2016
ANNUAL REPORT
MUSEUM AND GALLERY SERVICES QUEENSLAND LIMITED
TRADING AS MUSEUMS & GALLERIES QUEENSLAND
122 Gerler Road, Hendra, Qld 4011 M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report ABN 32 109 874 811 Page 1 ACN 109 874 811 Index
Chairperson’s Report …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
M&G QLD Board 2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
M&G QLD Staff 2016 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
M&G QLD Organisational Structure ……………………………………………………………………… 5
Highlights of 2016 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
Executive Director’s Report .……………………………………………………………………………………… 7
Sector Development and Advocacy
Representation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
Advocacy ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
Sector Development ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 12
Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA)
State Library of Queensland Heritage Leaders Workshop:
Creating a Legacy
Museums Galleries Australia 2017 National Conference
Industry Partnerships …………………………………………………………….……………………………… 15
Information and Communication
Publications …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17
E-Bulletin ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17
Websites ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17
Social Media …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18
Enquiries and Referrals …………………………………………………………………………………………… 18
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 2 Training and Professional Development
Standards Review Program …………………………………………………………………………………… 19
Training and Professional Development 2016 Events …………………………………………… 22
Securing Funding Workshop
M&G QLD | UQAM Seminar: Imagining a Future
Significance Assessment and Collection Management Workshops
Careers in Museums & Galleries Networking Event
South East Queensland Small Museums Conference
Exhibition Development and Touring
Exhibition Development and Touring ……………………………………………………………………… 29
Exhibitions in Development 2017/2018
Audio-Visual Touring Exhibition Resources …………………………………………………………… 38
Artist Touring Mentorship Program ……………………………………………………………………… 39
Skills Development Workshops ……………………………………………………………………………… 40
National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Australia ………………………………………… 43
Funding Partners and Financial Support ………………………………………………………………… 45
Sponsors, Industry Partners and In-Kind Support ……………………………………………… 47
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: M&G QLD Company Member: Museums Galleries Australia (Queensland) ………………… 51
Appendix 2: M&G QLD Company Member: Regional Galleries Association of Queensland ……………… 51
Appendix 3: Standards Review Program: 2016 Reviewers ……………………………………………………………… 52
Appendix 4: Training and Professional Development and Sector Development Programs: 2016 Events …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 56
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 3 Appendix 5: Training and Professional Development and Sector Development Programs: 2016 Audio and Video Access ………………………………………………………………………………………… 59
Appendix 6: 2016 Touring Exhibition Program and Statistics ………………………………………………...... 60
Appendix 7: 2016 Regional Galleries Association of Queensland Professional Development Bursary Recipients .……………………………………………………………… 63
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 4 Chairperson’s Report
It gives me great pleasure to M&G QLD has a long-standing culture present Museums & Galleries of collaboration. The contributions Queensland’s (M&G QLD) 2016 and support of our organisational Annual Report and to reflect and individual partners are essential on what has been another year to our program and service delivery of strong performance for the and greatly appreciated. In particular, Company. we acknowledge the support of our 2016 funding partners: the Australia As you read through this Report Council for the Arts; the Queensland you will discover the impact and Government through Arts Queensland; reach of M&G QLD’s programs and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, and services delivered in 2016. an initiative of the Australian, State As Chair, I am tremendously and Territory Governments. proud of the Company’s achievements in what has been a tough operating environment. We thank the Staff and Volunteers of Queensland’s museum and gallery sector for their exceptional In 2016, M&G QLD relocated from our long- work and support. term accommodation at 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, to Gerler Road in Hendra. We also recognise the vital role and investment While no longer in the CBD, this move has of local government in supporting our State’s provided Staff with more office space and opened public museums and galleries. new opportunities through their co-location with Queensland Museum colleagues. M&G QLD acknowledges the sector’s member organisations, the Regional Galleries Association M&G QLD exceeded many of its 2016 targets, of Queensland and Museums Galleries Australia delivering core programs such as our Standards (Queensland), who continue to support the work Review Program, but also new initiatives such as of M&G QLD through representation on M&G captioned short films to increase access to our QLD’s Board of Directors and other program exhibition touring programs and artists for people initiatives. living with disabilities. In June 2016 I was pleased to accept the role Critical to our success is our Staff, under the of M&G QLD’s Chair. On behalf of the Board, I strong leadership of our Executive Director, acknowledge and thank John Waldron for his Rebekah Butler, and General Manager, Debra great contribution and leadership as Chair from Beattie. They have steered us through a difficult 2012 to June 2016. John has remained on the year to ensure our long-term viability at a time Board as a MGAQ sector appointed Director. of great change and uncertainty for Australia’s small-to-medium arts sector. We will miss Katrina North who stood down from the Board in 2016 after five years of service. Her People are the core of our organisation – not involvement with the Company has been highly just our hard working team, but also all those valued and included the positions of Deputy Chair organisations and individuals who generously and Company Secretary. We wish Katrina every support M&G QLD’s program delivery and success. Following Katrina’s resignation, Karina initiatives. Devine was appointed to the role of Deputy
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 1 Chair. Stephen Cullen joined the Board as an this application process. Each Board member’s Independent Director in October 2016. Stephen contribution, professionalism, support and effort is a qualified lawyer and governance professional. in performing their duties is commendable: We welcome Stephen and look forward to his Katrina North, Karina Devine, Andrew Moritz, Jill contribution to M&G QLD. Brennan, John Waldron and Stephen Cullen.
I am very grateful to all of my colleagues serving Having completed a challenging year, there is on M&G QLD’s Board. Throughout the year the much to be optimistic about heading into 2017. Board has overseen and approved the Company’s 2017–2020 strategic plan and operational funding Tracy Cooper-Lavery application to Arts Queensland, and supported Chairperson executive staff at the ‘Pitch’ session as a part of
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 2 M&G QLD Board 2016
John Waldron Consultant, Blue Sky View Chairperson to 20.6.16 Public Officer Director
Tracy Cooper-Lavery Gallery Director, Gold Coast City Gallery Chairperson from 20.6.16 Company Secretary from 20.6.16 Director
Katrina North Asia Pacific Learning Deployment Leader, EY Deputy Chairperson to 18.4.16 Company Secretary to 18.4.16 Director to 18.4.16
Jill Brennan Marketing Consultant, Harbren Marketing Director
Stephen Cullen Lawyer and Consultant, Board Matters Pty Ltd Director from 20.10.16
Karina Devine Director, Warwick Art Gallery Deputy Chairperson from 20.6.16 Director
Andrew Moritz CEO, Transport Heritage NSW Director
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 3 M&G QLD Staff 2016
Rebekah Butler Executive Director
Debra Beattie General Manager
Morgan Bundy-Wright Information Officer
Deannah Vieth Training and Professional Development Program Manager
Leisha Lawrence Training and Professional Development Program Officer
Bonnie Melrose Exhibition Program Officer
Donna Davis Exhibition Program Officer
Andrea Higgins Exhibition Program Officer
Karike Ashworth RGAQ | MGAQ Membership Officer
Sara Dawson Casual Administrative Assistant
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 4 M&G QLD Organisational Structure
COMPANY MEMBER COMPANY MEMBER Museums Galleries Australia Regional Galleries through Queensland branch Association of Queensland Appoints 2 Directors Appoints 2 Directors to the to the M&G QLD Board Board of Directors M&G QLD Board MUSEUM AND GALLERY SERVICES QUEENSLAND LTD
2 MAQ appointees 2 RGAQ appointees 3 Independent Directors
Executive Director
Training and General Professional Manager Development Manager
Exhibition Training and Information Program Professional Officer Officers Development Program Officer
RGAQ | MGAQ Membership Officer
Casual Administration Assistant
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 5 Highlights of 2016
451 participants took part in 24 M&G QLD M&G QLD’s 2016 touring exhibition program training and professional development activities presented 9 exhibitions to 32 venues in in 2016. A further 161 participants took part Queensland and nationally, exhibiting for 1,339 in 5 Sector Development activities delivered by days and attracting a total of 106,922 visitors M&G QLD in 2016. – an increase of 11.87% on 2015 visitors. These exhibitions profiled the work of 111 artists and 8 curators. 6 organisations took part in M&G QLD’s 2016 Standards Review Program held in the Western Downs region, with Miles Historical Village M&G QLD delivered Phase 2 of its Artist Touring Museum participating in Phase 2 of the Program. Mentorship Program in 2016, mentoring 3 9 Standards Reviewers contributed 534 pro individual Queensland artists, to build their bono hours of their expertise to the program. professional knowledge and skill base in the area The Standards Review Program is a joint program of exhibition touring. with Museums & Galleries of New South Wales.
NETS Australia’s website registered 30,643 M&G QLD recognised the achievements of 8 page views in 2016, an increase of 1.3% on Winners and 8 Finalists at the 2016 Gallery and 2015. M&G QLD’s touring exhibition Mytho Museum Achievement Awards. The Awards were Poetic: Print and Assemblage Works by Glen proudly hosted by Redland City Council – Creative Skien was the most viewed exhibition on the Arts Redlands. Winners were presented with an national website. exquisite trophy specially created for the event by Queensland ceramic artist Kenji Uranishi. M&G QLD relocated to new premises on 23 February 2016. The Company is now based at M&G QLD’s number of e-bulletin subscribers grew the Hendra Annexe of Queensland Museum and to 1,357 – an increase of 2.3% on 2015. is enjoying being co-located with our Queensland Museum colleagues.
M&G QLD’s website registered 149,076 entry page views in 2016. There were 1,651 visits to M&G QLD was successful in its application for M&G QLD’s Blog; the total reach for M&G QLD’s multi-year operational funding for the 2017–2020 Facebook page was 71,190, an increase of period through Arts Queensland’s Organisations 95.8% on 2015; and 451 followers on Twitter, Fund and the Visual Arts and Craft Design an increase of 20.6%. Strategy.
M&G QLD continued the national tour of its major A Practical Guide for Sustainable Climate Control exhibition of Indigenous artworks, Saltwater and Lighting in Museums and Galleries (2nd Country, in 2016. Saltwater Country was edition) was downloaded 1,616 times, and A developed in partnership with Gold Coast City Case Study on Lighting for Museums and Galleries Gallery. was downloaded 3,505 times from the M&G QLD website in 2016.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 6 Executive Director’s Report
The past year has • The Exhibition Development and Touring been dominated by Program toured 9 exhibitions, featuring the economic uncertainty, work of 111 artists and 8 curators, to 32 political change and venues across Queensland and nationally general upheaval for to an audience of 106,922 people. The many small-to-medium program supported the development of 5 new arts organisations. exhibitions; and delivered 4 Exhibition Skills Despite this, M&G QLD Workshops in regional Queensland. performed well in 2016 exceeding many of its Our major exhibition of Indigenous artworks, targets, delivering first- Saltwater Country, continued its national tour rate, responsive programming to Queensland’s complemented by a strong suite of public museum and gallery sector. programs which saw a number of Saltwater Country artists travelling into regional A highlight was the M&G QLD | UQAM Seminar, Australia to deliver workshops, meet with Imagining a Future, with international keynote local artists and education audiences and speaker Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience & community Indigenous reference groups. Civic Engagement Center, Oakland Museum of California, USA, and respondents Seb Chan, • The Training and Professional Development Chief Experience Officer, Australian Centre for Program delivered a total of 24 activities to the Moving Image, and Cathie Oats, Director, 451 participants throughout the year. The Trove, National Library of Australia. Simon Standards Review Program was delivered to 6 Wright, Assistant Director, Learning and Public museums and galleries in the Western Downs Engagement, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of and Maranoa regions. Face-to-face delivery Modern Art, moderated a panel discussion with all was complemented with online engagement of the speakers. and program delivery to extend our reach.
Other program highlights in 2016 include: • The Information and Communication Program produced four editions of source; recorded • The Sector Development Program delivered a more than 263,817 entry page views to our spectacular Gallery and Museum Achievement websites and digital platforms – an increase Awards in November 2016. Hosted by Redland of 10.5% on 2015; our e-bulletin subscription City Council – Creative Arts Redlands, it was grew by 2.3%; and the team actively promoted wonderful to showcase both the Redland Art our activities through M&G QLD’s Blog, Twitter, Gallery and Redland Performing Arts Centre Facebook and industry publications. through the Awards presentation. M&G QLD extends its work and reach through M&G QLD also continued to advocate the partnerships with stakeholders, funding agencies, sector’s value and needs to all tiers of local government, industry partners, business government, stakeholders and its communities and philanthropic sectors. We could not achieve through contributions to state and national the results we do without the unwavering support industry forums, written submissions, of our partners. (A full list of M&G QLD’s program consultations and participation on numerous partners and contributors can be viewed on industry panels. pages 47–50.)
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 7 Our operating environment in 2016 had its M&G QLD delivered a sound financial result challenges. In February, M&G QLD relocated to for 2016, finishing the year with a $2,624 new premises following the termination of our surplus. Like all not–for–profit organisations we lease at 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, continue to pursue financial efficiencies across after seventeen years of tenancy. M&G QLD our operations. In addition to state and federal is now located within the Hendra Annexe of government funding, M&G QLD also generates Queensland Museum and is enjoying this collegial income through one-off project grants, program relationship and the opportunities it brings. With activities, donations and self-generated funds. the move, we had to instate a new telephone Acknowledgement of our 2016 funding partners system and numbers and we acknowledge can be found on pages 45–46. everyone’s patience and understanding during this transition. In preparation for applying for the Australia Council for the Arts’ and Arts Queensland’s multi-year M&G QLD’s two long-standing sources of operational funding, M&G QLD’s executive Staff operational funding were the cause of uncertainty and Board undertook a comprehensive review of for much of the year, not just for us, but for many our business plan, developing a strong strategic small-to-medium arts organisations. focus for the next four years that builds on our existing strengths, reputation and our sector’s In 2016, M&G QLD applied for and was successful needs. M&G QLD is passionate about advancing in attracting multi-year operational funding our sector. We remain steadfast to our values and from Arts Queensland through the Queensland vision, to growing the capacity of Queensland’s Government. It was a highly competitive and museums and galleries, and to championing their lengthy process, however we were pleased to achievements. have the value of our work and position within Queensland’s arts and cultural heritage sector Queensland’s museums and galleries are the recognised by the Government’s panel of peer lifeblood of their local communities, delivering assessors as an Organisations Fund 2017–2020 vibrant heritage and arts culture, engaging recipient. residents, promoting social cohesion, and contributing to their region’s economy, identity While we received this news with relief, 2016 and quality of life. We acknowledge the support marked the first time in the Company’s history and outstanding work of our constituents. that M&G QLD did not receive multi-year funding from the Australia Council for the Arts. Although Our sector’s feedback, demonstrating that we we understand that these funding decisions are performing well, is important to us. We were a by-product of Federal Government use evaluations to benchmark execution of our funding measures, the funding announcement programming and deliverables, and to continually was disheartening and has resulted in reduced review and improve our services. I am pleased capacity for the 65 small-to-medium arts to report that for the fifth consecutive year, our organisations affected. By way of recognition of evaluations have shown over 97% of our clients M&G QLD’s reputation and strategic vision, we have rated the quality of M&G QLD’s programs were awarded $50,073 of Visual Arts and Craft and services as ‘Very Good’ or ‘Excellent’. Strategy funding from the Australia Council towards our 2017 operations. This funding was The strength of our performance is a reflection unexpected and, combined with the security of of the commitment, values and expertise of our the Arts Queensland funding, will enable the Staff. Our team continues to work incredibly hard executive team and Board to further develop and to deliver innovative, responsive programs and implement new economic and business strategies services to Queensland’s museum and gallery moving forward. sector. It is with great pride that I acknowledge M&G QLD’s team: Debra Beattie, Deannah Vieth,
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 8 Leisha Lawrence, Donna Davis, Bonnie Melrose, Andrea Higgins, Morgan Bundy-Wright, Karike Ashworth and Sara Dawson.
I also acknowledge M&G QLD’s Board of Directors. It is a pleasure to work with and to have the unwavering support of these wonderful professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to oversee the Company’s operations.
How we handle and respond to change is essential to our continued success. While this has been a year of uncertainty, M&G QLD remains positive and focused, with a firm strategic direction. We have shown great strength and resilience under challenging circumstances but, as a Company, continue to be highly engaged and responsive to our constituency’s needs and aspirations.
We thank you for your continued support throughout 2016 and look forward to working with you in 2017.
Rebekah Butler Executive Director
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 9 Sector Development and Advocacy
Representation • Participated on Queensland Memory, John Oxley Fellowship assessment panel. During 2016, Staff members of M&G QLD provided • Delivered lecture on Industry Networks and input and advisory services to the sector, including the National Standards for Australian Museums representation on: and Galleries to The University of Queensland postgraduate Museum Studies students. • National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) • Delivered lecture on regional Industry Australia. Networks and opportunities to third-year • National Standards Taskforce. sculpture students, Queensland College of • Museums Galleries Australia 2017 Conference Art, Griffith University. Organising and Program Committees. • Contributed to 2016 SEQ Small Museums • Museums Galleries Australia Emerging Conference planning and promotion; and Professionals Network. attended Conference in Maryborough. • Museums Galleries Australia Education • Participated in Rockhampton Art Gallery’s Queensland Network. Culture Counts Evaluation for The Adventures • Arts Queensland Industry Experts and Peers. of William Yaxley and Cream: Four Decades of • Arts Queensland Arts Touring Panel. Australian Art exhibitions. • Arts Queensland Regional Arts Development • Presented on Applying for and acquitting a Fund (RADF) Panel. grant – steps to success at Brisbane’s Living • Regional Arts Working Group. Heritage Network’s Members’ Seminar. • State Library of Queensland Q ANZAC 100: • Participated on judging panel for Catholic Art Memories for a New Generation Steering Awards (Primary and Secondary). Committee. • Participated in an online strategy to promote • Griffith Centre for Cultural Research Advisory the value of museums on the Museums Board. Matter Facebook site, http://www.facebook. • Ipswich Regional Arts Development Fund com/MuseumsMatter, initiated by the Abbey committee. Museum of Art & Archaeology. • Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network Board of • Contributed to Q-DIS: Queensland Disaster Directors. Information Network. • Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital Art Program • Participated in #AskACurator Day on social Committee. media.
M&G QLD Staff also participated in and contributed to the following sector programs/events: Advocacy
• Attended Museums Australasia 2016 vv Contribution to National and State Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. cultural forums and reviews • Attended Emerging Museum Professionals Day as part of the Museums Australasia 2016 During 2016, Staff and Board members of M&G Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. QLD contributed to a range of cultural forums and • Contributed as session chair for State Library reviews, to ensure that the museum and gallery of Queensland’s (SLQ) Heritage Leaders’ sector’s voice was represented in the development Workshop. of new policies, strategies and programs at state • Managed the travel bursary program for SLQ’s and national level. Heritage Leaders’ Workshop to enable regional participants to attend. These included:
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 10 • Participation in National Exhibitions Touring by Leanne De Souza. They brought together Support (NETS) Australia discussion on the an invited leadership group with a range of impact of recent funding decisions on the perspectives on regional arts practice from sector. This resulted in a commitment from across Queensland. Also in attendance were the network to continue its advocacy at a key stakeholders in regional arts including Arts state and federal level. Queensland, Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, Local Government Association of Queensland, • Participation in Museums Galleries Australia and Regional Arts Australia. (MGA) Art Galleries Matter Roundtable, Sydney. The Roundtable was responding to The impetus for the planning days were issues identified by the sector over recent multiple factors impacting regional arts times, with the stated objectives of: including the cessation of Artslink QLD (previously Queensland Arts Council) in March * discussing ways of strengthening Australia- 2016; an aspiration from local government wide representation of art galleries; for a state-wide conference on regional arts; * identifying some national actions for MGA state government review of regional arts; and to pursue in the short term; infrastructure supporting regional delivery. * drafting some elements of an actionable and achievable national plan. Following the two-day planning session, a draft proposal was developed for sector- • Provided feedback to state funding agencies wide consultation. Feedback on this proposal on various funding program guidelines. informed a new regional arts delivery model that was submitted to the Queensland • Participation in the Queensland Arts Advocacy Government for consideration as a way Group (QAAG). In 2016, QAAG undertook a forward. consultation process to engage the broader sector in discussions around a new model for The RAWG group comprises Rod Ainsworth, regional arts delivery. As a part of this process Libby Lincoln, Nigel Lavender, Kerryanne Farrer, the Regional Arts Working Group (RAWG) Melissa Robertson, Suellen Maunder, Suzan of the QAAG convened a two-day planning Williams, Luke Harriman, Bronwyn Davies and session held at The Centre, Beaudesert, on 29 Rebekah Butler. RAWG and QAAG members and 30 July 2016. volunteer their time on these committees in the interests of benefiting the broader sector. The planning days were supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and facilitated
Some of the participants at the RAWG two- day planning session, The Centre, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Beaudesert, 29 and 30 July 2016. Courtesy of RAWG.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 11 Sector Development vv Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA)
M&G QLD presented the annual Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) at a gala event on 22 November 2016, attended by 80 guests. The event was proudly hosted by Creative Arts Redlands – Redland Performing Arts Centre and Redland Art Gallery.
The evening commenced with refreshments in the Redland Art Gallery, providing guests with an opportunity to view the Redland Art Awards 2016 exhibition which was on display. Guests then moved a short distance to the Redland Performing Arts Centre for the award presentations and further hospitality.
The Deputy Mayor of Redland City Council, Cr Wendy Boglary, welcomed guests to the event. Aunty Lynnette Shipway gave a welcome to country, followed by a performance by local Indigenous group, Yulu Birra Ba Dancers. M&G QLD Deputy Chairperson, Karina Devine, presented the awards.
The 2016 GAMAA Winners and Finalists were:
ORGANISATIONS WITH PAID STAFF
PROJECTS JOINT WINNER: Museum of Brisbane for 100% Brisbane. JOINT WINNER: Logan Art Gallery, Logan City Council for Animating Spaces Logan: Arts in the Park. FINALIST: Bundaberg Regional Galleries for Wide Bay – High Desert II. FINALIST: Newstead House, Brisbane for Connecting Threads: Tracing fashion, fabric and everyday life at Newstead House.
ENGAGEMENT
WINNER: State Library of Queensland for Peace Top: 2016 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards and Quiet. (GAMAA) trophy by Queensland-based artist, Kenji Uranishi. FINALIST: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum, The Centre: Guests viewing the Redland Art Awards at University of Queensland for ‘Cyprus: An Island Redland Art Gallery. Above: GAMAA presentation event held on the stage of and A People’ Exhibition and Public Programs. the Redland Performing Arts Centre.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 12 2016 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) Winners and Finalists. (L–R) Back row: Phil Manning, Museum of Brisbane; Jenny Gilbertson, Bundaberg Regional Council; Kylie Bourne, Miles and District Historical Society; Kevin Wilson, State Library of Queensland; Kevin Leong, Co-Curator, Peace and Quiet exhibition; Buddy Thomson, Boondooma Museum & Heritage Association; Stephanie Lindquist, Freja Carmichael, Emma Bain, Redland Art Gallery; Janette McWilliam, Rebecca Smith, James Donaldson, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland. (L–R) Front row: Christopher Salter, Museum of Brisbane; Jillian Beardsworth (accepting for Norma Hambling), Logan Art Gallery; Iris Skinner, Fassifern District Historical Society; Chelsi Foskett, Logan Art Gallery; Karen Hutchinson, Bob Pankhurst, Surf World Gold Coast; Janice Seymour, Peter Allen, Archer Park Rail Museum; Jenny Steadman, Queensland Women’s Historical Association; Lindsay Wassell, Gladstone Maritime History Society. Photo: LeAnne Vincent.
FINALIST: Redland Art Gallery for Gathering SUSTAINABILITY Strands. WINNER: Archer Park Rail Museum for FINALIST: Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns Regional Revitalisation of Archer Park Rail Museum. Council for Freedom of Expression: Indigenous Art from Queensland Correctional Centres. INDIVIDUALS - PAID STAFF SUSTAINABILITY No nominations were received in this category. No nominations were received in this category.
ORGANISATIONS VOLUNTEER RUN INDIVIDUALS - VOLUNTEER
PROJECTS JOINT WINNER: Jenny Steadman, Queensland WINNER: Fassifern District Historical Society Inc. Women’s Historical Association (Miegunyah House for War Memories including C.W.A. involvement. Museum). JOINT WINNER: Norma Hambling, Logan Art FINALIST: Gladstone Maritime History Society Gallery, Logan City Council. Inc. (Gladstone Maritime Museum) for Acquisition FINALIST: Kylie Bourne, Miles and District of Fremantle Class Patrol Boat ‘HMAS Gladstone’ Historical Society (Miles Historical Village and its Display. Museum). FINALIST: Albert (Buddy) Thomson, Boondooma ENGAGEMENT Museum & Heritage Association Inc. WINNER: Surf World Gold Coast Inc. for Sharing the Stoke.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 13 The exquisite 2016 GAMAA trophies were created an intensive workshop program aimed at building by Queensland-based ceramic artist, Kenji capability and skills among heritage leaders Uranishi. Commissioning of the trophies was across Queensland. again sponsored by Brian Tucker Accounting – M&G QLD sincerely thanks Brian for his invaluable The State Library of Queensland offered travel ongoing support. bursaries of up to $1,500 for participants from regional Queensland. M&G QLD managed this M&G QLD thanks the 2016 Judging Panel for the process for SLQ and distributed 25 bursaries. generous contribution of their time and expertise in the difficult task of judging the nominations: Our Training and Professional Development Manager, Deannah Vieth, represented M&G QLD • Maria Cleary, Curator, Queensland Performing each day as a parallel session chair, and two Arts Centre Museum; additional M&G QLD Staff attended the two-day • Michael Huxley, Arts and Culture Manager, Workshop. NSW; • John Walsh, Consultant, All Art Services, Gold Coast. vvMuseums Galleries Australia 2017 National Conference M&G QLD thanks Creative Arts Redlands for their support and outstanding staging of the 2016 Throughout 2016, M&G QLD Staff have been GAMAA. contributing to Museums Galleries Australia’s 2017 (MGA2017) National Conference Organising and Program Committees. The MGA2017 vvState Library of Queensland (SLQ) Conference will be held from 14–17 May at the Heritage Leaders Workshop: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, with Creating a Legacy the Regional & Remote Day of the Conference being held at the State Library of Queensland. From 12–13 May 2016, State Library of Queensland and key partners hosted the second The theme of the Conference is Museums & Heritage Leaders Workshop as part of Q ANZAC Galleries in their Cultural Landscapes. Within the 100: Memories for a New Generation, which key Conference theme, the following landscapes is a five-year program of legacy initiatives will be explored: that commemorates the Anzac Centenary in Queensland from 2014 to 2018. * Custodians of Cultural Landscapes: interpretation, preserving cultural objects, This event, Heritage Leaders Workshop: Creating stories, knowledge and values; a Legacy, built on the first workshop held in April * Social Landscape: arts health and 2014 and delivered an opportunity for Queensland wellbeing, tourism, collaboration, activism, heritage workers and volunteers to participate, environmental, community and cultural issues; learn, and network with some of the nation’s * Digital Landscape: audience engagement, leading historians, creative thinkers, and heritage digitising, digital publishing, emerging professionals. technologies; * Learning Landscape: audience engagement; The Heritage Leaders Workshop: Creating a education and public programming; Legacy featured dynamic keynote speakers * Operational Landscape: best practice, case each day including Professor Bruce Scates studies, collection management, curating, FASSA, Chair of History and Director, Australian strategic directions. Studies, National Centre for Australian Studies and Professor Peter Stanley, UNSW Canberra, For more information on the MGA2017 Conference Australia’s preeminent war historian, along with see http://www.mga2017.org.au/
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 14 Industry Partnerships • Regional Galleries Association of Queensland (RGAQ) and Museums M&G QLD works with a broad range of industry Galleries Australia (Queensland) (MGAQ) partners to deliver its programs and services (acknowledged on pages 47–50 of this report). Since 2004, M&G QLD has continued to provide Some of the key partners in M&G QLD’s 2016 office space and administrative support to RGAQ delivery included: and MGAQ’s part-time Membership Officer, Karike Ashworth. • National Standards Taskforce • Museums & Galleries of New South The National Standards Taskforce (NST) Wales (M&G NSW) collaborated on updates to the resources for version 1.5 of the National Standards for Australian M&G QLD continued to collaborate with M&G Museums and Galleries which was published NSW on the Standards Review Program for in September 2016. The release of this latest sustainable community museums and galleries, version continues the Taskforce’s commitment to including evaluating and improving the program continually review the document so that it remains and producing the annual Standards Community relevant to the needs of Australian museums and Directory. galleries. A list of partners in the NST is provided on page 49. Version 1.5 is available to download • The University of Queensland Museum from M&G QLD’s website. Studies Program and The University of Queensland Art Museum • NETS Australia For the tenth consecutive year, M&G QLD The National Exhibition Touring Support (NETS) collaborated with The University of Queensland Australia network comprises Artback NT: Arts Museum Studies Program in the School of Development and Touring; Art on the Move Humanities and Social Science and The University WA; Contemporary Art Tasmania; Country Arts of Queensland Art Museum on the development SA; Museums & Galleries of NSW; Museums & of a major industry professional development Galleries Queensland; and NETS Victoria. seminar. This collaboration resulted in the identification of Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience The NETS Australia network moderates content & Civic Engagement Center, Oakland Museum of on the NETS Australia website for each of California, USA, as the seminar keynote speaker. their respective states and territories, https:// In September 2016, 81 people (delegates, netsaustralia.org.au speakers and staff) attended the Imagining a Future seminar held at The University of Throughout the year, the network continued to Queensland Art Museum. See pages 23–24 for tour People Like Us into regional communities in more information. Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia. People Like Us is part of NETS Australia’s National • Queensland University of Technology and Touring Initiative (NTI), funded by the Australia Museums Galleries Australia Emerging Council for the Arts. See pages 43–44 for more Professionals Network information on this project and NETS. M&G QLD partnered with Queensland University of • Museums Galleries Australia Technology Creative Industries and the Museums Galleries Australia Emerging Professionals See page 14 for more information on the Museums Network on the Careers in Museums & Galleries Galleries Australia 2017 National Conference, to Networking Event held in November 2016, which be held in Brisbane in May. had 35 attendees. More information can be found on page 27.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 15 • State Library of Queensland (SLQ) group hosted by maNexus to facilitate the sharing of information on disaster preparedness and M&G QLD’s Executive Director, Rebekah Butler, planning, in December 2010. continued to contribute as a member of State Library of Queensland’s Program Steering • Gold Coast City Gallery Committee for Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation, a five-year program of legacy In 2016, M&G QLD continued to deliver its major initiatives that commemorates the Anzac international and national touring exhibition, Centenary in Queensland from 2014 to 2018. Saltwater Country, developed in partnership with the Gold Coast City Gallery. The exhibition From 12–13 May 2016, State Library of features the work of 27 contemporary Queensland Queensland and key partners hosted the second Indigenous artists (including a collaborative work Heritage Leaders Workshop as part of Q ANZAC by 12 artists from Erub Arts), and was launched 100: Memories for a New Generation. The State at the Gold Coast City Gallery in July 2014. See Library of Queensland offered travel bursaries pages 29–30 for more details on this highly of up to $1,500 for participants from regional successful initiative. Queensland. M&G QLD’s General Manager, Debra Beattie, managed and distributed 25 bursaries • Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network for the State Library to support delegates’ (BLHN) attendance. See page 14 for more information. In 2016 M&G QLD continued to work with • Redland City Council – Creative Arts Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network through Redland mutual support and cross-promotion of programs and events. Deannah Vieth, M&G QLD’s Training 80 guests attended M&G QLD’s 2016 Gallery and Professional Development Manager, continued and Museum Achievement Awards, which were in her role as a Special Advisor to BLHN’s Board generously hosted by Redland City Council – of Directors. Creative Arts Redland. The evening commenced at the Redland Art Gallery, and then guests then • Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (LCCH) moved on to the Redland Performing Arts Centre for the award presentations. See pages 12–14 for M&G QLD is an active advisor and contributor to more information. the LCCH Arts Program. M&G QLD’s Exhibition Program Officer, Andrea Higgins, contributes to • Queensland Museum a panel of Brisbane-based visual and performing Museum Development Officers (MDOs) arts experts and LCCH staff representatives that meet to discuss, plan and action creative M&G QLD continued to work closely with the projects and outcomes for the Hospital. The panel Queensland Museum’s Museum Development advises on the purchases of new artworks and Officer network to support and grow the capacity gifts to the LCCH Artwork Collection. The panel of the sector in Queensland. also works to establish relationships with other local organisations to provide additional creative • Q-DIS: Queensland Disaster Information services directly to the children, staff and visitors Network of the Hospital.
In 2016, M&G QLD continued to work with conservator, Christina Ianna, The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials’ (AICCM) Queensland representative. AICCM and M&G QLD jointly launched Q-DIS: The Queensland Disaster Information Network, a
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from Queensland and New South Wales that have completed the Standards Review Program, including contact details, a profile, and details of how they benefited from participating in the program. (For more information on the Standards Review Program, see pages 19–22).
The Directory is available for download on both M&G QLD’s and M&G NSW’S websites. 517 downloads were recorded from the M&G QLD website over the year.
E-bulletin
M&G QLD distributed 44 e-bulletins and 9 other e-news items throughout 2016 to a recipient list of 1,357. The number of subscribers for M&G QLD’s e-bulletins increased by 2.3% from 2015 to 2016. Publications
• source Websites
M&G QLD published four issues of its newsletter, M&G QLD website recorded a total of 149,076 source, in Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer entry page views* for 2016. 2016. source is distributed both in hard copy to (*An entry page view is a unique visit and shows which constituents and online, and features industry specific pages on the M&G QLD website are used by news, information and resources, and updates people to enter.) on M&G QLD’s programs, events and services, including a regular calendar of events. Features of the M&G QLD website include: source also promotes M&G QLD’s touring • Find A Museum or Gallery: A user-friendly exhibitions and provides links to the online searchable database of public galleries and National Exhibitions Register. museums in Queensland. • Find a Resource: A searchable database of source attracted 374 downloads from M&G QLD’s museum and gallery related fact sheets, website during the year. publications, conference presentations, useful weblinks, etc. Links to ‘Latest Resources’ are available from the home page. • M&G QLD | M&G NSW Standards • Latest News: Provides links from the home Community Directory page to recent news and events. • About Us: Brief company history, including This joint publication between M&G QLD and Annual Reports; profiles on Board of Directors; Museums & Galleries of New South Wales (M&G instructions for making a tax deductible NSW) features 211 museums and galleries donation to M&G QLD; a media room with
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 17 downloads of M&G QLD media releases; and Social Media credits for the images used on the website. • Contact Us: List of staff contact details; how • Facebook to access M&G QLD’s social media pages. http://www.facebook.com/magsq • What’s On: Information on M&G QLD current and past events. M&G QLD’s Facebook page contains links, • Touring Exhibitions: Information on M&G photos and information on our latest events and QLD’s current touring exhibition program; exhibitions as well as industry news. M&G QLD’s past touring exhibition program; exhibitions Facebook total reach in 2016 was 71,190*, an in development; and links to the National increase of 95.8% on 2015. Exhibition Touring Support (NETS) Australia (*The number of people who saw any activity from the website and exhibition register. M&G QLD Facebook page including posts, posts by other • Industry Support: people, page like ads, mentions, and check-ins.) Standards Review Program: Information on the M&G QLD Standards Review Program. Includes access to download the National • M&G QLD Blog Standards for Australian Museums and http://magsq.wordpress.com Galleries, v1.5 2016, and the M&G QLD | M&G NSW Standards Community Directory. The M&G QLD Blog is designed to keep constituents Find Funding: A comprehensive listing of up-to-date with news and events related to the metropolitan, state and national funding museum and gallery sector in Queensland. It programs, including philanthropic funding, provides an opportunity for M&G QLD Staff to available to the cultural sector. inform the sector of what we’re up to and for them Education and Training: Information on to share their comments. The Blog also provides tertiary education opportunities and useful an opportunity to tell more detailed stories, and websites. for M&G QLD’s constituents to have a voice. Advocacy: Information on research studies and surveys, resources, advocacy campaigns Between January and December 2016, there were and a link to the Museums Matter facebook 1,651 page views to the M&G QLD Blog. page. Positions Vacant: Employment opportunities within the sector in Queensland. • Twitter Find A Consultant: A searchable database http://twitter.com/MAGSQupdates of consultants and suppliers relevant to the museum and gallery sector. In 2016, M&G QLD had 451 followers on Twitter, • GAMAA: M&G QLD’s Gallery and Museum an increase of 20.6% on 2015. M&G QLD staff Achievement Awards. It includes information regularly tweeted upcoming events, exhibitions, on each event, winners, sponsors, judges and openings and industry news. advisory committee.
Other M&G QLD websites include: Enquiries and Referrals www.saltwatercountry.org www.clevercustodians.com.au In 2016, M&G QLD staff responded to 1,461 enquiries from constituents via phone, email, post and in person – a 9.77% increase on recorded enquiries for 2015.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 18 Training and Professional Development
M&G QLD Standards Review of the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, Program Caboolture, spoke at the Briefing Session via A joint program with Museums & recorded Skype message, along with Kylie Bourne, Galleries of New South Wales President, Miles Historical Village Museum, with their tips for participants just starting out in the In 2016 M&G QLD continued its Standards program. Review Program, a strategic approach to skills development and training, in the Western Downs In the first element of the program, the Self and Maranoa regions. M&G QLD undertook the Review Survey, a group from each organisation twelfth year of the Standards Review Program spent three months working their way through a with the support of Regional Arts Development substantial survey on three key areas of museum Funding from Western Downs Regional Council practice, guided by a detailed list of references. and Maranoa Regional Council. The three essential areas of museum practice in This joint program for sustainable community the Standards Review Program are: museums and galleries, implemented by Museums & Galleries of New South Wales (M&G NSW) and • Managing the Museum; M&G QLD, supports community museums and • Involving People; galleries through a process of self-review and • Developing a Significant Collection. peer feedback. It provides an opportunity for museums and galleries to assess their practices The second major element of the program was and policies against the National Standards for undertaken by the Standards Reviewers over Australian Museums and Galleries, developed the next six months, who worked in pairs to collaboratively by the National Standards conduct: Taskforce, and to develop a plan for their future. • Desk Reviews of the participants’ completed Six collecting and exhibiting organisations surveys; participated in the year-long program. In 2016, • Field Visits to the participants’ institutions and the participating organisations were: report to the participants; • On Site Review visits and report to the • Chinchilla Historical Museum participants’ institutions. • Gallery 107 @ Dalby • Lapunyah Art Gallery, Chinchilla The Reviewers were invited to work with M&G QLD • Miles Historical Village Museum on the 2016 Standards Review Program for their • Roma on Bungil Gallery capacity to represent the diversity of the museum • Taroom Museum and gallery sector and networks. All Reviewers are very familiar with the day-to-day operations Eighteen people attended the Standards Review of small-to-medium museums or galleries. These Program Briefing Session on 23 March. The industry professionals generously volunteer their purpose of the full-day Briefing Session was to time to the Standards Review Program. In 2016 welcome participants to the program, introduce the Reviewers were: them to details of the program schedule and the Self Review Survey. The Briefing Session • Elizabeth Bates, Museum and Gallery also provided the opportunity for participants Consultant; to highlight their achievements and aspirations • Justin Bishop, Director, KickArts Contemporary and discuss expectations. Edith Cuffe, Director Arts, Cairns;
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 19 • Joolie Gibbs, Gallery Coordinator, Gympie one longer site visit with Reviewers Maggi Solly Regional Gallery; and Bronwyn Roper, who were accompanied and • Christine Ianna, Conservator and Museum supported by Deannah Vieth. Industry Trainer; • Lisa Jones, Curator, Queensland Police See Appendix 3 for more information on 2016 Museum; Standards Review Program Reviewers. Standards • Dr Jan King, Museum Consultant; Reviewers contributed a total 534 unpaid hours • Bronwyn Roper, Senior Cultural Development of their expertise (including travel) to the 2016 Producer, National Trust of Australia (Victoria); program. • Ross Searle, Gallery Consultant; • Maggi Solly, former Director, Yarra Ranges Standards Workshop Regional Museum. Nineteen people attended a workshop for Standards participants and other interested local Reviewers for Gallery 107 @ Dalby were Justin organisations in Miles on 19 October to address Bishop and Ross Searle. Elizabeth Bates and areas of need identified in the Self Review Survey. Joolie Gibbs were Reviewers for Roma on Bungil Mark Creyton, Consultant, presented on recruiting Gallery. Lisa Jones and Christine Ianna were and retaining volunteers. Reviewers for Taroom Museum. Reviewers were accompanied and supported on these site visits 100% of participants expressed their satisfaction by M&G QLD representative, Leisha Lawrence. with the workshop. Participants commented very positively: Reviewers for Lapunyah Art Gallery, Chinchilla, were Justin Bishop and Joolie Gibbs. Dr Jan King ‘Relevance – the conversations were all and Lisa Jones were Reviewers for Chinchilla pertinent to our roles; the opportunities to Historical Museum. Deannah Vieth, M&G QLD talk with others and be motivated by their representative accompanied and supported the experiences; being forced to ‘think’ beyond Reviewers on these visits. my boundaries.’
At the Field Visit, Reviewers and M&G QLD ‘Great info to work with, in looking at Staff met participants, toured the organisation, issues from different perspectives by a very discussed the organisation’s strengths and knowledgeable presenter.’ suggestions for improvements and provided practical advice and assistance. ‘Interactive and relevant to each organisation.’ At the On Site Review, Reviewers and M&G QLD staff worked with participants to improve their ‘Simplicity – Mark was a brilliant presenter. organisational profile, identify key areas for future He worked with us with real life concepts development, prioritise these and develop an and applications.’ action plan for the issue of highest priority. In the last hour of the visit, stakeholders were invited to join to hear a summary of the organisation’s achievements and the agreed areas for future development.
Miles Historical Village Museum completed the Standards Review Program in 2009. In 2016 they undertook Phase 2 – a customised version of the program, with a specific focus for review and development identified with the organisation in 2016 Standards Review Program Workshop with Mark the early stages of the year. The program included Creyton. Photo: Leisha Lawrence.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 20 ‘Confirmed our current direction, gave peer group review, and future direction.’
‘It gives the volunteers ownership and understanding of the Museum.’
Participants praised the Reviewers saying:
‘The Reviewers and M&G QLD have been extremely positive and helpful at all times Final celebration for participants and stakeholders in the and this has boosted our confidence 2016 Standards Review Program. Photo: Penny Eamer. – knowing we are heading in the right direction.’ In the fourth element of the 2016 Standards Review Program, participants met to celebrate ‘They were awesome and we were so lucky their achievements, to report on their action plan to have their advice and input.’ developed as a program outcome, and to give their feedback on the program. A day-long finale ‘It was so good to get feedback from them; event for participants and their stakeholders was new eyes and ideas help us to explore other held on 1 December at the Leichhardt Centre, possibilities.’ Miles. Profiles and media releases drafted by M&G QLD To begin the day, participants provided feedback Staff and approved by each organisation were on various parts of the Standards Review Program distributed to media in December with photos of and reflected on those areas that they found the certificates being presented. Media releases particularly challenging and also those areas they are available at http://www.magsq.com.au/cms/ found to be the most satisfying. This feedback is page.asp?ID=5331 and profiles at http://www. very useful and will inform developments for the magsq.com.au/cms/page.asp?ID=8041 2017 Standards Review Program. A planning session with M&G NSW Staff, Tamara Certificates of participation in the program Lavrencic and Conni Lord, and M&G QLD Staff, were presented by Councillor Andrew Smith, Deannah Vieth and Leisha Lawrence, was held in Deputy Mayor, Western Downs Regional Council, Sydney on 12 December, continuing the annual and Councillor Tyson Golder, Mayor, Maranoa improvement process for the joint Standards Regional Council. Councillors and stakeholders Review Program. listened as each museum and gallery reported on their organisation, its achievements during M&G QLD also promoted the organisations’ the Standards Review Program and action plan participation and achievements in the 2017 M&G for the future. A photographer documented the QLD | M&G NSW Standards Community Directory. event. Thirty-two people were in attendance. This Directory (available on the M&G QLD and M&G NSW websites) features 211 museums 100% of organisations participating in the and galleries from Queensland and New South Standards Review Program stated that the Wales that have completed the Standards Review program had benefited their museum or gallery Program, including contact details, a profile, and and that they would recommend the program to details of how they benefited from participating in other cultural organisations. They commented: the program.
‘It is a brilliant snapshot of where we are, Participating organisations identified the following what we have achieved and how to get to outcomes from the Standards Review Program: where we want to be.’
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 21 ‘The museum has many items in its ‘The Standards Review Program has made us collection that are important to the local more focused on up-to-date documentation area. We have begun to research these, as and presentation in our museum, including adding well-researched stories to collection a collection management plan, updating our objects brings history to life and enhances acquisition register, better understanding of visitor experience.’ textile preservation, and the importance of Chinchilla Historical Museum proper care and display techniques.’ Taroom Museum ‘The Standards Review Program reinforced that the goals we are aiming for are the right ones and positively encouraged us 2017 Information Session while offering some practical tips. Advice An Information Session for the 2017 Standards was generously given on how to involve Review Program was held in Rosemount on 3 and maintain engagement with volunteers, November 2016. Forty-one people attended from participants, audiences, other galleries and 5th Light Horse Regiment, Maleny Troop and the the wider community as well as the value Beersheba Living Museum; Bankfoot House; Bli of such engagement to the gallery.’ Bli on Maroochy Historical Society; Buderim- Gallery 107 @ Dalby Palmwoods Heritage Tramway; Caloundra Regional Gallery; Discover Eumundi Heritage ‘The Program has confirmed that the and Visitor Centre; Friends of Pattemore House; practices we have put in place over the last Kenilworth & District Historical Association; few years are appropriate. It has shown us Maleny Historical Society; Nambour Museum; the pathway to future directions.’ Noosa Library Service – Heritage Library; Noosa Lapunyah Art Gallery, Chinchilla Museum; Peachester History Group; Pioneer Cottage Buderim; Queensland Air Museum; ‘The Miles Historical Village Museum Sunshine Coast Council; and Yandina Historic has massive and valuable collections House. that require focused and well planned management. The Standards Review Program has enabled us to review our Training and Professional Collection & Preservation Policy and its Development: 2016 Events supporting documents. However most importantly, our Reviewers were able to vv Securing Funding Workshop provide us with industry advice on improved Mackay and facility-specific tasks, processes and procedures to help us address perhaps the Thirty-one people attended M&G QLD’s annual most challenging area for us to deal with.’ Securing Funding Workshop held in 2016 at the Miles Historical Village Museum Quest on Gordon in Mackay on 20 and 21 July. Feedback from participants indicated 100% ‘By having committee members involved satisfaction with the event and many strengths of in the review process and developing the workshop were identified including: relationships with the Reviewers and M&G QLD Staff, they have broadened their ‘The variety of speakers, the information knowledge and skill base in relation to provided in hard copy, the list of places to managing a sustainable Gallery of a high apply for grants.’ standard. This has been energising and created a shared direction to go forward.’ ‘Knowledge and experience of presenters. Roma on Bungil Gallery Professionalism and willingness to share by the organisers.’
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 22 • Marie Cameron, Business and Community Services Advisor – Hail Creek Mine, Rio Tinto: Hail Creek Mine Community Development Fund; • Simona Sharry, State Manager Queensland, Creative Partnerships Australia: Philanthropy and fundraising.
Other speakers that joined remotely included:
• Rick Chen, Co-founder & Director, Pozible; • Annie Wright, Ambassador, Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal;
M&G QLD Training and Professional Development • Janice Irvine, Development Manager, Arts Manager, Deannah Vieth, presenting at the Securing Queensland. Funding Workshop in Mackay.
The workshop was supported by all of the speakers ‘Finding out more about the application and their organisations who made substantial process including eligibility and financials.’ pro-bono contributions to the program.
Organisations represented included: Artspace Mackay; Artspace Mackay Foundation; vv M&G QLD | UQAM Seminar Greenmount Homestead; Isaac Regional Council; Imagining a Future Kadence Group; Mackay Museum; Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens; Mackay Regional Imagining a Future was held on 15 September Council; Pioneer Valley Museum at Mirani; and 2016 at The University of Queensland Art Museum Sarina Museum. (UQAM) with a capacity audience of 81 people. This annual seminar is a partnership between M&G Speakers present in Mackay included: QLD, UQAM and UQ Museum Studies program.
• Deannah Vieth, Training & Professional Participants included representatives from Development Program Manager, Museums & Queensland State Archives; State Library of Galleries Queensland: Designing a project; Queensland; Queensland Museum; Queensland Finding the right grant for your project; and Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art; Museum of Preparing a grant application; Brisbane; Queensland Police Museum; Supreme • Fiona Vuibeqa, Arts Development Officer, Court Library Queensland; Old Government Mackay Regional Council: Regional Arts House; Arts Queensland; Brisbane’s Living Development Fund; Heritage Network; local government; regional • Robert Ryan, Senior Coordinator Community galleries and museums from Queensland; as well Programs, Community & Client Services, as a range of consultants and students. Mackay Regional Council: Mackay Regional Council Grant Program; The seminar featured the following speakers: • Debra Beattie, General Manager, Museums & Galleries Queensland: Preparing a Budget; • Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience & Civic • Carolyn Scott, Sarina Museum: Bendigo Bank Engagement Center, Oakland Museum of Sponsorship; California, USA, inspired delegates with How • Glen Hall, Mackay Museum: QANZAC Our Community Changed Our Museum; Centenary Grants; • Seb Chan, Chief Experience Officer, Australian • Vicky Bowden, Friends of Greenmount Centre for the Moving Image, VIC, presented Homestead: Regional Arts Development Fund; case studies, Continuous Transformation;
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 23 vv Significance Assessment and Collection Management Workshops, Maryborough
Significance Assessment was the first workshop in a series of three, funded by a National Library of Australia Community Heritage Grant. It was presented by Museum Development Officer and Conservator, Lydia Egunnike, in Maryborough on 19 March 2016 with the support of M&G QLD Training & Professional Development Manager, Deannah Vieth. Eleven participants attended from Imagining a Future panel of speakers: (L–R) Cathie Oats, Wide Bay Hospitals Museum; Victoria Barracks Lisa Sasaki, Seb Chan and moderator Simon Wright. Historical Society; Brennan & Geraghty’s Store Museum; Hervey Bay Historical Village and • Cathie Oats, Director, Trove, National Library Museum; and Fraser Coast Regional Council. of Australia, spoke on Just imagine…; • Simon Wright, Assistant Director, Learning and Lydia covered: Public Engagement, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, moderated the panel • The importance of assessing significance; discussion with all speakers. • What is Significance 2.0?; • The power of provenance; All presentations were recorded and are available • The significance assessment process: each on M&G QLD website at http://www.magsq.com. group worked through the assessment process au/cms/page.asp?ID=8177 using an object from their collection; • Writing a statement of significance; Participant feedback showed 100% satisfaction • Reviewing statements of significance. with the seminar (89% ‘Excellent’ and 11% ‘Good’). Ideas participants took away included: Evaluation questionnaires show that 100% of attendees were very satisfied with the workshop. ‘We need to be braver and get away from Respondents reported the following in answer to business as usual, rethink our vision.’ the question: “What will you take away from the workshop?” ‘Trove is immensely powerful and that it will take more than just funding cuts to destroy ‘An appreciation of the importance of this institution. The approach of Oakland understanding significance in the collection Museum could definitely work in museums and ideas on how to implement.’ in Queensland and Australia.’
‘Importance of having/reviewing collection ‘Be more innovative in my approach to the policy and importance of prioritising community and their role within the gallery.’ accessioning for significance.’ ‘Reversing learned ways of approaching ‘A better understanding of significance.’ organisational change.’
‘How to start the significance assessment ‘Take risks – end result is built on strong process.’ planning foundations.’
The second workshop in the series, Collection Imagining a Future was assisted by the Visual Arts and Management Part 1 with Lisa Jones, was held in Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australia, State and Maryborough on 9 April 2016 with the support of Territory Governments.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 24 M&G QLD Training & Professional Development Program Officer, Leisha Lawrence. Twenty-four participants attended from Wide Bay Hospitals Museum; Fraser Coast Cultural Centre; Victoria Barracks Historical Society; Sunshine Coast Council; Caloundra Regional Gallery; Brennan & Geraghty’s Store Museum; Maryborough Historic Society; Hinkler Hall of Aviation; Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum; State Library of Queensland; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum; and Fraser Coast Regional Council.
Lisa covered:
• The Devil is in the Detail: The principles of good collection management practice; • Museum policies; • Collection management paperwork; • Organised Collections: The principles of good collection documentation practice; • Cataloguing materials; • Storage systems; • Classification systems; • Object handling; • Object numbering systems.
Feedback from the workshop was very positive with 100% of participants satisfied with the workshop overall. Respondents reported the following in answer to the question: “What will you take away from the workshop?”
‘Resource templates appreciated, will be useful.’
‘I learnt many aspects of procedures, particularly in accessioning and materials used.’
‘Good labelling techniques, accessioning tips.’
‘Pass on information to other volunteers.’ Top: Ken Brooks, Brennan & Geraghty’s Store Museum, and William Carroll, Victoria Barracks Historical Society, ‘Need for a mission statement; need for a completing the significance assessment exercise. better location system.’ Centre: John Coburn at the Significance Assessment workshop with his object for the exercise. Above: Sandra Kilpatrick, Doreen Wright and Dennis The third workshop in the series, Collection Ross-Jones, Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum at the Significance Assessment workshop with their object Management Part 2 with Lisa Jones was held in for the exercise. Maryborough on 23 April 2016 with the support Photos: Deannah Vieth. of M&G QLD Training & Professional Development
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 25 Program Officer, Leisha Lawrence. Seventeen participants attended from Wide Bay Hospitals Museum; Victoria Barracks Historical Society; Sunshine Coast Council; Caloundra Regional Gallery; Brennan & Geraghty’s Store Museum; Maryborough Historic Society; Hinkler Hall of Aviation; Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum; Mavis Bank historic house; and Fraser Coast Regional Council.
Lisa covered:
• Refresher – The Devil is in the Detail and Organised Collections; • Caring for the collection: museum standard materials that won’t cost you the earth; • Sharing the collection: you’ve accepted it, catalogued it and stored it, now what?; • Protecting the collection: a quick guide to disaster preparedness.
Evaluation questionnaires show that 100% of attendees were satisfied with the workshop, and reported the following in answer to the question: “What will you take away from the workshop?”
‘I have learnt how to protect our collection by using correct materials and the process of accessioning with the correct policy/ procedure.’
‘A lot! Many ideas, procedures, templates. Very valuable for me. Lisa Jones is a fantastic, comprehensive, entertaining and engaging presenter. This topic could have been very dry without her wit and humour. I would certainly recommend her for future workshops.’
‘Great info on display practices. Helpful hints on disaster prevention and management.’
M&G QLD thanks Fraser Coast Regional Council for their support of the workshops.
The Community Heritage Grant program is funded by Top: Lisa Jones presenting on collection management. the Australian Government through the National Library Photo: Leisha Lawrence. of Australia; the Ministry for the Arts; the National Centre: Attendees at the second Collection Management workshop with Lisa Jones. Photo: Leisha Lawrence. Archives of Australia; the National Film and Sound Above: Wide Bay Hospitals Museums’ objects for the significance assessment exercise. Photo: Deannah Vieth. Archive; and the National Museum of Australia.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 26 ‘That I should not be afraid to ask questions and go after what I want.’
‘The very valuable advice of the speakers and raised awareness of the museums and galleries organisation and networking opportunities.’
The event was broken up into two parts:
Part A – Post Graduate pathways: • Dr Courtney Pedersen, Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology.
Part B – Personal pathways: The following presenters talked about their personal pathway to gaining paid employment in the sector:
• Phil Manning, Curator, Museum of Brisbane; • Lisa Bryan-Brown, Independent Curator & Collections Officer (Registrar), Griffith Artworks, Griffith University; • Emma Bain, Director (Exhibitions & Programs), Redland Art Gallery; Top: Presenters, Lisa Bryan-Brown and Courtney • Megan Williams, Manager, Art Gallery, Pedersen. Above: Mel Fletcher and Deborah Marks networking. University of the Sunshine Coast. Photos: Deannah Vieth. The event was followed by the launch of Museums Galleries Australia (MGA) Emerging Professionals Network in Queensland and networking over vv Careers in Museums & Galleries refreshments. Networking Event M&G QLD thanks all speakers involved for On 24 November 2016, M&G QLD presented a taking the time to prepare and present their free seminar, Careers in Museums and Galleries, presentations for the benefit of participants. M&G at QUT Creative Industries Precinct. QLD also thanks QUT Creative Industries and MGA Emerging Professionals Network for supporting Thirty-five people attended the afternoon this event. event. With 100% satisfaction rate and 68% of attendees developing new networks or contacts, participants were very positive and identified the vv SEQ Small Museums Conference following that they took away from the event: 2017
‘Reaffirmation of commitment and passion M&G QLD was pleased to support and attend for this industry and continual learning.’ the South East Queensland Small Museums Conference, Storytelling: Reinterpreting the ‘Try to organise my goals. Follow what museum experience, organised by Fraser Coast keeps me motivated.’ Regional Council.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 27 The Conference was held at the Brolga Theatre in Maryborough and included sixteen local and national speakers presenting on a diverse range of interesting and relevant topics including storytelling, collection management, digital engagement, and education programs.
Speakers included:
• Emma Best, Newcastle Museum; • Cr George Seymour, Fraser Coast Regional Council; • Lisa Stephenson, Fraser Coast Regional Council; • Robyn Hofmeyr and Ada Simpson, Ration Shed Museum, Cherbourg; • Judy Barass, Artist; • Lydia Egunnike, Museum Development Officer, Queensland Museum Network; • Kathy Shilvock, Maryborough Library; • Ken Brooks, Brennan & Geraghty’s Store Museum, Maryborough; • Hamish Sewell, Soundtrails; • Jane Harding, Branch Libraries Coordinator (Acting), Heritage Librarian & Literacy Coordinator, Noosa Library Service.
Janis Hanley from Ed Program Design also presented a workshop to delegates on the development of museum education programs. She explored the notion of museums as learning spaces for students and schools.
Other activities included a welcome reception at The Bond Store with a ‘Tipples and Tales’ theme; a walking tour of historic Maryborough; and a conference dinner at Muddy Waters Café, Customs House Residence, Maryborough.
Feedback from delegates commended the conference organising committee on a successful Top: Conference presenters responding to questions in the final session – Lisa Stephenson, Judy Barass, Emma two days. Best, Ken Brooks, Hamish Sewell, Cr George Seymour, Jane Harding, facilitated by Lydia Egunnike. Centre: Ken Brooks leading a tour for delegates at Brennan & Geraghty’s Store Museum. Above: Walking tour of historic Maryborough with delegates.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 28 Exhibition Development and Touring
Nine exhibitions were toured by M&G QLD in 2016 art showcases more than 50 multidisciplinary to 32 venues nationally, featuring 111 artists and works by 27 of Queensland’s most acclaimed 8 curators, showing for a total of 1,339 exhibition Indigenous artists, featuring evocative images of days and attracting 106,922 visitors – an increase Queensland’s coast, sand and sea, and examining of 11.87% on 2015 visitation. its cultural importance and connection to country. vv Saltwater Country Artists: Vernon Ah Kee, Daniel Boyd, Michael www.saltwatercountry.org Cook, Megan Cope, Fiona Foley, Rosella Namok, Mavis Ngallametta, Laurie Nilsen, Napolean Oui, Saltwater Country is M&G QLD’s international Ryan Presley, Brian Robinson, Ken Thaiday, and national touring exhibition of Aboriginal and Alick Tipoti, Ian Waldron, Judy Watson, and a Torres Strait Islander art, developed in partnership collaborative work by Erub Arts (12 artists). with Gold Coast City Gallery (GCCG), which was officially launched in July 2014 at GCCG. Saltwater Country continued its national tour in 2016, having returned from its two international Curated by Michael Aird and Virginia Rigney, with venues in the USA and The Netherlands in 2015. support from Jo-Anne Driessens, an emerging The exhibition toured to Mornington Peninsula Indigenous curator mentored through this Regional Gallery, VIC; Tandanya National project, Saltwater Country offers audiences a Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA; unique insight into the historical, environmental Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, WA; Western and personal concerns of the participating artists Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW; and Lake and their strong cultural connections to ‘their’ Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW. The exhibition saltwater country – Queensland’s coastline, sea will finish its tour at Lake Macquarie in January and waterways. 2017.
This major touring exhibition of contemporary Throughout 2016, M&G QLD organised strong Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public programming to accompany the exhibition:
Erub Arts, Weres, 2014. Mixed media installation: Ghost net made from found fishing nets; screen printed fabric; and video projection, 128 x 295 x 115 cm. Fabric: 410 x 102 cm. Photo: Murray Waite.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 29 * Artist Laurie Nilsen conducted two days of Saltwater Country is a travelling exhibition developed in children’s workshops at Grafton Regional partnership between Museums & Galleries Queensland Gallery, New South Wales, during the summer and Gold Coast City Gallery. Curated by Michael Aird school holidays on 19 and 20 January 2016. and Virginia Rigney. Saltwater Country has been * Co-Curator Virginia Rigney travelled to assisted by the Australian Government through the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Ministry for the Arts’ Visions of Australia program, Victoria, to attend the opening event on 10 and through the Australia Council for the Arts, its March 2016 and give a curator’s talk. She also arts funding and advisory body. It is supported by participated in a special morning tea held on the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of 11 March. the Australian, State and Territory governments. This * Artist Vernon Ah Kee travelled to Mornington project has received financial assistance from the Peninsula Regional Gallery on 7 April 2016 to Queensland Government through Arts Queensland’s deliver ‘Meet the Artist’ talks in the Gallery. As Backing Indigenous Arts program. The project is part of his visit, he also met with Baluk Arts supported by the Australian Government through the collective for an artist-to-artist professional Australia International Cultural Council, an initiative of development session. the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and by * Artist Brian Robinson travelled to Tandanya the City of Gold Coast. National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, where he officially opened the exhibition on 13 May and delivered vv Animal FanFair: Humans – Animals – an artist talk on 14 May 2016. Environment * Artist Ryan Presley travelled to Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Western Australia, to Animal FanFair: Humans – Animals – Environment attend a welcome event and deliver an artist explores humankind’s changing relationships with talk on 23 July 2016. animals which are complex and often contradictory. * Artist Brian Robinson delivered an artist talk The artists examine human nature and challenge and a printmaking workshop at Western Plains us to think about how we treat animals, asking us Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales, on to question the ethics of engineering new species 24 September 2016. and keeping and killing animals. * Artist Judy Watson travelled to Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW from 18–20 November 2016 to attend the opening event; to meet with the Gallery’s Aboriginal Reference Group and other members of the Aboriginal community to discuss her work and practice; to deliver an artist talk; and attend a community BBQ. * Artist Ryan Presley delivered an intensive HSC (Higher School Certificate) printmaking workshop in Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery’s education room on 8 December 2016. * On 9 December 2016, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery held a teachers’ in-service day. This included an exhibition tour of Saltwater Country by Co-curator Michael Aird and an artist talk and linocut printmaking workshop, both presented by Ryan Presley.
M&G QLD thanks the funding agencies, sponsors, Hayden Fowler, Call of the Wild i, 2007. Mounted supporters and venues for contributing to the chromogenic photograph on dibond, 80 x 80 cm. Performance documentation, Auckland Festival, March continuing success of this major undertaking. 2007. Photo: Sarah Smuts-Kennedy.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 30 Artists: Katka Adams, Marian Drew, Hayden media, Indigenous art, digital storytelling and Fowler, Kelly Hussey-Smith, Owen Hutchison, soundscape. Claude Jones, Sam Leach, Emma Lindsay, Rod McRae and Walter Stahl. The exhibition is curated Artists: Alison Clouston & Boyd, Howard Butler, by Karen Tyler. Kaylene Butler, Pamela CroftWarcon, Donna Davis, Emma Lindsay, Fiona MacDonald, Liz Mahood, In 2016, the exhibition toured to Caloundra Samara McIlroy, Glenda Orr, Michael Pospischil, Regional Gallery, QLD; Artspace Mackay, QLD; Jude Roberts, Luke Roberts, Jill Sampson, Gerald Coalface Art Gallery, Moranbah, QLD; Lapunyah Soworka and Shayna Wells. The exhibition is Art Gallery, Chinchilla, QLD and Bundaberg curated by Beth Jackson. Regional Art Galleries, QLD. A selection of exhibition artists travelled to these venues to The exhibition is supported by a 120-page digital deliver public programs. catalogue and education kit. A free app for the exhibition can be downloaded from iTunes: Animal FanFair: Humans – Animals – Environment is http://bit.ly/bimblebox organised by Moreton Bay Regional Council and toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project is During 2016, the exhibition toured to New supported by the Queensland Government through Arts England Regional Art Museum, NSW; University Queensland. Gallery, Newcastle University, NSW; Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW; and Logan Art Gallery, QLD. The exhibition curator presented vv Bimblebox: art – science – nature public programs at most of these venues.
Bimblebox: art – science – nature is an exhibition that showcases artists’ interpretations of the unique, semi-arid desert uplands bio-region of the Bimblebox Nature Refuge, located in remote central Queensland.
Celebrating the unique ark of life found at the Bimblebox Nature Refuge, 17 artists visited the reserve both physically and virtually; documenting, drawing, looking and recording in order to develop artworks. The resulting works bear witness to this protected refuge, currently under threat from coal mining. Artists have drawn inspiration from scientific research, historical texts, and from being on the country.
Exploring current issues in Australia such as land use, our future vision of Australia, and our continued use of fossil fuels, the exhibition provides an opportunity to engage art, science and nature; teasing out the inter-relationships between artists and artworks, between artworks and the environment, between the exhibition and its audience. Luke Roberts, All Souls Day (Tree), 2009. Photographic Bimblebox includes installation, sculpture, performance from the series All Souls Day. Pigment ink on cotton rag paper, 1800 x 1200 mm. Camera: John works on paper, painting, artists’ books, digital Elliott. Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery Brisbane.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 31 Bimblebox: art – science – nature is a touring exhibition partnered by Museums & Galleries Queensland and Redland Art Gallery in association with Bimblebox Nature Refuge. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Ministry for the Arts’ Visions of Australia program, the Gordon Darling Foundation and proudly sponsored by Artfully, Tangible Media, Planet Boab, Wotif.com, Platypus Graphics, artisan and At A Glance.
vv Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art
Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art is the story of Rockhampton Art Gallery; a tale of imagination, philanthropy, hard work and cultural pride. The exhibition chronicles the development of modernism in Australia from 1940 to 1980. Grace Cossington Smith’s Drapery in the studio 1940 demonstrates the predominance of post- impressionism and European influences in Grace Cossington Smith, Drapery in the studio, 1940. Oil on pulpboard, 65.5 x 57.8 cm. Rockhampton Art Gallery Australian art at that time. The painting also collection, Rockhampton Art Gallery Trust Art Acquisition indicates an end point for euro-centric influences Fund 1995. © Estate of Grace Cossington Smith. and a new era of a truly ‘Australian’ style. In a post-Second World War environment, themes that emerged include universal mythologies in an Australian context, a revised representation surmises a new direction in Australian painting; of the Australian landscape, portraiture, the beginning of ‘post-modernism’. and social realist depictions of marginalised Australians. Artists including John Perceval, In March 2016, Cream concluded its two-year Arthur Boyd, Charles Blackman, Sidney Nolan, national tour at Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD. Russell Drysdale, John Brack, Clifton Pugh, Sam Fullbrook, Margaret Olley and Fred Williams are Over 89,000 visitors engaged with the exhibition represented by paintings completed as mature during its tour 2014–2016. artists and are synonymous with their practice. Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art is a Rockhampton Alongside the ‘Melbourne moderns’, Cream also Art Gallery exhibition, toured by Museums & Galleries emphasises the development of modernism in Queensland. This project has been assisted by the other Australian centres. Donald Friend, Frank Australian Government through the Ministry for the Hinder, John Coburn, James Gleeson, Lloyd Rees Arts’ Visions of Australia program, and by the Australian and David Aspden each represent a particularly Government through the Australia Council, its arts Sydney alternative to modernism, through the funding and advisory body. Funding for insurance has varying pursuits of expressionism, futurism, been provided through the Queensland Government abstraction and surrealism. Equally, the inclusion Exhibition Indemnification Scheme, administered by of Queensland artists such as Vida Lahey and Jon Arts Queensland. Project support has been provided Molvig; and Ray Crooke and Kenneth Macqueen by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a Queensland challenge the predominate view that the centres Government through Arts Queensland and Rockhampton of Australian modernism belonged to Sydney Regional Council partnership to support local arts and Melbourne. The exhibition ends at 1980 with and culture. Rockhampton Art Gallery is owned and William Robinson’s Four cows, one bulling, which operated by Rockhampton Regional Council.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 32 Many of the works in Material Matters evolved from the artist’s residencies at Geidai University, Tokyo; Red Gate Gallery in Beijing; Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, Peel Island; Crane Arts, Philadelphia; Sandavinci School of Art and Design in Aimoto, Japan, and Contemporary Yunnan in Kunming, China.
During 2016, the exhibition toured to Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery, Biloela, QLD; and Childers Art Space, QLD. Kay S Lawrence presented public programs at both of these venues.
M&G QLD commissioned photographer and filmmaker Carl Warner to film an interview about Material Matters between Kay and writer Louise Martin-Chew (see page 38).
Material Matters is a touring exhibition in partnership
Kay S Lawrence, Liminal Being, 2014. Wood, metal, between Kay S Lawrence and Museums & Galleries styrofoam, rubber, wire, wool, cotton, acrylic yarns, 205 Queensland. It is supported by the Queensland x 105 x 105 cm. Photo: Joachim Froese. Government through Arts Queensland, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. vv Material Matters
Material Matters is the culmination of artist vv MYTHO-POETIC: Print and Assemblage Kay S Lawrence’s PhD research into the use Works by Glen Skien of ‘women’s work’ and digital technologies to address global ecological and social issues. MYTHO-POETIC: Print and Assemblage Works At the heart of the exhibition and the artist’s by Glen Skien consists of 35 artist books, research is the exploration of ‘women’s work’ assemblages, collages and installations that – needlework techniques and other textile interrogate the human condition and bring to life techniques (m)aligned with females, including social histories and vexing questions of Australian embroidery, knitting, crochet, and binding – identity, place and myth. Glen’s etching practice and the inherent materiality of these mediums is the platform for his work in other media, while beyond their obvious aesthetic attributes. underlying narratives are presented through the use of symbolic imagery such as maps, The exhibition artworks and installations in letters, books and ephemera. The exhibition Material Matters, created from found objects, offers viewers an immersive experience, rich handmade textiles and digital photography, are in imagery, that navigates residues of the past tactile and engaging. By merging the history, and creates new propositions for identity and materiality and sensuality of textiles with the historical awareness. advances of digital technology, this exhibition offers a rich language for self-expression and MYTHO-POETIC presents Glen’s extensive contemplation. Notions of impermanence, technical skills enfolding his honed aesthetic contingency and the fragility of our natural and poetic feeling. The title refers to the quiet, environment are also addressed. Digital mediums yet poignant experiences we have that can function as lines of communication, which are almost pass unnoticed, yet seem capable, upon woven together, like threads, to connect the reflection, of resonating with deeper human subject and viewer. narratives.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 33 a special focus on those plants of significant ecological or cultural significance. Offshoots consists of botanical drawings, etchings, paintings and mixed media artworks. Julie McEnerny’s technical skills as a botanical illustrator are matched only by her insight into the cultural and ecological significance of her subject matter and by her sheer dedication to her role as Cairns Botanic Gardens’ illustrator in residence.
In 2016, the exhibition travelled to Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD; New England Regional Glen Skien, Archive of Country, 2013. Iron and paper envelopes, ink and photocopy transfer, 162 x 72 cm. Art Museum, Armidale, NSW; Pine Rivers Art Courtesy of the artist. Gallery, QLD; Myall Park Botanic Gardens, QLD; and concluded its tour at Nature’s Powerhouse, In 2016, MYTHO-POETIC toured to Deakin Cooktown, QLD. University Art Gallery, Burwood, VIC; Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design, Artist, Julie McEnerny, delivered very successful Mittagong, NSW; and concluded its tour at public progams in Gympie and Armidale. Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW. Artist Glen Skien delivered highly successful public programs Over 43,000 visitors engaged with the exhibition in each of these venues. during its tour 2014–2016.
Over 42,000 visitors engaged with MYTHO- Offshoots: A Florilegium from the Cairns Botanic POETIC during its tour 2013–2016. Gardens is a travelling exhibition developed by Tanks Arts Centre in partnership with Cairns Botanic Gardens, MYTHO-POETIC: Print and Assemblage Works by toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This Glen Skien is organised by Gympie Regional Gallery project has been assisted by the Australian Government and toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. through the Ministry for the Arts’ Visions of Australia This project has been assisted by the Gordon Darling program. Foundation and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
vv Offshoots: A Florilegium from the Cairns Botanic Gardens
Offshoots: A Florilegium from the Cairns Botanic Gardens is a vibrant exhibition of contemporary botanical illustration by Cairns artist, Julie McEnerny, that documents the extraordinary plant collection of the Cairns Botanic Gardens. In a first for tropical north Queensland’s contemporary arts venue, Tanks Arts Centre, this touring exhibition was curated by Chris Stannard from works created during a series of five consecutive residencies at Tanks, commencing in 2009.
The aim of Julie’s residencies was to produce Julie McEnerny, Dreamcatcher, 2010. Acrylic a florilegium of the Garden’s collection, with and graphite on canvas, 610 x 455 x 20 cm.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 34 Warner, accessible through M&G QLD’s website. (See pages 38–39 for more information.)
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize is organised by Tattersall’s Club and toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
vv Wanton, Wild & Unimagined
Wanton, Wild & Unimagined is a playful exhibition of sculptured recycled plastics that stirs the imagination and evokes environmental reflection. Townsville-based environmental artist Alison McDonald has spent many hours manipulating the Joe Furlonger, Wet Summer, Darling Downs, 2011. humble plastic bottle, and collecting thousands of Pigment and binder on linen, 96 x 104 cm. Courtesy of Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Collection. Photo: plastic lids to make a variety of unimagined and Carl Warner. impossible creations inspired by plants, oceans and John Wyndham’s book The Day of the Triffids. vv Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Alison’s artwork sits at the junction of sculpture, Since 1990, Tattersall’s Club has conducted its consumer culture and environmental concern, prestigious national Landscape Art Prize, which has utilising multiples of individual recycled materials allowed the Club to acquire significant paintings to create new forms and perhaps re-shape by well-known Australian artists. In 2015, our thinking about plastic and its effect on Tattersall’s Club celebrated its 150th anniversary. our environment. Alison’s own version of the To mark this milestone and to commemorate 25 Triffids manipulate plastic bottles into large years of the Landscape Art Prize, Tattersall’s Club and colourful-looking plants to such an extent Committee made available a selection of winning that their original form is lost, whereas large- entries for a regional tour. scale works such as Flow and Global leave
The exhibition provides a rare opportunity to view works by renowned Australian landscape artists including Gordon Shepherdson, John Caldwell, Michael Nelson Jagamara, Davida Allen, Sybil Curtis, Maureen Hansen and Joe Furlonger.
In 2016, the exhibition toured to Redland Art Gallery, QLD; Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, QLD; and Childers Art Space, QLD.
The exhibition’s Curator, Bernie Hollett from Tattersall’s Club, travelled to most of the galleries to deliver Curator’s talks. Exhibition artist Joe Furlonger travelled to Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Childers Art Space to deliver a series of public programs. These public programs were Alison McDonald, R.R.R., 2012–2015. Individually hand filmed by photographer and filmmaker, Carl cut and coloured recycled PET plastic rings, 68 x 20 x 38 cm. Photo: Aaron Ashley.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 35 the original form intact so we can see the impact of small plastic items on an enormous scale. By converting masses of everyday objects into visually aesthetic conceptual discoveries, Alison’s artwork communicates the optimism in regenerating rubbish, whilst raising questions about the relationship we have with plastic and its supposed sustainability.
Wanton, Wild & Unimagined is curated by Ross Searle and developed by Umbrella Studio contemporary arts, Townsville. Jo Bone, Seed (detail), 2014. Blown glass, cold worked, 10 x 70 cm. Photo: Aaron S. Micallef. In 2016 the exhibition opened at Coalface Art Gallery, Moranbah, QLD. The artist, Alison Inspired by found objects from the seashore, McDonald, travelled to Moranbah to assist with including seagrasses, sand dollars and other installation and deliver public programs. marine creatures, the sense of depth and layers within the surface of the pieces engage the M&G QLD commissioned photographer and viewer and invite intimate observation and quiet filmmaker Carl Warner to film an interview about contemplation. Wanton, Wild & Unimagined between Alison and writer Louise Martin-Chew (see page 39). Successful funding from Arts Queensland’s Playing Queensland Fund was notified in 2016, A travelling exhibition organised by Umbrella Studio for commencement of touring in March 2017. contemporary arts, toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the In Depth is a touring exhibition in partnership with Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program; Jo Bone and Museums & Galleries Queensland. This and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, project is supported by the Queensland Government an initiative of the Australian, state and territory through Arts Queensland. governments.
vv Ross Manning Exhibitions in development for 2017/2018: Ross Manning is a Brisbane-based artist who has vv In Depth: Jo Bone been creating immersive light and sound works for nearly a decade. His work is grounded in the Glass artist Jo Bone and her father spent artistic and music traditions of Brisbane, while many hours of her English childhood buying his increasingly ambitious sonic and luminous and collecting exotic seashells, and many more environments put him at the forefront of artistic hours imagining the exotic environments from practice nationally and internationally. which they hailed. The collection subconsciously fostered a fascination for pattern and intricacy The Institute of Modern Art (IMA) will be producing in natural objects – a fascination that has found Ross Manning’s first-ever survey exhibition in expression through Jo’s glass practice. On moving October 2017. The show will bring together to Australia in 2002, Jo found herself living works from the past eight years that will immerse alongside Queensland’s marine environment, the audiences in mesmerising encounters with original home of some of her beloved shells. The light, movement and sound, scored by carefully colours, textures and forms found in this new manipulated or constructed technologies. Giving environment have reinvigorated her interests in new context to the artist’s work, Ross will pattern, regularity and repetition. collaborate with an architect for the first time in
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 36 vv Some people are stories
Vincent Serico was born in Brisbane before being taken from his family at the age of four and sent to the mission at Cherbourg, Queensland. His mother was a Palm Island woman and his father was from Carnarvon. His stories are about living in different parts of Queensland, working, travelling, painting, and playing cards in old mission communities like Cherbourg, Palm Island, Mornington Island, Yarrabah, and Doomadgee.
Ross Manning, Spectra. Vincent’s art aims to acknowledge Aboriginal existence in a way that gives comfort, while his career. Together they will push the boundaries recognising past pain, sorrow, longing and loss, between artwork and gallery, exhibition and and leaving a trace of them in the hearts of performance. The proposed touring show will others. The artist’s central attribute is to make include works from the three key strategies that the art ‘sing’ in a positive, winning stroke rather recur in Ross’s oeuvre: light mobiles, self-playing than creating a resigned memorial. instruments, and hacked technology. In collaboration with FireWorks Gallery, Vincent A new catalogue, documenting the artist’s career created the limited edition folio, Some people and the exhibition, will contain essays by leading are stories, launched in 2009. Comprising 20 art historians and scholars of experimental music vivid and colourful images, digitally printed with and sound art. The book will explore Ross’s archival inks onto 300gsm Hahnemuehle rag practice in depth and give the work a national and paper, the folio also includes a number of stories, global context. interview notes and quotes by Vincent, collected between 1993 and 2007. The exhibition will tour nationally 2018–2020 dependent upon funding. Curated by Michael Eather, the touring exhibition Some people are stories will include the limited edition, bound folio; 20 framed print reproductions featured in the folio; and will be accompanied by nine original paintings. This will be the first major touring exhibition of Vincent Serico’s work since his death in 2008.
The exhibition will tour nationally 2018–2020 dependent upon funding.
vv Manggan: gather, gathers, gathering
Manggan: gather, gathers, gathering is an exhibition of cultural works from the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation and the South Australian Museum. The Corporation encompasses nine tribal groups in far north Queensland: the Nywaigi, Vincent Serico, Technology, 1994. City of Ipswich Collection, Ipswich Art Gallery (folio print reproduction). Gugu Badhun, Warrgamay, Warungnu, Bandjin, Photo: Mick Richards. Courtesy FireWorks Gallery. Girramay, Gulnay, Jirrbal and Djiru people.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 37 Emerging from the rainforest canopy and a culture spanning countless generations, the work of Girringun artists is attracting a lot of attention. Contemporary Indigenous weavers, painters, potters, textile artists and makers of traditional objects are transforming their stories and environments of this ancient culture into visual images and designs. A continuing close connection to place and honouring of Indigenous lore and culture provides inspiration for their work, which embraces traditional and contemporary concepts. The Girringun artists are Bagu created by Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre artists. renowned weavers of traditional forms and they also use a fresh approach when working with the ceramic medium. QLD’s touring program, however we were pleased to support Richard with ‘market ready’ skills to This exhibition will include recent artworks further develop his exhibitions for touring. featuring documentaries, pictures, weaving (bicornual baskets called Jawun and modern baskets), ceramic (fire spirits called Bagu) by Audio-Visual Touring Exhibition Indigenous artists from the Girringun Aboriginal Resources Art Centre in Cardwell. These contemporary artworks will be displayed alongside vintage M&G QLD introduced a new initiative in 2016 to photographs and baskets selected from the further engage audiences with M&G QLD’s touring collection of the South Australian Museum in program and to profile the artists and their Adelaide. practice. M&G QLD commissioned professional photographer and filmmaker Carl Warner to The exhibition will tour nationally 2018–2020 produce three films, which provide highly dependent upon funding. accessible education resources for students and lasting archives for the future. The films are captioned to increase access to the exhibitions, vv Out there Nowhere the artists’ practice and film content.
In 2016, M&G QLD continued to work with artist Kay S Lawrence Richard Tabaka on his proposed exhibition, Out Kay S Lawrence was interviewed by respected there Nowhere, which combines his two passions arts writer and critic Louise Martin-Chew about – photography and flying. On a trip from Ballina to her exhibition Material Matters, her practice and Birdsville in his open cockpit small aircraft, Richard motivations including the environment, feminism, has captured the patterns, beauty and essence women’s craft and the debate around craft versus of the Queensland Channel Country landscape. art. The finished film is 16 minutes in duration Taken from high above, these photographs of and is available from M&G QLD’s website, http:// the earth are like abstract paintings. Features of www.magsq.com.au/cms/page.asp?ID=8058. It the landscape that are usually recognisable are has also been uploaded to an iPad and supplied to reduced to ‘brushstrokes’ and ‘dots’. galleries as support material while the exhibition is being displayed at their venue. M&G QLD has been mentoring Richard in the areas of exhibition itinerary development, funding and Joe Furlonger touring logistics, assisting him to gain knowledge Carl Warner filmed artist Joe Furlonger speaking and to develop industry networks. Out there at a day-long delivery of public programs held Nowhere was not eventually taken into M&G at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Childers
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 38 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize artist, Joe Furlonger, conducting a workshop with local educators at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. The session was filmed by professional photographer and filmmaker, Carl Mentorship session with artist Kay S Lawrence for her Warner. Material Matters exhibition. (L–R) Kerry-Anne Reeves (Education Consultant); Debra Beattie (M&G QLD General Manager); Rebekah Butler (M&G QLD Executive Director); Andrea Higgins (M&G QLD Exhibition Program Art Space, as a part of M&G QLD’s touring Officer); Kay S Lawrence. exhibition Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize. This included an artist talk to the general public, to their exhibitions entering M&G QLD’s touring to students at a local school, and a workshop programming; to raise the artists’ profiles; and with local educators. This footage provides great to maximise community engagement with their insights into Joe Furlonger’s practice and artistic works through the resultant touring exhibitions. processes. While aimed at a general audience, it is a particularly useful resource for youth and In 2016, phase two of this initiative included the education audiences. There are two films each artists and their mentors working with education of approximately 25 minutes’ duration, which and marketing consultants to develop education are captioned for access for people living with a resources, exhibition branding and media kits to disability, and are available through M&G QLD’s further enhance audience engagement across website. diverse demographic communities with each of their touring exhibitions. Alison McDonald Carl Warner filmed Townsville-based artist Alison Three artists and twelve mentors took part in McDonald being interviewed by Louise Martin- this program in 2016. The artists are: Alison Chew about Alison’s touring exhibition Wanton, McDonald, Kay S Lawrence and Richard Tabaka. Wild & Unimagined. This film is in post-production, and will be captioned for increased access and Material Matters artist, Kay S Lawrence, was made available through M&G QLD’s website. It will mentored by an early childhood education also be uploaded to an iPad to supply to galleries specialist and curriculum content developer; as support material while the exhibition is being this included mentoring her in the development displayed at their venue. of the education resource to support her touring exhibition, and learning strategies for engaging young/educational visitors with her artworks Artist Touring Mentorship Program and linking them to the Australian Curriculum. She was also mentored by a Marketing and In 2015 M&G QLD commenced a new initiative, Communications Consultant who worked with Kay mentoring artists in the areas of exhibition and with M&G QLD to develop the media kit for development and touring, curating and grant her touring exhibition. Through this experience funding. The program aims to mentor and build Kay learnt key skills to assist her with writing the artists’ professional knowledge and skill her own marketing/promotional materials for base to get them ‘market ready’ with the view traditional and online/social media.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 39 Kay received further mentoring from the graphic Alison learnt skills to assist her with writing her designer who developed the exhibition branding, own marketing/promotional materials through and designed the catalogue, media release mentoring by a local PR and marketing firm. She template and education collateral. Kay also learnt also learnt how to prepare for the filming of an how to prepare for the filming of an interview interview between her and writer, Louise Martin- between her and respected writer, Louise Martin- Chew. In preparing her exhibition for tour, Alison Chew, including how to speak confidently about has gained knowledge and developed industry her work and how to share her artistic practice networks through being mentored by M&G QLD with audiences through a different medium. Staff in the areas of touring logistics such as itinerary development, freight, crating, funding, In preparing her exhibition for tour, throughout writing of the exhibition instruction manual and the year Kay has gained knowledge and developed other support materials. industry networks through being mentored by M&G QLD Staff in the areas of touring logistics such as M&G QLD supported Townsville’s Umbrella freight, crating, condition reporting of artworks, Studio contemporary arts to submit a successful development of the exhibition instruction manual, application to Visions of Australia to tour Wanton, artwork labels and didactics, funding, and editing. Wild & Unimagined to 13 national venues in 2016– 2019. As a result of this funding application, in Kay commented on the experience: January 2017 the Ministry for the Arts requested permission to use Alison’s artwork as the key ‘M&G QLD has been an accomplished, image for marketing and branding of its Visions of generous and supportive partner in the Australia funding program. development and touring of my exhibition Material Matters. Beyond their assistance Jonathon McBurnie, Director of Umbrella Studio to gain funding through Arts Queensland, contemporary arts, commented: M&G QLD provided additional advocacy and personal skill development through ‘Through this partnership, M&G QLD has mentoring with education specialist Kerry- … mentored Alison in exhibition touring, Anne Reeves and Jo Evans (marketing and marketing and arts education. This has been communications consultant) on developing an invaluable professional development education resources and the writing of press experience for Alison and supported her releases. Media support was enhanced ambitious career pathway.’ through M&G QLD commissioning renowned photographer Carl Warner to compile a When Wanton, Wild & Unimagined opened at short video of acclaimed arts writer Louise the first venue of its national tour, M&G QLD’s Martin-Chew interviewing me.’ Exhibition Program Officer, Donna Davis, travelled to Moranbah to work with the Gallery team and Townsville-based artist Alison McDonald, whose Alison to install the exhibition and document the exhibition Wanton, Wild & Unimagined entered process. This experience developed Alison’s skills M&G QLD’s touring program in late 2016, received in condition reporting of artworks, installation and mentoring in developing education resources for public speaking. her exhibition by a local educator and an education consultant. Alison learnt strategies for engaging young/educational visitors with her artworks Skills Development Workshops and motivations, including how to link these to the Australian Curriculum. Being mentored by In response to sector demand, M&G QLD initiated teachers also enabled content contained in the four regional exhibition skills workshops in exhibition’s education resource to be tested prior 2016, supported through our Visual Arts and to publication. Craft Strategy funding, and held in Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Warwick and Moreton Bay.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 40 Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery ‘Was an inspiring workshop, thank you.’ Essentials of Good Guiding Workshop ‘Well-paced, beautifully presented and This workshop was held on 15 November 2016 demonstrated; good props!’ at the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. It was presented by Sheona White and covered topics including public speaking, appreciation and Rockhampton Art Gallery interpretation of art, and guiding principles. Engaging Gallery Visitors Twenty-seven participants attended the workshop. This workshop was held on 17 November 2016 Sheona White has been working in the curatorial and hosted by Rockhampton Art Gallery. It was field of public and education programs for presented by Sheona White and explored different many years, and has delivered professional ways and techniques to meaningfully engage development programs at numerous art galleries. gallery visitors. Seventeen participants attended Sheona is the Head of Access and Learning at the workshop. National Gallery of Australia. Previously she has held positions including Head of Public Programs Participants were invited to share what they at Art Gallery of New South Wales and as Curator gained/learnt through attending the workshop and Manager of the Brett Whiteley Studio and to provide general feedback. Comments on Museum in the Australian Department; Senior the strengths of the workshop included: Curator of Museum Education at the Museum of Contemporary Art; and Deputy Director and ‘Excellent facilitator; involved me and I Senior Curator at Woollongong City Gallery. learnt.’
Participants were invited to share what they ‘Interaction, pace, program, great tasks, gained/learnt through attending the workshop informative, motivating, presenter and to provide general feedback. Comments informative and fun.’ included: ‘Thank you so much for allowing regional ‘Active participation by all participants – galleries to have this training – very excellent presentation.’ valuable.’
‘Interactive content, very engaging, very informative.’
Sheona White conducting an Essentials of Good Guiding workshop at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 41 Warwick Art Gallery Exhibition Skills Workshop
This workshop was held on 1 December 2016 and was hosted by Warwick Art Gallery. The workshop was presented by Nick Ashby and covered conservation; artwork condition reporting; installation; and exhibition design.
Nick Ashby has extensive experience behind the scenes in art galleries and art museums. He has worked at Queensland Art Gallery as a technician in the conservation department and Participants learn to condition report an artwork at with the exhibitions department on a diverse the Exhibition Skills Workshop at Warwick Art Gallery, presented by Nick Ashby. range of exhibitions including three Asia Pacific Triennials, Australian and international touring exhibitions, large-scale artist installations and Moreton Bay Regional Council numerous collection exhibitions. Since 2008 Nick Audience Engagement Workshop has worked at The University of Queensland Art Museum with the collection management team as This workshop was held on 15 December 2016 a Museum Preparator. and hosted by Moreton Bay Regional Council. The workshop was presented by Michael Huxley and Twenty-two participants attended the workshop was tailored to the needs of Moreton Bay Regional including Warwick Art Gallery Director, staff and Galleries and Museums Network staff and covered volunteers; Stanthorpe Art Gallery Director; local the following: artists; local Art Teachers; and Western Downs Regional Council staff. • Who are their current audiences? • Who do they (the museums/galleries) exist Participants were invited to share what they for? gained/learnt through attending the workshop • Using statistics and understanding the value and to provide general feedback. Comments of these in relation to their audiences – what included: do the statistics and evaluation/analysis of these tell an organisation? How can this ‘Good content, excellent coverage of positively impact programming and audience material.’ engagement? • Programming for different demographics – ‘It was so relevant to where I am in my what do they want their audiences to gain capacity.’ from their participation? • How to effectively communicate their ‘I have enjoyed the opportunity to attend programming to attract existing and new and interact with Nick (and others) at this audiences? workshop. I would like to thank those responsible for attaining the necessary Fifteen Moreton Bay Regional Council Gallery and funding to bring about this outcome.’ Museum Network staff and volunteers attended this workshop. ‘The intricacies of condition reporting, exhibition layout, installation, packing and Participants were invited to share what they planning.’ gained/learnt through attending the workshop and to provide general feedback. Comments included:
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 42 ‘Very inclusive opportunity.’ resources and video content. It also features a National Exhibition Register, an online directory ‘Facilitator well presented.’ of available touring exhibitions from across the country. The website attracted 30,643 page views ‘Information presented was easy to follow in 2016. and understand.’ In 2016, the Australia Council for the Arts’ funding Michael Huxley is an arts administrator with outcomes resulted in reduced capacity for NETS an extensive knowledge of audience, profiling Australia, with four members of the network, evaluations and development. While General including M&G QLD, not receiving multi-year Manager for Museums & Galleries of NSW (M&G operational funding for the 2017–2020 period. NSW), he developed and undertook major research A fifth NETS member, while successful, received into public museum and gallery audiences in reduced funding. The impact of this, and the New South Wales and, in partnership with M&G potential consequences for Australia’s extensive QLD, into public gallery audiences in Queensland. public gallery sector, was discussed at a meeting This series of studies, Guess Who’s Going to held in September 2016. NETS members were all the Gallery? provides benchmark data on how in agreement that this funding outcome would not to understand where gaps in cultural audiences fracture the national network, nor would it affect appear as well as assisting arts organisations the quality of touring product and reach of NETS in how to communicate with existing and new Australia’s programs. The meeting also noted and audiences. Prior to working for M&G NSW, appreciated the great sectoral support shown in Michael has held senior positions in a number of the wake of these funding outcomes. performing arts organisations. At this September meeting, Michael Rolfe The Exhibition Skills Development Workshops were an (Museums & Galleries of NSW) stood down from initiative of Museums & Galleries Queensland, supported his role as Chair of NETS Australia and was by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the thanked for the work he undertook while in this Australian, state and territory governments. role. Michael Edwards, Director, Contemporary Art Tasmania, was appointed as the new Chair of NETS Australia. National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Australia People Like Us NETS Australia’s joint exhibition People Like Us, NETS Australia consists of seven independent arts continued its national tour in 2016. This exhibition organisations from each state and territory with a completes the final phase of NETS Australia’s unified dedication to the presentation, promotion National Touring Initiative, funded by the Australia and support of contemporary arts, craft and Council for the Arts through the Visual Arts and design to metropolitan and regional audiences Craft Strategy. across the country. The network comprises: People Like Us reveals the many experimental • Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring; technologies being deployed by artists as they • Art on the Move WA; comment on 21st century issues. The exhibition • Contemporary Art Tasmania; captures universal aspects of the contemporary • Country Arts SA; human condition in film, animation, digital and • Museums & Galleries of NSW; interactive art. • Museums & Galleries Queensland; and • NETS Victoria. Curated by UNSW Galleries Director, Felicity Fenner, People Like Us will tour to fourteen The NETS Australia website brings together the venues across Australia in 2016–2019. In 2016, suite of touring exhibitions managed by the the exhibition was viewed by 14,004 visitors. NETS Australia network, interactive educational
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 43 Artists: Yuri Ancarani, Daniel Crooks, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, George Poonkhin Khut, Volker Kuchelmeister and Laura Fisher, John McGhee, Angelica Mesiti, Michael Nyman, Joan Ross, Su- Mei Tse and Jason Wing.
A National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Australia exhibition developed by UNSW Galleries and toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW. Supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory governments.
George Poonkhin Khut, BrightHearts, 2011 (Henry with iPad, photo by Julia Charles). From People Like Us.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 44 Funding Partners and Financial Support
The operations and programs of Museum & Gallery Services Queensland Limited, trading as Museums & Galleries Queensland (M&G QLD), have been made possible through the generosity and support of many individuals and organisations (acknowledged on pages 47–50 of this report), and by the continued support of its funding partners:
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT
M&G QLD received triennial funding (2014–2016) from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland under the Organisation Fund.
During 2016, M&G QLD applied for and was successful in securing Organisation Funding for 2017–2020.
M&G QLD received matching subsidy of $4,468 through Arts Queensland’s Arts Leverage Fund.
M&G QLD was provided with rental assistance ($3,000) and removal assistance ($7,013) from Arts Queensland to facilitate its relocation from 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley to Hendra.
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
M&G QLD received a contract extension from the Australia Council for the Arts under the Visual Arts Key Organisations multi-year funding program to support the organisation’s 2016 National Exhibition Touring Support (NETS) activities.
M&G QLD continued the touring component of the exhibition, Saltwater Country, for which funding of $186,431 was received from the Australia Council for the Arts’ Visions of Australia program in 2014.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 45 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
Funding from the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program supported the 2016 itineraries of the following touring exhibitions, managed by M&G QLD:
• Bimblebox: art – science – nature • Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art • MYTHO-POETIC: Print and Assemblage Works by Glen Skien • Offshoots: A Florilegium from the Cairns Botanic Gardens • Saltwater Country • Wanton, Wild & Unimagined
VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFT STRATEGY
M&G QLD received funding of $52,451 in 2016 through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.
COMMUNITY HERITAGE GRANT
M&G QLD was awarded a Community Heritage Grant of $7,580 for delivery of Skill Development Workshops in Collection Management and Significance Assessment in the Maryborough region in 2016.
The Community Heritage Grant program is funded by the Australian Government through the National Library of Australia; the Ministry for the Arts; the National Archives of Australia; the National Film and Sound Archive; and the National Museum of Australia.
381 BRUNSWICK STREET
381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley is an initiative of Arts Queensland. In 2016, accommodation was provided for M&G QLD to 23 February.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 46 Sponsors, Industry Partners and In-Kind Support
M&G QLD’s 2016 programs and events were partnered by or received support from the following individuals, organisations and businesses:
GALLERY AND MUSEUM ACHIEVEMENT Christine Ianna AWARDS (GAMAA) maNexus Creative Arts Redlands – Redland Performing Museum Development Officers, Queensland Arts Centre and Redland Art Gallery Museum Network Brian Tucker Accounting Trophy Artist: Kenji Uranishi EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT AND TOURING GAMAA Judging Panel: Maria Cleary, Michael Huxley, John Walsh National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Australia Partners M&G QLD | UQAM SEMINAR: Art on the Move, WA IMAGINING A FUTURE Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring Holly Arden, Senior Education Manager, The Contemporary Art Tasmania University of Queensland Art Museum Country Arts SA Seb Chan, Chief Experience Officer, Australian Museums & Galleries of New South Wales Centre for the Moving Image NETS Victoria Dr Campbell Gray, Director, The University of Queensland Art Museum National Touring Initiative Project Cathie Oats, Director, Trove, National Library of NETS Australia Australia UNSW Galleries Alice-Anne Psaltis, Public Programs Officer, The Museums & Galleries of New South Wales University of Queensland Art Museum Visual Arts and Craft Strategy Gillian Ridsdale, former Curator Public Program, Ortelia Interactive Services The University of Queensland Art Museum Australian Government, Australia Council for the Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience & Civic Arts Engagement Center, Oakland Museum of Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro’s project assisted California, USA by the Australian Government through the The University of Queensland Art Museum Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding Visual Arts and Craft Strategy and advisory body. Dr Graeme Were, Convenor, Museum Studies Volker Kuchelmeister and Laura Fisher’s project Postgraduate Program, The University of supported by NIEA’s Curating Cities Australian Queensland Research Council (ARC) project with the City of Simon Wright, Assistant Director, Learning and Sydney Public Engagement, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Saltwater Country Project Partner: Gold Coast City Gallery DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Co-Curators: Michael Aird, Virginia Rigney Q-DIS: The Queensland Disaster Information Assistant Curator: Jo-Anne Driessens Network Visual Arts and Craft Strategy Australian Institute for the Conservation of Australia Council for the Arts Cultural Material Visions of Australia
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 47 Australian Government through the Australia Mytho-Poetic: Print and Assemblage Works International Cultural Council (DFAT) by Glen Skien Arts Queensland, Backing Indigenous Arts Glen Skien City of Gold Coast Gympie Regional Gallery Corporate partners: Volt Design, Breadcrumb Visions of Australia Digital, Salsbury Production Gordon Darling Foundation
Animal FanFair: Humans – Animals – Offshoots: A Florilegium from the Cairns Environment Botanic Gardens Moreton Bay Regional Council Julie McEnerny Curator: Karen Tyler Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns Regional Council Arts Queensland, Playing Queensland Fund Cairns Botanic Gardens Claude Jones Curator: Chris Stannard Aimee Board Visions of Australia Regional Arts Development Fund Bimblebox: art – science – nature Bimblebox Nature Refuge Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Redland Art Gallery Tattersall’s Club Curator: Elizabeth Jackson, Artfully Curator: Bernie Hollett Jill Sampson Arts Queensland, Playing Queensland Fund Tangible Media Visual Arts and Craft Strategy Visions of Australia Kerry-Anne Reeves, Education consultant Gordon Darling Foundation Joe Furlonger Regional Arts Development Fund Carl Warner artisan Sponsors/donors: At A Glance; Planet Boab; Wanton, Wild & Unimagined Platypus Graphics; Wotif.com; FullARTon and Alison McDonald Free Umbrella Studio contemporary arts, Townsville Curator: Ross Searle Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art Visions of Australia Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton Visual Arts and Craft Strategy Regional Council Designfront, Leesa Hickey Visions of Australia Christina Papadimitriou Queensland Government Exhibition Jacinta Lisec Indemnification Scheme Louise Martin-Chew, Arthouse Regional Arts Development Fund Carl Warner Gordon Darling Foundation Crystal Clear Tim Fairfax Family Foundation Exhibition Skills Workshops Material Matters Sheona White, Head of Access and Learning, Kay S Lawrence National Gallery of Australia Arts Queensland, Playing Queensland Fund Nick Ashby, Museum Preparator, The University Visual Arts and Craft Strategy of Queensland Art Museum Kerry-Anne Reeves, Education consultant Michael Huxley, Arts and Culture Manager Jo Evans, Expression + Impressions Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery Communication and PR Rockhampton Art Gallery Designfront, Leesa Hickey Warwick Art Gallery Louise Martin-Chew, Arthouse Moreton Bay Regional Council Carl Warner Visual Arts and Craft Strategy
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 48 Other Significant Assessment and Collection M&G QLD thanks all of the artists involved in our Management Workshops Exhibition Development and Touring Program, Community Heritage Grant Program, National and the artists’ dealers/representatives Library of Australia M&G QLD thanks all of the venues and their Lydia Egunnike, Museum Development Officer, Staff and Volunteers who participated in our Queensland Museum Network Exhibition Development and Touring Program Lisa Jones, Curator, Queensland Police Museum International Art Services and Ross Hall Fraser Coast Regional Council AON Risk Services Australia Ltd Susan Rogers, Senior Arts and Cultural Officer, Queensland Museum – Hendra Annexe Fraser Coast Regional Council PDF Pty Ltd Kelli Sauer, Heritage & Cultural Services Aaron S Micallef Coordinator, Fraser Coast Regional Council
TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL Securing Funding Workshop DEVELOPMENT Vicky Bowden, Friends of Greenmount Homestead Marie Cameron, Business and Community National Standards Taskforce Partners Services Advisor – Hall Creek Mine, Rio Tinto Arts Tasmania Rick Chen, Co-founder & Director, Pozible Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, ACT Community Heritage Grant Program, National History SA Library of Australia Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Glen Hall, Mackay Historical Society & Museum Museums & Galleries of NSW Janice Irvine, Development Manager, Arts Museums Australia (Victoria) Queensland Western Australian Museum Robert Ryan, Senior Coordinator Community Programs, Community & Client Services, Mackay Standards Review Program Regional Council Elizabeth Bates, Museum and Gallery Consultant Carolyn Scott, Sarina Museum Justin Bishop, Director, KickArts Contemporary Simona Sharry, State Manager Queensland, Arts, Cairns Creative Partnerships Australia Chinchilla Historical Museum Fiona Vuibeqa, Arts Development Officer, Mackay Mark Creyton, Consultant Regional Council Lydia Egunnike, Museum Development Officer, Annie Wright, Ambassador, Foundation for Rural Queensland Museum Network and Regional Renewal Gallery 107 @ Dalby Joolie Gibbs, Gallery Coordinator, Gympie Regional Careers in Museums and Galleries Gallery Networking Event and Launch of the Christine Ianna, Conservator and Museum MGA Emerging Professionals Network in Industry Trainer Queensland Lisa Jones, Curator, Queensland Police Museum Karike Ashworth, MGA Emerging Professionals Dr Jan King, Museum Consultant Network Lapunyah Art Gallery, Chinchilla Emma Bain, Director (Exhibitions & Programs), Miles Historical Village Museum Redland Art Gallery Museums & Galleries of New South Wales Lisa Bryan-Brown, Independent Curator & Roma on Bungil Gallery Collections Officer (Registrar), Griffith Artworks, Bronwyn Roper, Senior Cultural Development Griffith University Producer, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Phil Manning, Curator, Museum of Brisbane Ross Searle, Gallery Consultant Dr Courtney Pedersen, Senior Lecturer, Creative Maggi Solly, former Director, Yarra Ranges Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Regional Museum Technology Taroom Museum
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 49 Gillian Ridsdale, Engagement Program Coordinator, Bronwyn Davies, Coordinator Cultural Services, Business Development & Engagement, Creative Scenic Rim Regional Council, Beaudesert Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Tony Martin, CEO, Qantas Founders Museum, Technology Longreach Megan Williams, Manager, Art Gallery, University Jo-Anne Driessens, Senior Arts and Culture of the Sunshine Coast Project Officer, City of Gold Coast Michael Rolfe, CEO, Museums & Galleries of New INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION South Wales Toadshow Pty Ltd Professor Suzanne Miller, CEO and Director, Mac1, John Newcombe Queensland Museum Network Wesley Mission Brisbane Julian Bickersteth, Managing Director, Contributing writers International Conservation Services Gavin Bannerman, A/Executive Manager, TENANCY: HENDRA ANNEXE, QUEENSLAND Queensland Memory, State Library of MUSEUM Queensland Queensland Museum Tracy Cooper-Lavery, former Director, Frank Fiege Rockhampton Art Gallery Anthony Moran Brian Robinson, Artist Brian Flynn Anna Gillison, Galleries Officer, Tablelands Regional Council FINANCE AND AUDITING Dr Georges Petitjean, Museum of Contemporary Brian Tucker CPA Aboriginal Art, The Netherlands
OTHER SUPPORT Adriane Boag, Program Coordinator, National M&G QLD thanks everyone who supported and Gallery of Australia; Coordinator, Art and contributed to our 2016 delivery. Our sincere Dementia Program apologies if anyone has been inadvertently Dr Geraldine Mate, Principal Curator, History, omitted. Industry and Technology, Queensland Museum Network
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 50 Appendix 1: M&G QLD Company Member: Museums Galleries Australia (Queensland)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
John Waldron (President), Consultant, Blue Sky View Brian Tucker CPA (Treasurer) Suesann Vos (Secretary), Marketing and Sponsorship Manager, Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, Caboolture Karen Barrett, Manager, Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre, Toowoomba Joolie Gibbs, Gallery Coordinator, Gympie Regional Gallery
Appendix 2: M&G QLD Company Member: Regional Galleries Association of Queensland
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Tracy Cooper-Lavery, Gallery Director, Gold Coast City Gallery (President) Anna Thurgood, QANZAC100 Regional Content Curator, Queensland Memory, State Library of Queensland (Vice-President) Brian Tucker CPA (Secretary/Treasurer) Justin Bishop, Director, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns Karina Devine, Director, Warwick Art Gallery Nina Shadforth, Gallery Director, Noosa Council Claire Sourgnes, CEO, artisan
Museums Galleries Australia (Queensland) | Regional Galleries Association of Queensland Membership Officer: Karike Ashworth
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 51 Appendix 3: Standards Review Program: 2016 Reviewers
Standards Reviewers contributed a total of 534 unpaid hours of their expertise to the 2016 program.
Elizabeth Bates Museum and Gallery Consultant
Elizabeth is an independent museum and art gallery consultant who most recently worked at Museum of Brisbane (MoB). During her time at MoB she held the positions of Senior Collections and Archive Manager, Program Manager and Learning and Outreach Manager. Before joining MoB she worked in Travelling Exhibitions and Education at the Queensland Art Gallery. One of Elizabeth’s greatest adventures was to spend three years in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, as the Visual Arts Coordinator at Araluen Arts Centre.
Before embarking on a career in the museum and gallery sector, Elizabeth spent several years teaching art and physical education at secondary school level. As well as her education training, Elizabeth has obtained tertiary qualifications in Art History, Australian History, Fine Art (majoring in print making) and Communication (Public Relations).
Associated professional activities have included board positions on several visual arts organisations in Queensland, regular judging commitments and representation in visual arts publications. Elizabeth is also a member of the Arts and Social Sciences Advisory Committee at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She will travel anywhere as long as there is a swimming pool.
Justin Bishop Director, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
Aside from a few years spent travelling and a brief stint in the construction industry, Justin has worked in the regional gallery sector in Queensland since 1998 when he started as a casual exhibition installation officer at the Gold Coast City Gallery.
From 2008–2010 he was Director at Stanthorpe Regional Gallery where he undertook M&G QLD’s Standards Review Program as a participant. He then became the Exhibitions Manager | Deputy Director at Cairns Regional Gallery. Justin currently holds the position of Director, KickArts Contemporary Arts in Cairns.
Justin prefers working within regional Queensland, as he believes the regions are key growth areas in the arts industry requiring nurturing. He hopes that his experience in the day-to-day management of a regional gallery in conjunction with collection management, exhibition design and development skills learned through practice will offer support for Standards Review Program participants.
Justin is a committee member of the Regional Galleries Association of Queensland.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 52 Joolie Gibbs Gallery Coordinator, Gympie Regional Gallery
Joolie has been Gallery Coordinator of the Gympie Regional Gallery for over 18 years.
She has been a freelance Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Desktop Publishing officer for government and private businesses, and self-employed in many areas such as set design, tutoring, workshop facilitation, fibre art, tombstone art and as a modelmaker for Playschool TV One, New Zealand.
Joolie has judged many regional art shows in her current role and is on the Museums Galleries Australia (Queensland) executive committee.
In her community role, she is Coordinator of the Mary River Festival, and committee member of CoolArts Gympie, Gympie Regional Council Heritage Advisory Committee, Gympie Regional Council Arts & Cultural Reference Panel, Gympie Regional Council Public Art Advisory Group, and Creative Unlimited Gympie committees, and a founding member of Papermakers of Queensland.
In 2010, the Gympie Regional Gallery undertook M&G QLD’s Standards Review Program as a participant.
Christine Ianna Conservator and Museum Industry Trainer
Christine has worked in the museum and materials conservation profession in Queensland for more than twenty-five years. She has held varied positions including Scientist (Materials Conservation) at the Queensland Museum; Manager, Preservation Services, Queensland State Archives; Manager, Publications Reformatting and Coordinator, Reformatting at the State Library of Queensland. Christine is an active member of the Australian Society of Archivists (Queensland Branch) and a Professional Member of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Material Inc (AICCM), the peak body for conservators in Australia.
Christine is an established and respected conservator who has developed considerable expertise in providing preventive conservation advice and training to a variety of differently resourced collections. Christine’s success in this area has largely been attributed to her thorough knowledge, her lateral thinking and the relevant and practical, cost-conscious advice she provides. She is constantly promoting links within the GLAM sector and has supported the Museums & Galleries Queensland’s Standards Review Program for a number of years.
In 2014 Christine successfully completed a Diploma in Law and Collections Management from The Institute of Art and Law, London. In 2007, she was awarded a Special Commendation in M&G QLD’s Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) in recognition of the generous contribution of her knowledge and skills to the museum community, and her significant long-term commitment to the sector.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 53 Lisa Jones Curator, Queensland Police Museum
Lisa has 30 years’ experience in the museum sector, which began when she volunteered at the Queensland Museum (QM), packing dinosaur bones for the move to their new building at South Bank in late 1985. She then began working as a QM Guide and volunteered in both the Anthropology and Social History sections. In 1992 Lisa completed a Masters of Museum Studies at JCU. In 1994 she gained employment as Assistant Curator in the Social History Section of QM and in 1994 travelled to Calgary, Canada, and gained skills in collection management as an intern at the Glenbow Museum. Between 1995 and 1997 Lisa worked as a freelance Curator, writing collection policies and business plans for small regional museums. In 1997 she was lucky enough to gain employment as Curator of the Queensland Police Museum where she is currently employed.
Lisa enjoys being involved with, and remains connected to, the broader museum industry through her involvement with M&G QLD, Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network and the Brisbane History Group. She also works as a Museum Consultant, and since 2005 has been a Peer Reviewer for the M&G QLD Standards Review Program.
Dr Jan King Museum Consultant
Emigrating from Wales, UK, in 1996 to settle in Queensland, Jan was previously a full-time lecturer for the University of Wales, a Local Government Councillor, School Governor and a Director on the Board of Torfaen Museum Trust, which has accredited museum status in South Wales.
Jan became the inaugural Curator Manager of the Electricity Industry Historical Trust, based in Brisbane, in 1997. When the Trust was incorporated as Queensland Energy Museum Inc (QEM) in December 1999, she was appointed its inaugural Director and held the position until May 2015, when QEM closed its doors permanently. Since 1997, Jan has undertaken research into Queensland’s energy history and heritage, with an emphasis on traditional and alternative energy technologies, its impact on everyday life and community development.
During her work with QEM, Jan produced over 30 exhibitions (touring, photographic and static), four commissioned works and was involved in the planning stages of three new museums and two public park areas. She also offered talks to groups on Queensland’s energy heritage, completed many oral history projects, website content, and became a volunteer Peer Reviewer in Queensland with M&G QLD.
Founder of QEM’s Memories of Energy Groups in Queensland, in 2005 Jan launched the first Memories of Energy Trail from Yarraman to Kilkivan in the South Burnett. Her publications include a range of social, industrial, oral and family history articles and conference papers in the UK and Australia and four books related to Queensland’s energy heritage.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 54 Bronwyn Roper Senior Cultural Development Producer, National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Bronwyn Roper is the Senior Cultural Development Producer with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).
She has worked as Community Heritage Curator with City of Melbourne in Victoria; and previously worked in Queensland as a Museum Development Officer with the Queensland Museum Network; and an Acting Assistant Curator with Queensland Stories at Queensland Museum.
Ross Searle Gallery Consultant
Ross Searle has worked in Australian art museums since 1982. He was the Curator of the Shepparton Art Gallery (1982–1986) where he developed an expert knowledge of Australian ceramics. In 1986 he was appointed as Director of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, a position he held for 10 years, which saw the gallery rise to national significance due to its fine exhibition program and the consolidation of its collection, with many important new acquisitions. In 1996 Ross returned to Brisbane as the first full-time Director of The University of Queensland Art Museum. In his eleven years in this position, the collection doubled in size with works by Australian and international artists. The University Art Collection is Queensland’s second largest public art collection. Ross also had a lead role in the $8 million transformation of the former Mayne Hall into a new home for The University of Queensland Art Museum, a triple award-winning design.
In 2008 Ross established a museum consultancy and specialises in the small to medium-sized museum and gallery sector. Ross holds post-graduate qualifications in Museum Studies.
Maggi Solly Former Director, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum (Victoria)
Maggi has worked in the museum sector for over 34 years, predominantly in local government and with the community museums sector. Commencing with the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University, UK, her career has spanned a series of curatorial, advisory and management roles in Scotland, England and Australia. In the last 16 years in her new adopted home, Maggi has been based in Brisbane, Newcastle and Melbourne. Her most recent role as Director saw her complete a major redevelopment of a local museum to the multi-award winning Yarra Ranges Regional Museum in Victoria.
Maggi has been involved with the development and implementation of standards and accreditation programs for museums and galleries in both the UK and Australia, and is currently a member of the Museum Accreditation Program Committee with Museums Australia (Victoria). Maggi believes that community museums contribute enormously to the vibrancy of the sector and is keen to support that passion by building capacity in any way she can.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 55 Appendix 4: Training and Professional Development and Sector Development Programs: 2016 Events
NO. = Number of participants including presenters and M&G QLD staff.
451 people participated in 24 M&G QLD Training and Professional Development Program activities, with a further 161 participants taking part in 5 Sector Development Program activities delivered by M&G QLD in 2016.
Training and Professional Development Program
DATE EVENT VENUE SPEAKERS/STAFF NO. 19 March Significance Mary Poppins Building, Lydia Egunnike 11 Assessment Maryborough M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth (CHG workshop) 23 March Standards Briefing Dogwood Crossing, M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, 18 Session Miles Leisha Lawrence 9 April Collection Management Mary Poppins Building, Lisa Jones 24 – Part 1 Maryborough M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence (CHG workshop) 23 April Collection Management Mary Poppins Building, Lisa Jones 17 – Part 2 Maryborough M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence (CHG workshop) 20 July Securing Funding Quest Mackay on Deannah Vieth, Rick Chen 29 Workshop – Day One Gordon (Skype), Annie Wright (Skype), Fiona Vuibeqa, Robert Ryan, Janice Irvine M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence, Debra Beattie 21 July Securing Funding Quest Mackay on Deannah Vieth, Debra Beattie, 31 Workshop – Day Two Gordon Carolyn Scott, Glen Hall, Vicky Bowden, Marie Cameron, Simona Sharry M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence 16 August Field Visit – Taroom Taroom Museum Lisa Jones, Christine Ianna 7 Museum M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence
17 August Field Visit – Roma on Roma on Bungil Elizabeth Bates, Joolie Gibbs 7 Bungil Gallery Gallery M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence
17 August Field Visit – Chinchilla Chinchilla Historical Lisa Jones, Jan King 9 Historical Museum Museum M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 56 DATE EVENT VENUE SPEAKERS/STAFF NO.
18 August Field Visit – Lapunyah Lapunyah Art Gallery, Justin Bishop, Joolie Gibbs 7 Art Gallery, Chinchilla Chinchilla M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, Leisha Lawrence 19 August Field Visit – Gallery Gallery 107 @ Dalby Ross Searle, Justin Bishop 8 107 @ Dalby M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence
19 August Field Visit – Miles Miles Historical Village Bronwyn Roper, Maggi Solly 5 Historical Village Museum M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth Museum 20 August Field Visit – Miles Miles Historical Village Bronwyn Roper, Maggi Solly 7 Historical Village Museum M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth Museum 15 M&G QLD | UQAM The University of Lisa Sasaki, Seb Chan, Cathie 81 September Seminar – Imagining a Queensland Art Oats, Simon Wright Future Museum, Brisbane M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, Leisha Lawrence, Rebekah Butler, Debra Beattie, Bonnie Melrose, Donna Davis, Andrea Higgins, Morgan Bundy-Wright 19 Standards Workshop Western Downs Mark Creyton 19 September Regional Council M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, Columboola Function Leisha Lawrence Room, Miles 20 October On Site Review – Gallery 107 @ Dalby Ross Searle, Justin Bishop 9 Gallery 107 @ Dalby M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence 20 October On Site Review – Chinchilla Historical Lisa Jones, Jan King 12 Chinchilla Historical Museum M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth Museum 21 October On Site Review – Lapunyah Art Gallery, Justin Bishop, Joolie Gibbs 10 Lapunyah Art Gallery, Chinchilla M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth Chinchilla 21 October On Site Review – Taroom Museum Lisa Jones, Christine Ianna 9 Taroom Museum M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence 3 November 2017 Standards Clio’s on Rosemount, M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, 41 Information Session Sunshine Coast Leisha Lawrence 8 November On Site Review – Roma on Bungil Elizabeth Bates, Joolie Gibbs 12 Roma on Bungil Gallery M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence Gallery 17 2015 Standards One- Greenmount Deannah Vieth 11 November Year-On Homestead M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, Leisha Lawrence 24 Careers in Museums Seminar Room, QUT Deannah Vieth, Leisha 35 November and Galleries Creative Industries, Lawrence, Dr Courtney Networking Event Brisbane Pedersen, Phil Manning, Lisa Bryan-Brown, Emma Bain, Megan Williams M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, Leisha Lawrence, Morgan Bundy-Wright
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 57 DATE EVENT VENUE SPEAKERS/STAFF NO. 1 December Standards Debrief & Western Downs M&G QLD Staff: Deannah Vieth, 32 Celebration Event Regional Council Leisha Lawrence Columboola Function Room, Miles
Sector Development Program
DATE EVENT VENUE SPEAKERS/STAFF NO. 15 Essentials of Good Bundaberg Regional Sheona White 27 November Guiding Workshop Art Gallery
17 Engaging Gallery Rockhampton Art Sheona White 17 November Visitors Workshop Gallery
22 Gallery and Museum Redland Art Gallery GAMAA Winners and Finalists, 80 November Achievement Awards and Redland Rebekah Butler, Cr Wendy Performing Arts Centre Boglary, Aunty Lynnette Shipway, Yulu Birra Ba Dancers, Karina Devine M&G QLD Staff: Debra Beattie, Deannah Vieth, Leisha Lawrence, Donna Davis, Andrea Higgins, Morgan Bundy-Wright 1 December Exhibition Skills Warwick Art Gallery Nick Ashby 22 Workshop M&G QLD Staff: Bonnie Melrose
15 Audience Engagement North Lakes Library Michael Huxley 15 December Workshop M&G QLD Staff: Leisha Lawrence
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 58 Appendix 5: Training and Professional Development and Sector Development Program: 2016 Audio and Video Access
Securing Funding Workshop Quest Mackay on Gordon, 20–21 July 2016
PowerPoints: • Vicky Bowden, Friends of Greenmount Homestead • Rick Chen, Co-founder & Director, Pozible • Community Heritage Grant Program, National Library of Australia • Glen Hall, Mackay Historical Society & Museum • Robert Ryan, Senior Coordinator Community Programs, Community & Client Services, Mackay Regional Council • Carolyn Scott, Sarina Museum • Fiona Vuibeqa, Arts Development Officer, Mackay Regional Council • Annie Wright, Ambassador, Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
2016 M&G QLD | UQAM Seminar: Imagining a Future The University of Queensland Art Museum, 15 September 2016
Videos: • Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience & Civic Engagement Center, Oakland Museum of California, USA • Seb Chan, Chief Experience Officer, Australian Centre for the Moving Image • Cathie Oats, Director, Trove, National Library of Australia • Panel discussion with all speakers moderated by Simon Wright, Assistant Director, Learning and Public Engagement, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
2016 M&G QLD Video Access
M&G QLD videos were viewed 517 times throughout 2016.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 59 Appendix 6: 2016 M&G QLD Touring Exhibition Program and Statistics
NO. OF EXHIBITIONS: 9
Animal FanFair: Humans – Animals – Environment
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD 38 1,660 Artspace Mackay, QLD 52 3,667 Coalface Art Gallery, Moranbah, QLD 28 820 Lapunyah Art Gallery, Chinchilla, QLD 40 1,710 Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, QLD 25 1,374 5 183 9,231 10 1
Bimblebox: art – science – nature
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators New England Regional Art Museum, NSW 80 6,382 The University Gallery, Newcastle University, NSW 24 269 Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW 66 11,400 Logan Art Gallery, QLD 51 2,487 4 221 20,538 17 1
Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD 65 19,066 1 65 19,066 38 1
Material Matters
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery, Biloela, QLD 24 76 Childers Art Space, QLD 17 1,028 2 41 1,104 1
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 60 MYTHO-POETIC: Print and Assemblage Works by Glen Skien
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS 34 1,345 Deakin University Art Gallery, VIC 19 419 Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design, Mittagong, NSW 49 2,000 Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW 73 15,757 4 175 19,521 1
Offshoots: A Florilegium from the Cairns Botanic Gardens
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD 47 1,712 New England Regional Art Museum, NSW 45 4,037 Pine Rivers Art Gallery, QLD 37 735 Myall Park Botanic Gardens, Glenmorgan, QLD 77 308 Nature’s Powerhouse, Cooktown, QLD 38 861 5 244 7,653 1 1
Saltwater Country
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW 31 1,151 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC 52 2,751 Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA 31 1,088 Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, WA 45 2,244 Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW 51 11,919 Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW 41 2,107 6 251 21,260 27 2
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 61 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Redland Art Gallery, QLD 35 2,487 Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD 30 1,483 Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, QLD 29 1,112 Childers Art Space, QLD 48 2,590 4 142 7,672 15 1
Wanton, Wild & Unimagined
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Coalface Art Gallery, Moranbah, QLD 17 877 1 17 877 1 1
GRAND TOTAL 32 1,339 106,922 111 8
People Like Us (NETS Australia touring exhibition)
Venue Venues Days Attendance Artists Curators Burnie Regional Gallery, TAS 38 2,544 Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS 36 1,782 Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 30 330 Geelong Gallery, VIC 69 7,464 Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC 55 1,884 5 228 14,004 13 1
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 62 Appendix 7: 2016 Regional Galleries Association of Queensland Professional Development Bursary Recipients
Recipient GRANT PURPOSE Robyn Daw $1,000 Towards attendance at the ICOM conference, (Logan Art Gallery) Milan, and delivery of a paper.
Virginia Rigney $1,000 Towards attendance at the Museums Galleries (Gold Coast City Gallery) Australia 2016 Conference in Auckland, New Zealand, and delivery of a paper.
Jonathan McBurnie $442 Towards attendance at the Fundamentals (Umbrella Studio contemporary arts, of Fundraising workshop at State Library of Townsville) Queensland, Brisbane.
Danielle Harvey $780 Towards attendance at the Museums Galleries (artisan) Australia 2017 Conference in Brisbane.
Christine Spence $1,000 Towards attendance at the Museums Galleries (Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery) Australia 2017 Conference in Brisbane.
M&G QLD 2016 Annual Report Page 63 VISION
To ensure a future where museums, galleries and keeping places are relevant, accessible and are valued by their communities.
MISSION
To promote, support and provide services to foster excellence in museums, galleries and keeping places.
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