Annual Report 2007/08 G

Annual Report 2007/08 g

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way “ of seeing things Henry Miller ” Strategic plan 2008 - 2010

Our vision Regional Victorians accessing and engaging with the best contemporary art, craft and design.

Our mission • To develop and deliver a diverse range of touring exhibitions, projects, publications and learning programs that set industry benchmarks. • To support regional Victorian public galleries, and where beneficial, other metropolitan and interstate venues, in the presentation and promotion of exhibitions and programs that grow audiences for contemporary art. • To foster the position of contemporary art practice through support and advocacy for artists, professional development for curators and advice and touring support for the visual arts sector.

Our values • Innovation and creativity. • Excellence and best-practice. • Collaboration, support and exchange. • Integrity and professionalism.

04 Contents

Strategic plan 04

Direction 2007/08 achievements 07 Chair’s foreword 09 Operations at a glance 11 Director’s report 13 Behind the wheel 17 The art of travel 19 The road ahead 21

Exchange 2007/08 achievements 23 Driving partners 25 Beyond the horizon 27 Splice world 31 Professional development 33 If you go down to the woods today… 35

Our backyard 2007/08 achievements 37 Destinations 39 Arrivals 41 Departures 49 In transit 53 Strike a pose 55

Connection 2007/08 achievements 57 Special delivery 59 Art, people and places 61 Are we there yet? 63

Financials 65

Supporters 73

Direction 2007/08 achievements g

• We increased our audience by • We established new partnerships 64% with 107,342 people visit- with the Centre for Contemporary ing our exhibitions (compared Photography, Craft Victoria, Gee- to 65,320 in 2006/07 and also ong Gallery and the State Library 38,879 in 2005/06). of Victoria. • An additional 260,899 people • We presented exhibitions at visited Melbourne Museum to major state institutions, including view Murray Cod: the biggest Melbourne Museum and the fish in the river, including National Portrait Gallery. 42,792 school children. • We travelled 15,935 kilometres to • We expanded our touring present our exhibitions in regional program to 11 exhibitions and Victoria and beyond (compared to 27 presentations at 22 host 11,880 kilometres in 2006/07). galleries across Victoria, New • We packed and crated 563 works South Wales, Queensland, the of art and objects (compared to Australian Capital Territory, South 261 works in 2006/07). Australia and Western Australia • We raised $174,879 through (compared to six exhibitions and project grants for our touring 23 presentations at 18 galleries program, which almost doubled in 2006/07). our recurrent operational funding. • We developed ambitious and • We partnered with the Helen stimulating exhibitions that pre- Macpherson Smith Trust and the sented new and existing works Australian Centre for the Moving by some of Australia’s leading Image to deliver a media art contemporary artists and crafts education program for teachers, practitioners, including Daniel in conjunction with the touring Crooks, Shaun Gladwell, James exhibition, Loop: new Australian Morrison, Daniel von Sturmer, video art. Louise Weaver, Ilka White, John Wolseley and Anne Zahalka. • We initiated a partnership with Ticketmaster through the Australia • We supported the practice of Business Arts Foundation’s Advice a diverse range of leading and Bank program in order to research emerging Australian artists and our audiences and implement visit- fostered the creation of new or evaluation cards for our touring works for our exhibitions. exhibitions. 07 Anne ZAHALKA artist #10 (Darren Sylvester) 2005 from the series Artists duraflex photograph Courtesy the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (Sydney) and Arc One Gallery (Melbourne) from the touring exhibition Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007 Chair’s foreword

It may not be convention to start Come to think of it, crafting our one annual report by thinking about program is a bit like making a ‘mix the next, but in the spirit of the road tape’ – not only does each exhibition ahead, here goes. For next year’s and its associated programs need annual report, I propose a cover- to be of the highest quality, but it mounted disc of driving music. Never needs to contribute to a balanced mind the licensing issues – bring on and coherent suite of offers that some Springsteen, a bit of The Who. responds to and caters for diverse And Willie Nelson, of course. But we galleries and their audiences. It is would also need some more local a task that the small NETS Victoria offerings. The Little River Band’s Help team has undertaken this year with is on its way seems perfect to me, and unparalleled sophistication and vision. I can picture the shot: Georgia, Emily, Jane and Melissa zooming down the In addition to our regional gallery Geelong Road, in a ute perhaps, ready partners, our exhibitions were to save the day with some of the best presented at major institutions not contemporary art or craft. visited before, including the National Portrait Gallery and Melbourne And what a lot of help we’ve offered Museum. This year we also worked in the last 12 months. We have pre- with the State Library of Victoria and sented our biggest program ever – Australian Centre for the Moving 11 exhibitions seen by over 100,000 Image, both first time NETS Victoria visitors. And more than just moving collaborations. Our long-term exhibitions, or even getting audiences partnership with the National Gallery moved, NETS Victoria has continued of Victoria was reconfirmed through to expand the interpretative and the signing of a Memorandum of education assets that accompany Understanding until 2010. I would our exhibitions. like to thank Gerard Vaughan and his team for their support.

09 Mirroring the very real expeditions of touring exhibitions are the inward journeys that great art can initiate

A wide variety of government and If the metaphor of a journey is one philanthropic funding for specific that usually teeters towards cliché – projects has made the outstanding all those transformed contestants on growth of NETS Victoria possible, reality TV have clearly left me jaded – but the increased contribution of for NETS Victoria it is profoundly Arts Victoria has made it possible fitting. For mirroring the very real for our small organisation to thrive. expeditions of touring exhibitions, In particular, this backing has are the inward journeys that great art enabled the previously unfunded can initiate. The following pages well Communications Manager position capture the inspiration that the last to be retained in a permanent 12 months delivered. Thank you to capacity. everyone who contributed to such a great year. This year, we also prepared our Strategic Plan for 2008-2010, Alex Taylor outlining four areas of focus to Chair which board responsibilities have also been aligned. I would like to acknowledge the outstanding contribution of outgoing board members Samantha Comte and Helen Kaptein – their impact on the organisation was substantial and lasting.

10 Operations at a glance

Equivalent full-time staff: Annual funding: 3.8 Arts Victoria, Australia Council for the Arts, and the Visual Arts and Craft Artists: Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, 124 State and Territory Governments Art works and objects: Annual in-kind support: 563 National Gallery of Victoria Curators: Project funding: 12 Arts Victoria, Gordon Darling Mileage: Foundation, Helen Macpherson 15,935 kilometres Smith Trust, Telematics Trust, and Visions of Australia Audience: 107,342 visitors Professional development forums delivered: Destinations: 2 • 14 Victorian galleries • 8 interstate galleries Touring enquiries: (NSW, ACT, QLD, SA and WA) 48 Exhibition presentations: 27 Exhibitions on the road: 5 Exhibitions in development: 6 Touring partners: 11

11 MATERIALBYPRODUCT (Susan Dimasi and Chantal McDonald) Chantal McDonald drawing for Soft Hard Harder Dress Curtain 2007 Courtesy the artists from the touring exhibition How You Make It Director’s report

Looking back over the past 12 months avoid arduous terrain or unexpected it is amazing to see how far we’ve come. pitfalls. We also implemented a new For our small team of three full-time Partnership Agreement and updated and one part-time staff, it has been a our inward and outward loan agree- long but rewarding journey. ments under the guidance of the Arts Law Centre of Australia. These In 2007 we mapped out our most am- documents enabled the effective bitious year on record, with an artistic management of such a major program program comprising six exhibition by a very small but committed team. launches, one continuing tour and four tours in their final phase. The calibre of A short diversion early in the financial artists and arts organisations that we year, courtesy of an Australia Business collaborated with was extremely high – Arts Foundation Margaret Lawrence an experience valued by our team. We Bequest scholarship, enabled me to covered a lot of territory with the full undertake an intensive management touring program combined with our program at Melbourne Business professional development activities School. Some additional training in and ongoing advice and support to the financial and risk management from Victorian arts sector. We also published the Australia Council also strength- articles, compiled the Victorian news ened our organisation’s capacity to column for Art Monthly Australia mag- achieve objectives. azine, and met regularly with artists and organisations to share our touring A key milestone was Arts Victoria’s expertise and networks. announcement that they would increase our operational funding to To complement our new 2008-10 ensure we could retain our Comm- Strategic Plan, the team worked unications Manager, Melissa Hart, closely with our wonderful Board in order to continue to benefit from of Management to develop a Risk her immense skills and expertise. Management Strategy to help us At the start of the year, Emily Jones

13 Nicky HEPBURN Cuttlefish, Seed Pods, Galls II, Bark 2007 cuttlefish, found seed pods, steel, tree bark Courtesy the artist Photographer: Terence Bogue from the touring exhibition Walk In 2007 we mapped out our most ambitious year on record

returned from maternity leave to Arts Board to contribute to ideas of her position of Program Manager in mutual interest. I also participated in a part-time capacity and has again the Collections Council of Australia quickly made herself indispensable. Roundtable meeting in Canberra. Emily worked in tandem with our dynamic full-time Program Manager, I would like to thank the artists, Jane Barlow, to effectively manage curators, lenders, representative the vast touring program. NETS galleries and fellow arts workers we Victoria’s part-time Program Admin- have worked closely with to realise istrator, Mary Waterman, resigned our ambitious program. Thank you after two years and rather than also to our Board of Management, replace her position, the Board of particularly our outgoing Chair, Management chose to restructure Samantha Comte, Deputy Chair, the organisation. Helen Kaptein, and our newly appointed Chair, Alex Taylor, who In addition to regular collaborations have been an incredible support to with the Public Galleries Association the team. Thanks to funding body of Victoria and Museums Australia representatives, particularly Billy (Victoria), NETS Victoria is an active Crawford from the Australia Council, member of the NETS Australia Maria Gravias from the Visions of visual arts touring network, which Australia program, and Phil Jones is a dynamic group that facilitates from Arts Victoria. Lastly, a big information sharing and sector thank you to my incredibly talented development. As Chair of NETS NETS Victoria colleagues who have Australia, I worked with our interstate worked tirelessly this year to deliver colleagues to contribute to a variety the incredible results profiled in of federal government reviews and this Report. participated in the National Visual Art and Craft Network (NAVCN) meeting Georgia Cribb with the Australia Council’s Visual DIRECTOR

Behind the wheel

Board of management Staff Chair: Alex Taylor Director: Marketing Manager, Australian Centre Georgia Cribb for the Moving Image (ACMI) Communications Manager: Deputy Chair: Helen Kaptein Melissa Hart Program Manager, Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) Program Administrator: Treasurer: Meredith Windust Mary Waterman (0.4 P/T, until September 2007) Figures are Us Pty Ltd Secretary: Erica Sanders Program Managers: Executive Director, Museums Australia Jane Barlow (Victoria) Emily Jones (0.4 P/T) Ordinary members: Education consultants Murray Bowes Director, Warrnambool Art Gallery Kate Barber Louise Hall Professor Paul Clarkson Adjunct Professor, RMIT Emily Floyd Artist Carmen Grostal Independent arts consultant Rodney James Senior Curator, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Meredith Squires Manager, Research and Engagement on Environmental and Social Responsibility, Australian Council of Super Investors Co-opted member: David Hurlston (representing the National Gallery of Victoria) Curator, Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria

17 ... the road is life “ Jack Kerouac ”

Photographer: Michael Silver The art of travel

Paul Theroux was right when he said, freight logistics, registration, conserv- “Travel is only glamorous in retrospect”. ation management, and installation But the NETS Victoria team does support for host venues – along with not shy away from getting our hands ensuring professional museum stand- dirty – all in the name of delivering ards. Our Communications Manager, the best contemporary art, craft and Melissa Hart, coordinates public design to regional Victoria and beyond. relations, marketing, publishing and the annual NETS Victoria symposium. The show must always go on. And just like all good road crews, we can For each project, NETS Victoria is often be booking agent, baggage responsible for fundraising, collection handler, pilot and emergency crew – management and registration act- all rolled into one. We also work ivities, tour management, and the closely with T.E.D. Fine Art Australia development of signage, publications and International Art Services to and promotional material to facilitate crate, pack and transport our exhib- a meaningful interpretation of the itions to ensure we retain our strong touring exhibition. We also facilitate reputation for maintaining the highest multiple ways for visitors to engage museum standards. with art through stimulating lifelong learning opportunities, such as public This year we travelled almost 16,000 programs and events that enable kilometres to present our exhibitions artists to talk about their practices across Australia and provide install- and the works on display. ation assistance to host galleries. Our Director, Georgia Cribb, manages the artistic program and oversees operations. Our Program Managers, Jane Barlow and Emily Jones, are responsible for the delivery of our touring program, which involves

The road ahead

• We will travel almost 23,600 • We will partner with the Telematics kilometres across Australia to Trust and a web design company provide regional audiences with to develop and launch a dynamic, the best contemporary art, craft refurbished website. and design. • We will continue to collect and • We will develop five new touring evaluate audience research and exhibitions in collaboration with disseminate data to the sector. Asialink, Heide Museum of Modern • We will survey and meet with Art, Next Wave, RMIT, and the Ian the Victorian regional gallery Potter Museum of Art. network to discuss exhibition • We will deliver the annual NETS programming and sector needs Victoria symposium for curators, in order to develop a major The C word: collaboration. curatorial initiative, which will be launched in 2010.

Amanda DAVIES extreme physical conditions are present here (detail) 2007 enamel on plastic on canvas Courtesy the artist and Bett Gallery (Hobart) from the touring exhibition The world in painting 21

Exchange 2007/08 achievements g

• We reconfirmed our long-term • We partnered with the Helen partnership with the National Macpherson Smith Trust and the Gallery of Victoria and signed Australian Centre for the Mov- a three-year Memorandum ing Image to deliver a media art of Understanding. education program for teachers, • We worked closely with 12 in conjunction with Loop: new curators and over 100 artists. Australian video art. • We toured significant works of • We initiated a partnership with art from the collections of the Ticketmaster through the Australia National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Business Arts Foundation’s Advice Gallery of South Australia, Museum Bank program, which will enable Victoria, the Museum of South us to conduct audience research. Australia, the Museum of Sydney, • We collaborated with designer Erik the National Museum of Australia, North who created exceptional the State Library of Victoria, and and innovative exhibition furniture a wide range of regional public for Walk and How You Make It. galleries and private lenders. • We participated in the Public • We successfully applied for Arts Galleries Association of Victoria’s Victoria’s indemnification program annual Get into Art! state-wide to cover the works of art featured open day on Sunday 28 October in The enchanted forest: new gothic at Hamilton Art Gallery, Sheppar- storytellers and Victorians ton Art Gallery, Swan Hill Regional on Vacation. Art Gallery and Warrnambool • We invested up to $30,000 worth Art Gallery. of Exhibition Development Fund • We supported and presented at a (EDF) grants to support Next range of professional development Wave, the Ian Potter Museum of seminars, including collaborations Art and Bendigo Art Gallery to with Museums Australia (Vic) and produce engaging contemporary art the Public Galleries Association exhibitions for touring. of Victoria. • We received Visions of Australia • We reconfirmed our in-kind funding worth almost $84,000 to sponsorship arrangement with tour Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Art Monthly Australia magazine, Portraits 1987-2007. which involves compiling the Artnotes Victoria news column. 23 Photographer: Michael Silver Driving partners

We are the peak body for visual arts We have a strong reputation for touring in the state of Victoria. NETS maintaining the highest museum Victoria works closely with curators standards and we are dedicated to and galleries to develop ambitious and the care, protection and display of stimulating exhibitions that foster the each work of art on tour. exchange of ideas and promote new works by a diverse range of leading Applications for our Partnerships and emerging Australian artists. Program are welcomed from public exhibiting organisations in regional Along with generating exhibitions, and metropolitan Victoria, including NETS Victoria collaborates with org- art galleries, contemporary art spaces, anisations to tour existing shows that indigenous arts organisations, and engage with a diverse audience. This craft and design councils. year we embarked on new journeys through partnerships with the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Geelong Gallery, the State Library of Victoria, Craft Victoria, Asialink and Heide Museum of Modern Art.

NETS Victoria is committed to providing regional communities with access to the best contemporary art, craft and design. We deliver the full package from fundraising and project management to exhibition installation, interpretation and assistance with education and public programs.

25 Roderick SPRIGG Occasional Tables 2008 installation, video and community art Courtesy the artist and Next Wave Photographer: Jeremy Dillon from the touring exhibition Come on the scene Beyond the horizon

This year we invested up to $30,000 Come on the scene worth of Exhibition Development Curators: Jeff Khan and Tamara Funds (EDF) to support Next Wave, Marwood, Next Wave the Ian Potter Museum of Art and EDF recipient, 2007 Bendigo Art Gallery to generate Artists: Ellen Coyle, Trevor Flinn, engaging contemporary art exhib- Carly Preston, Roderick Sprigg and itions for touring. We also developed Pip Stafford a brand for the EDF grant in order Come on the Scene presents the to distinguish these special projects work of five young regionally-based and to create a strong identity. contemporary artists who transform the communities around them through Each NETS Victoria EDF grant is like their creative practices. Based in a compass on the road to producing diverse locations, each artist’s work dynamic touring exhibitions. The grant fuses innovative contemporary art provides significant support for the methodologies and processes with curatorial research, navigation and a grassroots connection to the people presentation of quality contemporary and communities that characterise their art, craft or design. town or regional centre. The resulting works provide a fresh perspective on NETS Victoria’s EDF grants are made regional Australia and the role of art in available from funds specifically de- fostering a new sense of community volved through Arts Victoria for the and connectedness. development of contemporary art, craft and design touring exhibitions. Touring Victoria 2009. Managed by NETS Victoria. Grants up to $10,000 are available to Victorian exhibiting organisations and all recipients are encouraged to work with NETS Victoria to develop the exhibition tour.

27 The ‘Shilo’ Project Working through turning Curator: Dr Chris McAuliffe, pages: The artist’s books Ian Potter Museum of Art of Robert Jacks EDF recipient, 2007 Curator: Peter Anderson, Artists: Vernon Ah Kee, Arlene Texta for Bendigo Art Gallery Queen, Del Kathryn Barton, Jon Camp- EDF recipient, 2007 bell, Christian Capurro, Nadine Christen- sen, Christian Capurro, Matthew Griffin, Robert Jacks is best known as one Richard Larter, Geoff Lowe, Noel McKen- of Australia’s most significant and na, Tim McMonagle, Jan Nelson, Tracey accomplished abstract painters. Moffatt, Louise Pararmor, John Nixon, However, it is his work in the field Rose Nolan, David Noonan, Scott Red- of artist’s books that provides the ford, Robert Rooney, Gareth Sansom, foundation for his international rep- Ricky Swallow and Anne Wallace. utation. This survey exhibition will provide the opportunity for Australian The ‘Shilo’ Project is based on Neil audiences to fully explore the links Diamond’s 1970 album, the cover of between Jacks’s books and other which featured a connect-the-dots aspects of his practice. portrait of Diamond for purchasers to complete. Up to 100 contemporary Touring 2009-10. Australian artists will be invited to com- Managed by Bendigo Art Gallery. plete the cover and will display their sleeves alongside those by amateurs, found in opportunity shops. The ‘Shilo’ Project will introduce aud-iences to a wide-range of artists and highlights a significant theme in global contemporary art: the relationship of art to popular music.

Touring 2010. Managed by NETS Victoria.

28 Trevor FLINN The Puma, The Stranger and The Mountain 2007 still from DVD Courtesy the artist from the touring exhibition Come on the scene Do not follow where the path may lead. Go “ instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson ” Splice world

Loop: new Australian video art Tour launched: 19 September 2007 at Hamilton Art Gallery

This year the Helen Macpherson Smith the Director of Hamilton Art Gallery, Do not follow Trust granted NETS Victoria $10,000 Loop showcases the works of five to develop and deliver six media art of Australia’s most innovative artists where the path education programs for regional Vic- creating video art, including Daniel toria in conjunction with the touring Crooks, Shaun Gladwell, Jess Mac- may lead. Go exhibition, Loop: new Australian video Neil, Arlo Mountford and Daniel von art. This funding enabled NETS Victoria Sturmer. In bringing together this to partner with the Australian Centre group of seemingly diverse artists, “ instead where for the Moving Image (ACMI) to imple- this touring exhibition is intended to ment practical workshops designed provide a glimpse into some of the there is no path to introduce teachers to a range of fresh methods being employed in media art programs and techniques to video art today. and leave a trail. incorporate into creative arts teaching. This special education program Ralph Waldo Emerson Loop is the first survey of Australian not only aims at bridging the gap in video art to tour Victoria. It provides media art skills – it has the potential regional audiences with the unique to inspire a new generation of artists opportunity to access and engage when the teachers return to their with media art, which is rarely pre- classrooms. Through hands-on sented outside of metropolitan art workshops, teachers investigate spaces. Curated by Daniel McOwan, the diverse materials, methods and techniques used by the artists ” featured in Loop, including digital stop-motion, distortion and manip- ulation of the moving image. The Jess MACNEIL The Shape of Between media art education program has 2006 also enabled ACMI to extend their still from DVD (detail) reach from metropolitan Melbourne sound: Marcus Kaiser Hamilton Art Gallery Collection to regional Victoria. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis (Sydney) from the touring exhibition Loop: new Australian video art 31 Photographer: Michael Silver Professional development

NETS Victoria is committed to pro- On the road: preparing your viding professional development exhibition for tour opportunities to the visual arts and Date: 15 October 2007 craft sector in order to support Venue: East Gippsland Gallery, contemporary art, craft and design. Bairnsdale Georgia Cribb presented at this joint Shaking the money tree: RETI and NETS Victoria seminar, pathways to funding which explored the fundamental prin- Date: 23 July 2007 ciples of touring an exhibition from Venue: Horsham Regional Art Gallery developing the budget, an itinerary Director, Georgia Cribb, was a guest and a touring manual to exploring speaker at this collaborative seminar packing and crating requirements between NETS Victoria and Regional through case studies. Exhibition Touring Initiative (RETI) of Museums Australia (Victoria), which Ignorance is no excuse: explored fundraising along with our know where you stand programs, services and our Exhibition Date: 12 November 2007 Development Fund (EDF) grants. Venue: Melbourne Museum In consultation with Museums Australia (Victoria) and the Public Galleries Association of Victoria, we assisted in devising this seminar program, which focused on legal and copyright issues.

33 Art is running away without ever leaving home “ Twyla Tharp ”

Louise WEAVER Moonlight becomes you (possum) 2007 hand crocheted lambswool over high density foam, artificial fur, wire sequins, cotton thread, silk organza, diamantes Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery (Sydney) Photographer: Jeremy Dillon from the touring exhibition The enchanted forest: new gothic storytellers If you go down to the woods today...

The enchanted forest: new gothic storytellers Tour launched: 12 April 2008 at Geelong Gallery

The enchanted forest: new gothic installed and de-installed at a rapid storytellers is a spellbinding touring pace by museum staff who may have exhibition that trails the uncanny, never sighted the works before. Many charmed and cursed, whilst revisiting tours, like The enchanted forest, last a time when animals and trees were more than a year and as custodians of thought to speak, when man was at these works of art we are committed the mercy of the forest, and the to maintaining the highest museum boundary between civilisation and the standards in order to protect them. wilderness was less clearly defined. NETS Victoria is also dedicated to From sculpture, installation and paint- ensuring each artist’s intention is never ing to digital imagery and printmaking, compromised and that the integrity this special touring exhibition features of the work is maintained. As a result, around 20 works by notable mid-career we worked alongside guest curator, artists, Jazmina Cininas, Deborah Klein, Jazmina Cininas, and coordinating Milan Milojevic, James Morrison, Louise curator from Geelong Gallery, Lisa Weaver, and Louiseann Zahra-King. Sullivan, to help shape the works of art for tour. We visited the artists’ Most of the artists proposed to make studios while the works were being new works for this exhibition, which made to negotiate innovative ways presented challenges from a touring to ensure the security and protection perspective due to their fragility. We of these works. Due to this level of knew that the beautiful yet delicate care, we also successfully received etched glass domes, cast bronze birds indemnification from the Victorian and glistening creatures would be very Government, which covers each work enticing for small fingers in a gallery of art throughout the Victorian leg of space. Also, unlike one-off exhibitions, the tour. the nature of touring requires works of art to be constantly packed, unpacked,

Our backyard 2007/08 achievements g

• We travelled almost 16,000 kilo- • We presented exhibitions in metres to present our exhibitions major state institutions, including across Australia. Melbourne Museum, the National • We presented 11 exhibitions at Portrait Gallery, and the State 14 Victorian host venues along Library of Victoria. with eight interstate galleries and • We travelled over 8,000 kilo- institutions in New South Wales, metres to provide installation Queensland, the Australian Capital assistance to host galleries. Territory, South Australia and • We delivered the best contemp- Western Australia. orary art, craft and design to • We launched six new touring regional Victoria and beyond. exhibitions in Geelong, Gippsland, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool and Sydney.

37 01. Albury Regional Art Gallery 07. Geelong Gallery 12. Lake Macquarie City 18. Portland Arts Centre Albury, New South Wales Geelong, Victoria Art Gallery Portland, Victoria Murray Cod: the biggest fish The enchanted forest: new Booragul, New South Wales Walk in the river gothic storytellers Walk 5 Nov – 2 Dec 2007 13 Jul – 19 Aug 2007 12 Apr – 9 Jun 2008 4 Apr – 4 May 2008 19. Shepparton Art Gallery 02. Ararat Regional Art Gallery 08. Gippsland Art 13. Latrobe Regional Gallery Shepparton, Victoria Ararat, Victoria Gallery, Sale Morwell, Victoria The Presence of Things: Loop: new Australian video art Sale, Victoria Loop: new Australian video art sense veneer and guise 21 Jun – 27 Jul 2008 Murray Cod: the biggest fish 9 Feb – 23 Mar 2008 1 Jun – 15 Jul 2007 03. Benalla Art Gallery in the river 14. Melbourne Museum Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Benalla, Victoria 27 Aug – 30 Sep 2007 Melbourne, Victoria Design Award Heavens: Asher Bilu Victorians on Vacation Murray Cod: the biggest fish 20 Jul – 9 Sep 2007 1 Aug – 19 Sep 2007 19 Apr – 25 May 2008 in the river Murray Cod: the biggest fish 09. Hamilton Art Gallery 11 Apr – 27 Jul 2008 in the river 04. Craft ACT 25 Oct – 9 Dec 2007 Canberra, ACT Hamilton, Victoria 15. National Portrait Gallery 20. State Library of Victoria Cicely & Colin Rigg Loop: new Australian video art Canberra, ACT Contemporary Design Award 19 Sep – 28 Oct 2007 Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Melbourne, Victoria 25 May – 1 Jul 2007 Walk Portraits 1987-2007 Victorians on Vacation 12 Feb – 23 Mar 2008 30 Nov 2007 – 9 Mar 2008 05. Craft Victoria 23 Nov 2007 – 31 Mar 2008 10. Horsham Regional Melbourne, Victoria 16. Object Gallery 21. Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Art Gallery How You Make It Surry Hills, New South Wales 6 Mar – 12 Apr 2008 Horsham, Victoria How You Make It Swan Hill, Victoria Walk 21 Jun – 24 Aug 2008 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary 06. Flinders University City 11 Dec 2007 – 3 Feb 2008 Design Award Gallery 17. Perth Institute for 11. Ipswich Art Gallery 8 Oct – 25 Nov 2007 Adelaide, South Australia Contemporary Arts (PICA) 22. Warrnambool Art Gallery Murray Cod: the biggest fish Ipswich, Queensland Northbridge, Western Australia in the river Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Tomorrow Land: Callum Morton Warrnambool, Victoria 4 Jan – 28 Feb 2008 Portraits 1987-2007 28 Jun – 18 Aug 2007 Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka 17 May – 27 Jul 2008 Portraits 1987-2007 15 Sep – 28 Oct 2007 Loop: new Australian video art 26 Apr – 15 Jun 2008 Destinations 2007/08

17 12 16 21 06 01 10 02 19 03 14 09 20 18 07 05 22 13 08 04 15

We travelled almost 16,000 km to present our exhibitions across Australia and provide installation assistance to host galleries

39 Shaun GLADWELL Storm Sequence 2000 still from DVD (detail) videography: Técha Noble sound: Kazumichi Grime commissioned by Peter Fay Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery from the touring exhibition Loop: new Australian video art Arrivals 2007/08

Hall of Mirrors: Loop: new Australian Anne Zahalka Portraits video art 1987-2007 Curator: Daniel McOwan, Hamilton Curator: Karra Rees, Centre for Art Gallery Contemporary Photography EDF recipient, 2006 New Exhibition Partnership Artists: Daniel Crooks, Shaun Gladwell, Jess MacNeil, Arlo Mountford and Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits Daniel von Sturmer 1987-2007 explores the thread of portraiture through the prolific career Loop: new Australian video art of one of Australia’s pre-eminent showcases innovative contemporary photomedia artists. Featuring many video art by five of Australia’s leading iconic images, this major survey artists. In bringing together this group examines portraiture, representation of seemingly diverse artists, Loop is and identity throughout Zahalka’s intended to provide a glimpse into some celebrated career, which spans over of the fresh methods being employed in 20 years. video art today. Testing the boundaries of this visual medium, the works in Loop Warrnambool Art Gallery present a spliced meditation on time, 15 September – 28 October 2007 space, motion, place and perspective. National Portrait Gallery 23 November 2007 – 31 March 2008 Hamilton Art Gallery Ipswich Art Gallery 19 September – 28 October 2007 17 May – 27 July 2008 Warrnambool Art Gallery 26 April – 15 June 2008 Hall of Mirrors will also tour Queensland, Ararat Regional Art Gallery New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania 21 June – 27 July 2008 and South Australia until March 2010. Loop will continue to tour Victoria and > www.ccp.org.au/AnneZahalka.php New South Wales until August 2009.

This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring > www.netsvictoria.org/loop exhibitions by providing funding assistance of the development and touring of Australian cultural material This exhibition is supported by the Victorian Government across Australia. through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund. 41 Walk The enchanted forest: Curator: Martina Copley, new gothic storytellers for Glenelg Shire Curator: Jazmina Cininas, EDF recipient, 2006 for Geelong Gallery Artists: Peter Corbett, Vicki Couzens, EDF recipient, 2006 Nicky Hepburn, Brian Laurence, Jan Artists: Jazmina Cininas, Deborah Klein, Learmonth, Carmel Wallace, Ilka White Milan Milojevic, James Morrison, Louise and John Wolseley Weaver and Louiseann Zahra-King

At the heart of this exhibition is a Six of Australia’s most respected 250 kilometre journey along the Great contemporary artists evoke a mes- South West Walk, an increasingly en- merising woodland with intersecting dangered natural environment cradled storylines possessing both the charm in the far south-west corner of Victoria. and the implied menace of a Grimm’s For three weeks, this group of artists fairytale. The enchanted forest: new travelled together through forest and gothic storytellers revisits a time when river, estuary and bay to create work animals and trees were thought to in response to their experience of the speak, when man was at the mercy of Walk. The artists followed a path that the forest, and the boundary between took them far from the familiarity and civilisation and the wilderness was less isolation of the studio into a landscape clearly defined. conceived as a creative, social, cultural, ethical and aesthetic relation to place. Geelong Gallery 12 April – 9 June 2008 Portland Arts Centre 5 November – 2 December 2007 The enchanted forest will continue to tour Victoria and New South Wales until Horsham Regional Art Gallery November 2009. 11 December 2007 – 3 February 2008 Hamilton Art Gallery > www.netsvictoria.org/enchanted 12 February – 23 March 2008 Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery This exhibition is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund. 4 April – 4 May 2008 Indemnification for this exhibition is provided by the Victorian Government. Walk will continue to tour Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria until September 2009.

> www.netsvictoria.org/walk

This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance of the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.

42 Matthew SLEETH Untitled #23 2004 from the series Rosebud type C photograph Courtesy the artist, Josef Lebovic Gallery (Sydney), Jan Manton Art (Brisbane) and Sophie Gannon Gallery (Melbourne) State Library of Victoria, H2006.204/5 from the touring exhibition Victorians on Vacation Victorians on Vacation How You Make It Curator: Clare Williamson, Curator: Kate Rhodes, for Craft Victoria State Library of Victoria EDF recipient, 2007 New Exhibition Partnership Artists: Simon Cooper, Paula Dunlop, Ess. Laboratory (Hoshika Oshimi and Victorians on Vacation traces the ways Tatsuyoshi Kawabata), FORMALLY- in which Victorians have enjoyed holi- KNOWNAS (Toby Whittington), days and leisure over the last 150 years. MATERIALBYPRODUCT (Susan This exhibition draws from the State Dimasi and Chantal McDonald), S!X Library of Victoria’s rich collection to (Denise Sprynskyj and Peter Boyd), reveal the changing fashions of holidays Project (Kara Baker and Shelley through family photographs, travel post- Lasica), and Anthea van Kopplen. ers, brochures, postcards, diaries and artistic representations. How You Make It investigates the process behind some of Australia’s leading artisan State Library of Victoria fashion design practices. Specifically, his 30 November 2007 – 9 March 2008 special touring exhibition looks at garment Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale construction as an idea while revealing 19 April – 25 May 2008 how traditional highly-crafted tailoring techniques continue to shape contemp- Victorians on Vacation will continue to orary clothing in often radically new ways. tour Victoria until April 2009. Craft Victoria > www.slv.vic.gov.au/goto/vacation 6 March – 12 April 2008

This exhibition is supported by the Victorian Government Object Gallery through Arts Victoria’s Major Touring Initiative. 21 June – 24 August 2008 Indemnification for this exhibition is provided by the Victorian Government. How You Make It will continue to tour Victoria and Western Australia until July 2009.

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This exhibition is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund.

44 Ess. Laboratory (Hoshika Oshimi and Tatsuyoshi Kawabata) Dress (Madame Edwarda) (detail) 2008 cotton, silk Photographer: Tatsuyoshi Kawabata Courtesy the artists from the touring exhibition How You Make It The world in painting Featuring 20 works, The world in painting Curator: Zara Stanhope, Heide Museum reflects the vibrancy and diversity of cur- of Modern Art, for Asialink rent Australian painting practice. Brought New Exhibition Partnership together for the first time, these artists Artists: John Citizen (Gordon Bennett), hail from both metropolitan and regional Amanda Davies, Diena Georgetti, areas, cross generations and cultural Raafat Ishak, Boxer Milner Tjampitjin, backgrounds, and employ a range of James Morrison, Nancy Naninurra approaches that both comply with and Napanangka and Elizabeth Newman challenge the conventions of art.

For centuries artists have been com- The world in painting toured Thailand, the pelled to capture a sense of the world Philippines and Vietnam in 2008, courtesy around them and to investigate their of Asialink. It will tour Victoria and New concerns through painting. Curated South Wales in 2009. by Zara Stanhope, this special touring exhibition explores the meaning and possibilities of painting for eight established Australian artists who bring fresh, thought-provoking perspectives to a tradition that spans time.

46 James MORRISON Elizabeth (detail) 2004 oil on canvas Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery (Sydney) from the touring exhibition The world in painting Blanche TILDEN Necklace 3 2006 from Carte Blanche glass, gold, nylon coated stainless steel cable Courtesy the artist and National Gallery of Victoria from the touring exhibition Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award Depatures 2007/08

Cicely & Colin Rigg The Presence of Things: Contemporary Design sense veneer and guise Award 2006 Curator: Stephen Gallagher, for Curators: Danielle Whitfield and Jane the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria Devery, National Gallery of Victoria Artists: Bernabeifreeman (Rina Artists: Roseanne Bartley, Nicholas Bernabei and Kelly Freeman), Julie Bastin, Susan Cohen, Simon Cottrell, Blyfield, Nicola Cerini, Kate Cotching, Marcos Davidson, Julia deVille, Mari Jill Dickson, Joungmee Do, Laura Funaki, Stephen Gallagher, Kiko Healey, Melanie Hill, Gretchen Gianocca, Kirsten Haydon, Marian Hillhouse, Julie Shepherd, Lesley Hosking, Carlier Makigawa, Sally Uren, Nicole Welch and Ilka White Marsland, Mascha Moje, Jessica Morrison, David Neale, Tiffany Parbs, The Presence of Things brought Dan Scurry and Blanche Tilden together new works by 14 Australian artists and crafts practitioners created The Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary in response to the embroidery and lace Design Award is a generous legacy of collections of the Embroiderers Guild, the late Colin Rigg (1895 - 1982), a Victoria. New works integrating woven, former Secretary of the Felton Bequest embroidered and printed textiles, glass, Committee for the National Gallery of ceramics and jewellery, cut paper, Victoria. In 2006, the Award recognised metalwork, inlay and printmaking, were excellence in contemporary jewellery exhibited alongside the historic pieces practice in the state of Victoria. of embroidery and lace from which the artists drew inspiration. Craft ACT 25 May – 1 July 2007 Shepparton Art Gallery Shepparton Art Gallery 1 June – 15 July 2007 20 July – 9 September 2007 This exhibition was supported by the Victorian Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Government through Arts Victoria and the Community 8 October – 25 November 2007 Support Fund.

The Award and exhibition was supported by the Cicely & Colin Rigg Bequest. This exhibition was supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria’s Major Touring Initiative. 49 Tomorrow Land: Heavens: Asher Bilu Callum Morton Curator: Dr Helen Light, Curator: Stuart Koop, Jewish Museum of Australia for the India Triennale

One of Australia’s leading artists, Callum Australian artist Asher Bilu created Morton envisaged a world where high a major site-specific installation at architecture meets multi-national, mass- host galleries across Victoria. Physical market franchises in Tomorrow Land. and experiential, Heavens aimed to As the Australian representative for the inspire mystery, awe and profound 11th India Triennale in 2005, this was contemplation for people of all faiths, the first time Morton’s award-winning cultures and spiritual philosophies. exhibition had been shown in Australia. Comprised 16 digital images presented Benalla Art Gallery at the Triennial along with a new series 1 August – 19 September 2007

of architectural models specially created This exhibition was supported by the Victorian for this tour. Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund. Perth Institute for Contemporary Arts 28 June – 18 August 2007

This exhibition was supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund.

50 Callum MORTON Apartment #1: Beau Block (detail) 2006 wood, acrylic, synthetic polymer paint Courtesy the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (Sydney), Anna Schwartz Gallery (Melbourne), Gimpel Fils (London) and Karyn Lovegrove (Los Angeles) from the touring exhibition Tomorrow Land: Callum Morton

In transit 2007/08

Murray Cod: the biggest fish colonial artist Ludwig Becker, through in the river to narratives about the fish by Ian Ab- Curator: John Kean, for Swan Hill dulla and a contemporary view of the Regional Art Gallery river by Narelle Autio, the exhibition Artists: Ian Abdulla, Narelle Autio, explores the cultural and historical sig- Arthur Bartholomew, Badger Bates, nificance of the Murray cod through Ludwig Becker, William Blandowski, images drawn from memory, spiritual Nici Cumpston, Kurwingie Kerry Giles, association and acute observation. Ponch Hawkes, Roy Kennedy, Esther Kirby, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Lorraine Albury Regional Art Gallery Connelly-Northey, Rhyll Plant, Bluey 13 July – 19 August 2007 Roberts, Clare Whitney and others Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 27 August – 30 September 2007 Murray Cod: the biggest fish in the river Shepparton Art Gallery is a rich showcase of visual art inspired 25 October – 9 December 2007 by Australia’s most iconic fish. Featuring Finders University City Gallery over 40 works of art by 27 artists, this 4 January – 28 February 2008 timely and unique touring exhibition Melbourne Museum examines a great fish that symbolises 11 April – 27 July 2008 the Murray River itself. Works by This exhibition is supported by the Victorian Govern- ment through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund. Indemnification for this exhibition is provided by the Victorian Government.

Narelle AUTIO Trophy (detail) 2006 type C photograph Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery (Sydney) from the touring exhibition Murray Cod: the biggest fish in the river 53 My favourite thing is to go where I’ve “never been Diane Arbus ”

Lauren Macdonald posing in front of the banner, which was specially designed by Anne Zahalka for Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007 Courtesy the Macdonald family and the National Portrait Gallery Strike a pose

Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007 Tour launched: 15 September 2007 at Warrnambool Art Gallery

Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits An engaging feature of this national 1987-2007 is the largest exhibition touring exhibition is the Kodak Ed- NETS Victoria has ever undertaken. ucation Program, which includes a It spans 29 months and will travel vinyl backdrop of a generic beach almost 7,500 kilometres to reach scene specially designed by Zahalka, 11 of the best galleries in Victoria, a range of props to encourage visitors the Australian Capital Territory, New to reference the poses, symbolism or South Wales, Queensland, South themes of the works on display, and Australia and Tasmania. digital cameras donated by Kodak.

Curated by Karra Rees from the Originally intended as an activity for Centre for Contemporary Photography, students, this special program has also Hall of Mirrors examines portraiture, proven to be popular with those young representation and identity through- at heart. Some host venues, including out Zahalka’s celebrated career. the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), Zahalka’s portraits reveal more than chose to extend the program beyond just the individual – with an ironic school group tours and erected the and critical voice the images cleverly vinyl banner as a permanent feature. subvert stereotypes while capturing This initiative was so popular at the sub-cultures and a spirit of the times NPG that they have informed NETS with acute observation. Victoria they plan to introduce this type of activity in future exhibitions. Hall of Mirrors not only explores the thread of portraiture in the career This year our partner organisation, the of one of Australia’s pre-eminent Centre for Contemporary Photography, photomedia artists – it also provides developed a blog feature on the Hall an opportunity for visitors to participate of Mirrors tour website where a selec- in a fun and interactive program where tion of these photographs have been they have the chance to dress up and published. Check it out and post re-stage some of the iconic imagery your comments: www.ccp.org.au/ on display. AnneZahalka.php

Connection 2007/08 achievements g

• We increased our audience by • We helped to enrich the perm- 64% with a total of 107,342 anent collections of Mildura Arts people visiting our exhibitions. Centre and Swan Hill Regional • An additional 260,899 people Art Gallery with the acquisition visited Melbourne Museum to and donation of works by Lorraine view Murray Cod: the biggest Connelly-Northey and Narelle fish in the river, including Autio, which were specially created 42,792 school children. for the touring exhibition, Murray • We assisted Horsham Regional Cod: the biggest fish in the river. Art Gallery to expand their • We published exhibition catalogues audience by 32% and Gippsland for Loop: new Australian video art Art Gallery, Sale to increase their and Walk, and collaborated with visitor statistics by 20% during partner organisations on publica- each presentation of Walk. tions for Hall of Mirrors: Anne • We increased our online audience Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007, with 397,694 hits to our websites The enchanted forest: new gothic (compared to 375,947 during storytellers, Victorians on Vacation, 2006/07). and How You Make It. • We helped host galleries to • We produced six comprehensive present 41 public programs and interactive education resources to enable over 700 people to to assist primary and secondary engage with artists and curators school groups to meaningfully en- from our 11 touring exhibitions. gage with our touring exhibitions. • We provided regional audiences • We developed inclusive didactic with the opportunity to access material for each touring exhibition, treasures from such rich and which presents curatorial research diverse collections as the National in an accessible way to enhance Gallery of Victoria, Museum each visitor’s experience. Victoria, the National Museum of Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Museum of South Australia, Flinders University Art Museum, Mildura Arts Centre, the Museum of Sydney, and the State Library of Victoria.

57 Photographer: Michael Silver Special delivery

NETS Victoria is dedicated to connect- We are dedicated to working collabor- ing people with the best contemporary atively with staff at host venues to art, craft and design. As a result, we install our touring exhibitions and to don’t just deliver a ready-made exhib- achieve the best presentation, given ition to host galleries. We have a strong the intricacies and uniqueness of each reputation for providing support and gallery space. Although we develop assistance at every step of the journey. comprehensive tour manuals with packing, handling and installation instruct- ions, we also understand that it is more helpful for our Program Managers to join the installation team and share their knowledge of the works, each artist’s intention, each curator’s vision, and the specifics of the museum standard crates and packing.

59 Exploring MATERIALBYPRODUCT’s Soft Hard Harder Dress Curtain, which forms part of How You Make It Courtesy Object Gallery Art, people and places

NETS Victoria is committed to present- We convey stories from each touring meaningful touring exhibitions that ing exhibition through a range of connect with regional audiences. We materials that explore the many believe passionately in the power of subjects, themes, techniques, art to engage and inspire – whether it practices and intentions of the artists be the way in which a work has been and curators. We develop inclusive created or the story it tells. Great art interpretative material that presents helps us to see the world through diff- curatorial research in an accessible erent eyes and to question issues in way in order to enhance each visitor’s diverse ways. experience. We produce didactic exhibition signage to ease navigation This year, over 107,000 people visited and strengthen engagement. We our touring exhibitions in 22 host gall- publish eye-catching exhibition eries across Victoria, the Australian catalogues that examine and illumin- Capital Territory, New South Wales, ate the works of art on display. We Queensland, South Australia and West- also collaborate with independent ern Australia. With every exhibition consultants to produce quality inter- we want to make each person’s visit active education resources that assist count and so we endeavour to provide primary and secondary school groups a memorable experience – one that to meaningfully engage with our fosters the exchange of ideas and the touring exhibitions. appreciation of contemporary art, craft and design.

61 Explore. Dream. Discover.

“ Mark Twain ” Are we there yet?

Most of us can remember a school their ability to view, understand, an- excursion when we were forced to alyse and explain the works of art visit an institution against our will. on display. We jumped off the bus reluctantly and walked inside the building, This year, NETS Victoria collaborated expecting to be bored out of our with independent consultants, Kate brains. We still felt skeptical when Barber and Louise Hall, to produce the education staff greeted us. We five inclusive, imaginative and inter- were determined to not be interested active education resources for the when the tour began and then after touring exhibitions, Hall of Mirrors: a while something happened… We Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007, started to really see the works of art Loop: new Australian video art, The in front of us and to respond to the enchanted forest: new gothic story- artists’ concerns. tellers, and Walk. Along with being an invaluable resource for gallery visits, We believe great art can, and does, these publications include inspiring change lives. That’s why we think classroom and individual activities that it’s always an exciting time when a address state and national curricula. school bus arrives at a host gallery to view one of our touring exhibitions. Each of our education resources are This common event has the potential available to download on the tour web- to cultivate a lifelong enjoyment of sites and are therefore accessible to contemporary art, craft and design. all schools, regardless of location. This year, we increased our online audience We always want to make sure our with 397,694 visits. We also attracted touring exhibitions connect with a a significant education-based audience young audience in a meaningful way. with 38% of the recorded hits down- That’s why we have built a reputation loading these school resources along for publishing quality education with special features, such as inter- resources that allow primary and views with artists and curators. secondary school groups to develop

63 Visitors to Geelong Gallery enjoy viewing The enchanted forest: new gothic storytellers Photographer: Jane Barlow Financials 2007/08 summary g

65 66 67 Concise financial statements

National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria Inc. Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2008

Notes 2008 2007 $ $

CURRENT ASSETS Cash assets 18 167,789 146,612 Receivables 18 51,899 93,099 Inventory 10,989 11,842

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 230,677 251,553

NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment 11 21,785 27,489

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 21,785 27,489

TOTAL ASSETS 252,462 279,042

CURRENT LIABILITIES Payables 12,18 18,649 136,694 Provisions 4.2 11,393 9,968

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 30,042 146,662

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Provisions 2,242 2,310

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 2,242 2,310

TOTAL LIABILITIES 32,284 148,972

NET ASSETS 220,178 130,070

EQUITY Retained profits 13 220,178 130,070

TOTAL EQUITY 220,178 130,070

The statement of financial position is to be read in-conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the financial statements 68 for the financial year ending 30 June 2008

National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria Inc. Operating Statement as at 30 June 2008

Notes 2008 2007 $ $

REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES Government Commonwealth government operational grant 2 227,865 122,804 State government operational grant 2 170,000 110,000 State government project grants 90,510 70,741 488,375 303,545

Operating Professional development seminar fees 2,766 10,279 Exhibition venue fees 38,900 37,273 Other operating expenses 3 63,554 12,494 105,220 60,046

TOTAL REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 593,595 363,591

EXPENSES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES Salaries and Other Payroll Costs 4.1 179,478 167,251 Travel, Entertainment and Personal Expenses 5 12,847 14,254 Exhibition Expenses 6 85,545 76,732 Printing, Stationery and Other Office Expenses 7 39,566 31,293 Packaging, Postage and Communication Expenses 8 100,904 62,945 Depreciation Expense 9 5,704 4,104 Other Operating Expenses 10 79,443 53,766

TOTAL EXPENSES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 503,488 410,345

OPERATING SURPLUS FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 90,108 (46,754)

TOTAL CHANGES IN EQUITY 90,108 (46,754)

The statement of financial position is to be read in-conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the financial statements 69 National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria Inc. Cash Flow Statement as at 30 June 2008

Notes 2008 2007 $ $

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Payments Employment costs (180,363) (160,866) Supplies and services (433,472) (180,279) GST paid to the ATO (17,943) (19,026) (631,778) (360,170) Receipts Commonwealth government operational grant 339,099 70,291 State government operational grant 142,493 121,000 State government project grants 55,620 95,951 Professional development seminar fees 45,833 52,307 Interest 10,431 12,494 Other 59,478 — 652,955 352,043

NET CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 17 21,177 (8,127)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Capital purchases — 27,000

NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES — 27,000

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES — —

NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES — —

NET INCREASE /(DECREASE) IN CASH HELD 21,177 (35,127)

CASH ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 146,612 181,739

CASH ASSETS AT END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 17 167,789 146,612

The statement of financial position is to be read in-conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the financial statements

70 71 Discovering Anthea van Kopplen’s interactive pattern for The Envelope, which forms part of How You Make It Courtesy Object Gallery Supporters 2007/08

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73 Visitors to Object Gallery enjoy viewing How You Make It Courtesy Object Gallery

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