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

lg FEB 111' Her painting will aid new gallery ONE of the State's foremost women artists, Miss Vida Lahey, yesterday with the 80 -guinea pointing, "Brisbane from Kangaroo Point," she hos donated to the Arts Ball Committee chairman IMr. Arthur Wadel for a raffle to aid the new gallery funds, Yesterday Mrs. Wade sent nut MO worth of tickets to all corners of Queensland. as well ea to Interested people In other states. Drawing will be on Monday, August 10. .5 Art Moves In The West By ELIZABETH YOUNG Recent interstate events of interest in- clude the Festival of Australian Arts in Perils. at IA hich Smith Australian artist tler- t.yn Smith ( President of the Si Contem porary Art Society) ism a guest speaker. lecturing and de rating watercolor technique. In FT.,.ifinnij,. 'him Light Horse in Pules- (Inv'theefdlecl ion tine in 1917. On Monday, in the RSA Ansi ra l in it pit int i Society of Arts Gallery, In - presented by Mr. Claude stitute Building, an exhi- Hotchin as a nucleusfor bition of Clifton Pugh's the Fremantle Art Gal- paintings will be opened lery, was officially opened at 5.30 p.m. by Mr. Kym to the public. Bonython. This gallery, the tenth On Wednesday, at 3 p.m., endowed in OVA by Mr. in the Walter Wotzke Gal- Hotchin, will have its per- lery. 2nd floor, Hoopers manent home in the de- Furnishers Ltd., Hindley lightful setting of an old street, Lady Hicks will open grey granite building, an exhibition of paintings which wits originally a by SA artists. hospital. The Department of At the Mild= Gallery in Adult Education of the Victoria, which houses the University announces this collection bequeathed by Year, in addition to the the late Senator Elliot Classes In drooling and some years ago, a new di- Missf Ruth beginnersTuck) rector has been appointed to succeed Rex BramleIgh. and drawing and oil paint - He is Mr. E. Van Hattum, log for beginners (tutor, a Dutch portraitist, who Miss Jacqueline Fliek), a has been in Australia only further course of Advanced about six months, and tel Practical Art to be con- hopes to enlarge the collec- ducted by W. Dutkiewlez. lion with works by con- Iu this class students temporary painters, may work In any medium. and lime will he given to theory. disettAsion and criticism, ns well as to South Australia Is still waiting for nations of art sufficiently interested to work for the estab- lishment of local art centres in its several charming and flourishing country towns. In Queensland. as part of its centenary celebt a- hons, an eistedfodd exhi- bition Was held in the Na- tional Gallery, with prices for portraiture and land- scape. The petted prize of £300 (limited subwet to n well-known Querns - tandem was won by the young and promising Queensland painter, Betty Cameron. The landscape price of £200 was awarded to Ar- thur Evan Read, nisi, of Qsugaenr teandwn laotdstnata's uesl, t oe et hisn In Sydney. Erie Sic.th. for the third time, w,11 the Blake Price for rent:sac, painting with one oi his characterist c a Ict Fart At the National Gal- lery. North terrace. today, an exhibition of 'if paintings by 4,eorge Lambert. Alt A. lent loy the Australian (tar Me- morial in Canberra. will be on view in Gallery 1. 'I hese are skit cites. molly for larger pictures, pint NI by Lambert on the spot While he was An °Melia war artist with the Austro. "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld %VI Can't pay for their culture... MANI' young people were willing, but un. able to "keep up mil. titre" after they entered the marrying years, Brisbane arts ' authorities claimed yes. terday. The enemies of responsible and busy youth in pursuit of the arts were time, and money. Concert loss The Australian Broadcast - Mg Commission's assistant Queensland manager (Mr. A 'Winter! said on Wednesday "We are losing up to 71 per cent. of symphony con- certgoers when they turn 21 and become ineligible to sub. scribe to Youth Concert Ser. ies." A "celebrity, season ticks costs f4/21, and a Youth Concert ticket 25/.1 Queensland Conservator. ium of Music director (Dr. W. Lovelock, said yester day: "This Is a very bat thing front the musical point of view, "I think it Is mainly question of finance, am marriage means a stil greater financial problem tot young people." Book "gap" Queensland Booksellers Association president (Mr W. W. Thomson, said he be limed there was a "gap" is hook -buying by young peopli between the ages of 25 ant 30. "Frequently, a man Just married finds he has n0 the same amount of Mane: and leisure any more ti spend on books and ot reading," he said. Rut in one field of cultun there is no "lapse" or "gap' -in art itself, which gener ally costs nothing to enjoy. Queensland Art Geler director I Mr. Reber Reines) said: "There is al Increasing number of young people showing an intern in the art gallery thes days, and many of them an married enuples."