Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

ST r.T last week on a hi ¥h point with the world ballet, then Janced among the clouds with the Travel League, shal'ed morning tea with a toastmis– tress, and found my El Dorado at Columbia's Independence Day cele– hl'ation. Viewed the ma,:nlll- eenl El Dorado Colon,– blan Gold exhibition at the Queensland Art Gal– lery with members and friends of the Queens– land Theatre Company, Among the cultural mindrd Included In our pnrLy were Marton nnd Henry Geor,:t, Cella Budd, Ann Gru,:ulls, Del Bolton, t:h•a Rnd t'rank Dixon, ,llm Clement., and .lohn Lopez, Assl,tanl director of the ,:altcry, Ru,.ell Ker• on, was there, polntlnr out notes of Interest tn his parents, Shella and Wal Kerrlson. With the gnilery's edu– c al Ion officer. Craig Douglas as m y guide, I browsed through this !R– buious king's ransom col– lection ol rare objects. rr,sented by the Aus• lrallan Art Exhibitions Corporation, the lleltl!I were selected from the l\tuseo del Oro, Banco de la Republlca, Bo,:ota, C.:o– lontbia. The exhibition cons sts or ~:iH sold items and 24 ccrrunic or s1011c. musing In date or oriµln Iron, 50080 to ADl500. It in– cludes cnst gold •1ose rings, earrings, hclmNs and bells. The ,:alltn•·• llltin,: background music wa!I r,~cordcd In Colomhia us– ln,: ccramla musical in– st rumen t s , whldlc"i, f I u t e s and pan-pipes similar to those on dis– play, The Courier-Mail July 19th, 1978 13 July 13 Auyus l QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY ~th floor. ,\IIM Bu,tdmg. 160 A1111 Sl1cet, 81isba110. An ttAllll}lt1n11 o l !Jlllr1 ff/111 ,;f>t 81'11108 r,on1 lhft MuSltfJ (Joi Orn. llu Jnl 01n6011tod b y ltlft Aus1rahnn Ar\ ( >0:11111111!,m; .o,nn,ouo n Lhnl!Ad with Iha ~s1ntance " ' 111 0 o,,u11u11w,,u1111 ov,u1111Hrnt and liPonamed h_y 1 ,,e 8 n1tt1011 Rnrt t ludy•u. c,,inpony. Mo11duy-S 1ur <1;1y .• ... I O arn - 7.30 prn. Woclnc~day ..... . 10 dll'I - 10 i,111. SuruJav.... . . . ... 1 noon - / .JO pm. Pr . Boo~ed 0 11111011\ Tuesday. I hurS<1ay, r 11c1ay 8 pn, • 10 prn, Adrnonoon Adult • $1.50. Choldron, School S tudent,, Pen1lon111 75c. Pre . Bookod Evoning• $5.00 per peraon Telephone - 229 2138 lr.~chm-, 1oqlm1nu cdu ·a11onHI ma1e11al ~houlrl 011quiro 11 0111 tho allery Educa1101') Office al 2 9 2 13R OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL 10.00 pm. Admlu lon charges apply ont1 lo Colomblt1n Gold Erhlbltlon. 1 mion-ic: But the el'en111g di not end wit h the cxl11bi– tlon - it was time ror 1.ewis SavaJe of Q.T.C. iorsnniscr of enmlngJ Lo round u11 his guests. 111- ciudlng Maureen Walsh, Adrienne Ward and Tra– ce,r ftoran. and we pro– r.eedrd 10 I.he Crest In• tcrnntonal Hotel for cof• lee. Here r sat with .tune Craw, .lohn llocnl,: nr s;·cinc;-. Fiona Rrll!y, in• t c r s t H t ,. netor ,John Krummrl, Stephen Gow, " 11 cl ,f o P !\l,u•Cnlum, clrnttinir. drinking corrce Rlld 111rki11g 11110 French pa I isscrici-. 'rhcn on Th11r5rfar, It wa~ hack n,=-nln to the ~nller)', this time to hn– ttour Cntomhla's lndr.– pcnrle.ncc l.)a~·. The gallery's director naoul l\tr.lllsh And cnrn• 1or Bellina AfacAulo1y welcomed guesls lo this • p e C I. I cclebrnllon , nmoni;r them .loe Glee!lnn with his Colombinn wife, 1\1 n ry. their dnugh l.er J•atrlda, who was born iJ Bogotn. Colombian-bar unl\•crs1ty student Elcn Ar~rl, Bllllr. l\tulherln Philip Bncon, Beryl Hll Arrh r.uymer, ltod rool of Melbourne. Tom Ward or Ausl.rnlian Art E,hlbr- 1 ions Corpora I Ion and Del and F'rank Bayly. The Queensland Art Galler)' tn Ann Street has really struck gold. The El Dorado Co• lomhl& gold exhibition u packing them In. A delighted Mr. Ru•••II Kerri~on, gallery o:--si~– tant director. reported Rn a\'erage of 1500 people u,rnin~ up erery da)'. "Th Is mnro thon rt~uhles any dally n end· n.n ·e f1g11res for many yenro," he snld.