Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 1 : Presscuttings, 1959-1962

142itTi!.111111.1WV-:;.K.' ' COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, QId. "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, QId. is1,s r,tti A NELSON TOUCH ( THIS FINE BUST of Lord Nelson is the work of a 13 -year -old Nudgee State School pupil, Ross Se!homy, of Tanen Road, Banyo. It is the star exhibit of the Exhibition of Chil- dren's Creative Art which opened at the Queensland National Art Gallery yes- teray;-The exhibition in- cludes portraits and land- scapes in oils, and a num- ber of murals. They are the work of children at- tending the Saturday morning Creative Art Climes at the National Gallery, under the direc- tion of Mrs. M. McNeil. DANGER TO EVE Ross modelled tne Nel- son bust on week -ends over tour or five weeks. lie has been modelling for about two yearn. Rut he will never be a sculp- tor because he has lost the sight of one eye and wears an artificial pupil. Sculpting in stone with the possibility of chips of stone entering his good eye, could be unsafe. However, he also is fond of painting, and has an attractive oil painting of his mother In the exhibi- tion. Ross' father is the principal of the Ranyo High School (Mr. M. W. Mr. C. M. R. Van Ham- W4NAVONAWANAWA/W righ, who is chief lec- turer in art at the Teach- ers' Training College and a Queensland National Art Gallery trustee, said at the official opening of an exhibition that the entries showed what could be done where children were allowed to express themselves freely without too much direction from a teacher. Mr. Van Ilomrieli said delinquency could he beaten if more creative work was done in schools. A delinquent child was one who had never been able to create things he felt like doing, he added. The Director -General of Education I Mr. II. G. Watkini opened the exhi- bition, which closes on December I. .44aavaib4a444444,4444444, "Ca RIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld. First prize is £400 Firs prise in a State Government Centennial mural curiae/Hon will be f400. 'rile mural MB 50 a new SC(11011 of the Brisbane Pub- lic Library. which to he extender, as a 1959 centen- ary prefect. The second pine will he thin. the than ET:. sculp- ture prizes will 5 e Ion, and C.15. 'hi. %%mks Nino ti m/ Wading. said se terriay Iir bidges would be : priifexsor It P. Commtnes. Ibmit nt tip. Faculty ellitecture. Queensland Ulmer ity: Muss Vide I.alies goer island artist; Mr. Holicrt Haines, Queensland Niiiiunal Art Ciallely dim Mr. E .1 Weiler. demo -Hoyt or( hi- tret of Public Works De- mo talent: and Mr. r, K. Murphy, Director of Prim- ary Education. Parking site sacrifice" THE State president of the World Council of Churches i the Rev. T. Rees Thomas) said yester- day that the Turbot Street site proposed for on off - Street parking station was being sacrificed. Ile soul that the :Ate. which was 1111V of the most whirr:vie in Brtsbanr. way wart hr of n building which would reflect the (Mizell,' cultural and aesthetic taste. "Surely it would be a grave lick of foresight to ,f1c1"ICf elevated a till ientrtil n position for i. com- mercial enterprise such it, a parking station." Mr. Rees Thomas continued. As gallery site 1 -This commanding site looking clown upon the centre of the city is worthy inf the noblest places we can conceive. "Would it not be much more in keeping with town planning and with the pro- gress of our expanding city if on this site we plan, for example. a public library, and art gallery worthy of this city, which In another 50 years wilt possess one tint - lion people?" IThe site is a Crown re- serve to Tillhro Street. with the Trades Hall and steps !leading to Wickham Terrace ion one side, and the Obser- lvatory and fences separat- ing it from Wickham Park nn the other.] "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld. Trio boost to music IGHTLV or wrongly. -I take the trio recital given in the National Art Gallery last night 'la evi- dence of quickening musical activiliy in Bris- bane. 'The trio are Gloria Foley her husband, tin Svoinnla rcellol, and Rex Holier:At, chief study teacher in piano at the Conservatorlum. In atmospheric' condi- tions which were appal- ling for stringed instru- ments and their players, their performance was outstanding. Their chief offering was the Dumkv Trio of Dvorak, which. I believe. may not have been played by any oilier group here. Music lovers will cer- tainly want to hear more of this combination as soon as possible.-Roger Covell. tSusan Seaman, of St. Lucia, seeks inspiration from a Gallery bust on how to ignore the heat. Susan, a physiotherapy degree stuclent, attended ',honed Art Gallery Society musical recital on Tuesd night. * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR "Don't grab public land for car park" THE project for building a motor car parking station on the vacant land adjoining Jacob's Ladder (the flight of steps giving access between Turbot Street and Wickham Terrace, alongside the Trades Hall) to my mind deserves public protest as much as the proposal to build a new city mor ue in the Domain. It is said that the Tur- bot Street site le not a dedicated park. Neverthe- less, it is public land owned by the State Government, and it has been used by the public as long as most Brisbane people can re- member. If the State Government ever built upon P It would be for some pubic, purpose. Years ago it was suggested as a site for s new State art gallery and library. "Commercial use" But this lend would be taken from public use for commercial purposes If either the City Council or private enterprise built a car park - big station on it. The city would Inse another open space for the benefit only of motorists willing to pay for use of a car parking statinn.-J.G.111.. Annerlev.