poy portraits. The Gallery supportive role in audience building a n d its integration provided a forum for the public to engage with current with the Gallery. O n 22 February the Society met for the ideas a n d debates within the arts through its regular last time after a 49-year history. The Friends of the lecture, seminar a n d floor talk programs. Queensland Art Gallery was launched o n 17 March at For the second year, the Gallery Store collaborated Smart Cocktails - a viewing of the Jeffrey Smart with the Brisbane Writers Festival to coordinate a n d host exhibition. The Friends annual program of events was events during the period ( 1 4 - 1 7 October 1999). Store also announced. The program retained the popular staff sold books at these events, which were well activities such as the monthly luncheons a n d the annual attended, particularly the session with Drusilla Modjeska Gertrude Langer lecture. It also introduced a range of in conversation with the Gallery's Director about the n e w events including a n art appreciation lecture series artists Grace Cossington Smith a n d Stella Bowen, the sponsored b y Artlands, joint activities with the National subjects of her recent book Stravinskyi Lunch. Portrait Gallery Canberra, a n d the Institute of Modern The Gallery Store a n d Brisbane Writers Festival also Art, a n d presentations b y artists. Dr Joachim Pissarro, collaborated o n a popular reading series held in the the well-known French art historian, presented the 1999