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

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C i I 11 P ~! .lit:) to forl ll· j ,,·i.tiii,, dr lw111i.:~ uud p,\111 lln ·, ,,roduced o\·cr l l1t• jHl'il "-''-l )11•:tr~ hy K1•11 W tll,';.....: ,n 111 J't>rU~llt, C'\li'l'lflJ! 101 1t <l lff1•ri·:11 ..1HII, IH, t' Ii, U11co11. ~1act• ,11\rl Jtu~Jlf's 1:,, Verlie J ll.!,l ''.:1 T own 1ft llcrv 111 lht• 1.' 11 .••} th e Austra li an . 22 nd Sep t ,1978 TII,• l11:;tit lll(! £1r Mollt'rlt t\rt Ln M11rkct St rc1•t. Jlrls tJan c, ltas l,nJu~hl lo Ql1t'e11slund the m n r 1• UllSlc rc a11d rig,1rm1.s u\'Ufl 11••1::n rch•. Ex h1Lut1011.; '1:1Vt' JllciUcll'<I I) ll II d a s !'tlr.-1:-.p1•t•liw•, J ame.'i \Villclmt11t 's fu11 , lust I<: At1!ltralla11 lu1Hl– s<'!1pt•s a11tl Duvld Hoycl's overnment Unclcr the dm•1· tl1111 11r J,,h n Dtl<'klt~y. quc,•ns• l.1 11cll•n ; /111\'1· St•1•11 at the lli!JI ii lll t' Ill I !It' 11:1.'il (1•\V 111unrhs 1hc 111stall11 1luri~ and sf•11lpturcs by Atn,•rl • Gan Ca rl A11drt· n11d Mel· bou rnr artist Hohert Hunl cr. Urisbanc urlls t lloben MucPlrnrso11 itJ..,o r<'ccntly cxhibll1°d 40 works then• hased on :t s C h r Ill I\ I i j C cJ IHllJ) of Qu n •n s land cnllllcd , Quccnslnnd 8crles, Na– llonnl Art - ,, r;lmpllsllc View. A 1 'l'hc un1v,·rslly of Qucc11sla1id Art Museum. under tlw d irectorsh ip o l Nane.Y Underhill, a per– manent co11ectton i. being hull! up around Lhe Behan :111d Durnell col– lectlons. Mr.s Underhill wants lhe ~Ullery lo b(• USL'<i as a la'liora Iory ror rilw a rts students to give them a flrsl - hand acquaint- .sar 1nc:d !)1•r11•:; d1n:ct ,•cl at r I IH' "!illl,1 rl " ea Jlery-~l}f'f!i I - Pr1v11 1e Vlt'\\ 0 1 For tlll' .,rt;, ft!')IIV:t l Philip UaCCII IS stwwin1:: 1lalllfilll,!S by ,Jor\11 Co– burn. some ul' IIH•111 n·– Jat1~d tu tfl(' l:iJ)t'Slrlc.-. 111 St J ohn's Cut lu•clral th is month . At Clntr,• ll'ousc he has work~ f;om the estu le of Ihl' fuic, long• ncglcclt!d, 110\\'•SUtldcnly dlsco\'crf!d, H. P. \VNt\'crR Hawkins. V1ctt1r Ma r,• .ii Ci11!rn Road, Duwl'll llllls. Is m ore or a f1111• art ~allery Willi things llkf' Chinese porcelain, Ru~sla11 Icons and kel Im rugs. Bui pcrirnps the most c:ommlt 1ed nncl advcnlllr– ou.s gn llcry 111 Urlsbani,, certainly one co111111nnd– lng a great dea l or crlll– cal rrspcrt, l.s lltt: Ray Hughes 1111 llery nl Red HIii. QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY 5th Floor, MIM Building, 160 Ann Street, Brisbane. Closed until 1.00 p.m. Saturday 30-9-1978 Becauso of unexpected bullrllng malntenanco the Gallerv w ill be closed until 1.00 pm today. 'I'! IE J.)lJi Jdi ng of lhc 1 1111lt - 11111iion doJlar Cull11r :il C'c11tre 011 the Soulh b11nk uf !he Bris1Ja1rn river is one of lhe more ol>– vious exa111r,lcs of the Qut•cnsland Govern– lllcnl 's support for the arl s. Orwcrnm1•11t pul runn).(e 111 tcr111s of nl'ls fm:1/l llcs f111,vev,:, , extend.) mt.H Ii f11rtlwr than this. ,111cJ 1s 1•vld1~11cf'd 111 l'O~uJ)t!rct t 1v1: building \ 1 cnt1trf's w1111 nrl.s bwJu•s 1111d JocuJ a II t h urlt1cs I tirl,ughou! rho S llll i:, Th o uric r.-Mail SeJ t 27th ,l 7 By KI-VIN SIDDELi l 11:, •n, lo1nd Dir,•r-1 ·; ,,f 1...,tl l l ul Ac lcvitit• rcpr~. 1·11t111g, ns they do, lfH' WldC) t 1,osslblc cro~s– S('Clh)ll or lhc C0llH1llJlll t \' - become 11wre involved 111 a rts ttctlvllles, tlw pro· vrnto11 of ,\llltublc venues 1s hl~h on the list or prlorl11t"~. <io •crn1111•11t s upport for th-:11vlties 111 the crn – at lve nncl fi11 c urts, In• cJuri,•s 1111 form.Ii of 1hc vl:iiwl urts, tltern turc, muslr, d mmn, ns well as <>lhcr them(ricnl arts. dance lllld rllm. rl"ho performing a rts whlcl1 r ~ rt'rt Io work, of omr 11r lhc nrls lisle ,1b0v(•, nnd the cr:i fts nr 1d:.;o .C.lll)pOr tcd. Appllcat1011.s fur nssls 1n11t·t.· nre runsldcrcd ap 1iru1lriaLU In the 11,:ht o the stundard or progrnn 11 nd/ or nchlevcmen1s h nrtls11c work al lhe 11l- 1e111pled level, bolh h th,• "high" and "commu 111ty'' arts. DcvclopmcntN so fn lndil;c11e lhul llrofcsslona n11d amateur nrls nctlvi 1lc,c. cnn .\"llll compJc.mcn one 1 11oiher a nd thu ser\'r. lhu r.omrnunlty. When-•v1:r the commu nlty, through the Gov crnnu?11t, ,:Ives assistnrtc to c11llurn1 organlsu llon J consider It very tmpor ta111 1hnt ihcsc organisn tio11s nol only concen lra rt• uu Owlr own actlvl ties but widen their out Juok, nch lcvc greater un clersln11ding of olhe cultural 11ctlv1'lles, co opt!ra'tu, co-ordlrmte h ull possible ways ror lh, Jlll r1>ose of making cul ture nn even more lnli, gra1 part In the live, 0 nlJ rnemhcrs of the corn- longer hours t Art Gallery Q llfll n:-1 nd :\ rt Gnl– lt•n · houri,, hnu· 1 ltPC'll "X· t-~~d rcl to C'tlP \\'llh Wn• rn no ,·rnwds rt1 1rnct ln., Its ' o ~cwst, - r nrt Z" exl1I– b1Lion. T hr uullrry 11rn molly r !r).°'JC~ Al 5 p.m. hut WIii ~-1 oy op~n on We:dne~dny:, until 10 p.111