QVMAG ARTS FOUNDATION SUMMARY SNAPSHOT

QVMAG Arts Foundation members and guests enjoyed the 2023 lecture of the inaugural Nuala O'Flaherty Memorial Lecture series. 40 Years that Changed Australian Culture Through the National Collection was presented by Dr Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia on 17 February 2023. A video recording can be viewed on the Foundation website.

The Arts Foundation will be presenting lectures each year by outstanding speakers. These lectures commemorate the memory of Nuala, who was a volunteer guide at QVMAG and also celebrate the magnificent resources of the QVMAG.

In March 2023, the Arts Foundation provided a Medallion Award for the winner of QVMAG's statewide exhibition ArtRage which was kindly presented by the City of Launceston Mayor, Danny Gibson. The Foundation also hosted a talk by John McPhee, a former curator of the Arts at QVMAG in the 1970s.

This year, the Arts Foundation has so far funded $4,000 for the acquisition of prints from Tasmanian artist Milan Milojevic, who directly references works by WB Gould.