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

2 _ THE COURIER-MAIL THURSDAY, A UGUST 6, - - '---- Exhibition where you CAN touch • LOOI-: - But Do Not Touch" Is n famllio.1· 1:nou r;h restriction at nrt gnllerlcs :-.round the world. But Qucen~land /\rt Gallery wlll enccurnse people to Louch r.rt object• at an exhibition open– Ins to t11e public tomorrow. The exhibition. "In Touch . .." Is the state gallery's contribution to the 111ternatlonal Year or Dis· abled Persons. Scheduled to tour much or Queensland In the next four months, · It haa been assembled through a grant from tile state planning committee of disabled persoru;. Art Gallery extension services officer Mrs Teresa Desmarcheller explained that the exhibition had boen planned with everyone In mind, not only the disabled. She said: "We hope the com• munlty will Increase Its sensitiv– ity to Rrt by non-v111ua1 aesthetic experiences, by touchinr the object and uslnr thla sense or touch to experience art In a fresh way. "We hope peos,le will look more meaningfully after experlenclllll art through these different senses." Mrs Desmarcheller said the ext,!bltlon was small - only 25 pieces - but this was to make It easily portable. "It'• what you call a suitcase exhibition," she said. O111lery patrons will be able to touch art pieces made of ceramic, papter-mache, silt stone, wood, soapstone, turned wood, polyester resin, porcelain, sheet copper, and Ivory. Unw;ually, the II Brisbone artls~~ whose work Is featured are not being pron101cd. "We want the works to be con• aldered, not the a rtist," Mrs Des• marcheller said. "In addition to nn apprecl• aUon through touch, some pieces can be heard ns well - such as hollow ceramic objects." A late addition to the exhibition la a sculpture by a member of the Canadian Inuit tribe, and loaned to I.he Art Gallery bY the Can• adlan High Commission In Can– berra for this special exhibit. The piece Is a carving called "Snow Bird". A . 1peclal program has been pr pnrert to bc used In conjunc– tion with the exhibition. nllow!ng touch to be used on lilus1ral lo11s of the nrt dlspluycrt. It wlll be opened todn)' by the Welfare Services Minister, Mr White. The exhibition wlll be on show to the public at the Quccnslanrt Art Onllery from tomorro~· until August 16. G allery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m . Monday to ThursdaJ 10 a.m . to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibition will then tour the state, presented at primary schools. Tour dates: August 24 Dalby, 25 Klngaroy, 27 Monto, 20 Bunda• •berg Central, 30 .Maryborough central. September 7·8 Calrru; Central, O Jnnlsfall, 10 Ingham, 11-14 Townsvllle central. October 18 Julia Creek, 19 Bnr– caldlne, 20 Blackall, 21 Qullple, 24 Emerald. November 9 Gatton, 10 Too– woomba North, 12 Warwick Central, 16·17 Marooehydore, 18 Oymple Central, 19 Nambour. 23 southport. 24 Coolangaua, 1ind 25 Beaudesert. SOAPSTONE sculpture, ".Snow Bird" crafted by a member of the Canadian Inuit tribe Is admired by Queensland Art Gallery extension services officer Mr • Teresa Desmarr.beller. On Monday, August 24 a display of Items on loan from the Queens– land Art Gallery, a contribution to the International Year of the Disabled, will be located at the Dalby Special Education Unit. This display, "In Touch ...", is open to viewing of interested members of the public and other schools during the normal school hours. School sports a success Dalby State School held its annual sports carnival last Friday at Dalby South Sthool. Even though the weather was a little windy, it turned out to be a line day. The first event of the day was the March P~st, with McGregor wmmng and Leichhardt runners– .up. After a very athletic day Cunningham came out winners closely fol– lowed by McGregor, Oxley and Leichhardt. Prlnt.N ud publl1b~ for I.be B•IA&a of , ... 1. 9. Tbompton (d.cd .), Cunntncttam I\.,Dalby, by J, w. P'lo••r. at 1111 Offloe or " Dalby HHald", :U Cun• nJn1ham Rt., Dalby All the house flags were well decorated and the house captains fought bravely to ~ontrol the children ending up with sore throats. The guests to present the trophies were: Mayor Aid. R . W. Aland. Mr. and Mrs. J . W. Flower, Mr. Morris (P. and «;-l, and Mr. Hamlyn (Acting Principal of the South State School). Among the many events were re– lays, the obst~cle c~ursc, sprinting. high Jump, long jump and shotput. Overall it turned out to be a very successful day, the children behaving themselves extremely well. Year 4AB this week conclude their live weeks Maths activities circuit, in which the children have ta ken part every Tuesday and Thursday, Next week they com– mence a two weeks Lan– guage Arts and Tables re– vision circuit. Prizes will be given to the quietest group. champions :ome from the Blue group consisting of Peter Clark, Bronwyn Jenner. Amanda Gallagher, John Walters, Shane Fermor, Steve Turner, Murray Ashmor~ and James Christie. Year 5C has a new class member. Hiep Dang. Hiep has settled in well and presently is working on a map show– ing land uses in Austra– lia. Year 4D's neatness contest is "hotting up". Jason Sharpe and An– drew Johnston head the boys with Tina Dicfen– back, Kaye Fowler. Ainsley Camm and Tanya Long contesting the lead for the girls. Some boys from Cen– tral went to Bundaberg last weekend to play with the Dalby Under 10 Jun– ior League side. Shane Fermor won a trophy as Dalby"s best player. They had a very enjoy– able time visiting the beach and zoo, as well as playing football. Central's representa– tives were Shane Fermor, Craig Lewington, Grant Fry, Steven Alcorn, Bradley Shea rer, Shane Ellis, Matt Archie and David Taylor.