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source VOLUME 17 NUMBER 1 WINTER 2021 See page 3 for image credit. 122 GERLER ROAD HENDRA QLD 4011 P: 07 3059 9740 Freecall 1800 866 101 E: [email protected] W: www.magsq.com.au We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. IN THIS ISSUE A new $3 million grants program to support community arts, heritage and cultural organisations in regional Australia as they recover from the impacts of COVID-19. The Culture, Heritage and Arts Regional Tourism (CHART) Grants Program supports domestic tourism into regional and remote as well as outer metropolitan areas of Australia. Implemented by Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA). Details on pages 14–15 WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO MUSEUMS & GALLERIES QUEENSLAND to assist us in supporting Queensland’s museums and galleries? The Museum and Gallery Services Queensland Donation Account is a tax deductible fund listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations under Subdivision 30-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. Donations of $2.00 or more are tax deductible. I wish to donate $ to the Museum and Gallery Services Queensland Donation Account. Name: Address: Phone: Email: Method of payment: Cheque Money Order Direct Deposit: BSB 514-179 Account Number 1603450 Account: Museum and Gallery Services Queensland Donation Account (please complete this payment slip and forward to M&G QLD to advise us of the direct deposit, or notify by email: [email protected]) source : [page 1] COVID-19 important information : It is important for galleries, museums and cultural venues to note new requirements for the use of the Check In Qld app and the COVID Safe Checklist below. Museums & Galleries Queensland has compiled information and resources to support our sector through the impacts of COVID-19. These are available on our website (www.magsq.com.au) and in our weekly eNews. M&G QLD will continue to update this guidance as new information becomes available. For official updates and directives, please refer to the Queensland Government COVID-19 website. We encourage you to take care of yourselves and those around you by observing physical distancing, staying informed and adhering to the recommended health and safety measures. You need to keep updated on the new restrictions and ongoing changes by regularly checking M&G QLD’s website or eNews, or the Queensland Government’s COVID-19 website. COVID-19 INDUSTRY UPDATE Check In Qld app From 9 July 2021, it will be mandatory for all venues in Queensland's museum and gallery sector to register for the Check In Qld app to use for the purposes of contact tracing. Information about how to register your organisation, displaying and scanning the QR code, and checking-in guests using the app can be found via the Queensland Government website. If a person is or appears to be younger than 16 years old and is not accompanied by a parent or adult who can provide information on their behalf, they are exempt from this directive. Check in procedures for schools and early education groups will be advised. Where the venue does not have access to internet or smart devices, contact information of all visitors must be stored electronically for a period of 56 days, adhering to the relevant privacy law requirements. Venues must provide this information electronically for contact tracing within one hour if requested by Queensland Health. To register your organisation for the Check In Qld app and find out more: https://www.covid19.qld.gov.au/check-in-qld 122 GERLER ROAD, HENDRA QLD 4011 Ph 07 3059 9740 Freecall 1800 866 101 Em [email protected] W www.magsq.com.au source : [page 2] New COVID Safe Checklist There is no longer a requirement for restricted businesses to operate under a COVID Safe Industry Plan or any of the ‘industry specific’ COVID Safe Checklists. These documents have been replaced by the new COVID Safe Checklist: Restricted Businesses. All venues in Queensland’s museum and gallery sector must complete the new COVID Safe Checklist: Restricted Businesses and ensure that a signed copy is clearly displayed at the business premises. Download the Checklist: https://www.covid19.qld.gov.au/government-actions/covid-safe-checklist-for-restricted-businesses 122 GERLER ROAD, HENDRA QLD 4011 Ph 07 3059 9740 Freecall 1800 866 101 Em [email protected] W www.magsq.com.au source : [page 3] calendar : n Training and Professional Development | Sector Development Events | M&G QLD n Touring Exhibitions | M&G QLD n DATE CLAIMER: Due to the impacts of COVID-19 nation-wide, the Industry Seminar following dates and venues may change. Please Thursday, 16 September 2021 check the M&G QLD website (www.magsq.com. Annual industry seminar, presented at The au) for itinerary updates. University of Queensland Art Museum. More details will be available soon on M&G n Artistic Endeavour: Contemporary botanical QLD’s website and in our weekly eNews. artists’ response to the legacy of Banks, Solander and Parkinson Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Centre, about us : Murwillumbah, NSW 16 July – 19 September 2021 n Welcome to the first issue of source for 2021 n Legacy: Reflections on Mabo Nautilus Arts Centre, Port Lincoln, SA In 2021, source will be published in July, 8 July – 15 August 2021 September and December. Bundaberg Regional Art Galleries, QLD 26 August – 7 November 2021 n M&G QLD Annual General Meeting n long water: fibre stories Northsite Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD M&G QLD held its Annual General Meeting 3 September – 23 October 2021 on 19 April 2021 via teleconference, attended by representatives from the Company’s two n Pattern & Print: Easton Pearson Archive members. At the meeting, Australian Museums Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS and Galleries Association Queensland [AMaGAQ] 11 June – 18 July 2021 re-appointed Sector Directors, Emma Bain and Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa, SA Andrew Moritz, to the Board. 9 September – 2 November 2021 Public Galleries Queensland [PGQ] appointees, n Reasonable & Necessary: prints and artist Karina Devine and Anna Thurgood, will continue books by Artel Artists their terms as Sector Directors on the Board. Childers Art Space, QLD 9 September – 14 November 2021 Independent Directors, Celestine Doyle and Tony Martin, will also continue their terms. n Safe Space contemporary sculpture Karina Devine has been re-appointed to the role New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, of Chairperson; and Andrew Moritz has been NSW re-appointed to the role of Deputy Chairperson. 9 July – 3 October 2021 The Company Members were presented with the 2020 Annual Report and audited financial Front cover: Judy Watson, mabo legacy with resistance statements. M&G QLD’s Annual Report is available pins, 2019. Acrylic, graphite and lumocolour pencil on on the website at http://www.magsq.com canvas, 180 x 100 cm. Photo: Carl Warner. From M&G QLD’S touring exhibition, Legacy: Reflections on Mabo, currently at Nautilus Arts Centre, Port Lincoln, SA until 15 August 2021, then travelling to Bundaberg Regional Galleries, QLD, from 26 August to 7 November 2021. Mabo Day was celebrated on 3 June. 122 GERLER ROAD, HENDRA QLD 4011 Ph 07 3059 9740 Freecall 1800 866 101 Em [email protected] W www.magsq.com.au source : [page 4] sector development : n Visits to Museums and Galleries in Queensland by M&G QLD Staff n 2021 Gallery and Museum Achievement M&G QLD Staff members visited the following Awards (GAMAA) museums, galleries and cultural venues in Queensland from January to May 2021: DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS EXTENDED n TO 5:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, 21 JULY 2021 Visited the exhibitions, Show me the way home by Mavis Ngallametta and Two Sisters, Nominations for the 2021 GAMAA are currently A Singular Vision, at Queensland Art Gallery, open, and the closing date has been extended to South Brisbane. 5:00 pm on Wednseday, 21 July 2021. n Viewed the exhibitions, Unfinished Business: There are three Organisation categories you can The Art of Gordon Bennett; Ross Manning: choose from to best match your activity: Idling Engines; I, Object; and the children’s art centre at Queensland Art Gallery, South • Projects Brisbane. • Engagement n • Sustainability Viewed the exhibition, Between Two Views by Carl Warner, at Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe, The two Individual categories are: Brisbane. n • Individuals: Paid Staff Attended the opening event of New Always • Individuals: Volunteer Staff Soft, Always Strong by Karike Ashworth at Boxcopy Gallery, South Brisbane. Nomination forms can be downloaded from n the M&G QLD website as a ‘fillable’ PDF, or in Visit to Redcliffe Art Gallery to view 15 Artists Word format, at http:// www.magsq.com.au/ 2020 and Oceans from here exhibitions. cms/page.asp?ID=5036 n Viewed the exhibition, Artistic Endeavour: We strongly encourage you to think about Contemporary botanical artists’ response to nominating your great initiatives and projects, the legacy of Banks, Solander and Parkinson and your outstanding volunteers and/or paid at Redland Art Gallery. staff. n Visited Adderton: house & heart of mercy, As the GAMAA were not delivered in 2020 due to Brisbane. COVID, time frames for nominations have been n extended to include 2019 projects. Nominated Viewed Queensland College of Art graduating activities must have been completed, or have exhibitions, Griffith University, South Brisbane. reached an identifiable or significant milestone, n between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2021. Visit to The Condensery, Toogoolawah. n Remember that Individuals cannot nominate Attended exhibition opening, Sport in Army, themselves, so if you know someone worthy, give at Army Museum South Queensland.