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

·· TELEGRAPH" It's a new ball game "SUNDAY MAIL" $70,000 ~how for 1982 A MAJOR $70,000 two-year Australian crafts acquisition program to be Initiated with the assistance of the Crafts Board of lhe Aus– tralia Council for a major survey of Contemporary Australian Crafts was an– nounced yesterday, The Queensland Art Gallery T r u •tees' vice-president. Dr Norman Behan. said the exhi– bition will be titled "Survey ot Contemporary Ausltallan Crafts" and wtll be lllunched In the new Queensland Art C1al• lery aa a maJor attraction at the Commonwealth Games In September, 1982. The exhibition will feature three main crafts areu - Clay, Fabric and P'tbre, and Metal-Jewellery, Works pur- • chased ror the exhibition wlll enrich the craft holding ol the collection of the Queenaland Art Gallery. " -'the nl!er;- hM aet up the mmrr crarts exhibition committee tor aelecLlon or worlts to be ac– quired. Mr Jert Shaw, head ot the division ot creatl,•e and performln1 MU, Kelvin Grove Colle1e or Advanced Education and member ot the Cralta Board of the Australian Coun– cil, has been appointed co-or– dlnalor Ol the exhibit.ton. * M!. Daranl I.ewers has been appointed selector !or the met– al-Jewellery aectton and Mra Joanna Slater aa selector for the fabrlc-llbre sect.ton ot the exhibition. It will be their tut over the next two years to seek out the best a,·allable work In the fleld or contemporary craft. The worlts chosen wlll be repruen– tatlve ol the best de,·elopmenta current In Austnlia tod&)', Crafts people rrom lhrourhout · Australia are Invited to submit worlu !or consideration. En– quiries should be directed to the Queensland Art Gallery marked "Or&rta Exhibition." Mr David WIiiiams, director or the cr • rts Board of the Aus– tralia Council which will subsl– dlae the crafts acqulslllon acheme by up to 40 percent, aald he felt that the exhibition "Survey or Contemporary Aus– tralian Crafts" Would not only enaure that the Queensland A,t Gallery acquired a line collec– tion ol Australian Contempo– rary Craft, but It would l!'l•e the Australian Crafts a 111111- lflcant atlmulua. After the exhibit.ton's ahow– lnr In Brisbane, It i. planned that It will travel to other Aus– tralian State Galleries. On ,eturn to the Queensland Art Oal!ery, the exhibition wlll be divided Into three Sl!gmenta tor tour1n1 throughout Queens– land under the gallery·, e1tten- 1lon aen·lces pro11Tatn.' a1r1~ with ALAN WARREN THE wind, of change blowing through the locol ort scene ore mokln1 It o different boll game, Well-rneanlnl?, IKl"'cr-ha11p)', do-gooder • rould be upset. Suddenly lhert are more knowl– edgnhlr peo11le Rround. Who would have lorecn•l thal more lhon 34,000 people would pay lo vlsll the Queensland Art Oallcry·s Century or Modern Mastera show? And ll Stll)'5 011 \'ICW until Murch :io. Previous pllrry nttrndnnce llrures were •hnltcred because more peo11le are taking par\ and becomln~ involved with art.. 111 preparutlon to trnnsrer lo the Cultural Crntre at South Brisbane, the Q11eensla11d Art 011llrry has appointed nr.w slalf lo add extra cx11ertlse. And the trustees hn,·e est.11bllshed the Queensland Art Oallery Fo1111d11Uo11 In lmpro,·e Rnd de\'elo11 the stule c11llrcl11111 - Lltls eolumn pointed out this need on Octuber I, 1979, On Friday Murch 21 HI lhe Gulnens Room al F.n~le FRrm there will be an lnau~ural Foun– dntion dinner and ll deser\'cs the su1111ort or O\'• ,ry Queen,;land art enthusiast, Nol so long ago you could hu,•e cnuntl'd the number or art galleries within the city on one hnn~'odni· there nre at lcnst 26 g:illerles offer– Ing R ,·ariely or ,,ork rRnglng from II display ol 1t1111d-111Rde dolls , Wool Exhibition Centre> to a number of solo sho'lit5, Lt'l's briefly note a rew. VOGUE AUSTRALIA MAY 1980 ISSUE Artisan Gallery 10 Lambert Road, lndooroopllly. Tel: 371512 Continuous e•h1b1t1on of Oueensland's finest cralta, featuring patchwork and screen-pnnt1ng made to your requir-11. Open Monday to Saturday 9.30 am.-..30 pm. Cintra House Galleries 23 Boyd SlrNI, Bowan HIHo. Tel: 52 7522 Found in one of Brisbane·, grandest 1un,iv1ng mansions, Cintra House has a large stock of antique furniture. ob,ecta and palntlngt. Open Tuesday to Sunday 11 am-5.30 pm, Philip Bacon Galleries 2 Arthur StrNI. N- Farm. Tel: 351 3113 A lhow OI atehings by Gordon Shepherdson. ,ewellery display by Tony WM• Open Tuesday to Sunday 10 am~ pm. Ray Hughes Gallery 11 Enoggera Terrace, Red HIii. Toi: 38 3757 R.:ent acrNn pnnt1ng by dostingu1shed English artist Patrick Caulfield. Gallery stockroom has etchings, drawings. paintings ano sculpture by outstanding modern Australian art11ts. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11 am-6 pm. Verlie Just Town Gallery 2nd lloor, 0-1 Arcade, 77 Qiaen Snet, Brtlbana. Toi: 2211111 Soto ••hibrt1ons 1n May by David Schlunke and Beverley Budgen Conatanlly changing e•h1btt1ons Collectors· Gallery, Print Room. Japan Room Open Monday to Saturday 10 am-5 pm (Friday till 7 pm}. Queensland Art Gallery M.I.M. Building, 1110 Ann SlrNI, Brltb-. Tot 22t 2131 May 20 to June 22. an ••h1blt1on of Au91rahan An Nouveau embracing all aspects of the v11ua1 ans be-n 1890 and 1930. Open Monctay to Saturday 10 am-5 pm (Friday till 9 pm) Sunday 2-5 pm,