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

October15, 1977 "GOOD" was the opinion of Richard Moss, 6. or Ball_nrnt, ~f t._l~ls pnlntlng, winner of the Quee nsland Art Gallery T1 u. tees P1 lze last nigh t. Gallery honours for interstate artists SYDNEY artist Janet Dawson last night won the Queensland Art Gallery's $2500 Trustees' Prize. Her rntr\', nn nh.,tracL pnlnting .:Posy Nig ht," \\'115 chosen from 1:; cn– lrtc,, :18 or 1hc111 h.v Qucenslnnrl nrtists. The I... ,J. 1-ln n ·r y Prl?.e fol' ctrtt\\',llR wns \\'On by Vlc t orlnn nrtln Peter TpHlnll. \\'Ith "Co,•nons Ar l Contnlnrd Wit hin." Trndnll 1 wr"\\•\rnnwn 11 rt1sl. with wnrk e, hth– llrd l!l lh<' Qll('t'll!-.lnnrt U11ircr.slty Collecllo11 nnt1 1hr Niit!nnnl f'n!lect.lon ln Cn nbcrrn. won S300. Tl11~ ~car'!i T ,·ustcr~· iirl:i-r ,~ In 11011011r or Dr. LIO)'CI ltce . n high!)' ,·e– spcctcd Austrnllnn nrllst. He said I.he winning pnlnt ing had II distinct scutplltrnl clfccl, which made It. \'cry il11 ercstlni:;. " IL Is n \'Cl')' rtis– L I n g II I s h c d work," he .,r, ~1;., Rre$ will gl\'C I.he T rmii r es· l ,r, turc on :\II!)• 1 rn linn .<\ ri m the :!Oi; nnrt 30s. nL t hr Queenslnnrl Art. 0:-. ilrry il l. 2.30 p.m. tomorrow. F.n tr~r, 111 !hi" cmn- p •1 10ns "111 be cxl11h• llec1 1'11' n 111on1h. The ,\ 11" rn tin Counrll \"1.•unl Ar!$ Oonrd chn lr• mnn •Mr. F:l\\': n L~•n111 olflclnlly npenrd the cs– h I h I 1 t o n hr!ore more t hnn :ion pc 11lc. The Courier Mail October 15 ,1977 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY 6th FI., MIM Bldg,, 16OAnn St., Brllbane FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Each ~ear the TrustHJ of thtt 011Hnsl11nd Art G•I/My •ponsor •• /ftru,e on Austr,fi,n Mt. Known as the TrustHs L«tute, it it giwn in the Owen1l,nd Art Gall~ry at the timtt of the annual TrustHt' Pri1e. The l•t:tur• thi• Y••r will be QivM by Dr Lloyd R•••• m who•• honour th• TruttH,' Prize ,o,. 1977 I, being held. It w/R teb piece•• 2.30 pm on ~und41y, II October end Dr RH, will ,pHk on .~~r_r ol th• Twentl., and Thirti•• ... Exhlbltlon1 Truat • ea• Prize for Painting l. J, H • rv • y Memorial Prize for Drawing M • -t• Worka from th • Collection of Sir Leon and lady Trout. 11/vstr•red catlllogw, •• •v,r;/abhl. au..n•l•nd Art Gallery soci;iy"j.';.;;;r-;– Thurad • v 20 October, •t 8.00 pm Alan Warren, Prlnclpll of the College of Art, &,;-,_ wlllapelllcon "ART- PRIZES-AND SOCIETY" CMIIIOWT2t1 t he Sunday Mail Oct . t6-1d, 1917 Entries tell Reviewed .:.s FREDERIC story IN SOME respects, almatt aa much Interest in the Queensland Art Gallery's Trustees' Prize ia generated by the statistic, of entries as there is by the ·actual winner of the competition. Due Lo problems or s1:mce. this competition Is restricted to in vited en– trants ; compared wit.It la st year 's 176 ln– vit.11tlons. 228 were issued this yenr. Of Utooe In vited, 75 re– sponded, or which 50 v."Ore selected for han~• Ing; 86 Q ueensland n,:t– ists were among Lh<' In~ vlt.ees. 55 or whom sent entries. and 38 were se– lected ror h11ngln~. S o Queensland hnd nearly 70 per cent or the potential prl7.c·wlnnlng chances - but lhe prl,.e went to an arllsl from Blnalonr In Ne" South Wales, Janel Dawson, with her acryllc "Fasy Nl~hl II". In the c ,ompe.ny In which IL is set, U1Ls win– ner selected by the Na• tlonru Gallery director (Mr. James Mollison ) caused I\ rew m1sed eye– brows RIUtough closer ac– Q 'II a. In tan c e with I.he work gives cluC6 to the Judge's decfslon. The con.currently-held biennial L. J . Harvey Prl1,e !or Drawing like– wise olLrnct<?d I\J)proxl– nll\tely double the num– ber or entries of 1hose in 1975, wWh 26 Queenslan– der• represented in the lta.nglng. Here. the awnrd - an– nouncect at the Q.A.O. IMIM .B ,ltldlng. 160 Ann Streetl on Friday night by Mr. El,wyn Lynn - went to Victorian Rrtlst Peter 'l'ynctall for ltls ex– qulsltef,y drawn but eso– ter ic piece entitled "Co· e o o n s Art Contained With in''. The c,chlbitlon, in ho– nour or ar tist L loyd ~. will remain open lit the Q .A.0 . un tit November 12. ~~~~~~, f . QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY • St~:~~~~~~i:in~~6;~;.~;1~~;n• • ' SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 1978 ' t Applicotion forms for thft 24 Scholorshfps are now f ftvilllable. Applic1 .ts stiou!ti be aned 8 10 12 and 2~ft~~~B.primary School durtng 1978. Enquiries: CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 29 f NOVEMBER 1977 --- - - - --- --- - - -- GALLERY EXHIBITIONS