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

Community will have to foster the arts - Blainey INDUSTRY , comm rce nncl the publi · all woulct hn vr to contr i bu t<' to hl'lp tllr art., con tin ue to foster in Ath– lrnl in. Tilt" Atht rn l,-1 11 Cou1w1l l'trn1r• 1111111, P ro1r....-,or ,ro!irc~ B1;11m:-~. .~aid th ~ ~e.-,Lc.rdh''· P r II re !-i.- n r Bin111r\ , 1·1111ic·1I rlm11·1111H'I :oillll'f' lt'";'i, :-nld 1hr an.c, l:,1d nrn11,t!"Pd to t' ~<·AJX' f'Nltral Go,·rrnmr nt ., rnzor ~11 11!!" ,·ut ..:: - b11 ~o,crnrnrnt monr, .crrnwd ,1,., ' lncd to bf• t:i;ht In l hC' Ill· llll"f'. " O b \'1011• ly I hr f)\)s111011 l'i ,,o· eomg tn nlter ,nuch m·r r th" next n,·e year., In the F'edernl :urn. "1'11''- ~ httr 0O,·crnmr lll 1111!:hl br nblc to ·al;r up son c of 1hr r1111 nl n '!'. hut he-fr ftmC.5 rnr ~rt~ ,11ppnrL al~o wo11ld be lim1trd," Prort~s.-sor b lnhv•y !iiaid. The 1;,1·ed :1 1.:.rcatcr L'llilllr11.r,e than m iler ~talc i,:orcrnmel\l)\, brt·,1tb P of 1i1P clet·c11t rall~cct I a:ure uf ll1P ~tatf' · A xmu !ler r>('JT C11ta1?P of ~nur pc1pulatlon 11,·e tn ~our l·api1 ;. I t'll,\' - eo Ihe mu11r,\' hn."- to b P sprrAd ovrr much grea te r d 1~– rn 11ce:i ... lie ,"la 1ct It I\ PPNl red nb\'IOU I hn l rhcrr wo11lcl haw• to lw 111rre:,c;rd :-.up– port from hu"\nr:-l'i nrr1.-, Rncl tiie puhllr fl l la rcr . ··Prop!e \\ Ill ,ll1:-I hA \ t to br – tomr 1H'<·u~tomed to p:1 ,·111~ more for I heir tlrkrts to Ntlo.r the p~r– formlng ~rt~." he said. Professor BIRlnl'\''~ four- ~ 1 e,11 r trrm ni: Au. trn lt~ Council clrnlr– nwn will end In ,Junr. Tl1r c-01111 ·1I " r.~ nvcrsct-in~ a huds;et of about. S:.?!J 1111llion A Ytnt·, Allo~·in• for ,nrla l1on. Fedrrnl Cio,·r rnmrnt f11nri~ for 1hr Art.'-i lln·ou::11 llir Aus:rnlla Counril hH1 fa!lrn ~hrnll 15 percen t 111 1ht- las four rcnri;, Professor Bh,ine~·. pro1r ssor ,,r hu;torr ;ll ~telbournr Unh·erslt~·. ~aid t hf1 when he took up the :\ ustralla Cound l a1,pnintme!1 he hnd noi inte nded 10 becomP n~ 111, uh·ed as he hnd. "l t':i tnkcn about :rn hour~ work I\ ,,..cek, but Il has been a ,·cr;· stimulating rime:· He \\'OU!d lrR\'e orrtce sa Ii f1cd with one aspect of his trrm - R srries or re,·lcn·s ol Austr~lla Council programs. "lt has been a trcmendou, ly usetul exercise 10 see whether we are meeting renl needs." he said. About 20 lo11g-si.nndlng COUil ;II proi;rjuns I a~ been re, tn , ed d r- 1 ,g JU:, lCrltl 01 ol fll'f. One regret I\B,'i 1hat more coulri nol be done for .\ u:-.1rnli:,11fi 11,111~ 1n rr mote pa n s nf the roumn. "C<,:-.\S Al'C proh1b1t l\t• Ill l ll15 lield," he ;aid. r roft~"!ur Dlruney 111:~h1 he len rln..: his .-\u~trAlfa Colin ·11 01~ r1cr . but .-\us1rnl11rn,; <:eruu nly will seC' mor<' of him nr.xL ~·r .tl' m a ct1t 1crent. ro!e - tha t of TV pt•rlormer. lnten11111onally k10" n ~s nu– tltur 01 ·"l'lle Tyran ny of D1~- 1:1ncr " and Ills history or -~U"'ltra– l1i\11 mining "The Rush That :-; rer Encterl''. he \\'Iii figure 111 twu 'I'\' programs. He will appea r 111 a cloru – mcntar.,· made on "T he Ru-,h TlmL Ncnr Ended" by former Rockhampton Journal1, t, Terry l\lc~lahou. And he w11i host a program 011 Austrahan mmlng hls1ory as parL of a specinl 10-parL series the ~BC L making on "The Histo1·1· >f Austraha" to mark the ABC's 10th a11J1l\'ers(try, Profc~sor Bla1ncy wns 111 Uri~· bane M ~uesi speaker for thr Queensland Arl Oallerr f'ounct1,– t ion established 10 raise s:I 1111l– l1on for a rt purclinses fCI the 11<."\\" An Gallery opening ncxL ;·cnr. The foundation , launched 111 December, !079, has r1rned s~.6 mtllion. u. cll::urman. Sir George Fisher. said yesterday. Profei,,:ior Blaine~· HR\\' some , r the purchases yesterday. ln– rludmi: t!;l.·u rccenL acquisttlons, a liihograph "Manno Tupupau" by French artist Paul G•u~h1. and the ~·ork "Prchl,torlc Construc– tion" by Hungarian artist Las:110 Moholy-Nngy, 1111 oil 01, incised plcxlglnss. - D[S PARTRIDGE l'II0F'ESSOR Geoffrey Hlulnc)', Australia l ouncll chairman, ,11 the Qucensla11d Art Gallrr~· ~'t!St l!nla,1·. 11hologl':q1hctl with the ~a llcr~ · · Sonia Ucla 1111a.1• 1:q1cslr.1· in the · · , 1111 •rn 1h : 'l'cd llolliday).