Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 3 : Presscuttings, Sept 1959 - Sept 1967

THE co un,rn MAIL S•\11/f D~Y jf\'l •; p· I 11 liovt. backing for "country culture" THE State Government will back a move to "promote culture in Queensland country areas," the Education Minister (Mr. Pozzey) said yesterduy. He wa R n 1.•11rnmf•11d– n.~ !hill tile Sta le ;:: rnnt o lhp Queensland ctivi- ' <inn t>f U,r• Arts Council 'lf Austl'nlin l;e raised ·mm (! :jl)I) ln £5(lfl0. Up 1.0 ,~0110 nr the grant would IH' c11r11n1rkt>d for co11ntrv t1rt':1s, !'vlr. Pizzcy said. · Hr :-aid c111ph;1;,;ls would Uc g i\'l'il t.o tin• country 1 1rn1not ion uf drama, bal- 1·t . i111cl OJ)PJ':l , JIL· .,uid L11111 111 rcrP111 .\'t::1r~ lilC' Q11t!t!ll.~l:i11cl Arl5 Ctll1lll'li hud been lntl'I'· f'~t1!ll in cxte11d111g it~ work uut.;;iclc Brisbane. nnd nl– n•arly had ,;ons ns fu I' nfit•hl n~ Mt. h;n, T;unb,J, Mill'IICII, ~L G eoq~l', Moss- 111011. and Hnvcn:-.hoc. I\fr. PizzM· snicl that In I he lield ur drnma, I he Yo1111i.:' Elizabcthnn Plnv– crs were incrensinl! ln poj)– ularlly. It prohnbly would be nr.cr .:-;snry to incrcn~e their plnyini: period from 011c lo two t.crms next ycnr. Attend1tnl:('f-, largely of school pupils, hnd in– creased 111 the last three years from 14,430 to 1111 eslimnled 40,000. "l'o1111lar" Mr. Pizzcy said bnllct wns becoming Increasingly l 1opulnr, espcclnlly since It ind been nctdcd to the Junior curriculum . One of the Arts Council's m ost lmportnnt duties wns to take ballet Into more re– mote arens or Queensland. The Elizabethan Theatre 'rll!-il, Opcrn Compnny re– ontly completed n uccnslnmt tour under the direction or I-he N.S.W. IVl!-ilon. GnvcrnmcnL sup- lOl't wns needed lo plnn 01· Qurcnslnnd's in l'llls ion n the tn65 tour. Mr. Plz,ey sn ld further upport nlso should be lvcn to the creative nrts ncntlon school In Quccns- nnd, THE queens lanil Art (;aller.v has hct•n l'lm,rcl for th e la,-;t I IHl'V rlars. am! is likcl)' In s hut its doors ag-ain nex t wet•lc 'l'hl• Is heln e tir.cnu!ie lhr.rr 1-. enou.:h ~oa1•r t n th• ~uhllc tnsltlr ••hlhltlnn• Rre rhan~ed, (lonr not a llnw whilr hrinJ: 'fhr. rallrrv will rr- :~~r.1r11 11 ~f n~or~~o/r1 "r~•: thr l'rst nr' lhl, wt•t•k . A i:nllt.:n· !iif10kr..,m:1 n 11nlrl 1:tsl nh:ht : " \\'hr11 - rnr wr. tHl\'r to 1· h:111 c.r ~ 11 his: r xhlhlt Inn wr ha ,·r tn rln"r lu•1•n 11i-r wr :trr 1111 "hnrt nr ~oa 1•r.'· H lmAMi I :'\f i llr !'lll ifl an t•,hihlll1111 llll th r c:. llrn· 1•ln,r1I nn ~ 1 ~ 1 ;;! 11 \ 1n1u'11,·. Tu,,,ila ,·. t1n1I \\'r,lnrf;th.\· thr t:i•I – Ju,· h:HI hr r11 1·ln!ir,I. ul(h :t "ltn lrlll11c- thr - ,while It wn~ "rlost.cl rnr rrl111n~tni:." '' In Srw :,,.inulh \\';tit'!' t ltr g;1 llrr,• ha" r111111~h ~p111•C' tn 11•1 1hr puhllr lntn ot hrr 1,a rl11. whllr rr1rn11,i:1t11: sznrc 1111 f'l'if"– " hrrr. " llrn• we onl,r ha,·r 1hr ntw han~ln~ :irr:i," It \\ :l!i rXJ1f'f'1rd c, 11 llrn wnultl ha,·r In ,·lu-.r fur 1mrl of nr., I "f'l'I\ 111 11llnw han~ln~ ul rn1rlr.., In lht• 11, (', IC id1arcls Mrmori:11 rrhf' 1·n11111rtlllnn. I11°:~·:ir\\ i~n::h••~1i 1 :~· 11 ~~Wt~~'. "a... r ln,,•,I r rrnrt, ,, rrr m:lrlr 111 :ulmll rnunl n· or 1111,.l"lil:i lr \'l,ilnr, wl11, \\:tlllrrl 1n 111r,. .111rrrlrlr 1,al nl i11~ ... ........... ~ , .. ..., .. _., - .. - -" THE COURIER-MAIL FRIDAY OCT 2 1964 3 • OTHER PROJECTS COME FIRST \'Can't give 1 funds for Gallery' THE Queensland Art Gallery's needs hod not been "lost sight of," but no funds would be available this financial year 1 to extend the gallery, the Education Min– ister I Mr. Piney I said yesterday. There was an ul'gcnt,--- --- 1 need for loan runds for Plea to dcvch,pmrnla I pro_ircts 1 [ considered mol'e ncces• sary in t he Slate's over– all welfare, he sa iJ. I I I The quecnsla11cl Al'I t,allrry do:-:cd i1 '.".I clnor:- 1 "lift status" l fur !Iner cla_\':, llllt week bcL·au~e there 1::. not cnu11~h :-.pace tn ,1l low tllC' public rnsi_dc \\l1 l\c r:d1lbl– llOll:- arc hr111i:,:: t h:111:_.!Cd . 11 .~~t'~t~? In clO!--C a~ain ncx t 1 I Mr r11.ze ,· ::-atrl lllCl'C ·1 ·t1 t president ot the Queensland A,t Gallery Society I Mr. E, J. A. Weller l yesterday urged ~llll wrrc · prCS!'-illl,: cte - moves to lift the 1tatu1 1 m :111fb 011 lon 11 fut1ds tor of Briibane's 76-ycar-old cduerit1cm pa rl iculiirly ort gallery. l i11 U1C' 1crt1:Hr nnrl tcch- H :;,,aid lhe prc~cnt ga_l- uical f1cl<I~ !er \' building was, m , • , nu-in~' respect~. 1nactcqw1.te. Have to wait I E\'Cl'V QucenslRnder shnu ld. be proud or the . 'I am a1 1:a1ct the Arl lp nin tlngs, but they were lliallcry pro.1cr1 wi ll ha ve slorcd unrter cramped con• to wa it unlil the_ e \·c1:yda y ldil.lnns. Lack or h11nglng inccd~ of ~ch1call~11 havr:: spac;c mennl thal they ,bee,: mr 1, he s,11d. were nol nn show cnou~h. 1 v· .;L s11111h of loa n 1110.n_cyl Sool from nearby trains l!ad to be S\H?l:t on rnn~or was su<'kcd \nto the i;:a l– Sl.atr .lr\'r opmct.ll p1 o- Jen··~ vcntllatin~ systcrn J.cd ~ whti:h wou ld r 11surc i'lnt'i could be a danger to ~CCUl'il) ul r mplo~·menl 111 , p~tnLIIH! !-, Ih a 1•1turr ~lr. Weller snlcl thnt r.l1r. He .~11111 ,.:ulturc in !--li0rfttg'C of s1w.ce at the jQucL,1:-:li111ci Imel r~ol bcen \l?allt;:ry cn11ld menn t.hnt neglcdccl l1.\' lhr Sta le ..;nm e vbitinc: cxhlhltl?n~ \Gover11111cnL 111 the JasLl \\'ould Jrn vc to be sc~ aside year. r s:trn ass1::.ta111·c Im el so t h at the ~ allr.ry s own been given to fl. number of collect Ion could be put on cullural hocl1es. induclinµ display more. \ tile Al'L Gnllrry I fnr pur– chasr nf wnrks,. 1Jv• /\rt :-; Council. the El1'la br.llrn 11 rhf'lltl'C Trw,t. Tlir QUCf'l1S– lrtllCI S\·mplto11\' Or- 1 ,rl\e!-ll'n. ni1cl tile Con~er,·n- 1 torium o( 1\1 U!-IC i\fr Plzzcv ~•ll(I \L woulcl l l)C \'Cl'Y ctlf fwult In µcL fill il l'L'lll'Hle c~11m:1tc of the t~i'it\./'Ot~; B/1~1~:111}·11\turnl! Costs rise ! TIii" ,, ~u; :-;ltr)\\'11 bv the ··astr011rnn11·a1 rise·· O\'CI' nrl~111nl r :-.timnlc - for t ltl? Swlnr,· 011rn, J-I ow-e nurt t!1r ~lrlh1'11rtH' Cultura l\ Cc111rr. 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