Queensland Art Gallery Annual report 1999-2000

Queensland Art Gallery ARC Australian Research Council awarded a Minister's Awards for Excellence in Art' were provided $250 000 grant to continue the research into children's with a behind-the-scenes tour of APT3. learning in mu s e um contexts. The Collaborative In consultation with Education Queensland, an Research Industry Project partnered the Gallery with the APT3 education resource kit was developed and Queensland University of Technology a n d other local distributed free of charge to all 1735 State and cultural institutions including the Queensland Museum, Independent Schools in Queensland with additional the Science Centre a n d Global Arts Link. The findings of information available through the APT3 website. Sixty this research are integrated into a range of Gallery teachers attended the APT3 teachers information session programs a n d projects concerned with children's a n d the teachers preview participation a n d enjoyment. The Gallery's Education Brochure was also mailed out The Curator of Australian Art was awarded a four- to these 1735 schools. The brochure details forthcoming mo n t h Visiting Fellowship at the Centre for Cross- exhibitions, teachers previews a n d resources enabling Cultural Research, Australian National University, to teachers to plan excursions to the Gallery in advance. undertake research for a n exhibition a n d publication o n Education Officers conducted teachers previews and cross-cultural aspects of Australian modernist art, provided education kits with teachers notes and scheduled for 2002. worksheets for APT3, the 1999 Minister's Awards for The strategic alliance with Cairns Regional Gallery Excellence in Art', Jeffrey Smart' a n d 'Ilan Pasin: This Is resulted in the presentation at the Queensland Art O u r Way Torres Strait Art'. Gallery of 'Ilan Pasin: This Is O u r Way Torres Strait Art', the first Australian touring exhibition to examine CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO QUEENSLAND historical a n d contemporary art works of the Torres REGIONAL GALLERIES Strait Islander people. In addition, Travelling Exhibitions The Gallery continued to provide consultancy services to staff are working in collaboration with staff from the local government-funded regional galleries throughout Cairns Regional Gallery to present a major exhibition Queensland a n d participated in training a n d professional celebrating the Centenary of Federation in 2001. The development of the staff of these galleries. exhibition will feature 21 works from the Queensland The Gallery's commitment to training a n d advising Art Gallery Collection. regional galleries throughout Queensland saw staff from Access, Education & Regional Services, Conservation, CONSULTATION WITH THE QUEENSLAND Registration a n d the Gallery Store, organising and EDUCATION SECTOR participating in a range of workshops particularly in Consultation a n d partnerships with the Queensland association with the Regional Galleries Association of education sector inform ma n y of the Gallery's education Queensland (RGAQ) a n d Museums Australia and public programs. Queensland Branch (MAQ). Access, Education & Regional Services staff As part of the RGAQ/MAQ Training and continued to liaise with Education Queensland regarding Professional Development Program, Regional Services general programming a n d the '1999 Minister's Awards staff delivered a lighting workshop at Cooloola, for Excellence in Art'. This exhibition returned to the organised a workshop at Hervey Bay o n all aspects of Gallery in February for the first time since 1984, installing exhibitions, a n d organised the Inside/Out attracting a high level of interest especially from the seminar at the Gallery. The successful two-day secondary education sector. Inside/Out seminar included sessions delivered by Behind-the-scenes tours of the Registration, Gallery staff from all sections a n d h a d daily attendances Conservation, Exhibitions a n d other sections of the of 9 0 people. Gallery were organised for 67 regional Queensland high school students as part of the Flying Arts 'Experience the Arts' week. The 4 5 students included in the '1999 Q