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

0ctober15, 1977 "GOOD" wns the opinion or Richard Moss, 6, of Ball_nrnt, ?I L_l~ls l f t1 1 e Qu eensland Art Gallery Tt ustees Pm e pnlntlng, w nner o last night. Gallery honours for interstate artists SYDNEY artist Janet Dawson last night won Gollery's $2500 Trustees' Prize. Her rntry, nn nbstrAcL llRilltlng '"Foxy Nishi ."" \\'I\S chosen from i:i en– tries, 38 or them hy Queensland nl'llsts. The 11, ,I. HAr\'r ~' Prize for c1rnw:nc: wns \\'Oil hy VI c I or I n n nrtlH Petrr Tynrlnll, with "COl'f'I0l1!ii A.rt contnlnrd Within."' T ,·11d1,ll 1\ wrll-knnwn a,11:11. with work r xhlil· tied In ihc Qnrrnslund University Collect Ion and thr Nill!OOI\I lol\r t·LI n in Cn11b(ll'l'll. won SfiOO. '1'111~ ~c:'\ r'! Trustrr.,· prl, r IS In 11011011r of Dr. Llm·cl nee . n hlghi)" rr• spcctcd Amlrnllan nrllsl. He said the winning painting had " distinct , culpllll'8i c1 l ect which nrndc lt \'Cl"Y interesting. "" IL is I\ ,·cry et\,. t l 11 S U t S h Cd work,'' h e ""~;., Rr r s will ulvc the Tru~1ce~· I.re· 11rc on .'\ us- 1rnllnn /\ rt In he :!Os 1111d 30s. nt thr. Q11rr.11slnnd Ari Gailrrr n t 2.30 p.111. 1 lllOl'l'OW. Enl l'i('" ln l hr f(l111- p!':Hl<'l1l, \\ 1\1 be c,,.h th- 1l t:CI !nr n mnn1h. Thr A11c;trntln C OUil ·ii \"1rnnl Ari s nont·d chntr– nrnn ,Mr. F. w. '1'1 t...plll 1 officio lly npcnr.ri the cs- 11 I h 11I o 11 hrfore more 1hnn :1no I>r0I>IC. the Queensland Art October 15,1 977 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY 6th FI., MIM Bldg., 160 Ann St•• e,1..,_ FREE PUBLIC LECTURE E•ch year th11 Trustee, of the OUHnsland Art G.,,.,., aponsor 11 IKture on Auer,.,;., "''· Known •• the TrustHs• Lectur•. it i• (Pv.n in the OU#n'1M'ld Art Gallery ar· the time of the annual Tru1tH1' Prize, The /e~ture rhi• VHr will be given by Dr Lloyd R•••• m who•• honour the TrutteH Prize tor 1977 t,, belllfl held. It wlH r•h pl•ce •• 2.30 pm on ~und•1r, lfl OctoHr •nd Dr RH• will ,p.. k on . )11,u•rr•li.n Art of th• Twenri•• •nd Th/rt/..", Exhibition •- Truate••• Prize for Painting l. J, Hervey Memorial "ri,re for Drewing M- • t~ Work • from the Collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout. /1/ustr•t•d carator,u.a •e •vllilabt<, - Quun • l•nd Art Gallery ~l • ty Lecture Thuredey 20 October, • t 8.00 pm Alan Warran, Principal of the Colltgo of Art, Brl-.. will,pukon "ART - PRIZES - AND SOCIETY" the Sunday r, ail Oct . l~d, 1 77 CMIIIOWTllt Entries story IN SOME respects, almott aa much interest in the Queen1land Art Gallery', Trustee,' Prize 11 generated by the stati1tiC1 of entries 01 there is by the ·actual winner of the competition. Due to p.-oblems of Bln • lonr In New South 11175, wtt.h 26 Queenslan– •pace, this co1111,etitlon Is Wales. Janet Dawson, ders reI> rescnt.ed in the re.,trlctcd to hwll<ed en- with her acryllc "Foxy hanging. tmnls; corn1>•red with NIJht II", Here. the award - an- la st year's 176 Jn- In the COm1'8nY In nounccd at the Q.A.O . vll.ations. 228 were Issued which It Is set. this win• IMIM s ,,tldlng. 100 Ann this yenr. ner selected by the Na- Streetl on Friday night or those Invited. 75 re- tionll.l Gallery director by Mr. EI.wyn Lynn _ •J>Onded. or which 5G (Mr. James Mollison) went to Victorian artist were selected for han~- caused a few m1sed eye- Peter 'l'ynd111l for Jtls ex– Ing; 116 Queensland nrt- brows alt110ugh closer ac- qulsltely dmwn but e,;o– lsl<I were among the In- q uol ntance with the terlc I>iece e,ntitled "Co– Vil<!<!s. 65 of whom sen t work gives clue& to the c O O 11 s Art contained entries, nnd 38 were se· Judge's decision. W ithin". lectcd for hanging. 'I'he concurrenlly-held So Queensland hnd biennial L. J. Harvey 'I'he exhibition, In ho- nearly 70 per cent or the Prlre for Drawing like- nour of iirtlst Lloyd Rtts. potential prlze·wlnnlnJ wise ottrtloted 01>1>roxl- will remain open l\t the chances - hut the prize rno1ely double the num- Q.A.0. until November went to an artist from ber of enI.rles of those in 12. ~~~~~~, f . QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY ' 5~:~L~~;~~•;n~~s;~;.~;•~~;n• j ' SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 1978 ' t Appllcotion 1.,rms for 1he :>4 Scholarshlp!I ere now t avallable. Applica ,u fihould be aged 8 10 12 and ~~~,n~~~e.primary school dur,no 1978. Enquiries; t CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 29 NOVEMBER 1977 --- ------------- GALLERY EXHIBITIONS t Mnster WOfks from the Collocllon of Sir Loon nnd LadvP,t Trout lo 21 November ~ Trustee!.' and l. J. Hn,vey Prize E•h1hltlons to 12 ~ Selected Acquisitions No~ti~ter- 17 Novomber-4~ January. 6