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2013-2018 Collections Development Policy Agenda Item: 5D Wolverhampton City Council OPEN EXECUTIVE DECISION ITEM (AMBER) CABINET Date 5 MARCH 2012 Portfolio(s) COUNCILLOR E MATTU / LEISURE AND COMMUNITIES Originating Service Group(s) EDUCATION AND ENTERPRISE Contact Officer(s)/ CORINNE MILLER KEY DECISION: NO Telephone Number(s) 2050 IN FORWARD PLAN: YES Title CULTURE, ARTS & HERITAGE - COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY RECOMMENDATION That Cabinet approve the Culture, Arts & Heritage Collections Development Policy in support of the application of Wolverhampton Culture, Arts & Heritage to Arts Council England for Accreditation, a national museum standard, which is a requirement for a number of funding streams. 1 1. PURPOSE 1.1 To approve the Collections Development Policy (formerly known as the Acquisitions and Disposals Policy) for the museums and galleries that are part of Wolverhampton Culture Arts and Heritage (WCAH). The Archives have a separate but complimentary acquisitions policy. 2. BACKGROUND 2.1 The Accreditation Scheme recognises museum services that meet nationally agreed standards of museum provision. The three museums and galleries of Wolverhampton, Bantock House Museum, Bilston Craft Gallery and Wolverhampton Art Gallery, have been invited to apply for Accreditation in April 2013. Three submissions will be made, one for each venue. The submissions have to include all the policies and procedures for the service in addition to site specific information. 2.2 The Accreditation Scheme requires the Collections Development Policy to be approved by Cabinet. 2.3 The Collections Development Policy is based on the Acquisitions and Disposals Policy which was agreed by Cabinet in March 2012. 2.4 Since March 2012 some additions have been made to the policy which now covers the period 2013-2018, and the policy has been checked for compliance with the new national standards. 2.5 The scope of the collecting activities of the service has been extended to include material relating to post war Wolverhampton, an area currently underrepresented in the collections. This was identified by Ian Lawley in a mapping report on Black Country collections undertaken in 2009. The WCAH service will seek to collect material in partnership with other museums in the Black Country to ensure that there is no duplication of effort and that best use is made of resources. 2.6 The policy now covers collections of contemporary craft for use at Bilston Craft Gallery. It is not intended to add to this collection in significant numbers. It is felt that it is important to represent the work of designer/makers from Wolverhampton and/or designer/makers who trained at the School of Art and Design of Wolverhampton University which is recognised internationally for excellence in the fields of applied art. Former student, Professor Ronald Pennell, has recently offered a piece of his glass for the collection. 2.7 The policy also sets out the approach of the service to rationalising the collections. A priority will be to contact all lenders of long term loans and seek to return items to their owners. 3. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 3.1 There are no direct financial implications arising from this report. The Collections Development Policy will be disclosed in the Statement of Accounts for the authority each year in line with the Code on Local Authority Accounting in the UK. 3.2 Any asset acquired or disposed of by the City Council either by purchase, donation or sale where the value exceeds £100,000 will require to be shown as a capital transaction in the balance sheet of the authority. [CF/19022013/Y] 2 4. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 4.1 There are no direct legal implications attached to this report. [JH/22022013/X] 5. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPLICATIONS 5.1 There are no equal opportunities implications attached to this report. An Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS 6.1 There are no environmental implications attached to this report. 7. BACKGROUND PAPERS Acquisition & Disposal Policy - Culture, Arts & Heritage March 2012 3 2013-2018 Collections Development Policy Museum: WOLVERHAMPTON CULTURE, ARTS & HERITAGE (hereinafter called the Service) Museums covered by this policy: Wolverhampton Art Gallery (Arts Council Accreditation number 705) Bantock House & Park (Arts Council Accreditation number 707) Bilston Craft Gallery (Arts Council Accreditation number 706) Governing Body: Wolverhampton City Council Date on which this policy was approved by governing body: Revised to reflect changes in organisational development and new recommendations by Arts Council on content and structure of museum Acquisition and Disposal Policies. Adopted by Cabinet 13th March 2012. Date at which this policy is due for review: March 2018 1. Museum’s statement of purpose Mission statement Wolverhampton Culture, Arts and Heritage seeks to: • Harness the arts and heritage to stimulate critical thought and debate through exhibitions engaged with current social and political issues, including sensitive and emotive subjects. • Promote excellent experiences of visual art and craft by presenting outstanding contemporary practice and bringing leading regional, national and international artists/makers to the Midlands. • Encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to learn new skills and create, responding to our programmes in safe and inspiring environments. • Support artists /makers throughout their careers by providing high quality exhibition and selling spaces, commission and teaching opportunities, affordable studio spaces, advocacy and development. • Place arts and heritage at the heart of civic life promoting the city nationally and actively engaging with communities to counter social deprivation and increase prosperity; with the council we promote wellbeing, access, aspiration, and shape the built environment • Create a dialogue with our collections to foster a sense of our shared heritage and build an outstanding national resource with strengths in Pop, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and historic japannned ware and enamels. • Develop and utilise wide networks and partnerships to share skills, resources and audiences to extend our reach, enhance the regional arts and heritage offer, and attract new sources of support and income. • Nurture a reflective organisational culture that enables innovation and adventure, constantly learns from evaluation and adapts delivery mechanisms and approaches. 2. Existing collections, including the subjects or themes and the periods of time and /or geographic areas to which the collections relate 2.1 FINE ART • 18th Century British Oil Painting The Service holds a collection of Georgian paintings which features several works of the highest quality including examples by Gainsborough, Zoffany, Fuseli, Richard Wilson, Joseph Highmore (his finest surviving family portrait), Francis Wheatley, Wright of Derby and Raeburn. The collection also includes a number of works by Edward Bird RA, a local artist who rose to prominence as a court painter. We have recently been given, on long term loan, a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, of a female member of the local Bagot family. • 19th Century British Painting and Sculpture The Service’s holding of 19th century pictures is especially strong in domestic ‘genre’ paintings and its collection of works by the Cranbrook Colony of painters is the finest in the UK. This is the most important asset within our historical collections and its continued development should be seen as a high priority. The Cranbrook collection, apart from being of immense educational and recreational value, has the highest income generation potential (from reproduction fees and royalties) of any part of the permanent collection. • 18th and 19th Century Works on Paper The collection includes fine work by Turner, Sandby, De Wint, Varley and others, but lacks examples of Grand Tour topography, which was influential in British art of this period. • Modern British Painting, Sculpture and Works on Paper This aspect of the collection has been significantly improved by strategic purchasing since the mid 1970s. The aim has been to represent major influences and trends in British figurative painting and sculpture from between the Wars with a focus on artists associated with Unit One and the Surrealist movement. Acquisitions have included major works by Paul Nash, Wadsworth, Hillier, Spender, Armstrong, Bigge, Banting, Trevelyan and Sir Roland Penrose. This is rapidly becoming one of the best collections of its kind in the region, and with selected future purchases could achieve national importance. • The Twentyman Collection - Works by John Piper and Others The acquisition of this major collection which includes an important group of paintings, drawings and ceramics by John Piper, has enhanced our holdings of post-war British paintings (hitherto very weak) and bridged the gap between the late 1940s and the Pop collection of the 1960s. The Twentyman collection features significant works by members of the St Ives School, such as Patrick Heron, Patrick Hayman, W B Graham and Ben Nicholson and a small work by Graham Sutherland. Page | 2 Acquisitions and Disposals Policy Wolverhampton Culture, Arts and Heritage It forms the basis for development of a representative collection of post-war British Romantic painting. • British and American Pop Art In 1970, a renewed emphasis was placed on the purchase of contemporary art, particularly items associated with the Pop Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Works by American as well as British artists were acquired and by 1980, Wolverhampton
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