Queensland Art Gallery Annual report 1999-2000

Queensland Art Gallery second-year student from the Masters Course in Commissioning and Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, London, and Yeyey Cruz, a recent graduate of the same course NO Students from the Sunshine Coast University, the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology were regular volunteers in the administration and Virtual Triennial sides of APT3. The construction and installation phases of the exhibition offered further opportunities for the Gallery to engage tri lip . . - - - • the wider community and to provide professional development. University of Queensland architecture students assisted with the construction of Ca* Guo Chiang's Crossing the Bridge', gaining useful experience in working with building materials generally not used in Australia Students were also involved as volunteer I installation staff and as volunteers to assist visitors to navigate the computer-based information presented in The Trustees Art Scholarships are offered every year and the Focus Lounge and the Kids' APT. give primary-school children the opportunity to be creative Other internships were provided to local and in a variety of mediums. interstate students and to regional gallery staff. A museum studies student from the University of Australian Art department with formal visual arts studies Queensland worked as an exhibition project assistant as at Griffith University part of her accreditation towards her studies, and a Under the State Government initiative 'Breaking the Queensland College of Art student completed 30 hours Unemployment Cycle', the Gallery was able to provide of work experience in paper conservation. A third-year four new Arts Administration Traineeships in the Design, student from the University of Canberra undertook six Publications and Curatorial sections. These traineeships weeks of fieldwork placement in paper conservation, run over a 12-month period, during which time the where he helped prepare works on paper for recipients learn and develop new and specialised skills in forthcoming exhibitions, and carried out research on their chosen areas. While on-the-job training is the computer-generated prints. focus, the trainees are also required to undertake Regional Services staff supervised two professional external training and are encouraged to take advantage development traineeships with exhibitions officers from of a wide range of professional development Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Townsville. These took opportunities. place during APT3 in 1999, and in June 2000 Queensland Government training initiatives also respectively enabled the appointment of an apprentice cabinetmaker The Audience Development Officer participated as a in July 1999 to the Gallery's Workshop, where specialist mentor in the Griffith University mentoring program staff build crates to transport art works as well as with students from the Queensland College of Art, construct exhibition installations. Griffith University, who assisted with the conduct and analysis of visitor satisfaction surveys. Interns and Volunteers APT3 provided opportunities for internships for young people from Australia, Japan and the Philippines. Three interns began work on the project in July 2000 - Michelle Antoinette from Melbourne; Sachiko Namba, a