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A Commonwealth Government Program

Grant recipients - October 1999

12th grant round

DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Australian War Memorial

(Canberra)

To develop an exhibition entitled Out in the Cold; Australia's UN presence in Korea. The exhibition examines Australia's role in a war that claimed millions of lives, hundreds of which were Australian lives. It looks at the appalling conditions and the rugged terrain in which they fought.

Grant: $21 450

National Library of Australia (Canberra)

To develop an exhibition entitled Bunyips. A stimulating and entertaining look at over 200 years of bunyip lore. Where the exhibition visits Aboriginal communities they will be encouraged to participate to contribute stories from the local area and, through workshops, develop complementary exhibition displays.

Grant: $36 700

 

NEW SOUTH WALES

Wagga Wagga City Council

(Wagga Wagga)

To develop an exhibition entitled They came from the Bush - Our national Olympic heroes. The exhibition will survey the cultural significance and social relevance of sport in rural communities to celebrate past and present, people, places and events that are particular to regional Australia. It will present the ways in which rural communities support and nurture the talents of local athletes and chart individual athletic success and the way it is transformed into a shared celebration by the community.

Grant: $80 000

 

TASMANIA

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Hobart)

To develop an exhibition entitled Solemn Chancels and Cross Crowned Spires: The Architecture and Decorative Arts of A.W.N. Pugin. The exhibition celebrates a remarkable body of textiles, metalwork, stained glass, carved stonework and printed works exquisitely designed by Pugin and recently re-discovered in Tasmania.

Grant: $80 000

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Womens Council

(Alice Springs)

To develop an exhibition entitled Weaving Along The Way - The Weaving Road. An exhibition of approximately 30 - 40 fibre works, mainly contemporary woven baskets and sculptures, from the remote Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal Communities in the central and western desert regions. The exhibition will trace and highlight the various stages of development of the weavings, from traditional hair rings to free form shapes, tighter vessels to sculptures, and more individualistic and coloured items.

Grant: $27 500

 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Flinders University Art Museum (Adelaide)

To develop an exhibition entitled Twenty-five Years and Beyond: Papunya Tula Painting. The exhibition follows the development of desert art from Papunya and related communities from the early seventies until the present. Areas of focus are works by artists currently painting with Papunya Tula Artists, the changing role of women artists in the region and early works from the Flinders Collection.

Grant: $8 800

 

VICTORIA

Geelong Art Gallery

(Geelong)

To develop an exhibition entitled William Buckley - Rediscovered. The exhibition will explore the story of William Buckley (1780 - 1856), a convict who escaped from the first European penal settlement at Sullivan's Bay, near Sorrento Victoria in 1803. The exhibition will consist of 15 or more paintings in addition to Koorie artefacts and selected manuscripts.

Grant: $17 000

National Exhibitions Touring Scheme - Victoria

(Melbourne)

To develop an exhibition entitled Cutting Comments: Silk Cut Award Winning Linocuts 1995 - 1998. This will feature contemporary Australian linocuts prints made over the past four years by established and emerging artists and secondary school students. The exhibition will include prints by adult artists and a small selection of student works.

Grant: $20 000

Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum

(Beechworth)

To develop an exhibition entitled Following the Fortune Hunters. The exhibition will showcase the art and culture of the Ovens Goldfields. It will focus on the interpretation of the art works in their historical context to describe the significant people, events and cultural history of the Ovens goldfield. It will also demonstrate tangible ways for present day communities to create new objects that continue to preserve their past and present history.

Grant: $24 400

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Duyfken 1606 Replica Foundation Inc. (Perth)

To develop an exhibition entitled Duyfken: Discovering Australia's First Ship that will accompany the replica on an Australian tour. The Duyfken is an authentic 24m long replica of the Dutch vessel which made the first historically recorded voyage to Australia, reaching Cape York Peninsula in 1606. Replica furnishings, stores, navigation equipment, gallery equipment and other items will recreate life at sea c.1600. The exhibition will be displayed on an adjacent wharf when the ship visits a port.

Grant: $35 300

 

 

TOURING GRANTS

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Australian National University (Canberra)

To tour the exhibition What John Berger Saw. In 1972 John Berger presented a groundbreaking TV series that had a profound effect on the way Australian art historians consider the art object and art history. In What John Berger Saw, ten Australian artists made work about the impact of John Berger's influence on their practice. The exhibition is intended to spark debate in art communities around Australia in order to reconsider the relevance of this major 20th century art theorist. The exhibition will tour to Perth, Albany, Orange, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

Grant: $45 050

Australian War Memorial

(Canberra)

To tour the exhibition Out in the Cold; Australia's UN presence in Korea. The exhibition examines Australia's role in a war that claimed millions of lives, included hundreds of Australians. It looks at the appalling conditions and the rugged terrain in which they fought. Beginning in New South Wales this exhibition will be shown in Newcastle, Grafton and Dubbo before touring into Queensland to Hervey Bay and Townsville before visiting Shepparton, Victoria and returning to Gosford, New South Wales.

Grant: $41 000

National Archives of Australia (Canberra)

To tour the exhibition Caught in the Rear View Mirror. Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson were invited to select images from the National Archives' collection of Australian News and Information Bureau photographs and have provided humorous new captions for the images. The resulting marriage of their comments and the photographs provides a timely look in the rear view mirror at Australian life as it was in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The tour will open in Adelaide and will be seen by audiences in Mt Gambier, Birdwood, Port Pirie, Armidale, Eden, Parramatta, Orange, Burnie, Geraldton, Brisbane, Townsville, Stanthorpe, Alice Springs, Mildura, Albury and Yackandandah.

Grant: $76 200

QUEENSLAND

Cooloola Shire Public Gallery (Gympie)

To tour the exhibition Cowgrrls.com.au. This multimedia and multi-arts exhibition resulting from an artist-in-residency project for three artists, who will be at the National Country Music Muster to resource and gather information. From regional Gympie this exhibition will tour to Cloncurry, Cairns, Longreach, Charters Towers, Mt Isa, Bundaberg, Tamworth and Geraldton.

Grant: $11 050

Craft Queensland

(Brisbane)

To tour the exhibition Hooked: The Tour. The tour presents 33 contemporary crochet artworks by 20 artists. Crochet work demonstrates a direct dialogue with popular culture, and as a practice holds a variety of meanings and significance for numerous Australian groups and cultures. This exhibition will be seen in Darwin, Port Pirie, Geelong, Port Adelaide, Griffith, Fairfield, Gladstone, Gympie and Ingham.

Grant: $22 134

Global Arts Link Ipswich

(Ipswich)

To tour the exhibition Bluey & Curley: A Portrait of Australian Life 1939 - 1955. Alex Gurney (1902-1955) produced the cartoon strip Bluey and Curley for Melbourne's Herald Sun between 1939 and 1955. This exhibition presents original Bluey and Curley strips and paintings and drawings produced by Australia's leading visual artists of the period. The exhibition will open in Ipswich before touring to Canberra, Mornington and Campbelltown.

Grant: $50 000

 

National Trust of Queensland

(Brisbane)

To tour the exhibition Vanishing Queensland. The exhibition is about the number and range of historical places that have disappeared in Queensland in the past 25 years. An extensive Queensland tour is planned to include Dalby, Toowoomba, Surat, Warwick, Gladstone, Mackay, Townsville, Ingham, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Rockhampton, Blackall and Ipswich before travelling south to Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Bathurst.

Grant: $42 675

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

(Townsville)

To tour the exhibition Roses and Red Earth: Polish Folk Art in Australia. The exhibition examines the significance of folk art traditions in the works of eleven contemporary Polish artists who, following World War II, migrated to Australia. The exhibition consists of two sections: Folk Art in Poland and Polish Folk Art in Australia. Developed in regional Queensland this exhibition will be taken to audiences in major capital cities in Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Grant: $51 500

Queensland University of Technology

(Brisbane)

To tour the exhibition Workings of the mind: Contemporary Printmaking in Melbourne from the Early 1960's to the Present Day. A survey of the development of printmaking in Melbourne over the past four decades. The exhibition will be drawn from the University's extensive collection of contemporary Australian prints. Touring from Brisbane to Grafton, Toowoomba, Canberra, Bendigo and Townsville.

Grant: $18 046

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Art on the Move - The National Touring Structure for WA Inc

(Perth)

To tour the exhibition Kimono as Canvas. In Kimono as Canvas, 13 contemporary fibre and textile artists explore the manipulation of material in the creation of works focusing on technique, texture, decoration and design. This exhibition will be seen in six Western Australian venues, Fremantle, Kalgoorlie, South Hedland, Bunbury, Albany and Ballidu, before travelling interstate to Darwin, Adelaide, Cairns, Hobart, Canberra and Tamworth.

Grant: $84 335

Edith Cowan University Mt Lawley Campus

(Perth)

To tour the exhibition Listen To The Land. The exhibition from the University's own collection explores the relationship of Aboriginal people to the land as conveyed in their art and shows the diversity of styles of Aboriginal art. It includes over 100 contemporary and historical works from a wide geographical area. Following a successful tour of West Australian venues this exhibition will now tour to Adelaide, Horsham, Sale, Mornington, Geelong, Shepparton, Grafton, Ipswich, Gladstone Townsville and Cairns.

Grant: $54 795

Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation

(Kalgoorlie)

To tour the exhibition Pila Nguru: Living Country Between the Sandhills. The exhibition presents a detailed commentary of Spinifex Country from the perspective of the Traditional Owners. Utilising paintings on canvas, audio presentation of songs, written documentation, photography, artefacts and an interactive web site the exhibition provides the viewing audience with a unique opportunity to contemplate the depth and range of traditional attachment to land. There are more than
25 artists involved in the project. The exhibition will tour to Perth, Canberra, Broken Hill, Adelaide, Sydney and Darwin.

Grant: $47 247

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