Queensland Art Gallery Annual report 1999-2000

'H monitoring of the Gallery's budget, a n d development of systems a n d procedures for financial operations necessary to support the Gallery's initiatives in the areas of exhibitions a n d commercial activities. The Unit provides advice o n financial issues to the Board of Trustees, the Director, the Executive Management Team a n d other Gallery staff. . , , .. The processing of some of the finance functions is being performed b y the Corporate Administration11711 ' Agency ( C ) a division of Arts Queensland. The ,' - 5.. Gallery has retained all financial functions associated -' with the Gallery's Trust F u n d activities. The Unit is responsible for the monitoring of the outputs of the01 VM Vo . financial functions performed b y the CAA. ) . . " The Unit provided support to the 'Jeffrey Smart' exhibition through the management of ticket sales a n d . budgetary controls. Except for the funds generated from entry-fee exhibitions, such as 'Jeffrey Smart', the Gallery is mainly . . reliant u p o n funding appropriated b y Parliament. As has been the practice for some years now, Government , ' 1 ' AN funding is not used to source a n d conduct exhibitions for which a n entry fee is levied. Any surpluses derived Paintings conservator Anne Carter uses state-of-the-art Vidicon infra-red technology to examine a painting assisted from such entry-fee exhibitions are used to supplement by the Technical and Information Services Coordinator, Allan Government funding a n d are applied to a range of Brand. projects/activities. Income derived from the merchandising activities of the Gallery Store a n d from the hiring of Gallery spaces Major Investments and Borrowings P for functions also assists with interpretive programs a n d There were n o major investmcnts a n d n o borrowings research a n d information services. In recent years, such during 1999-2000. income has h a d to be increasingly directed to supplementing Government funding for core activities. FOUNDATION During 1999-2000, the Gallery was unable to The funds generated for 1999-2000 totalled $2 203 712. match the level of program activity of previous years, Corporate sponsorships were received from due to the exhaustion of self-generated funds. Screen Offset Printing _4 National Office for the Information Economy Consultancy Expenditure Leighton Holdings Limited P During 1999-2000 the Gallery utilised the services of Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899-1999 Gift the following consultants to carry out specific tasks The Myer Family where their expertise was required: The Courier-Mail Santos Ltd . - Workplace Consulting Queensland $ 1 0 0 6 2 . 5 0 Pricewaterhouse Coopers Genesis Management Consulting Pty Ltd $ 6 9 3 0 . 0 0 J o h n Dimitriou Architects Pty Ltd BDO Kendalls $5700.00 National Australia Bank Limited The Consultancy Bureau $ 2 8 8 0 0 . 0 0 Moët & Chandon Australian Art Foundation Strategic a n d Financial Consulting Services $ 2 5 0 0 . 0 0 Fellows Collection