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

- ~ ... ,, The Te legraph 4 Februa ry 1977 'rhe Couri er Mai l 7 February 1977 ;5fate to miss top art shows QUEENSLAND will mi11 o number of mojor international ort eahibitiona which will tour 1outhern State • this yeor, Meeting and speak ing with the youth of Queensland will be an import,mt part of the royal visit to Brisbane In March. The $200 n11lhon Chi• nese exhtbttlon of nr 1- facts, now draw1n large crowds m Melbourne. ~,II \'I. It Sydney and Ade– laide - buL not Brl, bnue major International col– leoLions did not come to Br1.ibone. But he said the •ILU• n11on would be 1•a,;lly rhan •ed when the nt'-' art gn Jory R South Bris– bane wAs wmpleted. D uring tlwlr •lfi-hn11r SUll' in Urlsbu111•, Qta ~11 iE1l2111Jci,11 nnd lIll' Duke ol E<llnblll'~h \\ lll ,,, It )'OUlh Clllt uru l l'llll'l . hcnr pcrfor111an<.•f'.!> by you1h orrhr;-.lr,\ 1111<1 choirs nncl nurucl ~outh KJ)urt.lll}; en~nlli. Queen Ell, nhct h will arr J ve ut 1hr rntrr– n n t I On I\ I lel'lll nnl by RA AP l'0)111 ulrtr~lf t 1\l 2.45 pin on Wccll csd;1y !,fnrch 0. She will h nled bv P1 f nccompn- nml n 1:0, •tl 11('(.' Ph,Hp lO, , , l '11lt.ll ltl~C ul She will hr l!lCI nl the o.lrpol'l, hy ti n: G11H•rw 11· nnd LntlY l lnn11uh . Ih e Premier n11d M1·, U.h•lkt•· Pctcr:-cn, nnrl 11,c I L:J)lll., Pl'Cllli l' lllld l\tn; K nox. Mer nrl'l1 nl will llr mnl'kcd by u royu l .~a1111r, ,md lnspc I.Ion or t ht> gunrd or honor while lhc Flrst Mllllttr)' 0 1,111r l Bnnd plnys the nnuonul anthem Oil the tu l'lllUC. The guurd al honoi· will bo drn\\'11 from the hendqut1rlc1· f the Ilr, l division or the n oynl :AuiLrqlton l nlnntry. ll'he Ql1cen will Ilten pas& close to the general public nnd 1·cprescn1a– ,tlves from youth orgun– lsatlons. An olllcinl COi' will take the Quee,1 oncl Duke :lrOm the nlrporL to the entrance or the City Plaza where they wlll be et by the Lord Mnyor nd Mrs Slccmnn. IA mounted J)Ollce es– wlll arcompnnr I-he yal procession from tennry Pince lo the oorner or George and Ann Streets. • nnd ,ocnl Items dur ns tht• ,, cnlng. On T hursday, M nrch 10, the Queen w 11 h a l'C n e rnorning aL GO\' rn• 111 nt House, while at. 10 um Prince PhlliJ> will lrm IOI' lhO Brl.shnne Ho)';) Grnmmur School where he will be met hy ' , r D o u S I n s T oot h. r1u11,·111n11 or the Duke of ·dmllurgl1 Awards S lntc Cum111ittec, nnrt s h o 1 licnclmnstcr , ""Mr Howell. Jn the school's Cen – tenur)· Iloll Ihe Duke wl l prcsem JOO D uke ol Edinburgh Gold Awnrds. AL 11 nm the Q ueen nnd Duke will nddl'CSS n rl)nference or cnpllnl r lty IOl'(i nln)' rs oL City llnll. After n,Llendlng n p rl– vn lc l11nchco11 l\L Gov- e r 11 Ille 11 t, fJOllSO the rouple will nUencl n sports mrel Ing n t the ~pr,rls Centre, Nnt!1011, UL 2 pm. At Ille crnlrc they will be met hy the M inister for Edu nl.lon and Cul – tnral Aclh'I Ues, !\'TI' V. Bm l, nnd the Lorcl M nyor. • At. the entrnncc Lo the oml they will t.ra n sfer to un open Lnnd Rover Jn which the)' will be tnken on n circuit drive or the sJ)orts oval. The •11orts cnrnlval 11·111 be arranged by s tntc 11rimnry nnd secondn1·y schools. The Qucen will ofll• clnll)' name the cenbre Lhc Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre. At the completion or lhe dny the Queen wlll present medals to win• nlng competitors. The royal party will lenve for Government House nt 3.10 pm to at– tend a youlh gnthcring In the grounds or Oov– ern111ent House nt 4 pm. On Friday, Mnrch 11 nt 10 nm the Queen will meet winners or the Queen Elizabeth II Sliver Jubilee nrt comJ)eUtlon. sponsored by U1c state go,·e.rnmc11t for llnndt– c n J) Jl e d JI r c-s C h O O 1 , primary nnd bernnclary srllut,I:.. throughuut the StnLC, T he theute of the nrl competlllon \\ Ill !Jo "Lho fnmll~·." ,\ flr r 111inglln~ wtl h the pnrenls or the 11\'0 ~r c t1on \\'lnnc .. the QUt'('ll \\Ill !Je Ill l hl the trrt tor • Oe11rrc1I o Edur.,ti11n, Mr C. CHI rnou r, thr Director o, \ Gnlleric,. ~fr n . 1\1•llisht nn<I hll!}C'I'\ i?,nr or nr~ with thl' Ol'l)ltrl lllt' II nr f:duri1tion, ~tr ti, \Vll– ltitlUfinn /\ t 11 fl lll 1,lll' Quc~n will ILI\\ C 0 1)\C'l'll l11 Ill llu,t~~ ior n J)fll nt 0 11 lhC' h111 1: of the Uri hunc ltl\ <r opposite the llo– R,11;1 l!olcl. 11 twrc she will hf' mcl IJ,· tile l\llu– lstn tor 'l'oul'l!-.lll nnd :Mn ,. I ll C Ser\ {'CS, l\JI' rnd e, . 'l'he Q:ic n Ollll Iho D uke \\'il l hr t:d:C'n by lu111wh UP the B rixh1HlC rl\'cr for n ~urrlnl aquntll' lnrewcll, orgnnl.scd hy ynrh l onct f-m a11 ,;hip dubs ol lh Uri bnne and Moreton Bay nren. l' rom 300 10 400 smnll crn l'L nre ex)Jectcd to take pnrt. • Arriving at U1e Cu llllr– ul Cen ti'(·? site ncnr Vic– torin Bridge l,hc Queen will nn111e nnd net lrnt.c t,he Queen Elizabeth II Slh·cr Juhilce Fountnln. The lounlaln will be n h o u L 30 mcl,res oft shore. A It e r lnspccllng n! model of the S46 million culturnl centre the Queen will unveil a plaque and plnn t n t.rcc. • AL 11.50 nm the roynl pnrly will lem·c for the lnumrntlonnl nlri10rL ter– m inal vln Queen S t-reeL in nn opN1 cn.r. At the airport the Queen will be met hy the go\'crnor, the premier nnd the airport director, Mr Frnn.k Ore~ory. The royal nlr~rnrt wlll lcnl'e Drlsbnnc for Tam– worth nt, 12.15 pm. This ,•lslt will be 1,he Q ueen's flr[,L ~incc lfl70. 11, Is exprrlccl sho wlll re– J,urn lo llrishane In 1082 for Lhe Conunonwenlth On.mes. The Co ' 19 uri er Mail Februa ry 1977 1n Ou ocio!l"n "Ith Nor will Bri~bnne ..., t he prlceles, rollectlon or 18 famous Id mosters· drawtncs from Vlen11a·s A I h e r t I n A. wh eh Is planned ror Sydney, Mel– bourne and Adeloide 111 m1d-)'eAr. Brisbane • IEO will miss out. on a n exhibition of the works of modern Fren c h painter and sculptor Jea n Arp and an American collection en– titled the Heritage or American Art. But Lhe Qt'oenshmd Art Gallery will dlspJny this year the Wlllitun S p o o n e r collecllon of Engllili water colo" and drawings. an exhlbtl,Jon or modern reallsL works, and the major Chinese collection of Huhslen peasant paintings. The gaJlery AIMJ \\'Ill show a co1lectlon o, Lhe works by New York pho– tographer Lee Friedla11- der and other Inter- national works. The Queenslancl Art Gallery direct : tMr. R, Mellishl said !dck of fa– cilities and funds v.•a,; the main reaoon many ol the TH£ CRAFT ASSOCIATION OF QUUHSLAl<D prr,en1 a fll't oubllc lee.lure by RALPH TURNER OH MODERN J(W£LLlRY DtslGH I\I 1he Queensland Art Oallory Sth Floor, MIM Bulldl"9• 160 AM Street, on Wed"e1doy, 2lrd Ftbruary, 1977 at 1.00 p,m. ~~mi~~mt: 't~~'~\: 111 ~~~" 1rr1r1 i:~(l~~:~111° 1 (r,i~•~'/~~.i':1 1 ~\;:s1~ r1~'~1h !!~W ~i 11 nn:W!l, 5 "c~~.~;N 11 ~1~·!;• S,~"d<':~.i~ 1 " in ot,~, 5 c1f 1 ,:,i ,,11.1otr11U11 Th~ l;"!llhlllon '4'111 hr m1 ._.1h 1 o~•, "} v:ln_,. 7 Quotn•• 4 land Atl Gallery from 18lll AOr11 ID .,1 1 , <I\: , : ··\Ve can't do more un• Ill we vet the new gal– ler •," he snld. "We niso ha\'e sot prl– or111rs RL t.ne moment to build up acquisition, for the new ~allery," Mr. Mellish snld. The Lady Mayoress tMrs. Norma Sleeman) said that the Bris– bane City HAIi mu– seum And Art Gallery, to be opened by the Queen next month, could be used a11 n renue ror ma• Jor rtslting exhibitions. Mrs. Sleeman ~ald tJ. council would not acll,·•• ly seek thes• •xhlbltlona. but could stnge \hem If they were orrered. -. _ ........ ,;.. .l ~ 'ji \ .. _."_. ' Ii , 1 j 1 ,.