2015 Gallery Services Annual Report

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Pinnacles Gallery

Annual Report | 2015 - 2016

Publisher

Gallery Services, Townsville City Council

PO Box 1268

Townsville Queensland, 4810 Australia

prtg@townsville.qld.gov.au

+61 7 4727 9011

© Gallery Services, Townsville City Council and the authors 2016

Gallery Services

Shane Fitzgerald Manager Gallery Services

Eric Nash Curator

Erwin Cruz Exhibitions and Collection Coordinator

Louise Cummins Education and Programs Coordinator

Rob Donaldson Digital Media and Exhibition Design Coordinator

Jo Stacey Team Leader Administration Gallery Services

Holly Grech-Fitzgerald Collections Management Officer

Carly Sheil Digital Media and Exhibition Design Officer

Sarah Welch Public Art Officer

Leonardo Valero Exhibitions Officer

Rurik Henry Exhibitions Officer

Jess Cuddihy Education and Programs Officer

Sarah Reddington Education and Programs Assistant

Wendy Bainbridge Administration Officer

Danielle Berry Arts Officer

Damian Cumner Gallery Assistant

Nicole Richardson Gallery Assistant

Samuel Smith Gallery Assistant

Jo Lankester Gallery Assistant

Townsville City Council

Art Acquisition Working Group

(to March 2016)

Councillor Sue Blom Chair

Councillor Gary Eddiehausen

Councillor Colleen Doyle

Mr Shane Fitzgerald

Ms Margo McOmish

Ms Gail Mabo

Mr Steve Price

Mrs Stacey Morrison

Mr Paul Martinez

Awards

Strand Ephemera 2011

Winner

Festivals and Events Award

Townsville Airport North Queensland Tourism Awards 2012

Strand Ephemera 2013

Winner

Best Tourism and Events Communication Award

Government Communications Australia

Awards for Excellence 2014

Brick by Brick

Highly Commended

Temporary or Travelling Exhibition Level 2 Award

Museum and Galleries National Awards 2014

Brick by Brick Winner

Major Festivals and Events Award

Townsville Airport North Queensland Tourism Awards 2014

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Pinnacles Gallery

Winner

Outstanding Contribution by a Volunteer or Volunteer Group

Townsville Airport North Queensland Tourism Awards 2014

Screengrab6

Winner

Visual Arts Exhibition over $5000

NQ Arts Awards 2015

Troy Emery: into the wild

Finalist

Visual Arts Exhibition over $5000 NQ Arts Awards 2015

Cover: Lisa REIHANA

Born 1964 New Zealand

Dandy (from Digital Marae series) [detail] 2007

Digital colour print on Fuji Crystal Flex paper and mounted on aluminium. Exhibition print.

190.5 x 127 cm

Courtesy of the Artist, Lisa Reihana

© Lisa Reihana

OBJECTIVES

The mission of Gallery Services is to develop the arts, artists, and arts audience of North Queensland.

In 2015 - 2016 the Gallery Services section of Townsville City Council managed the City of Townsville Art Collection including the City of Townsville Art in Public Spaces Collection, delivered advice and support to arts and cultural organisations and artists across the region, and operated the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, providing a dynamic program of exhibitions and events at each venue.

The work undertaken by the Gallery Services section is guided by and meets the following goals as set out in the Townsville City Council Corporate Plan 2014 - 2019; Leading, Creating, Connecting: Shaping a Place to be Proud of - Community Plan, Townsville

>> 2011 - 2021, and carried through the Visual Arts Strategy implemented by Gallery Services in 2013.

Townsville City Council Corporate Plan 2014 - 2019

Our vision: Townsville, Capital of Northern Australia, the city with Opportunity and Great Lifestyle.

Our Mission: We are Committed to Delivering Quality Services to Facilitate Sustainable Growth through Insired Leadership, Community Engagement and Sound Financial Management.

>> Goal: Economic Sustainability

A strong diverse economy which provides opportunities for business and investment with an integrated approach to long term planning where the city’s assets meet the community needs.

1.1 Create economic opportunities for Townsville to drive economic and community prosperity.

1.4 Promote and market Townsville as a vibrant destination for commerce, entertainment and lifestyle.

>> Goal: Environmental Sustainability

A sustainable future where our environment is valued through the protection and enhancement of our unique, natural and built environment with a commitment to reducing our environmental impact.

2.4 Adopt urban design principles that create a distinct sense of place, enables and informs place creation, maximises efficiency, and enhances the built and natural environment.

>> Goal: Social Sustainability

A vibrant community that is accessible, safe, healthy, creative and knowledgeable, where we embrace diversity and our sense of community.

3.1 Encourage active and healthy lifestyles through accessible public facilities and community initiatives.

3.2 Support the community’s access to and participation in a range of artistic, cultural and entertainment activities.

3.4 Enhance a knowledgeable, inclusive and connected community that embraces growth and lifelong learning.

3.5 Provide community infrastructure and services that support growth and meets community needs.

Paddy BEDFORD

born c. 1922 - 2007 Gija

Dingo Dreaming [detail] 2001 Ochre and pigment with acrylic binder on Belgian linen

150 x 180 cm

The Corrigan Collection

>> Goal: Responsible Governance

A well-managed, transparent and effective organisation that gives the community confidence, demonstrates financial sustainability, where our customers are satisfied with our services and our employees are proud to work here.

4.1 Undertake robust and accountable financial, resource and infrastructure planning and management to ensure affordable and sustainable outcomes for our community.

4.2 Deliver best value customer service to our community.

4.3 Enable innovation and technology capacity within council to drive organisational efficiencies.

4.4 Engage with the community to inform council decision making processes.

4.5 Provide inspirational leadership and contemporary management systems that drives a coordinated, motivated, highly effective and efficient organisation.

4.6 Commit to open transparent and accountable governance to ensure community confidence and trust in council.

4.7 Promote an organisational culture that values and empowers its workforce.

Leading, Creating, Connecting: Shaping a Place to be Proud of - Community Plan, Townsville >> 2011 - 2021

Guiding principle: Develop a vibrant arts lifestyle Embracing the richness and talent of the arts community.

Collections Management, Art In Public Spaces, Creative Communities, Creative Classrooms, Creative Spaces, Exhibitions | Visual Arts Strategy >> 2013 - 2016

William ROBINSON

Born 1936 Brisbane, QLD

Shaded pool Carnarvon [detail] 2008

Oil on canvas

92 x 122 cm

Rockhampton Art Gallery Art Acquisition Fund 2009

GALLERY SERVICES OVERVIEW

From every perspective, 2015 - 2016 has been the most successful year in Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s and Pinnacles Gallery’s histories. In terms of participation figures, more people visited exhibitions at the Galleries, in public spaces, or took part in programs than ever before.

In total, Gallery Services engaged a staggering 285,522 guests. This figure far exceeds the total population of the Townsville region, and continues to place Townsville’s Galleries amongst the elite regional galleries in the country and heralds a return to consistent visitation figures of 2013 - 2014 following the major capital works undertaken in 2014 - 2015 which saw Perc Tucker Regional Gallery closed to the public for 6 months.

Throughout 2015 - 2016, both of the city’s flagship visual arts festivals were delivered; Strand Ephemera 2015, and The Percivals in 2016. Strand Ephemera 2015 was particularly successful, attracting its 138,452 visitors - its highest ever recorded visitation. The show also earned rave reviews from residents and tourists alike, with 98.34% of documented feedback being positive.

The range of initiatives delivered through the Creative Classrooms program continued to encourage creative learning and expression, support the region’s visual arts teachers, and foster a new generation of arts patrons. Amongst the highlights were Guests Lectures delivered in the classroom setting by leading artists such as George Gittoes and Jo Bone.

Numerous outcomes set within the Street Art Activation Framework were achieved in the reporting period, chiefly the delivery of some eye-catching commissioned works and the city’s first Outdoor Free Wall. The community has responded positively, and attention will turn to assessing the feasibility of a major Street Art Prize in the coming years.

The successes achieved by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery in 2015 - 2016 are the culmination of careful planning and the implementation of the Visual Arts Strategy over the past 3 years. With the first 3 year planning horizon of the Visual Arts Strategy elapsing, the organisation has undertaken a thorough statistical review, and will be reviewing the current Strategy to ensure it continues to best serve the community.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery are committed to delivering the very best arts experiences for the Townsville region, and this continuous review process will ensure the Galleries do not rest on their laurels.

2015 - 2016 has been another year of extraordinary growth of the City of Townsville Art Collection

The exponential growth of the City of Townsville Art Collection and the City of Townsville Art in Public Spaces Collection that has taken place in the last two reporting periods continued, with 156 works acquired in 2015 - 2016. While more works were acquired in the previous reporting period, largely by virtue of a historic gift from Dr. Douglas Kagi, this reporting period did see a landmark bequest of eight Ian Fairweather paintings - collectively valued at $3.8 million - made by the Brian Abel Estate, Sydney. These works are highly prized and have been actively sought after by State and National Galleries throughout the country. Of the 156 acquisitions made in total, 138 of these were largely by way of direct donation or courtesy of the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

As Manager Gallery Services and Director of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, I offer my sincere appreciation to all of the generous donors of artworks in the 2015 - 2016 period. Your gifts are gratefully received, professionally cared for, and ensure the sustained growth of our region’s public collection.

I would like to thank the Art Acquisition Working Group members for their input and dedication throughout the 2015 - 2016 period, as we anticipate the Group reforming in 2016 - 2017. Most importantly, I commend the team at Gallery Services and congratulate you on a year of unprecedented achievement and continuous commitment. To our patrons, Friend of the Galleries and those members of the Townsville community whom supported us throughout 2015 - 2016, I thank you for your continued patronage.

With 2016 - 2017 set to be another big year with the delivery of a number of milestone projects that will see the Galleries further innovate and grow I look forward to seeing you again at a Gallery Services experience.

Shane Fitzgerald Manager Gallery Services

Includes Strand Ephemera, YourSpace, touring exhibitions and Creative Spaces exhibitions

General visitors to Exhibitions (excludes public program and workshop participants)

Total number of student participants at Gallery Services Educational programs

Total number of Educational programs developed and delivered

Total number of participants at Public Programs and Workshops

Total number of Public Programs and Workshops conducted by Gallery Services (excludes education)

Total number of Gallery Services Public Programs and Workshops delivered outside the Gallery proper

Across Gallery Services

Across Gallery Services

PTRG; Pinnacles; Strand Ephemera webpages, facebook, twitter, issuu

13 works purchased, 138 works received through donation and 5 works through acquisitive prizes

Valuations by external consultants and Gallery Services’, Collections Management Officer.

Valuations by external consultants and Gallery Services’, Collections Management Officer.

Sum of all Creative Communities, Creative Spaces and Creative Classrooms programs

Sum of recorded visitation at all Gallery Services programs, exhibitions and workshops

VISITATION TRENDS

REGION 2015- 2016

Castrol EDGE Townsville 400 (V8 Supercars) NQ Cowboys 1300 Smiles Stadium

Townsville Civic Theatre / Riverway Arts Centre Reef HQ Aquarium Gallery Services

GALLERY SERVICES VISUAL ARTS STRATEGY

Prepared in January 2013, Gallery Services’ Visual Arts Strategy was formally endorsed and adopted with much enthusiasm by Townsville City Council in early 2013. In 2015 - 2016, the Visual Arts Strategy was in its final full year of delivery, and continued to guide the organisation towards the delivery of new achievements and milestones for the region.

The Strategy is innovative within the national network of regional galleries, and seeks to step away from antiquated gallery models in favour of a new approach that is reflective of the needs and wants of the community that the Galleries service. As such, the adopted Visual Arts Strategy has transformed the traditional methodology of a three-tiered model (Collections Management, Exhibitions and Public Programs) of core service level delivery towards a themed strategy that has provided unprecedented targeted service level delivery platforms and mechanisms through which Gallery Services has elevated and extended its operational objectives within and outside of the gallery environment.

The six themes of core service level delivery are defined within the Visual Arts Strategy as:

+ Exhibitions

+ Collections Management

+ Art in Public Spaces

+ Creative Classrooms

+ Creative Communities

+ Creative Spaces

Activation of traditional spaces has been coupled with a more proactive and innovative interaction with available Council and civic spaces; policy development and implementation of holistic frameworks for public art which establish sustainable cultural currency and engrain the visual arts in the city’s future direction and development; specialised initiatives and capacity building opportunities which have embedded arts education and appreciation within the region’s youth and arts educators; multidisciplinary projects which have established and empowered partnerships and capacity building opportunities with artists, artsworkers and arts organisations; and cultural capacity development of the visual arts sector that has achieved untold social and economic benefits

for not only the individual participants and creative professionals, but for the wider community through national recognition of Townsville as an arts and cultural destination of substance.

The objectives Gallery Services seeks through the implementation of this Visual Arts Strategy are:

>> Provision of high-level overarching strategies that inform holistic service level delivery across Gallery Services’ activities

>> Provision of identifiable signature umbrella platforms that inform program development, implementation and methodologies across Gallery Services’ activities

>> Activation of the Townsville region for the delivery of arts and cultural activities, events and programs

>> Fosters collaboration and participation with arts organisations, educational organisations, community and specialist groups

>> Presents opportunities, events and services that provide high quality cultural and recreational experiences for individuals, groups and youth

>> Develop, administer and maintain an Art In Public Spaces program that recognises and supports the region’s artists and facilitates partnerships and industry development in local and regional planning

>> Support, promote and provide opportunities for the Townsville region’s artists, artsworkers and arts educators through advocacy, employment, promotion and collaboration

>> Develop, deliver and maintain innovative and relevant educative programs for youth, students, scholars and individuals

By continually working towards the objectives set out within the Visual Arts Strategy, Gallery Services is positioning Townsville’s Galleries and arts sector as a leader amongst regional communities in Australia, with significant social and economic benefits to the Townsville community.

EXHIBITIONS OVERVIEW

The 2015 - 2016 financial year saw 99 exhibitions presented by Gallery Services at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Pinnacles Gallery, The Galleria (Riverway Arts Centre), in the Townsville CBD, and at YourSpace (Thuringowa Civic Centre).

This figure represents a return to the high level of exhibition activity conducted in 2013 - 2014, with the previous financial year having been impacted by numerous factors including the 6-month extended closure of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery to undertake significant facility improvements, and a focus on the development of two touring exhibitions.

Increases were also achieved in all strategic exhibition content areas, including Creative Classrooms exhibitions, Creative Spaces exhibitions, Collection exhibitions, and Touring exhibitions.

Most pleasing was the monumental increase in the presentation of local content, with 87 exhibitions throughout the year being dedicated to or featuring work by artists from the region. 38 exhibitions featuring local content were presented in the previous reporting period, marking a 129% increase in this field.

Throughout 2015 - 2016, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery delivered a diverse program of 22 major exhibitions. These major exhibitions provided a number of opportunities to showcase the talents of our region’s artists. Townsville artists to have presented major solo exhibitions at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in 2015 - 2016 are Peter Lawson (Retrospect), and Anneke Silver (Rivers un-cut), while annual group exhibitions by Townsville Art Society, and TAFE Queensland North provided further opportunities to present work by Townsville artists.

A highlight Special Project came in the form of REEF, which was the final project in a 12-month collaborative program of events that involved Fibres and Fabrics Association Inc, Tangaroa Blue Foundation, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Museum of Tropical Queensland, ReefHQ, PechaKucha™ Townsville, and Townsville City Council’s Integrated Sustainability Services.

The exhibition included works from the City of Townsville Art Collection, and private and institutional loans, while the main drawcard came in the form of the Weave the Reef | Love the Reef installation. Spanning several rooms of the Gallery, the textile work utilised numerous techniques, and was the result of a series of collaborative workshops led by the Fibres and Fabrics Association Inc. Testament to the quality of the work, the Townsville-based makers have since been accepted to display the piece at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi.

Following an extended period of development in 2014 - 2015, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery was also proud to commence this financial year with the display of Country & Western: landscape re-imagined Country & Western launched Gallery Services’ ambitious National Touring Program, and after attracting over 10,000 guests at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, the exhibition continued to delight audiences at 4 more regional galleries in 2015 - 2016.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery also continued to bring first class arts experiences to the region by way of acclaimed touring exhibitions from State and National institutions. The Australian War Memorial’s travelling show, Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan resonated strongly with the Townsville community as anticipated due to the city’s notable military presence. 6,784 guests visited the exhibition, with one visitor describing the show as, “a great depiction of strength and vulnerability. Breathtaking. A stunning exhibition.”

Mantilla 2013

Aluminium, printing ink, bolts, nuts

Winner Open Section 2013

WOW: World of WearableArt

Fenella FENTON & Jeff THOMSON

Meanwhile, Pinnacles Gallery also provided space to celebrate the talents within our own region, particularly through the joint presentation of the Creative Generation Excellence Award in Visual Art and ARTNOW; and James Cook University’s Bachelor of New Media Art Graduate Exhibition, Sonder. Pinnacles Gallery once again collaborated with James Cook University and Curator Mitch Goodwin to present Screengrab7 International Media Arts Award, which attracted over 400 entries, and concluded with an exhibition and publication of 28 finalists from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, and the United States.

Adding to the ongoing calibre of curatorially relevant and engaging exhibition development undertaken by the Gallery Services team, Pinnacles Gallery toured the major international exhibition A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art to the Gold Coast City Art Gallery during December 2015 to February 2016.

2016 also saw the recommencement of Gallery Services’ collaboration with the NQ Potters Association Inc. to organise and present the Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, with Jeff Mincham AM taking out the major acquisitive $10,000 City of Townsville Art Collection Award for his striking piece, Bush Ballard (Forces of Nature Series) (2015).

2015 - 2016 rounded out at both Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery with The Percivals, the biennial city-wide celebration of portraiture. The festival continued to expand beyond the presentation of two fine competition exhibitions, the Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize and the DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, to also encompass projects in the urban environment, educative components, and a host of programs, including talks by notable identities such as journalist and cult television personality Lee Lin Chin, and the Director of The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C., Kim Sajet.

In total, a staggering 244,092 general visitors (excluding education and public programs attendances) visited Gallery Services’ exhibitions during the reporting period, heralding the most successful and dynamic visitation period in the region’s history.

These high participation levels are comprised of members of the Townsville community, and also many visitors to the region, highlighting the Galleries’ contribution to the growth of the city’s cultural tourism sector.

OUTPUTS

All exhibitions delivered by Gallery Services during the reporting period

Exhibitions that include works from local artists of the Townsville Region

Exhibitions exclusively showcasing student work developed through the Creative Classrooms programs

Exhibitions conducted outside of the traditional Gallery Exhibition environment

Exhibitions that include works from the City of Townsville Art Collection

Country & Western commenced National Tour and A Permanent Mark toured to Gold Coast City Art Gallery

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS 2015/2016

The following is a list of the major exhibitions presented at Gallery Services’ two peak venues, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, during the period 2015 - 2016.

These exhibitions were developed by Gallery Services, by community groups with the support of Gallery Services for display within the Galleries, or curated by and toured from Regional, State, and National arts organisations.

The listing also notes the category within which each exhibition aligns. Gallery Services has established these clear Exhibition Categories to ensure considered, transparent, and equitable programming of exhibitions is undertaken to cater to the community’s needs and wants, and to provide foundations towards realising the Creative Classrooms, Creative Communities and Creative Spaces themes and associated programs.

The Exhibition Categories can be defined by two distinct engagement strategies:

>> Exhibitions and special projects developed or sourced for display in the Townsville region

- Local Component Exhibitions, Staff Curated Exhibitions, Major Touring Exhibitions, General Touring Exhibitions and Special Projects

>> Exhibitions and special projects developed to tour to venues outside of the Townsville region as part of the Regional Touring Program, National Touring Program and International Touring Program

CREATIVE SPACES

+ Strand Ephemera 2015

The North’s Sculpture Festival

Proudly Supported by Glencore

31 July – 9 August 2015

Special Projects

PERC TUCKER REGIONAL GALLERY

+ WOW: World of WearableArt

Brought to you by Glencore

29 May – 12 July 2015

Major Touring Exhibitions

+ Country & Western: landscape re-imagined

24 July – 30 September 2015

National Touring Program

+ Townsville Young Artist Awards 2015

25 September – 11 October 2015

Local Component Exhibitions

+ 2015 Townsville Youth and Emerging Artist Exhibition

25 September – 11 October 2015

Local Component Exhibitions

+ Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan

An Australian War Memorial Travelling Exhibition

16 October – 29 November 2015

Major Touring Exhibitions

+ The 60th Townsville Art Awards & 2015

Townsville Open Art Award

Townsville Art Society

23 October – 15 November 2015

Local Component Exhibitions

+ #SWIPE RIGHT

2015 Visual Art Student Exhibition

TAFE Queensland North

20 November – 6 December 2015

Local Component Exhibitions

+ Peter Lawson: Retrospect

4 December 2015 – 7 February 2016

Local Component Exhibitions

+ REEF

A major exhibition culminating a 12-month collaborative project

11 December 2015 – 14 February 2016

Special Projects

+ George Gittoes: I Witness

A Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre touring exhibition

12 February – 27 March 2016

Major Touring Exhibitions

+ Director’s Pick

Recent acquisitions from the City of Townsville

Art Collection

19 February – 24 April 2016

Staff Curated Exhibitions

+ Rivers un-cut

Anneke Silver

1 April – 1 May 2016

Local Component Exhibitions

+ Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2016

The Percivals

6 May – 10 July 2016

Special Projects

PINNACLES GALLERY

+ A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art

19 June – 16 August 2015

Staff Curated Exhibitions

+ Creative Generation Excellence Award in Visual Art

NQ Regional Exhibition

21 August – 13 September 2015

Local Component Exhibitions

+ ARTNOW

21 August – 13 September 2015

Local Component Exhibitions

+ Transparent: Watercolour in Queensland

1850s – 1980s

A touring exhibition developed by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

18 September – 22 November 2015

Major Touring Exhibitions

+ Sonder

James Cook University, 2015 New Media Arts

Graduate Exhibition

27 November – 13 December 2015

Local Component Exhibitions

+ Screengrab7: International Media Arts Award

A collaboration with James Cook University

18 December 2015 – 28 February 2016

Special Projects

+ 2016 biennial North Queensland

Ceramic Awards

A collaboration with the North Queensland Potters Association Inc.

11 March – 1 May 2016

Special Projects

+ DUO Magazine Percival Photographic

Portrait Prize 2016

The Percivals

13 May – 10 July 2016

Special Projects

IN FOCUS

COUNTRY & WESTERN LANDSCAPE RE-IMAGINED

In July 2015, coinciding with the presentation of Strand Ephemera 2015, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery opened its doors to one of the most significant exhibitions of the Australian landscape in recent memory.

Country & Western: landscape re-imagined assembled depictions of the Australian landscape in a variety of mediums by some of the nation’s leading artists, including those based in north Queensland. Artists featured in the exhibition included esteemed figures such as John Olsen, Rover Thomas, William Robinson, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Ricky Maynard, Tim Johnson, Euan Macleod, Angelina George, and Tate Adams.

Conceived by leading curator Gavin Wilson and developed by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, the exhibition explored how artists in a post bi-centennial landscape have referenced the past, the future and the ever present, to identify and give a sense of place to the space they occupy. The comprehensive landscape exhibition brought into focus the contrasting insights and cultural imperatives, both Indigenous (country) and non-Indigenous (western), that have given shape and substance to our evolving attitudes and perceptions of the national landscape over the past 25 years.

10,053 visitors ultimately viewed the exhibition at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, including 179 guests at the launch event.

Given the significance of the exhibition, it is unsurprising that it was successful in attracting national media coverage, including a review by John McDonald in the Sydney Morning Herald, and a subsequent piece by Nicholas Rothwell in The Australian.

With funding secured through the Australia Council for the Arts, Gordon Darling Foundation, and Glencore, the exhibition also launched the Gallery’s National Touring Program and was scheduled to visit seven regional and state gallery venues throughout its nationwide exhibition tour following its premiere at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.

Country & Western: landscape re-imagined National Tour Itinerary

+ S.H. Ervin Gallery

Sydney

30 October - 6 December 2015

+ Blue Mountains City Art Gallery

Katoomba

8 January - 6 March 2016

+ Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Wagga Wagga

19 March - 8 May 2016

+ Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Mornington Peninsula

13 May - 3 July 2016

+ Orange Regional Gallery Orange

8 July - 28 August 2016

+ Cairns Regional Gallery

Cairns

16 September - 13 November 2016

+ Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Darwin

26 November 2016 - 19 March 2017

Exhibition Resources

To view the associated Exhibition Resources simply click on the links provided below.

+ View the exhibition publication

+ View the exhibition education kit

+ View the exhibition activity book

John OLSEN

Born 1928 Newcastle, NSW Country Life Rydal [detail] 1998 oil on canvas 121 x 150.8 cm

Gift of John Olsen 2003, TarraWarra Museum of Art Collection © John Olsen / Licensed by Viscopy, 2015

Born 1937 - 2015 Yungul Mangi

Near Ruined City [detail] 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas

160 x 200 cm

Purchased 2008, Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory Collection

Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award winning painting

Angelina GEORGE

IN FOCUS PETER LAWSON RETROSPECT

Looking back, history will recognise Peter Lawson as one of the most prolific painters from, and of, the Townsville and greater North Queensland region.

Born in Townsville in 1946, Peter Lawson grew up in Nelly Bay on Magnetic Island, and was schooled in Townsville. Family, both immediate and extended, played a defining role in Lawson’s career. The only son of Albury and Daisy, Lawson showed an interest in art at a very early age. He once remarked, “my mother tells me I always had a pencil in my hand.”

Recognising not only an interest but also a natural gift, Lawson’s parents set him on the path to becoming an artist by enrolling him in a correspondence course at age 11, in which he was taught “the fundamentals of perspective and colour theory.” As a representational artist, these key pillars informed much of his career. Lawson explains, “Art should be definitive and communicative. The work of an artist is to give a very clear and effective message to the viewer.”

It is fitting that this major exhibition celebrating a lifetime’s achievement in the arts was staged as Townsville entered its 150th year celebrations in 2016. Indeed, Lawson’s career as a professional artist has spanned more than 50 years - longer than Perc Tucker Regional Gallery has been open. In a difficult industry, Lawson has endured on the back of his determination and talent.

His love of Townsville and the outback - the land, its people, and its history - are immediately evident in exploring his formidable catalogue of works, of which a fine selection was displayed in this survey exhibition. Particularly, Peter Lawson: Retrospect provided examples of the artist’s skills in numerous genres; Landscapes and Seascapes, Florals and Still Life, Portraits, Historical Scenes, and a new series exploring Light. The exhibition Peter Lawson: Retrospect was fitting recognition for a leading Townsville artist who has never been broken in his dream of living as a professional artist. For more than 50 years he has plied his trade, developing a loyal base of supporters and gaining critical acclaim through exhibitions and prizes across the country.

The affection with which he is held in the community was evident in the strong response to the show, both in terms of visitation with 6,586 guests recorded, and the glowing remarks in the visitor comments book about the exhibition. 261 comments were left in the Gallery’s guest book, of which 99.6% were positive accounts.

A celebration of the launch of Peter Lawson: Retrospect, opened by Councillor Jenny Hill, Mayor of Townsville, was one of the year’s most popular. 239 guests attended, and the evening included a powerful performance by the Aquapella World Music Choir.

Beyond the skill of the artist evident in the works on display, audience members also frequently remarked on their appreciation of learning more about the artist through a short film developed for the exhibition, and in having access to Lawson’s knowledge and talent through workshops, artist talks, and painting demonstrations. A three session workshop series, Palette Knife Painting with Oils, was particularly popular, and covered colour theory, still life, and en plein air painting.

Exhibition Resources

To view the associated Exhibition Resources simply click on the links provided below.

+ View the exhibition publication

+ View the exhibition documentary

Peter LAWSON

Born 1946 Townsville, Australia

Dry in the Bush [detail] 2009

Oil

82 x 107 cm

Winner - Section 1 Open Award (acquisitive) from the Townsville Art Society 53rd Annual Art Award

Acc. 2009.9

City of Townsville Art Collection

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Peter LAWSON

Born 1946 Townsville, Australia

The Click of the Crabs [detail] c. 1990

Oil on canvas

80 x 121 cm

Collection of Greg Peel / PwC

Photo: Shane Fitzgerald

IN FOCUS REEF

The major exhibition REEF investigated and celebrated the Great Barrier Reef. Coral reefs, of which there is no finer example in the world than the Great Barrier Reef, are amazingly diverse ecosystems and also perhaps the ocean’s most dazzling jewel. Coral reef structures are stunningly varied in colour and form, and also provide a home for a large selection of marine species.

Tragically, the Great Barrier Reef is diminishing and is in great peril due to numerous factors, many of which are linked to human exploitation of the environment. At this critical juncture, Gallery Services felt it was imperative that the community continued to think about the Great Barrier Reef and ways to ensure its long-term sustainability. Selected for display were works in a variety of media that highlighted the spectacular beauty of the reef, but also its fragility.

Works were drawn from the City of Townsville Art Collection; the National Gallery of Australia Collection; were kindly loaned by artists, private collectors, and various organisations; or were produced as part of the Weave the Reef | Love the Reef workshop series.

The contribution of artists, lenders and participants in the Weave the Reef | Love the Reef workshop series ensured this was a truly successful exhibition in every respect, attracting an impressive 6,414 visitors and recording 100% positive feedback

The exhibition launch provided a perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the artists, and was well attended with 113 guests recorded on the evening.

The major exhibition REEF was also the concluding event in an ambitious 12-month program of Reefthemed events delivered by various collaborating organisations and institutions.

Collaborating organisations included Townsville City Council; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery; Fibres and Fabrics Association Inc; Museum of Tropical Queensland; ReefHQ Aquarium; Tangaroa Blue Foundation; PechaKucha Night™ Townsville; and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

A number of REEF highlights occurred throughout 2015. Of course, the Weave the Reef | Love the Reef workshop series saw hundreds of community members learn new fibre art techniques throughout the year. Guided by Marion Gaemers and members of the Fibres and Fabrics Association Inc, the workshop series brought more life to the CBD, as well as adding an extra element to popular events such as Eco Fiesta and Strand Ephemera.

The varied and hugely colourful work that resulted from the workshop series and was displayed within the REEF exhibition is testament to the success of the program, which also creatively re-purposed marine debris and rubbish.

The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)’ AIMS Open Day 2015 was a great success, with over 10,000 attendees turning up to get a greater insight into the Cape Cleveland facility. Visitors enjoyed 24 scientific displays on topics including ocean acidification, Crown-of-Thorns starfish, and ocean observing tools. Close to 4,000 people enjoyed access to the world’s ‘smartest aquarium’ – the National Sea Simulator, as well as the opportunity to hear 23 scientific presentations by some of Australia’s most prominent marine scientists.

The Museum of Tropical Queensland continued to enlighten audiences throughout the year as to how coral and marine creatures on the Great Barrier Reef use colour, light, patterns and textures to communicate in the major exhibition, Colour - Secret Language of the Reef. Reef HQ’s packed program affirmed its reputation as not only the world’s largest living coral reef aquarium, but also the best.

Members of the community and representatives from the various collaborating organisations came together on September 3 for a very special themed PechaKucha™ Night. Speakers shared their passion and knowledge of the coral reef with entertaining presentations in the much-loved 20 images x 20 seconds format.

Steffen DAM

Born 1961 Denmark

Specimen Jar [detail] 2012

Glass, wood, lighting fixture

31 x 32 x 19 cm

Private Collection

IN FOCUS

DIRECTOR’S PICK

Some of North Queensland and Australia’s most significant artists converged in Townsville for the major exhibition Director’s Pick – Recent acquisitions from the City of Townsville Art Collection at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.

Director’s Pick showcased and celebrated the City of Townsville Art Collection, which is the most significant collection of art in North Queensland. In the preceding 24 months, the City of Townsville Art Collection had undergone considerable development with a further 745 works acquired, marking the largest period of growth since the Collection was established.

Director’s Pick was an eclectic exhibition that aimed to give visitors a small sample of the depth and breadth of the City of Townsville Art Collection Director’s Pick allowed visitors an almost behind-the-scenes insight into the Collection, an experience that was magnified as a number of artists provided personal insights into their artworks and practices.

Shane Fitzgerald, Manager Gallery Services, said, “the growth [of the Collection] was the result of a number of factors including the generosity of the community, particularly those artists and collectors who had donated works to the City of Townsville Art Collection. Director’s Pick allowed us the opportunity to not only showcase the significant growth of the City of Townsville Art Collection but also to acknowledge this generous support.”

Director’s Pick was displayed at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery from 19 February to 24 April 2016, and certainly struck a chord with the 8,236 visitors who viewed it. These are strong visitation figures, and the broad appreciation of the Collection works on display was also reflected in many comments left in the Gallery’s guest book.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery extends its profuse gratitude to all of the artists and donors who have contributed to the growth of the City of Townsville Art Collection, and ultimately made this exhibition possible.

Celia PAUL

Born (British Citizen, Indian-born) 1959

Thiruvananthapuram, South India, India

Juliette [detail] 2008

Softground etching printed in black ink, from one plate on cream wove paper Edition 4/15

18 x 13.5 cm

Acc: 2014.0373

Gift of Dr Douglas A. Kagi, 2014 Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

City of Townsville Art Collection

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Born 1956 County Limerick, Munster, Ireland

Line Surge [detail] 2009

Carborandum

Artist’s proof

Acc: 2014.0503.1-2

Donald TESKEY

and intaglio, printed in colour, from multiple plates on thick cream wove paper (diptych)

74.5 x 141 cm (overall); 74.5 x 70.6 cm (left panel); 74.5 x 70.4 cm (right panel)

Gift of Dr Douglas A. Kagi, 2014

Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

City of Townsville Art Collection

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

IN FOCUS RIVERS UN-CUT ANNEKE SILVER

There is little to write about the accomplishments of Dr Anneke Silver that has not already been written. Her works have been exhibited across Australia, in America, Europe and Fiji in more than 30 solo shows, and countless group, invitation and touring exhibitions. Amongst these have been a number of highlight exhibitions for Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, such as un-framing (2006), Seasons Without Names (1997), and 30 Years in North Queensland (1997), a major retrospective exhibition curated by Ross Searle.

Loved locally, admiration for her work also stretches throughout the North Queensland region and beyond; her works are included in numerous major public collections, including those of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Queensland Art Gallery; Artbank; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery; Glasshouse Gallery, Port Macquarie; Artspace Mackay; Cairns Regional Gallery; Bundaberg Regional Gallery; Parliament House, Queensland, as well as in private and corporate collections in Australia, America, and Europe.

Her contribution to the encouragement of the region’s emerging artistic talents also cannot be overstated, having been the program leader of Fine Arts at James Cook University’s College of Music, Visual Arts, and Theatre for a number of years.

Rivers un-cut was a welcome, and long overdue, solo exhibition of new work by the artist, ten years since the staging of her last solo show at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Once again, Silver delivered a highlight of the Gallery’s exhibition program. The exhibition provided an opportunity to celebrate Silver’s immense contribution to the region’s arts community, and take joy in her pure passion for painting.

Silver’s love for painting is perhaps only matched by her affection for the North Queensland environment, and this exhibition was a splendid union of these great passions. This fine exhibition of new work was three years in the making.

Rivers un-cut was fitting recognition for a leading Townsville artist. The affection with which she is held in the community was evident in the strong response to the show, both in terms of visitation with 4,419 guests recorded, and the glowing feedback received.

Coinciding with the exhibition were a host of public programs in which the artist was actively involved, including tours, painting workshops, an artist talk, and a popular in-conversation session with local Indigenous elder Russell Butler. An Art After Dark talk by Dr Silver presented an intriguing account of how her arts practice developed and grew over the last 40 years and attracted 56 guests, while 292 visitors attended the exhibition launch.

Exhibition Resources

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Anneke SILVER

Born 1937 Holland

Banking over flood plain [detail] 2015

Mixed media on canvas 61 x 61 cm

Photo: Shane Fitzgerald

Trickle running wide [detail] 2014-16

Anneke SILVER

Born 1937 Holland

Mixed media on canvas 90 x 90 cm

Photo: Shane Fitzgerald

IN FOCUS THE PERCIVALS

GLENCORE PERCIVAL PORTRAIT PAINTING PRIZE

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

6 May - 10 July 2016

2016 saw The Percivals maintain the momentum created in 2014, when the exhibition was first presented as a city-wide celebration of portraiture. This year’s festival was once again underpinned by two major exhibitions; the Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize presented at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, and the DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize presented at Pinnacles Gallery. The exhibitions both proved popular, enticing entrants from within the Townsville region, all corners of the country, and international applicants.

A challenging pre-selection process resulted in 145 paintings whittled down to 94 works for display in the final Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, while 61 photographic portraits were selected from an initial 112 entries in the DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize. A publication depicting all finalists’ works was again produced for The Percivals. Beyond the major $40,000 acquisitive painting prize and $10,000 acquisitive photographic prize, an additional prize was offered in 2016 for each exhibition. These prizes were open only to artists residing in the Townsville local government area, who had depicted a sitter who also resides in the Townsville local government area, in celebration of Townsville’s 150th anniversary (T150).

Complementing the major exhibitions were public programs, fringe activities and linked exhibitions. These included talks by the exhibition judges, Ross Searle (former Director of both Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and the University of Queensland Art Museum) and Professor Anne Marsh (Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne); an In-Conversation with artist George Fetting and his sitter, media personality Lee Lin Chin; the annual Philip Bacon Guest Lecture delivered by esteemed guest Kim Sajet (Director of The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.); numerous workshops tailored to all ages; roving portrait artists; gala launches; sponsor’s previews; the ever-popular Glencore Percival Animal Portrait Prize; street art projects; and a collaborative paste-up project with local community group LensCap Crew.

DUO MAGAZINE PERCIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE

Pinnacles Gallery

13 May - 10 July 2016

Combined, The Percivals recorded over 20,000 guests through the major exhibitions and public programs, of which 15,467 visitors were recorded in the 2015/2016 Financial Year. Many more participants viewed projects in the urban environment.

Of course, as with any competition, there is a great deal of interest in the winning works. Lisa Adams from Queensland was awarded the $40,000 Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize for her stunning self-portrait Revelation. Local artist Barbara Cheshire was the recipient of the $10,000 Townsville 150th Anniversary Portrait Painting Award for her impressive portrait of Loma Thompson. This was a particularly fitting result, as Cheshire was also the inaugural winner of The Percivals in 2007.

Brett Canet-Gibson was awarded the $10,000 DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize for his captivating portrait, The Life of Riley. Chrissy Maguire was the recipient of the $5,000 Townsville 150th Anniversary Photographic Portrait Award for her fun and unique portrait Monty and his Man – Pipe, avoiding Box Jellies by standing still.

Exhibition Resources

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Brett CANET-GIBSON

The Life of Riley [detail] 2014 Digital photographic print 90 x 60 cm

Winner of the DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, Townsville.

Above: In Conversation: George Fetting and Lee Lin Chin at Pinnacles Gallery

Right: George FETTING , Lee Lin Chin 2016, 120 x 80cm, archival pigment print on cotton rag

Annual Philip Bacon Guest Lecture at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery with presenter Kim Sajet, Director National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Revelation [detail] 2015

Oil on canvas

47 x 70 cm

Acc: 2016.0014

Lisa ADAMS

Born 1969 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Winner of the 2016 Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Townsville

IN FOCUS A PERMANENT MARK THE IMPACT OF TATTOO CULTURE ON CONTEMPORARY ART

A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art was the first ever Australian exhibition to draw together the works of 16 noted Australian and International artists to investigate the meeting point of tattoo culture and contemporary art, culminating over two years’ research and development by Pinnacles Gallery staff.

Pinnacles Gallery identified this topic as an interesting area of exploration specifically as western culture, and particularly Australia, is in the midst of a mass-popularisation of tattoo. It is more accepted than ever before and has moved beyond associations with distinct fringe cultures. At this point, we’re seeing an increase in recognition for select tattoo artists by the contemporary and fine art industries, and more reference to tattoo culture in the works of many leading contemporary artists worldwide.

The exhibition’s intent was to show how through the use of tattoo as a visual medium, artists have effectively explored societal issues as broad as body image, personal identity, cultural belonging and appropriation, fringe cultures, mortality, permanence/impermanence and many others. A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art evidenced how far and in what ways tattoo has permeated into the contemporary art sphere. Further, it queried how the contemporary art world now views a medium that is experiencing a mass-popularisation. The exhibition’s focus encouraged viewers to pontificate as to how the intersect between the two industries, contemporary art and tattooing, will continue to evolve. In what ways will our contemporary artists utilise the medium in the future, and will the two fields continue to blur more closely together?

Significant national and international loans were secured to ensure this exhibition fulfilled the thorough investigation of the topic that was originally envisaged. Loans hailed from New Zealand, the US, Mexico, from the Queensland Art Gallery and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, and numerous Australian private collectors. Amongst the highlights in the exhibition were large-scale watercolours and blood monoprints by recognised contemporary artist and tattoo art pioneer eX de Medici, a painting by tattoo legend

Don Ed Hardy, stunning photomedia works by New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana, a suite of works by American artist Shawn Barber and Mexican artist Dr Lakra, and two paintings by Doug Moran Portrait Prize winner and former Townsville-based tattooist Les Rice.

Pinnacles Gallery has also endeavoured to provide career development opportunities and broader markets for local artists by carefully selecting works by talented Townsville artists such as Ron McBurnie, Holly Grech, The RUN Collective, Rob Douma and Matt Elwin for inclusion, seamlessly sitting alongside their nationally and internationally lauded counterparts.

Following the exhibition display period at Pinnacles Gallery, A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art underwent a limited tour to the Gold Coast City Art Gallery during December 2015 to February 2016.

Participating artists in the exhibition were: Ah Xian | Amanda Wachob | Don Ed Hardy | Dr Lakra |

eX de Medici | Holly Grech | Leslie Rice | Lisa Reihana

| Matt Elwin | Qin Ga | Regan ‘HAHA’ Tamanui | Richard Dunlop | Rob Douma | Ron McBurnie | The RUN Collective | Shawn Barber

Exhibition Resources

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Born 1964 New Zealand

Dandy (from Digital Marae series) [detail] 2007 Digital colour print on Fuji Crystal Flex paper and mounted on aluminium. Exhibition print. 190.5 x 127 cm

Courtesy of the Artist, Lisa Reihana © Lisa Reihana

Lisa REIHANA

Shawn BARBER

Born 1970 Cortland, New York

Portrait of the Artist, Shige (Shigenori Iwasaki), 9 views [detail] 2010 - 2012

Oil on canvas

Triptych: 182.88 x 274.32 cm [182.88 x 91.44 cm each]

Courtesy of the Artist, Shawn Barber

CREATIVE CLASSROOMS OVERVIEW

The Creative Classrooms suite of educational programs provide a holistic approach to community arts education. These activities are multi-layered and focus on primary, secondary, tertiary students in addition to arts educators in the region.

This innovative suite of programs takes arts education beyond the confines of the gallery and to the classrooms, studios and workshops of Townsville. Creative Classrooms activities are rich and diverse, aiming to stimulate interest in the arts, foster creative minds and skills, and to provide further development for educators in the sector.

In the 2015 - 2016 reporting period, Gallery Services has continued to build on programs, engaging almost every school in the Townsville region, continuing and strengthening relationships with lifelong learners such as the University of the Third Age (U3A), home school community members, disadvantaged persons and tertiary education providers.

Gallery Services’ Creative Classrooms strategy fosters important relationships and provides training opportunities to art educators in North Queensland through their continued involvement with the North Queensland Art Teachers (NQArt), formerly the Queensland Art Teachers Association (QATA).

All Gallery Services education material, content and curriculum has been carefully developed in conjunction with the Gallery’s education stakeholders to ensure it meets Australian Curriculum requirements.

Creative Classrooms Activities 2015 - 2016

+ Art-In-A-Suitcase program for Primary Schools

+ Artists-In-Schoools for Secondary Schools

+ Educations Kits produced for all major exhibitions

+ Activity Books produced for all major exhibitions

+ Young Indigenous Printmakers program throughout Townsville region

+ Guest Lecture program targeting Secondary Schools

+ Guided school-group tours throughout reporting period

+ Professional Development Workshops conducted for the region’s Art Teachers

+ Regular meetings of the North Queensland Art Teachers group with Gallery Services staff

+ Frequent guided tours to the members of the University of the Third Age (U3A)

+ 108 school-class workshops delivered by Gallery Services staff during the reporting period

Education Resources

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+ View Gallery Services education kits

OUTPUTS

by 6 professional

Combined attendance

Programs of workshops delivered by 15 local artists to 17 schools

Combined attendance

Total number of Art-In-A-Suitcase

Total attendance at Art-In-A-Suitcase

Total number of Young Indigenous Printmakers

Total attendance at Young Indigenous Printmakers

Total number of Visits / Tours

Total attendance at Visits / Tours

Programs delivered by local artists in Semesters 3 & 4 2015, and Semesters 1 & 2 2016

Combined attendance

Program providing printmaking skills to young local Indigenous artists

Combined attendance

Schools conducting booked visits or being provided tours of current exhibitions

Combined attendance

Programs for local art teachers, educational groups, home school and disadvantaged peoples - promoting life-long learning

Sum of recorded visitation at all Creative Classrooms programs

IN FOCUS GUEST LECTURE SERIES

Gallery Services’ Guest Lecture Series is a cornerstone of the Creative Classrooms suite.

Guest Lectures build on Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery’s exhibition program by bringing visiting high profile artists and arts workers to secondary and tertiary education centres in the region.

Each of these lectures is unique, but essentially takes the form of an artist or curator’s talk in the classroom. The Guest Lectures allow the Galleries to extend its exhibition programming reach to the classroom setting, and encourages students to visit the Galleries in their own time and with their families.

With not only artists but arts workers involved in the program, students are being introduced to professional practice in new and exciting ways, providing inspiration for students to pursue art as a career.

Highlights of the Guest Lecture Series in the 2015 - 2016 financial year included George Gittoes’ presentation at Townsville State High School, where he inspired students across a range of year levels with what their art practice can achieve, and Joanna Bone, who introduced students to her detailed and process-driven glass practice.

George Gittoes delivers a Guest Lecture at Townsville State High School, and afterwards takes a photo with students.

IN FOCUS YOUNG INDIGENOUS PRINTMAKERS

Gallery Services, in conjunction with Umbrella Studio contemporary arts, initiates and funds the Young Indigenous Printmakers program.

The program seeks to foster and promote artistic development and engage local Indigenous High School students to work with printmaking artists to produce a series of prints for exhibition at either Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Pinnacles Gallery or Umbrella Studio contemporary arts.

Young Indigenous Printmakers is available to all schools in the Townsville region and is offered as an arts and cultural development program for Indigenous students in senior schooling; the workshops are typically undertaken by students ranging from Year 9 to Year 12.

The program begins with a half-day workshop at the participating school at which students work with an Indigenous artist to explore their heritage and identity; they are then challenged to take what they have learned and translate this into their own lino print design.

The artist subsequently joins the students for a one-day intensive workshop at Umbrella Studio contemporary arts where they work with a printmaker to complete their artworks. There, students carve their design and produce an edition of lino prints that will be used for an exhibition.

The Young Indigenous Printmakers program not only promotes opportunities for local Indigenous students and artists, it promotes growing relationships between local arts organisations for a unified presentation of the arts in the Townsville region.

A design by a William Ross State High School student is inked during a Young Indigenous Printmakers workshop at Umbrella Studio contemporary arts

IN FOCUS ART-IN-A-SUITCASE

Since its inception in the 2012 - 2013 period, Art-In-A-Suitcase has been one of the most exciting and innovative programs in Gallery Services’ Creative Classrooms suite.

Art-In-A-Suitcase employs local artists to deliver a fully self-contained arts workshop to participating primary schools within the Townsville region.

This program presents a priceless opportunity for students to view artworks and learn about significant artists by viewing these artworks in a classroom environment.

During the 2015 - 2016 reporting period

Art-In-A-Suitcase was delivered by Dyasley Tuck, Damian Cumner, Barbara Cheshire and Kerrie Cleverdon, all of whom are artists living and working in the Townsville region. Each artist visited primary schools and imparted specialised skills and knowledge that otherwise would not have been delivered in the classroom.

Each suitcase features a selection of artworks from the City of Townsville Art Collection which are packaged to best museum practice standards. Students were given the chance to view a range of objects and artworks from local and national artists including Sharon Davson, Ernest Oates, David Stacey, Lindsay Wilson, Tate Adams, David Aspen, John Gould, Julie Haas, John Coburn, Robert Klippel, Susan Ostling, Douglas A. Green and Pamela Griffith.

Each of the artists are presented with the artworks which will be in their suitcase and compose a lesson plan which encompasses both the presentation of the artworks and the subsequent workshop.

Comprehensive information on each of the artworks is provided by Collections Management to assist in this process. Each semester the artworks produced by the students are displayed at either Perc Tucker Regional Gallery or Pinnacles Gallery.

In total, Townsville artists presented 74 Art-In-A-Suitcase lessons to primary schools in the Townsville region where they showcased artworks and art workshops to 1,937 primary school students - in their own classroom.

Damian Cumner delivers an Art-In-A-Suitcase lesson to students at Good Shepherd Catholic School

IN FOCUS ARTISTS-IN-SCHOOLS

Artists-In-Schools is available to all secondary schools within the Townsville region and facilitates artistic collaborations between artists, teachers and students. This program provides students a high-level, hands-on arts education while building relationships between students and practicing artists.

The Artists-In-Schools program allows secondary schools access to emerging and recognised artists in the Townsville region who provide teachers support and expertise. They guide each student through the process of creating artwork for an exhibition at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery or Pinnacles Gallery.

Teachers and artists are able to collaborate in a formal teaching environment to impart specific skills relevant to those students involved in the process.

Each Artists-In-Schools program is specifically catered to the needs of individual teachers which allows them to further the skills of their students.

Examples include Fiona Banner’s ceramic sculptures with St Anthony’s Catholic College, John DeRoy’s outdoor photography lessons with Northern Beaches State High School, and Shalom Christian College’s wearable art collaboration with artist Maggie Wretham.

During the 2015 - 2016 reporting period a total of 64 Artists-In-Schools programs were delivered to 1,765 secondary school students.

Students from St. Anthony’s Catholic College pose with their exhibition, displayed in the Showcase at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, resulting from an Artists-In-Schools program with ceramic artist Fiona Banner

Renet Botha presents an Artists-In-Schools lesson to students at Ryan Catholic College

CREATIVE COMMUNITIES OVERVIEW

Creative Communities encompasses a series of programs designed to engage the public with art and cultural activities, either delivered in response to the exhibitions program or as a regular gallery program. These programs are diverse and endeavour to encompass a broad range of the community from individuals, groups and organisations throughout North Queensland. These activities enhance, support, and promote artistic and cultural life in Townsville.

During the 2015 - 2016 financial year, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery delivered a total of 415 programs with a pleasing 34,254 attendees recorded - representing an increase in audience participation of 104% from the previous reporting period. A detailed breakdown is provided in the table opposite.

The Creative Communities platform is broad reaching, encompassing art activities and cultural opportunities for the youngest art appreciators in art-box - the Galleries under 5’s art program - through to the most senior members of the community who regularly attend Gallery events and workshops, and those that wish to dabble in the relaxing environment of the Gallery with an easel, brush and bottle of wine in the highly successful Paint and Pinot series.

The opportunities identified by Gallery Services as part of the Creative Communities initiative often result in the development of collaborative partnerships between the Gallery, artists, arts workers, businesses and special interest groups within the region.

Creative Communities Activities 2015 - 2016

+ Annual Philip Bacon Guest Lecture with Kim Sajet, Director National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

+ Percivals Life Drawing classes each month at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

+ Weekly Monday Morning Art Group at Pinnacles Gallery

+ art-box program for under 5s held on the first and third Tuesday of each month

+ Intensive school holiday workshops as part of the Art-Escape program

+ Third Sunday of the month are Family Fun Days at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

+ Volunteer exclusive events

+ Friends of the Galleries exclusive membership events

+ Ladies Night at the Gallery

+ Artgaze Film Club film evenings

+ Monthly hands-on art experiences for adults at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery with the Paint and Pinot program

+ 20 Gallery Staff or Artist guided Exhibition Floortalks conducted during the reporting period

+ Monthly Art After Dark artist presentation series

+ Weekly After School Art program during school terms

+ Weekly Sundays At Riverway program at Pinnacles Gallery

IN FOCUS ADULT WORKSHOPS

Adult Art Workshops are developed by Gallery Services in partnership with local artists. Artists are engaged to conceive and deliver workshops covering a range of mediums and techniques which provide participants a greater insight into the visual arts.

These workshops do not all follow specific formats and can be delivered as one-off intensive sessions or over a period of days or weeks.

These workshops are developed to complement the exhibition schedule and to enhance the understanding of specific exhibitions while also providing a skillsbased learning opportunity for adults.

Highlights of Adult Workhops in 2015 - 2016 included Oil Painting with Peter Lawson, Rivers Re-imagined with Anneke Silver, and Portrait Painting with Donna Beningfield.

Donna Beningfield delivers a Portrait Painting workshop for adults

IN FOCUS AFTER SCHOOL ART

After School Art provides a broad range of art workshops for Primary School-aged children and includes a wide range of art activities including but not limited to; painting, printing, felting, collage, sculpture and drawing.

Through these workshops participants gain skills and knowledge across a range of art mediums, and grow confidence in their ability to express themselves creatively.

After School Art is run by a qualified Visual Art teacher and aims to reflect the themes, techniques and styles which are represented in the Galleries’ exhibitions.

After School Art runs during the school term with participants choosing either the Tuesday or Wednesday streams. In 2015 - 2016, 73 After School Art programs were conducted for 924 participants.

After School Art Teacher Ebony Russell leads a class in Term 1, 2016

IN FOCUS ART AFTER DARK

Art After Dark is a social and enjoyable program developed to engage new audiences in the Gallery environment.

This dynamic, after-hours program occurs monthly at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and includes artist talks, performances, art films and music.

2015 - 2016 has seen a range of exciting activities in the Gallery including musical performances by Sam Wright and Paul Longley, artist talks by Joanna Bone and Anneke Silver, in addition to a range of other workshops and presentations such as an arts law information session, and casual adult art workshops Paint and Pinot.

The Art After Dark program has been very well received by the community, particularly as the after-hours nature of the events allows for participation from those who might otherwise be working during regular gallery hours.

Joanna Bone presents an Artist Talk as part of the Art After Dark series

Gabi Sturman shares a laugh with participants during her The Shape of Things Workshop

CREATIVE SPACES OVERVIEW

Creative Spaces encompasses a series of programs that Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery deliver outside of the traditional gallery environment.

These programs include pop-up workshops in super markets or at festivals, activating lift spaces with art and participating in other organisations’ events.

Creative Spaces activates and builds partnerships with organisations within the community to provide opportunities for the general public to engage with art in non-traditional spaces. It further establishes creative capital in terms of employment opportunities for artists and arts workers and cultural entertainment for Townsville residents and visitors to the region alike.

The programs that are delivered as part of the Creative Spaces portfolio include SHIFT: elevator art project, Strand Ephemera (a biennial outdoor sculpture festival), Shop ‘n’ Play, outdoor exhibitions to coincide with major celebrations such as The Percivals, and various pop-up style workshops that the Galleries deliver at Townville events.

During the 2015 - 2016 financial year a total of 197 Creative Spaces programs were delivered for over 173,957 attendees. It’s important to note that staff members were not able to monitor attendance figures to Strand Ephemera during the evening hours, while visitation has also not been captured for programs such as SHIFT: elevator art project

Creative Spaces Highlights 2015 - 2016

+ Strand Ephemera 2015 exhibition and events for 138,452 visitors

+ 18 Shop ‘n’ Play programs with 1,203 participants

+ 7 commissioned artworks in Townsville’s CBD as part of SHIFT: elevator art project

+ 3 Townsville Artist Markets for 3,414 people

+ Friends of the Galleries tour to the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art display of The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial, and the Margaret Olley Centre

+ National Touring Program which saw Country & Western: landscape re-imagined displayed in 4 venues, and A Permanent Mark displayed at The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, each with a program of events.

+ A 6-month program of exhibitions at YourSpace, located in the Thuringowa Civic Centre, for 18,000 visitors

+ Monthly Weave the Reef | Love the Reef workshops leading into the December display of REEF, and a special reef-themed collaborative event with PechaKucha™ Night, Townsville for 275 participants

+ Outdoor exhibitions, roving artists and programs coinciding with The Percivals

+ Workshops and programs at community events, such as Eco Fiesta, Defence Open Day, JCU O-Week Market Day, Mates4Mates afternoon tea with Ben Quilty, and the Waterfront Public Consultation Arts Weekend, for 814 participants

Public Art Symposium 2016

from left to right: Brian Robinson Artist (Queensland), Ellie van Rhyn Creative Constultancy FORM (Western Australia)

Professor Jason Pomeroy Founding Principal Pomeroy Studio (Singapore)

Kate Parker Project Manager Public Art FORM (Western Australia)

Shane Fitzgerald Manager Gallery Services (Queensland)

IN FOCUS STRAND EPHEMERA 2015

From the outset, Gallery Services, Townsville City Council set out to deliver the biggest and best Strand Ephemera in history, and reward the community for their support and enthusiasm over the many years the event has been staged. Upon the conclusion of the North’s Sculpture Festival, which was again proudly supported by Glencore, it can safely be said that this objective was achieved.

138,452 visitors flocked to The Strand to view the artworks and performances, and take part in workshops and events. This set a new attendance record for the festival, and more than doubled the 2013 attendance figures. A mammoth 290 programs were delivered by Gallery staff, artists and volunteers during the 10 day event for the community and school groups.

Strand Ephemera ran from 31 July to 9 August 2015, but was two years in the making. The exhibition showcased 31 stunning artworks; 28 of which competed for the major $10,000 Award for Artistic Excellence. Three additional artworks were invited as non-competitive entries purely for the visiting public’s enjoyment, and were warmly received.

Following a review of the 2013 festival, improvements were made in all areas; artists were provided with an increased artist fee to assist them in pushing the boundaries of their practices. Strand Ephemera was brought forward in the calendar, which capitalised on the most ideal winter weather and aligned it with the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, meaning arts and culture were well and truly in the limelight in North Queensland through these two iconic events.

Strand Ephemera incorporated a new residency component. Zhi Qi Luo, a master artist from Townsville’s sister city - Foshan, China - created work for this year’s show, marking a significant milestone in the relationship between our cities, and heralding what we hope will be the first of many more cultural exchanges in years to come.

The festival also incorporated artworks by some of the world’s leading Sand Sculptors (Jino Van Bruinessen, Peter Redmond, the Amazin’ Walter) and 3D Pavement Artists (Jenny McCracken and Rudy Kistler) in what was undoubtedly the most popular element of the festival.

POLYTOXIC delivered three nights of dance and projection magic on the Rock Pool. Their landmark piece Trade Winds attracted 2400 viewers in total, and sparked new enthusiasm for how we can reimagine our public spaces such as the Rock Pool through art.

The Public Art Symposium provided access to leaders in diverse fields; the perspective of artsworkers, the artist, and the architect/planners. The wilson/ryan/grose lawyer’s People’s Choice Award and the Photographic Competition again attracted large quanitites of entries.

Of course, none of these elements of the festival would be possible without the support of the community, the festival’s sponsors and supporters, the participating artists, and the Gallery’s tireless volunteers.

Exhibition Resources

To view the associated Exhibition Resources simply click on the links provided below.

+ View the exhibition publication

+ View the exhibition education kit

+ View the activity book

MJ Ryan Bennett

A New Face

400 x 350 x 50 cm

Aluminum, steel, plastic, concrete

Strand Ephemera in 10 Days...

138,452 exhibition visitors

2,853 school students engaged in 218 education programs

78 public programs with

13,826 participants

31 site specific artworks

“For I who never looks at Art. This is a marvellous community event for Townsville”

“WE

“Loved the interactive nature of this year’s festival! Thanks”

“Absolutely fantastic –could be an annual event maybe! Puts T’ville on the map.”

VISITOR COMMENTS

Positive

Negative/Constructive

Negative/Constructive comments suggested increased marketing, longer display period, an annual staging of the event, and to shift the festival period to not coincide with events such as the AFCM

“WHAT A GREAT DISPLAY FOR ALL AGES”

LOVE THE CATALOGUE. TO BE A TREASURED SOUVENIR”

HOW VISITORS HEARD ABOUT STRAND EPHEMERA

Townsville Bulletin (21.21%)

Family/Friends/Word of Mouth (21.21%)

Walking/Driving By (19.70%)

Television/Radio Station (15.15%)

Direct from the Gallery (9.09%)

Other (7.58%)

Townsville Sun (4.55%)

Haven’t Heard Of It (1.51%)

VISITOR ORIGIN

VISITED STRAND EPHEMERA BEFORE?

DO YOU ALSO VISIT...?

“Wonderful use of The Strand – I came 3 times last time and 5 times this time. Loved performance at Rock Pool”

73.91% from Townsville Region (102,330)

4.35% from Queensland (6,023)

21.74 % from Interstate (30,099)

“Very exciting! We need more things like this in Townsville.”

“Thought provoking, innovative, imaginative – great showcase for artists and community groups thoroughly enjoyed all the displays.”

ENJOYING STRAND EPHEMERA?

“Wonderful event and a credit to the Townsville Community”

Yes (100%) No (0%)

“MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY – PEOPLE FRIENDLY. WELL DONE TOWNSVILLE”

“Every time the Ephemera exceeds the last one. Absolutely spectacular. THANK YOU”

Alison McDONALD

Shimmer 2015

Winner of the Award for Artistic Excellence

Photograph: Andrew Rankin Entry in the Strand Ephemera 2015 Photographic Competition

IN FOCUS SHIFT ELEVATOR ART PROJECT

Throughout the world elevators have become transformative spaces in which artists can explore various themes and subjects.

The SHIFT: elevator art project undertakes to transform non-traditional spaces in Townsville’s CBD into art locations of significance and wonder.

To this end, Gallery Services continued to commission local artists throughout 2015 - 2016 to create artworks that transform selected Townsville elevators into new art spaces.

Beyond enlivening public spaces, the program also provides another valuable income stream to encourage and retain the city’s creative talents.

The artworks remain in situ for a period of three or more months before the elevator art spaces are transformed again with new artworks.

Following are details of artworks commissioned through the SHIFT: elevator art project in 20152016:

TOWNSVILLE CIVIC THEATRE

Hannah Murray

Installed September 2015

Flora and fauna paintings and details of paintings on the outer glass and internal roof lighting.

Sylvia Ditchburn

Installed December 2015

The artist’s colourful art reflects the lushness, fecundity and beauty of North Queensland’s tropical rainforests.

AQUARIUS, THE STRAND

Richard Lane

Installed January 2016

The artist’s work represents the landscapes in and around Townsville, with each work created through an experimental process of layering colour. This was the first work installed at Aquarius, The Strand.

Cath Meharry

NORTHTOWN

Kate Ross

Installed September 2015

Two depictions of the Townsville region’s wetlands and water birds.

Bai Tapau

Installed November 2015

An installation of the artist’s iconic, colourful reef scenes.

Installed June 2016

The internal and external facades of the lift at Aquarius, The Strand were adorned in one of the artist’s striking flora watercolour, collage and pen works.

FEDERATION PLACE

Kennie Deaner

Installed June 2016

A Dr. Who inspired work by one of Townsville’s leading street/aerosol artists.

Staff members from Townsville City Council’s Workshop Unit install artwork by Hannah Murray at the Townsville Civic Theatre

IN FOCUS FAMILIES OF TOWNSVILLE

Following on from Faces of Townsville, the highly successful collaboration with ABC Open undertaken in 2014, Gallery Services teamed with local community group LensCap Crew to present Families of Townsville as part of a broader spectrum of events and exhibitions comprising The Percivals in 2016.

Families of Townsville took portraiture to the streets, and through research conducted by LensCap Crew also traced the history of some of the city’s founding families, coinciding with Townsville’s T150 celebrations.

LensCap Crew is a small community group with a shared passion for storytelling projects, and Families of Townsville was not intended to investigate every significant family that has helped build our city. Simply, too many people have made lasting contributions.

As such, LensCap Crew made a small selection of founding families in the region, with each participant focussing their attention on one or two families, sourcing photographs, and penning short historical overviews. To undertake their research, members of the group worked directly with families, the Local History Collection of Townsville City Council’s Library Services, and James Cook University Library Special Collection.

The resulting project included 24 paste-ups from historical photographs installed at 16 CBD locations, and 8 locations in suburbs connected to the depicted family.

A map was produced to enable viewers to locate the works, while a small publication proved extremely popular. Venues noted higher volumes of traffic as interested members of the community ventured around the city to spot the works, while the project was also successful in attracting local media coverage.

LensCap Crew also produced a short documentarystyle film charting the development of the project. The film was presented as an Art After Dark event at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.

Families Of Townsville Artwork Locations

+ Riverway Arts Centre

+ Weir State School

+ Aitkenvale Library

+ James Cook University Library

+ Townsville Hospital

+ Warrina Shopping Centre

+ Heatley House, Cathedral School

+ Riverway Laundromat

+ AECOM Building, cnr. Stokes and Sturt Streets

+ Lendlease Building, 52 Walker Street

+ Council Customer Service Centre, 103 Walker Street

+ 143 Walker Street

+ Stanley Place, 25 Stanley Street

+ City Lane, between Flinders/Sturt Streets

+ Flinders Street Shelters

Cnr. Flinders/Stanley Streets

Cnr. Stokes/Flinders Streets

Cnr. Flinders/Denham Streets

+ ABC Radio Building, 8 Wickham Street

Resource

To view published Families of Townsville booklet simply click on the link provided below.

+ View the Families of Townsville booklet

Mabel Rasmussen (nee Coleman) wedding portrait

Located at the AECOM Building, cnr. Stokes and Sturt Streets

IN FOCUS SHOP ‘N’ PLAY

Shop ‘n’ Play is an innovative workshop series which employs a local artist to deliver these fun and creative activities at Willows Shopping Centre in Kirwan. This program is a partnership between the Dexus Group and Gallery Services. Dexus became a sponsor of Shop ‘n’ Play in 2014 - 2015, and continued in the 20152016 financial year. Shop ‘n’ Play is run in conjunction with the school holidays and all workshops are free.

The program expanded on the 2014 - 2015 delivery and continued to enhance and reflect both Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery’s exhibitions while complementing the Dexus Group’s own school holiday advertising and programs.

The program for this financial year began in September with Prehistoric Creatures of the Ice. This workshop was run by Townsville artist MJ Ryan and guided each participant through making their own dinosaur-themed headpieces. Participants used a range of materials including paper, feathers, cardboard, pens and glitter in order to realise their individual designs.

In January 2016, Shop ‘n’ Play embraced the children’s activities from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art’s Asia Pacific Triennial titled ATP8: Kids on Tour

APT8 Kids on Tour was a program of artworks and activities developed by artists exhibiting in The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Children’s Art Centre and aimed to develop children’s art practices through a range of drawing, making and multimedia activities.

For the 2016 Easter school holidays, Willows Shopping Centre had installed a range of animatronic zoo animals and invited Gallery Services to have their Shop ‘n’ Play activity reflect this theme. In response, local artist Nicole Potgieter and Gallery Services planned a Zoo animal mask making workshop which gave participants the choice of making a lion or zebra mask, including not only the mask, but also paws and a tail of each of these animals.

Portraits, photography and The Percivals were the theme of the June 2016 Shop ‘n’ Play. Run by local artist Anat Azaulay, this activity gave participants the opportunity to decorate fun and funny photo props to pose with in The Percivals photobooth. Each participant was able to take their instant photo in addition to their handmade props with them.

Shop ‘n’ Play will continue into the next financial year and will again occur during each school holidays. During the 2015 - 2016 financial year Shop ‘n’ Play was delivered on 18 occasions for 1,203 participants.

Children enjoying the Shop ‘n’ Play activities during the Prehistoric Creatures of the Ice program

POLYTOXIC Trade Winds

Strand Ephemera 2015

Visuals by Samuel Tupou

Photograph by Sean Young

ART IN PUBLIC SPACES OVERVIEW

2015 - 2016 saw significant development in the maintenance, conservation, growth and promotion of the City of Townsville Art in Public Spaces Collection

This reporting period marked the first full year that the organisation had a dedicated Public Art Officer in place. With all works within the City of Townsville Art in Public Spaces Collection having been catalogued in detail and documented in 2014 - 2015, this year allowed for greater focus on the completion of scheduled inspections of every work, and the organisation of scheduled or remedial maintenance and conservation where appropriate and as made possible within Gallery Services’ budget restraints.

In total, 711 inspections were carried out in 2015 - 2016, an increase of 68% from the previous year.

Significant maintenance and conservation projects delivered in this period included the refabrication of Bruce Anderson’s Landboat on The Strand; the restoration of the highly popular turtle and dugong sculptures by Adrian John Davis, Ancient Mariner (2004) and Halophila (2004), timed to coincide with the major temporary public art festival Strand Ephemera; the restoration of numerous military plaques in time for Remembrance Day and ANZAC Day ceremonies; continued restoration and conservation of public artworks transferred to the City of Townsville Art in Public Spaces Collection from the Jezzine Trust; and the repainting of River Party in Frank Rossiter Park to accurately reflect the original design.

This year also saw modest growth of the City of Townsville Art in Public Spaces Collection, primarily through Street Art murals commissioned in keeping with the objectives set within Townsville City Council’s endorsed Street Art Activation Framework

New Street Art murals to enter the Collection included 3 works by internationally acclaimed Belgian artist, ROA, and 2 works by Australia’s foremost stencil artist, HAHA. No works were deaccessioned in this period.

A large emphasis was also placed on the strategic development of the city’s public art planning, and scoping of future projects.

Planning and strategy projects included preliminary development of future Street Art projects by Adnate, SEPE, and Garth Jankovic and Nicky Bidju-Pryor to be delivered in 2016 - 2017.

Gallery Services also guided the development of a Public Art Strategy for the proposed Waterfront Development in the Townsville CBD. The document provides guiding principles for the commissioning of an engaging and thematically relevant collection of works to be installed across the 7 zones that make up the Priority Development Area (PDA).

OUTPUTS

Objects inspected by Gallery Services staff as part of ongoing Public Art Maintenance Program

Number of objects receiving preventative maintenance actions during reporting period

Number of objects receiving remedial maintenance actions during reporting period

Number of objects receiving remedial conservation treatment by external parties during reporting period

6 Street Art works commissioned, 1 transfer of ownership from the Qieensland Government and the production of the Olympic Honour Board Due

IN FOCUS LANDBOAT REMEDIAL CONSERVATION

CONTRIBUTORS

Gallery Services

Artlab South Australia

Combined Metal Fabrication

Northern Plastics

In 2015 Gallery Services noted the severe deterioration of a popular public artwork on The Strand, Landboat, by artist Bruce Anderson.

The artwork was commissioned by Townsville City Council after its popularity in the biennial sculpture festival, Strand Ephemera. The original sculpture was made from mild steel and had rusted quite badly in the ocean-front location adjacent to Tobruk Pool. The bottom edge of the boat’s hull was losing critical structural stability and needed replacement or restoration.

Gallery Services attempted to contact the original artist but were unsuccessful and thus engaged the services of Ian Miles, a Senior Metals Conservator with Artlab in South Australia, whose specialty is in the conservation of metals and outdoor sculptures.

With a series of comprehensive photographs supplied by Gallery Services, Ian was able to determine the extent of the damage and consulted with Gallery Services’ staff to understand the environmental impacts, both that had contributed to the damage, and also to ensure the sculpture was protected from further damage into the future.

The best course of action was determined to be the fabrication of an exact copy from new materials more appropriate for this location. Local metal fabricators, Combined Metal Fabrication, were contracted to source a specialty weathered steel, often called corten steel, which replicated the original rusted aesthetic of the sculpture whilst having the additional properties of strength and endurance to endure harsh outdoor climates.

The original sculpture was carefully removed from site and taken back to Combined Metal Fabrication where their workshop staff worked in consultation with Gallery Services’ staff under the guidance of the original conservation advice report from Artlab to undertake the fabrication of an exact replica.

Combined Metal Fabrication were able to salvage the original base frame and internal structure of the sculpture in line with national conservation standards that calls for the minimal amount of replacement in any conservation work.

Artlab’s report also mentioned the detrimental effect of organic and other matter sitting in the bottom of the boat’s hull. This build-up of matter allowed water and salts to sit up against the inside of the metal, accelerating the rusting at the base. It was recommended that a lightweight, strong Perspex cover also be introduced into the sculpture, to sit on top of the internal structure and prevent any matter sitting against the metal.

Landboat 2008

Steel 215 x 270 x 56 cm

Restored 2015 City of Townsville Art In Public Spaces Collection

Northern Plastics produced a Perspex cover, treated to withstand extreme UV whilst still remaining clear to aid Gallery Services’ staff in regular inspections of the inside of the sculpture.

The inside of the hull was also painted to seal the metal, extending the life of the sculpture by preventing salts from deteriorating the metal once more. The addition of drainage holes along the bottom edge of the hull also allows water to pass through the sculpture; ensuring water does not further deteriorate the metal.

Finally, the metal underwent a rustacceleration treatment to give it a natural rust coating, acting as both an aesthetic feature of the work and a protective coating.

The final piece was re-installed in December 2015 and with regular maintenance should remain in good condition for another decade.

Bruce ANDERSON

IN FOCUS PUBLIC ART STRATEGY WATERFRONT PDA

In conjunction with Townville City Council’s Planning and Development department, Gallery Services undertook the development of a cohesive document outlining the possible opportunities for Public Art within the proposed Waterfront Priority Development Area (Waterfront PDA) along Ross Creek in Townsville’s Central Business District.

This process required thorough research into other cities around Australia, and throughout the world, focused particularly on waterfront areas with artworks of significance. With examples of Walsh Bay in Sydney, the Darwin Waterfront area in the Northern Territory, and, further afield, in Singapore, London, and San Francisco, Gallery Services were able to analyse the successful and unsuccessful components of Public Art planning that exist in other cities.

Using the seven existing zones identified by Planning and Development that outline the context of each area, Gallery Services looked at the history, commerce, public use and potential activation of each area to create a comprehensive vision for the incorporated Public Art.

Also researched was the impact of Public Art upon a city’s economy and lifestyle. The inclusion of Public Art in major developments such as the Waterfront PDA was considered a crucial component, increasing civic pride, boosting the economy, and bringing culture and life to an otherwise industrial or strictly commercial area.

The resulting Strategy combines months of research to bring together a vision which includes Public Art investment within all seven zones of the priority development area:

+ The Entrance

+ Rail Yards

+ Cultural and Entertainment Precinct

+ Waterside Living

+ Central Business District

+ Marina

+ Port

Within each zone, the Strategy identifies artwork opportunities for different levels of engagement by artists and the public. Large-scale iconic pieces are suggested for entrances and prominent feature areas, whereas smaller discovery pieces take the public on a journey on raised boardwalks through creek-side mangroves.

The Waterfront PDA Public Art Strategy breaks down the different commissioning methods for Public Art as a starting point for future developers, and discusses the different types of artwork that would be suitable for the various identified opportunities within the PDA, attributing a suggested budget range for each type of work.

IN FOCUS STREET ART

Gallery Services, collaborating with a number of stakeholders through the Street Art Activation Working Group, developed the Street Art Activation Framework to help guide new initiatives to introduce more Street Art in Townsville.

It was viewed that as a subset of the City of Townsville Art In Public Spaces Collection, a focus on Street Art would significantly add to the character and vibrancy of the inner city, and also link strongly with Townsville City Council’s CBD Activation Strategy

The Street Art Activation Working Group was established in 2014, and the holistic Framework was endorsed by Townsville City Council in 2015. The Framework provided an important milestone, as it ensured an emphasis on maintaining a strategic approach to the encouragement of Street Art that involves the community, businesses, Council and artists.

The Street Art Activation Program will provide and promote activation, opportunity, innovation, appreciation and education throughout the Townsville region.

A number of recognised outcomes were achieved from the Street Art Activation Framework in the 2015 - 2016 Financial Year, most notably a number of significant commissions, and the establishment of the city’s first Outdoor Free Wall at Murray Skate Park.

Commissions undertaken included three works by one of the world’s leading Street Artists, ROA; two work’s by Australia’s most infamous stencil-based artist, HAHA; and a new work by Townsville’s own RUN Collective, resulting from a collaboration between Townsville City Council and local business Angus Smith Sportspower.

July 2015 saw ROA’s first visit to Townsville. ROA is an internationally renowned artist, who has created works in Europe, South America, United States, Africa as well as Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.

Speaking about his work, he stated, “I consider myself a contextual muralist – I almost always paint the native or extinct animals from the area that I’m painting in. We are often oblivious to the local fauna, and don’t recognise the beauty that surrounds us daily. The fauna of Australia is absolutely stunning, the marsupials are some of the cutest species, and I do love the outback of Australia with its red sand and nature.”

ROA completed a sugar glider in Denham Lane (facing the Flinders St car park), a goanna along Ogden Street, and finally a major piece featuring a turtle and a crocodile in the Cowboys Club car park on Sturt Street.

Images of the works quickly spread throughout online Street Art networks and blogs around the world, bringing attention to Townsville as a culturally sophisticated destination, while residents and visitors continue to frequently stop near the works to capture photographs.

Regan ‘HAHA’ Tamanui visited Townsville during the same period as ROA, and completed two works in Denham Lane. The two works depicted a large-scale octopus, which was a subtle reference to the octopus logo of the 4RR radio station that once operated in the building, and series of portraits of a number of Townsville identities, many with strong links to the building. HAHA’s work added to existing work in Denham Lane by the RUN Collective, and Kennie Deaner.

Artist ROA photographs his first completed work in Townsville

The RUN Collective completed their mural on the rear façade of Angus Smith Sportspower, in Ogden Street, in June 2016 following a competitive Expression of Interest process targeted at Townsvillebased Street Artists. The sports-themed mural was the result of a partnership between Townsville City Council and Angus Smith Sportspower, with the local business contributing funds to further grow the city’s burgeoning Street Art landscape.

Their mural features a portrait of sporting legend Cathy Freeman, surrounded by sporting equipment.

Artist Shane Keen said the RUN Collective chose Cathy Freeman because of her connection to communities around Queensland and Palm Island.

“Cathy Freeman is an inspiration to local Indigenous youth and the rising sports stars of tomorrow, so we thought it would be appropriate to feature her in our mural. We approached the Cathy Freeman Foundation and Cathy was excited to be a part of our new work,” Keen stated.

Indicative of the popularity of both the RUN Collective and the new work, a photo of the completed piece was posted on the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery facebook page, and within a week had reached an audience of over 36,000 facebook profiles, including 173 shares of the post.

The Murray Skate Park Outdoor Free Wall was launched in May 2016 following community consultation. The Murray Skate Park Outdoor Free Wall is the city’s first free use, community street art space – an initiative that has been successful in many metropolitan and regional centres around the country.

The Murray Skate Park Outdoor Free Wall is the community’s space to create and express. Artists can paint here at any time, and are encouraged to share photos of their work using #murrayskateparkart

Street Art Resources

To view published Street Art Resources simply click on the links provided below.

+ View the Street Art Activation Framework

+ View Street Artist ‘Ha Ha’ discussing his Denham Lane commission

+ View the RUN Collective creating the Ogden Street mural for Angus Smith Sportspower

+ View In Conversation with Street Artist Fintan Magee and Rick McLaren, Retail Leasing Manager, Lancini Property and Development

+ View the making of ‘The Smizla’ by Street Artist Lee Harnden

The RUN Collective with their new work on Ogden Street

The first piece completed on the Murray Skate Park Outdoor Free Wall as part of The Youth Network NQ’s Youth Outreach Program

ROA - Ogden Street, Townsville

COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

2015 - 2016 has been another year of extraordinary growth of the City of Townsville Art Collection. The exponential growth of the City of Townsville Art Collection and the City of Townsville Art in Public Spaces Collection that has taken place in the last two reporting periods continued, with 156 works acquired in 2015 - 2016.

While more works were acquired in the previous reporting period, largely by virtue of a historic gift from Dr. Douglas Kagi, this reporting period did see a landmark bequest of 8 Ian Fairweather paintingscollectively valued at $3.8 million - made by the Brian Abel Estate, Sydney. These works are highly prized and have been actively sought after by State and National Galleries throughout the country.

Of the 156 acquisitions made in total, 138 of these were largely by way of direct donation or courtesy of the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. Works that entered the City of Townsville Art Collection via the Cultural Gifts Program in 2015 - 2016 included 114 works on paper by Pamela Griffith, donated by Selena Griffith. Griffith’s subject matter ranges through portraiture, still life, cityscapes and landscape, but a subject that appears most frequently in her works is Australian landscapes, flora and fauna – including both terrestrial and aquatic animals.

The gift encompasses an exquisite range of prints of great traditional craftsmanship and technical excellence, portraying native Australian animals including mammals, marsupials, reptiles, avian and aquatic species. A number of the works featured in the major exhibition REEF, and were a highlight of the program of artworks displayed in the light boxes within Townsville Bulletin Square.

The Art Acquisition Working Group also approved the astute purchase of 13 artworks throughout 2015 - 2016, within the bounds of the annual acquisitions budget. Amongst these works were some fine ceramic objects by Avi Amesbury, Peter Biddulph, Nadja Burke, Len Cook, Alice Couttoupes and Cecily Willis selected from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards

Works by established local artists such as Gerald Soworka; and works with inherent significance to the Townsville region and its history, such as Earnest Oates’ drawing Old Town Hall, Townsville (1978), Laurence Hope’s oil painting Interior Townsville Pub (1951), Stewart MacFarlane’s study for a work already within the City of Townsville Art Collection entitled The red cathedral (1998), and William Bustard’s seminal watercolour painting, Ross River, Townsville (1945) all entering the Collection.

Awards and prizes featured heavily during the reporting period with five notable objects being acquired via the The Percivals, 60th Townsville Art Awards and the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards A significant acquisitive prize, the $40,000 biennial Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, saw Lisa Adams’s stunning self portrait entitled Revelation enter the Collection, Barbara Cheshire’s I Remember the recipient of the Townsville 150th Anniversary Portrait Panting Award and Chrissy Maguire’s Monty and his Man-Pipe, avoiding Box Jellies by standing still awarded the Townsville 150th Anniversary Photographic Portrait Award. Now in its 60th year the annual Townsville Art Society Townsville Art Awards continued to delight audiences and showcase the works of local and national artists of renown. Judged in 2015 by prominent Australian artist, John Downton, awarded local artist Patrick Lowth the Townsville Open Art Award with his moving work, Nature’s best Returning in 2016 as a biennial awards exhibition the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, conducted by NQ Potters Inc., showcased the creative talents of the nation’s leading ceramicists with 80 works vying for the $10,000 acquisitive prize with celebrated South Australian artist Jeff Mincham AM taking the honours with his striking large-scale vessel Bush Ballard (Forces of Nature Series) 2015.

As the Collection is ever expanding preventative conservation measures have been established to ensure the Collection is secure, accessible and environmentally balanced and the monitoring, maintenance and cleaning of the Collection and the Collections Rooms are conducted frequently. During the reporting period a total of 135 individual objects underwent preventative or remedial conservation measures ensuring that these works are maintained in perpetuity as the city’s cultural assets.

OUTPUTS

Work continued towards the re-cataloguing of the entire Collection and the ongoing high level image capture of all works in the City of Townsville Art Collection as part of the City of Townsville Art Collection Digitisation Project. A total of 400 objects were digitised during the reporting period with attention now shifting towards the development and implementation of contemporaneous web-based platforms through which to showcase and make accessible the City of Townsville Art Collection online in 2017.

Throughout 2015 - 2016, Collections Management staff worked closely with the Director, Exhibitions and Education & Programs staff to enable greater public access to the Collection, resulting in the display of 251 works drawn from the Collection during the reporting period.

As at 30 June 2016. Valuations by external consultants and Gallery Services’, Collections Management Officer.

Objects by William Bustard, Gerald Soworka, Laurence Hope, Stewart MacFarlane, Ernest Oates, Avi Amesbury, Peter Biddulph, Nadja Burke, Len Cook, Alice Couttoupes and Cecily Willis

Acquisitive prize winners from the 60th Townsville Art Awards, The Percivals and the Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards

Through direct donations and the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

Artworks that were identified for and received preventative or remedial conservation

Number of Objects digitised to publication standards, not including conservation and inscription documentation images

Such initiatives included the coordination of the major Collections exhibition Director’s Pick; the development of small Collection shows for display in various community access spaces; the curating of Collection displays for the Townsville Bulleting Square Light Boxes; and organisation of Collection works to be used in outreach education programs such as Art-In-A-Suitcase, which included the selection, documentation, digitisation and packaging of Collection objects to museum standards to be showcased by local artists within primary schools in the Townsville region as inspiration for art-based learning activities.

The City of Townsville Art Collection is recognised as a significant cultural resource of northern Australia and is managed as a cultural heritage collection in-line with international museums standards to benefit, engage, educate and inspire the community and visitors within the region.

ACQUISITIONS 2015-2016

ART OF THE TROPICS

Barbara CHESHIRE

Born 1946 Townsville, Queensland, Australia

I Remember 2016

Oil on canvas 153 x 102 cm

Acc: 2016.0015

Acquisitive Prize Winner of the Townsville

150th Anniversary Portrait Painting Award , Townsville, 2016.

Len COOK

Born 1951 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia

Flower container 2015

Locally dug clay, anagama wood-fired, glazed

15.3 x 20.5 x 11.5 cm

Acc: 2016.0011

Purchased from the 2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

Patrick LOWTH

Born 1958 Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Nature’s Best 2015

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

44.4 x 102.8 cm (Image);

48.6 x 107.3 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2015.0160

Acquisitive Prize Winner – Section 1 – 2015

Townsville Open Art Award, at the 60th Townsville Art Awards, 2015.

Chrissy MAGUIRE

Monty and his Man - Pipe, avoiding Box

Jellies by standing still 2016

Archival fine art print 21 x 29 cm

Acc: 2016.0016

Acquisitive Prize Winner of the Townsville

150th Anniversary Photographic Portrait Award , Townsville, 2016.

Ernest OATES

Born 1919 Scotland, United Kingdom; Movements: Australia from 1951

Old Town Hall, Townsville 1978

Drawing; Ink on paper

35.2 x 176 cm (Image);

37.5 x 176 cm (Image and text);

39.7 x 183.5 cm (Sheet);

42.8 x 186.7 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2016.0001

Purchased, 2016. Funded from the City of Townsville Art Collection Acquisitions Fund, Townsville City Council.

Anneke SILVER

Born 1937 The Hague, Netherlands; Movements: Australia from 1959

All Earth 1967

Synthetic polymer on canvas

76 x 76 cm

Acc: 2015.0157

Gift of Anneke Silver, Townsville, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Gerald SOWORKA

Born 1960 Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia

It’s all about the bass 2015

Gloss enamel paint on coffee stained Dessein paper 300 x 150 cm

Acc: 2015.0038

Purchased from Umbrella Studio contemporary arts, Townsville, 2015.

Purchased from Artists Imagining Artists: 25 years of the AFCM in Townsville exhibition, Umbrella Studio contemporary arts, Townsville, 3 July – 9 August 2015.

Richard DUNLOP

Born 1960 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Kylie [detail] 2006

Oil on linen 180 x 120 cm

Acc: 2016.0002

Gift of Richard Dunlop (the Artist), Victoria, 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Photo:

AUSTRALIAN ART

Lisa ADAMS

Born 1969 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Revelation 2015

Oil on canvas 47 x 70 cm

Acc: 2016.0014

Winner of the 2016 Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Townsville.

Avi AMESBURY

Born 1965 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

Elements of Place Series I 2015

Porcelain; Hand painted with clay glaze

56.7 x 13.5 x 14.8 cm (Part 1);

56.4 x 14.3 x 13.9 cm (Part 2) irregular

Acc: 2016.0006.1-2

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

Elements of Place Series II 2015

56.6 x 14.9 x 13.3 cm (Part 1);

56.5 x 14.3 x 13.3 cm (Part 2) irregular

Acc: 2016.0007.1-2

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

Peter BIDDULPH

Born 1955

Hybrid Flasks and Cups 2015

Southern Ice Porcelain with translucent blue glaze

15.5 x 16 x 11 cm (Part 1);

16.4 x 12 x 7 cm (Part 2);

5.2 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm (Part 3);

5 x 6.4 x 6.2 cm (Part 4);

4.4 x 7 x 5.1 cm (Part 5);

4.1 x 7.2 x 5.2 cm (Part 6)

Acc: 2016.0008.1-6

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

Mesa Bowls 2016

Southern Ice Porcelain with translucent blue glaze

6.4 x 14.1 x 13.9 cm (Part 1);

7.4 x 13.4 x 13.2 cm (Part 2);

4.5 x 10.5 x 10.6 (Part 3);

5.4 x 9.1 x 9.2 cm (Part 4)

Acc: 2016.0009.1-4

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

Nadja BURKE

Born 1955 Australia

Gaia 2015

White stoneware, underglaze colours, glaze

50 x 35 x 32.5 cm

Acc: 2016.0010

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

William BUSTARD

Born 1894 Terrington, Yorkshire, England; Died 1973 Labrador, Queensland, Australia

Movements: Australia from 1921

Ross River, Townsville 1945

Watercolour on paper

34 x 46 cm

Acc: 2015.0037

Purchased from Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 2015. Funded from the City of Townsville Art Collection Acquisitions Fund, Townsville City Council.

Alice COUTTOUPES

Born 1989

Untitled 2015

Porcelain; Hand-built

54.3 x 37 x 8 cm

Acc: 2016.0012

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

Richard DUNLOP

Born 1960 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Kylie 2006

Oil on linen

180 x 120 cm

Acc: 2016.0002

Gift of Richard Dunlop (the Artist), Victoria, 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Pamela GRIFFITH

Born 1943 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australian Barrier Reef 1994

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from one copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 22/70

9.2 x 11.7 cm (Printed image);

10.2 x 11.8 cm (Printed image and text);

9.3 x 11.8 cm (Plate);

20.4 x 21.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0043

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Australian Bountiful Harvest 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from one copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 16/40

44.3 x 59.4 cm (Printed image);

46.2 x 59.4 cm (Printed image & text);

44.4 x 59.5 cm (Plate);

60.2 x 76.1 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0044

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Australian Cassowary 1987

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from multiple copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 20/60

29.2 x 29.5 cm (Printed image);

31.1 x 29.7cm (Printed image & text);

29.3 x 29.6 cm (Plate);

42 x 39.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0045

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Australian Masked Owl 1981

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in black and orange ink from two copper plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 14/40

60 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

62.4 x 44.5 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45.1 cm (Plate);

75.8 x 56.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0046

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Australian Pelican 2013

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in black ink from four copper plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 5/25

63.4 x 35.4 cm (Printed image);

64.8 x 35.4 cm (Printed image & text);

49.6 x 35.5 cm (Plate 1);

11.6 x 9.7 cm (Plate 2)

11.6 x 9.6 cm (Plate 3)

11.7 x 9.7 cm (Plate 4);

80 x 51.3 cm (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0047

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Australian Pelicanpelicanus conspicillatus 1985

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in black ink from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 9/40

60.3 x 44.8 cm (Printed image);

61.5 x 44.8 cm (Printed image & text);

47 x 45 cm (Plate 1)

11.3 x 44.8 cm (Plate 2);

75.4 x 57.8 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0048

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

William BUSTARD

Born 1894 Terrington, Yorkshire, England; Died 1973 Labrador, Queensland, Australia

Movements: Australia from 1921

Ross River, Townsville 1945

Watercolour on paper

34 x 46 cm

Acc: 2015.0037

Purchased from Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 2015. Funded from the City of Townsville Art Collection Acquisitions Fund, Townsville City Council.

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Australian Pelicans 2013

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from multiple copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 6/30

60.4 x 90.3 cm (Printed image);

62.3 x 90.3 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 90.4 cm (Plate);

79.8 x 112 cm irregular (Sh

Acc: 2015.0049

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Barramundi Encounter 1998

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from multiple copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 21/40

58.8 x 59.2 cm (Printed image);

60.8 x 59.5 cm (Printed image & text);

59 x 59.5 cm (Plate);

78.2 x 75.8 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0050

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Barramundi in the Billabong 2003

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 28/100

44.3 x 59.3 cm (Printed image);

46.2 x 59.3 cm (Printed image & text);

44.4 x 59.4 cm (Plate);

60.7 x 76.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0051

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Bird Forms 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single zinc plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 4/30

60.2 x 45 cm (Printed image);

63 x 45 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45.4 cm (Plate);

76.2 x 57.3 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0052

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Black-chinned Honeyeater in the Gum Blossoms 1992

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 13/60

60.1 x 44.6 cm (Printed image);

61.8 x 44.6 cm (Printed image & text);

61.2 x 44. 8 cm (Plate);

75.8 x 57.2 cm (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0053

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Black Cockatoos 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 38/60

19.6 x 20.9 cm (Printed image);

21.1 x 20.9 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.2 cm (Plate);

30 x 28.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0054

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Black Cockatoos 1982

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in black ink from a single zinc plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 24/30

60.3 x 44.3 cm (Printed image);

62.8 x 44.3 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 45 cm (Plate);

76 x 56.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0055

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Black Swans - Cygnus Atratus 1992

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from multiple copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 11/60

60.3 x 44.8 cm (Printed image);

62 x 44.8 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 45 cm (Plate);

76.2 x 58.3 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0056

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Blue Swimmer Crabs 1998

Lithograph printed in colour from multiple zinc stencils, using Korn’s litho crayon and wash technique, on BFK Rives 300 gsm paper

Edition: 7/20

55.8 x 59.6 cm (Printed image); 5

7.4 x 59.6 cm (Printed image & text);

55.8 x 59.6 cm (Plate);

75.8 x 75.8 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0057

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Blue Triangle Butterflies and Coastal Dunes 1993

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 21/60

45 x 34.3 cm (Printed image);

46.8 x 34.3 cm (Printed image & text);

45.1 x 34.5 cm (Plate);

58 x 45.3 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0058

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Blue Triangle Butterflies Cavorting 1993

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 22/60

44.8 x 34.2 cm (Printed image);

46.5 x 34.2 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 34.5 cm (Plate);

58.9 x 45.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0059

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Blue Wrens Nesting 1988

Hard ground etching and aquatint with burnishing, printed in colour from multiple copper plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 34/60

60 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

62.2 x 44.5 cm (Printed image & text);

60.4 x 44.7 cm (Plate);

75.8 x 56 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0060

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Brolgas at Twilight 1999

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 15/50

45 x 60.1 cm (Printed image);

46.6 x 60.3 cm (Printed image & text);

45.2 x 60.4 cm (Plate);

58.5 x 76.1 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0061

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Brolgas or Grus rubicunda 1991

Lithograph, printed in colour from a single aluminium stencil, using crayon and wash technique, on BFK Rives 300 gsm paper

Edition: 2/10

52 x 43.5 cm (Printed image);

55 x 43.5 cm (Printed image & text);

64 x 43.5 cm (Plate);

80.4 x 55.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0062

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Brown Booby or Sula leucogaster 1991

Lithograph, printed in colour from a single zinc stencil, using crayon and wash technique, on BFK Rives 300 gsm paper

Edition: 10/10

55.5 x 41.6 cm (Printed image);

56 x 41.6 cm (Printed image & text);

55.5 x 43.4 (Plate);

80 x 55.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0063

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Brush Turkey Building

Egg Incubating Mound 1989

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from multiple zinc plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 9/40

60.2 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

62.5 x 44.6 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 45 cm (Plate);

75.5 x 57.6 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0064

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Laurence HOPE

Born 1927 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Movements: England and Australia from 1963, with visits to Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and South Pacific

Interior Townsville Pub/Cane Farmer 1951 Oil on paper 38 x 54 cm (Image); 45.5 x 62 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2015.0161.1-2

Purchased from Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, 2015. Funded by the City of Townsville Art Collection Acquisitions Fund, Townsville City Council.

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Bush Leaf Litter 2005

Hard ground and soft ground etching, printed in brown ink from a single copper plate, on chine colle on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 9/20

58.9 x 59.2 cm (Printed image);

60.5 x 59.2 cm (Printed image & text);

59.4 x 59.6 cm (Plate);

83.9 x 79.9 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0065

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Butcher Birds 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 39/60

19.9 x 21 cm (Printed image);

21.2 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.2 cm (Plate);

30.7 x 28.8 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0066

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Butterfly Scorpion Fish 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink from a single copper cut out plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 21/40

17.4 x 29.1 cm (Printed image);

20.6 x 29.1 cm (Printed image & text);

17.4 x 29.1 cm (Plate);

36.8 x 37.5 cm (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0067

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Cleaning the Catch 1998

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in black ink from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 4/30

11.9 x 16.9 cm (Printed image);

13 x 16.9 cm (Printed image & text);

12.1 x 17.2 cm (Plate);

30.4 x 37 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0068

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Cockatoos 1998

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 11/30

25.8 x 20 cm (Printed image);

27.1 x 20 cm (Printed image & text);

26 x 20.5 cm (Plate);

50.4 x 39 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0069

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Coral Trout and Black Spotted Rock Cod 2000

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two shaped copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 41/50

59.3 x 60.2 cm (Printed image);

61.7 x 60.2 cm (Printed image & text);

44 x 60.5 cm (Top Plate)

26 x 60.5 cm (Bottom Plate);

78.6 x 76 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0070

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Courting Lyre Birds 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 26/30

19.6 x 21 cm (Printed image);

20.9 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.3 cm (Plate);

30 x 29.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0071

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Crayfish Creek 1981

Soft ground etching and aquatint with burnishing, printed in brown ink from a single zinc plate, on cream Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 10/40

60.3 x 44.8 cm (Printed image);

62.9 x 44.8 cm (Printed image & text);

61 x 45.3 cm (Plate);

76.2 x 57.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0072

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Deadly Cone Shell and Coral 1983

Aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc cut out plates, on cream Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 19/40

16.3 x 26 cm (Printed image);

19 x 26 cm (Printed image & text);

5.6 x 9.9 cm (Plate1 [Shell]);

16.3 x 21 cm (Plate2 [Coral]);

38.5 x 37.1 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0073

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Didgeribloo 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 42/60

19.7 x 20.9 cm (Printed image);

21 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.1 cm (Plate);

30.4 x 28.9 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0074

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Elegant Wrasse 1984

Hard ground etching, aquatint with burnishing, printed in colour from a single circular copper plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 10/50

24 x 24.2 cm (Printed image);

27 x 29.6 cm (Printed image & text);

30.5 x 30.6 cm (Outer Plate);

24 x 24.2 cm (Inner Plate);

52.5 x 40 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0075

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Emus on the Run 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 36/60

21 x 19.9 cm (Printed image);

22.3 x 19.9 cm (Printed image & text);

21.2 x 20.2 cm (Plate);

30.7 x 29.6 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0076

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Eucalyptus Leucoxylon - South Australia

Blue Gum 1992

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 16/60

57.7 x 43.7 cm (Printed image);

62.3 x 45 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45.2 cm (Plate);

76 x 58 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0077

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Feather Tailed Gliders in the Gum Blossom 1992

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 22/60

57.3 x 44.2 cm (Printed image);

62.8 x 44.8 cm (Printed image & text);

60.6 x 45 cm (Plate);

75 x 57.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0078

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Freshwater Tortoise 1980

Hard ground etching, soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in green and brown ink from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 15/25

45.5 x 37.4 cm (Printed image);

46.8 x 37.4 cm (Printed image & text);

45.5 x 37.4 cm (Plate);

60 x 53 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0079

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Frilled Neck Lizard 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 36/60

19.8 x 21 cm (Printed image);

21 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.2 cm (Plate); 30 x 28.9 cm (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0080

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Pamela GRIFFITH

Born 1943 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Peacock and the Rose [detail] 1994

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches

300 gsm paper

Edition: 36/60

44.9 x 25.7 cm (Printed image);

46.1 x 25.7 cm (Printed image & text);

45.2 x 26 cm (Plate);

61.3 x 41 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0145

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Golden Bower Bird - Atherton 2010

Lithograph, printed in colour from one stone, with hand tinting using rubbing stick and crayon, on BFK Rives paper

Edition: 56/70

54.6 x 79 cm (Printed image);

56.5 x 79 cm (Printed image & text);

54.6 x 79 cm (Plate);

75.7 x 99.6 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0081

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Great Barrier Reef 1987

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 56/70

9.3 x 11.7 cm (Printed image);

10.3 x 11.9 cm (Printed image & text);

9.7 x 11.9 cm (Plate);

20.6 x 21.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0082

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Hardenbergia 1998

Hard ground etching and aquatint with marbling, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on chine colle, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 24/40

25.2 x 9.7 cm (Printed image);

26.8 x 9.8 cm (Printed image & text);

25.6 x 9.8 cm (Plate);

46.7 x 30.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0083

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Helices 1979

Hard ground and soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 21/30

60.7 x 45.3 cm (Printed image);

63.2 x 45.3 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45.3 cm (Plate);

75.2 x 52.9 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0084

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Home of the Eastern Grey Kangaroo 1991

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate inset with secondary small, round plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 3/60

59.5 x 43.8 cm (Printed image);

62 x 43.8 cm (Printed image & text);

60.6 x 45 cm (Plate 1);

10.9 x 10.8 cm (Round Plate);

75.9 x 57 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0085

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Jelly Fish and Coral 1983

Deep bitten aquatint, printed in colour from two cut out zinc plates, on Velin Arches cream

300 gsm paper

Edition: 19/40

21.9 x 30.3 cm (Printed image);

23.9 x 30.3 cm (Printed image & text);

15.4 x 10.2 cm (Plate 1);

21.9 x 28.4 cm (Plate 2);

38.6 x 37 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0086

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Kingfisher 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 29/30

44.5 x 30 cm (Printed image);

47.1 x 30.3 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 30.5 cm (Plate);

56.7 x 38.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0087

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Koalas 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 30/60

19.8 x 21 cm (Printed image);

21 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.2 cm (Plate);

30 x 28.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0088

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Lake Eyre 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 28/60

19.8 x 21.1 cm (Printed image);

21.3 x 21.1 cm (Printed image & text);

20.2 x 21.5 cm (Plate);

29.7 x 28.6 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0089

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Laughing Kookaburras 2005

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 27/30

24.4 x 32.7 cm (Printed image);

25.8 x 32.7 cm (Printed image & text);

24.8 x 33 cm (Plate);

43 x 47.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0090

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Life Beneath the Waves 2003

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 31/100

55 x 41.3 cm (Printed image);

60.8 x 44.7 cm (Plate & text);

59.5 x 44.7 cm (Plate);

76 x 61 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0091

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Listening Goanna 1982

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches cream 300 gsm paper

Edition: 4/30

60.2 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

62.3 x 44.5 cm (Printed image & text);

60.6 x 45.2 cm (Plate);

76.2 x 56.9 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0092

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Little Pied Cormorant 2013

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 5/25

37 x 44.9 cm (Printed image);

38.4 x 44.9 cm (Printed image & text);

37.2 x 45.3 cm (Plate);

54 x 60 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0093

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Little Red Flying Fox 1988

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 8/40

20.5 x 19.7 cm (Printed image);

22.1 x 19.7 cm (Printed image & text);

20.7 x 19.9 cm (Plate);

38 x 37.1 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0094

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Lyre Bird Strut 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 47/60

19.7 x 21 cm (Printed image);

20.7 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.3 cm (Plate);

30.2 x 28.8 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0095

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Magpie in Poinsettia 2012

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 29/40

44.9 x 60 cm (Printed image);

46.6 x 60 cm (Printed image & text);

45.2 x 60.5 cm (Plate);

61.5 x 76 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0096

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Magpies Call 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 38/60

19.9 x 20.9 cm (Printed image);

21.1 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20.2 x 21.1 cm (Plate);

30 x 29.3 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0097

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

March of the Penguins 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 44/60

21 x 19.8 cm (Printed image);

22.5 x 20 cm (Printed image & text);

21.3 x 20.1 cm (Plate);

30.2 x 29.4 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0098

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Marine Idyll 2000

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two shaped copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 7/50

59.5 x 60.3 cm (Printed image);

60.9 x 60.3 cm (Printed image & text);

30 x 60.6 cm (Top Plate);

40 x 60.6 (Bottom Plate);

78.3 x 76.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0099

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Marine Voyage of the Green Turtle 2000

Hard ground etching and aquatint with marbling, printed in colour from two shaped copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 16/40

72 x 59.3 cm (Printed image);

74.2 x 59.3 cm (Printed image & text);

29.5 x 59.5 cm (Plate 1 (Top));

44.2 x 59.5 cm (Plate 2 (Bottom));

91.5 x 76 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0100

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Masked Booby Family 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 17/40

60.1 x 44.7 cm (Printed image);

62.8 x 44.7 cm (Printed image & text);

60.6 x 45.1 cm (Plate);

76.1 x 67.4 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0101

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Masked Booby Family - Sula dactylatra 1991

Lithograph printed in colour from a single zinc stencil using four colour passes, using crayon and wash technique, and hand tinted on BFK Rives

300 gsm paper

Edition: 12/40

60.8 x 43 cm (Printed image);

62.8 x 43 cm (Printed image & text);

80 x 55.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0102

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Mist on the Mountains 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 55/60

19.9 x 20.9 cm (Printed image);

21.2 x 21.2 cm (Printed image & text);

20.1 x 21.1 cm (Plate);

30 x 29.6 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0103

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Molluscs 1980

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in blue and orange ink from a single zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 5/30

30.6 x 45 cm (Printed image);

33 x 45 cm (Printed image & text);

31.2 x 45.5 cm (Plate);

40.1 x 55.4 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0104

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Moray Eel 1984

Hard ground etching, aquatint with burnishing, printed in colour from a single circular copper plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 7/50

24 x 24.1 cm (Printed image);

27.1 x 28.8 cm (Printed image & text);

30.4 x 30.6 cm (Outer Plate);

24 x 24.1 cm (Inner Plate);

52.2 x 40 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0105

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Mound building Scrub Turkey 2014

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two copper plates, hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 6/20

49.5 x 34.7 cm (Printed image);

51 x 34.7 cm (Printed image & text);

49.6 x 35 cm (Plate);

65.6 x 49.1 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0106

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Mutton Birds Return to the Roost 1980

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink from a single zinc plate, on Velin Arches cream 300 gsm paper

Edition: 3/25

35.2 x 66.3 cm (Printed image);

38.3 x 66.3 cm (Printed image & text);

35.8 x 66.6 cm (Plate);

56.6 x 76.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0107

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Neptune’s Triton 1982

Hard ground etching and aquatint with spraypainting and marbling, printed in black and brown ink from two zinc plates, on BFK Rives blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 39/40

60 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

62 x 44.5 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45 cm (Plate);

75.8 x 56.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0108

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Nesting Noddies 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 22/30

29.5 x 44.7 cm (Printed image);

31.9 x 44.8 cm (Printed image & text);

30.1 x 45.1 cm (Plate);

38.4 x 57 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0109

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Nesting Sulphur Crested Cockatoos 2003

E Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper tching

Edition: 30/100

60.2 x 45.2 cm (Printed image);

62 x 45.2 cm (Printed image & text);

60.6 x 45.3 cm (Plate);

76.1 x 60.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0110

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Nightwatch 1980

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in black ink from a single zinc plate, on Tiepelo Fabriano blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 15/40

60.7 x 45.3 cm (Printed image);

62 x 45.3 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45.3 cm (Plate);

75.5 x 56.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0111

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Stewart MACFARLANE

Born 1953 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Movements: United States of America

1975-1983 and 1987

The red cathedral 1998 Gouache on Arches paper

51.7 x 35.8 cm (Image);

70.5 x 50.5 cm (Mount);

72.5 x 57 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2015.0162

Purchased from Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, 2015. Funded by the City of Townsville Art Collection Acquisitions Fund, Townsville City Council.

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Nomadic Emus 1991

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two copper plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 22/60

44.7 x 60.5 cm (Printed image);

46.6 x 60.5 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 61 cm (Plate);

57.3 x 76.6 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0112

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Pacific Flight 1981

Hard ground etching and aquatint with burnishing, printed in colour from a single zinc plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 18/30

60.7 x 45.3 cm (Printed image);

63.3 x 45.3 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45.3 cm (Plate);

76 x 57 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0113

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Paradise Kingfisher and Cassowary 1991

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two copper plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 7/60

60.3 x 44.6 cm (Printed image);

62.2 x 44.6 cm (Printed image & text);

60.4 x 44.8 cm (Plate);

76.5 x 57.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0114

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Pelicans on Inland Waterway 2001

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 8/40

44.8 x 60.5 cm (Printed image);

46.6 x 60.5 cm (Printed image & text);

45.2 x 60.8 cm (Plate);

60.3 x 76.1 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0115

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Pied Geese 2001

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 8/40

44.8 x 60.1 cm (Printed image);

46.5 x 60.1 cm (Printed image & text);

45.3 x 60.5 cm (Plate);

60.8 x 75.9 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0116

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Platypus Pool 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 21/60

19.7 x 20.9 cm (Printed image);

21 x 21.2 cm (Printed image & text);

20 x 21.2 cm (Plate);

31 x 29 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0117

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Rainbow Bee-eaters on Tropical Coast 1996

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 26/60

44.9 x 34.3 cm (Printed image);

46.4 x 34.3 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 34.8 cm (Plate);

57.5 x 46 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0118

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Rainforest 2012

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 1/10

18.9 x 31 cm (Printed image);

20.3 x 31 cm (Printed image & text);

19.3 x 31.4 cm (Plate);

34.8 x 45.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0119

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Red-backed Kingfisher in the Woodlands 1993

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 30/60

44.8 x 34.4 cm (Printed image);

46.3 x 34.4 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 34.7 cm (Plate);

61 x 45.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0120

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Red Kangaroo Bop 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 29/60

20 x 21 cm (Printed image);

21.5 x 21 cm (Printed image & text);

20.2 x 21.3 cm (Plate);

29.8 x 28.8 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0121

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Red Tailed Tropic Bird 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 5/40

60.1 x 44.6 cm (Printed image);

62.9 x 44.6 cm (Printed image & text);

60.6 x 45.2 cm (Plate);

76.2 x 56.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0122

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Rocket Frog and Dainty Tree Frog 1993

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 33/60

44.7 x 34.3 cm (Printed image);

46.3 x 34.3 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 34.6 cm (Plate);

61 x 45.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0123

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Sacred Ibis 2013

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 6/30

60.4 x 90.3 cm (Printed image);

62.3 x 90.3 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 90.3 cm (Plate);

80.4 x 111.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0124

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Sacred Kingfisher & Tropical Stream 1993

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 1/60

44.8 x 34.4 cm (Printed image);

46.5 x 34.4 cm (Printed image & text);

45.2 x 34.6 cm (Plate);

59.2 x 46.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0125

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Scaly Breasted Lorikeet & Illawarra Flame Tree 1983

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 6/15

60.5 x 45 cm (Printed image);

62.9 x 45 cm (Printed image & text);

61 x 45.4 cm (Plate);

76 x 57 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0126

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Scorpion Shell of the Pacific 1981

Hard ground etching and aquatint with burnishing, printed in black and red ink from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 29/30

35.4 x 30.4 cm (Printed image);

37.2 x 30.4 cm (Printed image & text);

35.4 x 30.4 cm (Plate);

49 x 40.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0127

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Unknown ARTIST

Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Sepik Mask Circa 1900s

Wood carved, natural pigment, fibre

44.5 x 23 x 9 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0171

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Sea Horse, Sea Dragon and Variations 1981

Hard ground etching and aquatint with marbling, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee, on BFK Rives blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 13/40

45 x 60.3 cm (Printed image);

47.3 x 60.3 cm (Printed image & text);

45.2 x 60.5 cm (Plate);

56.7 x 76 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0128

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Sea Star and Coral 1983

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc cut out plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches cream 300 gsm paper

Edition: 22/40

23.2 x 24.2 cm (Printed image);

24.3 x 24.2 cm (Printed image & text);

8.7 x 9.5 cm (Plate 1);

18.7 x 20.3 cm (Plate 2);

38.3 x 37.3 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0129

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Sparrows in the Berry Bush 1991

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 34/60

52 x 44.8 cm (Printed image);

59 x 44.8 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 44.9 cm (Plate);

75.8 x 57.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0130

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Spoonbills 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 8/35

42 x 21.5 cm (Printed image);

44 x 21.5 cm (Printed image & text);

42.5 x 21.9 cm (Plate);

57.5 x 38 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0131

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Spotted Gum Forest 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint with burnishing, printed in brown and green ink from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 6/25

18 x 22.3 cm (Printed image);

19.5 x 22.3 cm (Printed image & text);

18.2 x 22.5 cm (Plate);

35.5 x 45.3 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0132

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Stingray 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint with foul biting and marbling, printed in black, green and blue ink from two zinc plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 1/30

45 x 60.2 cm (Printed image);

47.2 x 60.2 cm (Printed image & text);

45.5 x 60.9 cm (Plate 1);

36.2 x 59.5 cm (Plate 2);

57.4 x 76 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0133

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Tallowwood Forest and Birdwing Butterflies 1993

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 5/60

42 x 30.5 cm (Printed image);

43 x 33 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 34.6 cm (Plate);

59.5 x 45 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0134

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Australian Wood Duck 1988

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two copper plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 7/60

44.7 x 60 cm (Printed image);

47 x 60 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 60.2 cm (Plate);

57 x 76 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0135

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Boobook Owl 2002

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 18/60

14.7 x 9.6 cm (Printed image);

16 x 9.6 cm (Printed image & text);

15 x 10 cm (Plate);

27.4 x 20 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0136

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Catch 2012

Hard ground etching printed in black ink from a single copper plate, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 5/10

19.4 x 14.5 cm (Printed image);

21 x 14.5 cm (Printed image & text);

19.8 x 14.8 cm (Plate);

35 x 27.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0137

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Chambered Nautilus 1986

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 36/40

60 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

62 x 44.5 cm (Printed image & text);

60.3 x 45 cm (Plate);

76.3 x 57 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0138

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Conical Helix of the Murex 1987

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 12/40

60 x 44.4 cm (Printed image);

62.5 x 44.4 cm (Printed image & text);

60.3 x 45 cm (Plate);

76.3 x 57.4 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0139

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Firewheel Tree 1987

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 8/40

59.9 x 44.7 cm (Printed image);

62.6 x 44.7 cm (Printed image & text);

60.4 x 45 cm (Plate);

76.1 x 57 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0140

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Great Cormorant 1989

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two copper plates, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 12/60

64.6 x 44.6 cm (Printed image);

67 x 44.6 cm (Printed image & text);

55 x 45 cm (Plate 1);

8 x 45 cm (Plate 2);

80 x 56.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0141

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Logarithmic Spiral of the Nautilus 1987

Hard ground etching, softground etching and aquatint, printed in black and brown ink from two zinc plates, on BFK Rives blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 2/25

60.1 x 45 cm (Printed image);

63.2 x 45 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 45.1 cm (Plate);

75.5 x 56.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0142

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Logarithmic Spiral of the Trochus Shell 1981

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in black, magenta and purple ink from two zinc plates, inked a la poupee, on BFK Rives blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 18/25

60.3 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

62.8 x 44.5 cm (Printed image & text);

60.7 x 45 cm (Plate);

76 x 56.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0143

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Lone Cedar, Spectacled Flying Fox & Cassowary 1991

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 9/60

53.5 x 44.8 cm (Printed image);

59 x 44.8 cm (Printed image & text);

60.5 x 45 cm (Plate);

76.2 x 57.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0144

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Peacock and the Rose 1994

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 36/60

44.9 x 25.7 cm (Printed image);

46.1 x 25.7 cm (Printed image & text);

45.2 x 26 cm (Plate);

61.3 x 41 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0145

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Wanderer 2011

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 15/25

32.7 x 24.5 cm (Printed image);

34.3 x 24.5 cm (Printed image & text);

32.8 x 24.8 cm (Plate);

50 x 40.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0146

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Wedge Tailed Eagle and Grass Trees 1985

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from two copper plates, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 19/100

44.7 x 60.1 cm (Printed image);

46.5 x 60.1 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 60.5 cm (Plate);

57 x 76 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0147

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The White Breasted Sea Eagle 1989

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 22/90

57.3 x 44.5 cm (Printed image);

61.2 x 44.5 cm (Printed image & text);

60.6 x 45 cm (Plate);

75.9 x 58 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0148

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Tree Fern Walk 1995

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc 300 gsm paper

Edition: 20/60

19.6 x 20.9 cm (Printed image); 21.2 x 20.9 cm (Printed image & text); 20 x 21.2 cm (Plate); 30 x 29 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0149

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Tropical Sunbird and Whitsunday Passage 1993

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 7/60

45 x 34.4 cm (Printed image);

46.2 x 34.4 cm (Printed image & text);

45.1 x 34.6 cm (Plate);

59.5 x 45.7 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0150

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Turtle 1997

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 20/60

20.7 x 19.8 cm (Printed image);

21.8 x 19.8 cm (Printed image & text);

21.1 x 20.1 cm (Plate);

30.8 x 30 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0151

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Ulysses Butterf;y and Blue Gum 1996

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 4/60

42 x 31.7 cm (Printed image);

43.5 x 34.5 cm (Printed image & text);

45 x 34.7 cm (Plate);

59.7 x 45 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0152

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

White Capped Noddy - Anous minutus 1991

Lithograph using crayon and wash technique, printed in colour from a single zinc plate, on BFK Rives 300 gsm paper

Edition: 4/25

63.5 x 43.5 cm (Printed image);

63.5 x 43.5 cm (Printed image & text);

63.5 x 43.5 cm (Plate);

80.5 x 55.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0153

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

White-faced Heron and Mangrove 1991

Hard ground etching and aquatint with marbling, printed in colour from a single zinc plate, inked a la poupee, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 20/60

60 x 44.6 cm (Printed image);

62.3 x 44.6 cm (Printed image & text);

60.3 x 45 cm (Plate);

75.8 x 56.6 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0154

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Wren Family 1998

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in colour from a single copper plate, inked a la poupee and hand tinted, on Velin Arches blanc

300 gsm paper

Edition: 8/40

15.7 x 29.3 cm (Printed image);

17.4 x 29.3 cm (Printed image & text);

16 x 29.7 cm (Plate);

36.4 x 48 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0155

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Yellowfin Tuna and Yellowtail Kingfish 1984

Hard ground etching and aquatint with burnishing, printed in colour from a single circular copper plate, on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper

Edition: 2/50

24 x 24.2 cm (Printed image);

27.2 x 28.7 cm (Printed image & text);

30.5 x 30.6 cm (Outer Plate);

24 x 24.2 cm (Inner Plate);

52.5 x 40 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0156

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Laurence HOPE

Born 1927 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movements: England and Australia from 1963, with visits to Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and South Pacific

Interior Townsville Pub/Cane Farmer 1951

Oil on paper

38 x 54 cm (Image);

45.5 x 62 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2015.0161.1-2

Purchased from Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, 2015. Funded by the City of Townsville Art Collection Acquisitions Fund, Townsville City Council.

Stewart MACFARLANE

Born 1953 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Movements: United States of America

1975-1983 and 1987

The red cathedral 1998

Gouache on Arches paper

51.7 x 35.8 cm (Image);

70.5 x 50.5 cm (Mount);

72.5 x 57 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2015.0162

Purchased from Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, 2015. Funded by the City of Townsville Art Collection Acquisitions Fund, Townsville City Council.

Alice COUTTOUPES

Born 1989

Untitled 2015 Porcelain; Hand-built 54.3 x 37 x 8 cm

Acc: 2016.0012

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Jeff

MINCHAM AM

Born 1950 Milang, South Australia, Australia

Bush Ballard (Forces of Nature Series) 2015

Mid-Fire Multi glazed & Multi fired stoneware

80.4 x 40 x 24 cm

Acc: 2016.0005

Acquisitive prize winner of the 2016 biennal North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

John NIXON

Born 1949 Australia

Untitled 1990

Woodcut printed in brown and blue ink, from two blocks on C M Fabriano 100% Cotton Rag paper

Edition: 6/10

30.4 x 30.3 cm (Printed image);

59 x 49.7 cm (Printed image and text);

76 x 56 cm (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0040

Gift of Ross Searle, Brisbane, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Peter POWDITCH

Born 1942 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movements: United States of America from 1974

Sun-Woman 1 1969

Lithograph printed in black ink, from one plate on thin cream wove paper

Edition: 14/25

74.3 x 51.5 cm (Printed image);

74.5 x 51.9 cm (Printed image and text);

101.6 x 80.9 cm (Mount)

Acc: 2015.0042

Gift of Ross Searle, Brisbane, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Lloyd REES

Born 1895 Yeronga, Queensland, Australia; Died 1988 Hobart, Tasmania Australia

Movements: England, Europe 1922-24; England, Europe and Australia 1952-73

Midday, a day on The Derwent 5, from the Sandy Bay Set 1983

Lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stencil on Arches Velin 250gsm white wove paper

Edition: 23/50

40 x 60.3 cm (Printed image);

41.5 x 60.3 cm (Printed image and text);

40 x 60.3 cm (Plate);

57 x 76.5 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2016.0003

Gift of Elizabeth Springer and Ken Nevins, Townsville, 2016

Andrew SIBLEY

Born 1933 Kent, England, United Kingdom; Died 2015 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Movements: Australia from 1948, Papua New Guinea 1955, Europe 1972, India 1978

Senberg’s Garden 1978

Lithograph printed in black ink, from one plate on BFK Rives paper

Edition: 18/25

45.5 x 63 cm (Printed image);

47.1 x 63 cm (Printed image and text);

45.5 x 63 (Plate);

56.8 x 75.8 cm (Sheet)

Acc: 2016.0004

Gift of Elizabeth Springer and Ken Nevins, Townsville, 2016.

Daniel TEMPLEMAN

Born 1974 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sight Lines 2011

Synthetic polymer on Masonite

720 x 240 x 10 cm (Overall); 240 x 240 x 10 cm (Each panel, three parts)

Acc: 2015.0158.1-3

Gift of Daniel Templeman, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Cecily WILLIS

Born 1953 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Flame 2015

Buff Raku Clay

44 x 10.5 x 10 cm (Part 1);

39.4 x 11 x 10 cm (Part 2);

34.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm (Part 3)

Acc: 2016.0005

Purchased from the 2016 biennal North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

INTERNATIONAL ART

Tadek BEUTLICH

Born 1922 Lwówek, Poland; Died 2011 United Kingdom

Movements: United Kingdom from 1951; Spain from 1974 - 1980

Two Suns Circa 1960s

Woodblock printed in red and black ink, from multiple stencils on thick cream laid paper

Edition: 21/50

88 x 58.4 cm irregular (Printed image);

89.6 x 58.4 cm irregular (Printed image & text);

98 x 68 cm irregular (Sheet);

121.7 x 81.8 cm (Mount);

125.7 x 85.8 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2015.0039

Gift of Ross Searle, Brisbane, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Eti CHAMBERS

Unknown, Waiapu, North Island, New Zealand

Basket Circa 1900s

Hand woven flax fibre

30.5 x 40 x 11 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0164

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Zhiqi LUO

Born 1964 Foshan, Guangdong, China

Not titled [Mother and kid goat] 2014

Bronze

16 x 20.4 x 11 cm

Acc: 2015.0159

Gift of Zhiqi LUO (the Artist), China, 2015.

John PANTING

Born 1940 Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand; Died 1974 England, United Kingdom Movements: United Kingdom from 1964

UNTITLED #11 1968

Screenprint printed in colour, from multiple stencils on paper

Unkown Edition 43 x 58 cm (Printed image); 85 x 83 cm (Mount); 87.8 x 85.7 cm (Frame)

Acc: 2015.0041

Gift of Ross Searle, Brisbane, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Unknown ARTIST

Unkown, Melanesian

Basket Circa 1900s

Hand woven fibre

11 x 38 x 27 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0163

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST

Unkown, Papua New Guinea

Basket [Backpack] Circa 1900s

Hand woven fibre, brown dye, nylon string. 35 x 31 x 17.5 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0165

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015

Unknown ARTIST

Unkown, Papua New Guinea

Ceremonial Club Circa 1900s

Wood carved, stone, fibre 54.6 x 43 x 6 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0166

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST

Unkown, Papua New Guinea

Ceremonial Headdress Circa 1900s

Moss, fibre, feathers, bamboo, seeds, shells, nylon 35 x 34 x 70.5 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0167

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST

Unkown, Papua New Guinea

Drum Circa 1900s

Wood carved, synthetic polymer paint, feathers, hide 133 x 56 x 34 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0168

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST

Unkown, Papua New Guinea

Hair comb Circa 1900s

Bamboo carved

21 x 5.6 x 1.2 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0169

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST

Unkown, Papua New Guinea

Mask Circa 1900s

Wood carved, natural pigment, fur

21.5 x 16 x 3.4 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0170

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Sepik Mask Circa 1900s

Wood carved, natural pigment, fibre

44.5 x 23 x 9 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0171

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Sepik Decorative Object Circa 1900s

Wood carved, natural pigment, fibre

86.8 x 29.1 x 3.5 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0172

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Sepik Shield Circa 1900s

Wood carved, natural pigment, fibre, plastic rope and cotton handle

177.7 x 37 x 8 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0173

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Unknown ARTIST

Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Sepik Standing Shield Circa 1900s

Wood carved, natural pigment, shells, blue plastic coated bark

105.5 x 28 x 11.4 cm irregular

Acc: 2015.0174

Gift of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015.

Zhiqi LUO

Born 1964 Foshan, Guangdong, China

Not titled [Mother and kid goat] 2014 Bronze 16 x 20.4 x 11 cm

Acc: 2015.0159

Gift of Zhiqi LUO (the Artist), China, 2015.

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

Hybrid Flasks and Cups 2015

Southern Ice Porcelain with translucent blue glaze

15.5 x 16 x 11 cm (Part 1);

16.4 x 12 x 7 cm (Part 2);

5.2 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm (Part 3);

5 x 6.4 x 6.2 cm (Part 4);

4.4 x 7 x 5.1 cm (Part 5);

4.1 x 7.2 x 5.2 cm (Part 6)

Acc: 2016.0008.1-6

Purchased from the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

Peter BIDDULPH Born 1955

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

IN FOCUS BEQUESTS

The significant work undertaken to grow and promote the City of Townsville Art Collection, not only in 2015 - 2016, but also the preceding two reporting periods, has assisted in attracting two major bequests of artworks.

These bequests are made in recognition of the calibre of the City of Townsville Art Collection, the professionalism of Gallery Services’ staff in caring for works held within the Collection, and also the dynamic growth of Townsville’s visual arts sector.

One of the bequests has been made by Townsville residents Elizabeth Springer and Ken Nevins, with the proposed gift comprised of 19 artworks by renowned local, national and international artists.

The bequest includes works by Lenard Annois, Tom Cross, George Duncan, Michael Johnson, Clare Leighton, Ron McBurnie, Bob Preston, Lloyd Rees, Anneke Silver, and Ian Smith, and is both culturally and monetarily significant. A majority of the artworks are works on paper exploring themes such as Landscape, Portraiture, War, Flora and Fauna, Abstraction and Modernism. Elizabeth Springer has been generous a supporter and advocate of the arts in Townsville over many years.

The second bequest is of 8 Ian Fairweather paintings, and is considered one of the most significant for the Townsville region. Fairweather is regarded by many as one of the most important artists Australia has produced and his works are highly sought after by all major collections.

The bequest has been made by the Brian Abel Estate, Sydney. Presently valued at $3.8 million (likely to increase over time) the proposed bequest was endorsed by full Council in May 2016 and is contingent upon two key conditions as stipulated by the donor:

1. That the works are placed on permanent display, and

2. That the works form part of a new gallery for the Townsville region currently in development.

Ian Fairweather was a Scottish painter residing in Australia for much of his life. He is considered one of the greatest painters in Australia of all time, combining Western and Asian influences in his work.

Fairweather was born in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland in 1891. His parents returned to India when he was a baby, leaving him in the care of a great-aunt, and he did not see them again until he was 10 years old. He received early schooling at Victoria College, Jersey, London and in Champéry, Switzerland before joining the Army and attending officer training school at Belfast where his rank was second lieutenant.

During World War I he was captured by the Germans in France and spent the next four years in prisoner-ofwar camps. While captured, he was permitted to study drawing and Japanese. He was responsible for the illustrations in the POW magazines. After the war he studied art in the Netherlands, London and Munich. In 1918, he studied at The Hague Academy and then privately with Johann Hendrik van Mastenbroek. In 1921 he attended the School of Oriental Studies studying Japanese and between 1920 and 1924 he attended the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art in London.

From this time on he began a wandering existence travelling to Canada, China, Bali, Sri Lanka and Australia. Wherever he was, he painted, and mailed paintings to galleries, initially with little commercial success.

In 1934, in Melbourne, he joined artists Lina Bryans, Ada Plante, William (Jock) Frater, Ambrose Hallen and others at Darebin Bridge House, a converted coach-house at Darebin owned by Bryans. He began a mural for the Menzies Hotel at this time.

Later that year he left Australia via Sydney and Brisbane for the Philippines. He then travelled to many places including Shanghai, Peking, Manila, Singapore, and Calcutta. He served with the British Army in India from 1941 to 1943 and after travelling to Cairns, Cooktown, Melbourne and Brisbane he eventually settled into a studio in Melbourne.

By this time his paintings had become widely known and had already been acquired by the Contemporary Art Society (CAS), London, the Tate, and Leicester City Gallery.

He moved to Darwin where, after living in abandoned trucks and boats, and probably suffering from depression, he built a raft and embarked on a sole voyage into the open sea. Thought by the Australians to have perished after searches were unsuccessful, he survived and beached on Rote Island in Indonesia.

Deported by the Indonesian authorities, he went to London via Singapore and returned to Brisbane in 1953, aged 62. He built a hut on Bribie Island in Queensland, where he lived for the rest of his life except for visits to India and London during the 1960s.

Fairweather is one of the few European painters to have drawn extensively from Oceanian art. His style has been described as “a paragon of sophisticated clumsiness”.

He often used the cheapest materials, such as cardboard or newspaper and poor quality paints, and he lost or damaged many works due to the effects of the tropical climate in which he lived.

Fairweather’s work was included in the exhibition Australian Painting Today at the Tate Gallery, London and in the same year was selected to represent Australia at the São Paulo Art Biennial

Ian Fairweather is represented in the National Gallery of Australia; all State galleries in Australia; the Tate Gallery, London; City Gallery, Leicester; and the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Even though his artworks were often described as masterpieces and appreciated widely – both nationally and internationally – ironically, the only exhibition of his own works he ever saw was a 1964 retrospective at the Queensland Art Gallery.

Ian FAIRWEATHER

born 1891 Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 1974 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Movements: Europe and United Kingdom early 1900s - mid 1920s; Asia-Pacific region from 1928; Australia from 1943

Gateway, Soochow [detail] 1945 - 1947

Gouache and pencil on paper 31 x 23 cm

Bequest of the Brian Abel Estate, Sydney

IN FOCUS ACQUISITIVE AWARDS

Three major acquisitive prize exhibitions were staged by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery in 2015 - 2016.

The City of Townsville Art Collection was bolstered by high quality works selected as major prize winners from The 60th Townsville Art Awards & 2015 Townsville Open Art Award; the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards; and The Percivals

John Downton, an artist who has received countless prizes, citations, medals and awards from around the world, judged The 60th Townsville Art Awards & 2015 Townsville Open Art Award and selected Patrick Lowth’s work Nature’s Best (2015)as the winner of the major $5,000 Townsville Open Art Award

He stated, “It’s the kind of work that really draws you right into it. There’s a mood that the storm, rain and waves create and your eye travels across the work to the lightning strike in upper right corner.”

The City of Townsville Art Collection’s substantial holdings of ceramics was further bolstered through the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards.

Acclaimed ceramicist Jeff Mincham AM was awarded the City of Townsville Art Collection Award worth $10,000 for his spectacular piece Bush Ballard (Forces of Nature Series) (2015). With over 80 stunning ceramic artworks shortlisted, choosing the winning work was a challenge for judge Damon Moon, from JamFactory Contemporary Craft in Adelaide. He stated, “the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Award presented an exceedingly strong and diverse group of ceramic artworks...[I was] incredibly impressed with the diversity of the field and the strength of the ceramic artworks from the North Queensland region.”

In further good news for the City of Townsville Art Collection, 8 works were purchased from the exhibition.

3 high quality works were also acquired from The Percivals. While the winner of the Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, valued at $40,000, has for many years entered the Collection, the T150 painting and photographic prizes saw 2 further works accepted.

Lisa Adams from Queensland was awarded the $40,000 Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize for her stunning self-portrait Revelation (2015).

The exhibition’s judge, Ross Searle, said of the work, “the strong narrative element in Lisa Adams’ painting connects to her personal journey as an artist and the resolve and commitment she brings to her work. Her processes recall the approach of Photorealists such as the American Chuck Close who, in the 1960s and 1970s, conscripted photographs as the basis for their paintings.”

Barbara Cheshire and Chrissy Maguire were the recipients of the T150 awards, and their works make valuable additions to the strong selection of portraits now held in the City of Townsville Art Collection. Barbara Cheshire’s I Remember the recipient of the Townsville 150th Anniversary Portrait Panting Award and Chrissy Maguire’s Monty and his Man-Pipe, avoiding Box Jellies by standing still awarded the Townsville 150th Anniversary Photographic Portrait Award

Jeff

MINCHAM AM

Born 1950 Milang, South Australia, Australia

Bush Ballard (Forces of Nature Series) 2015 Mid-Fire Multi glazed & Multi fired stoneware 80.4 x 40 x 24 cm

Acc: 2016.0005

Acquisitive prize winner of the 2016 biennal North Queensland Ceramic Awards, Townsville.

DESIGN & PUBLICATIONS OVERVIEW

The Design and Digital Media section of Gallery Services undertook the development and delivery of a number of products and projects in 2015 - 2016, including graphic design and publication production, web and social media management, technical assistance for major exhibitions and artwork displays, and projects for external organisations.

Throughout the reporting period, the section continued to ensure each of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s and Pinnacles Gallery’s exhibitions and programs were broadly publicised through digital means.

The digital reach of Townsville’s galleries included but was not limited to:

• Facebook

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery both experienced audience growth in this medium.

• Twitter

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery both experienced audience growth in this medium.

• Instagram

Accounts managed by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery.

• Youtube

Gallery Services developed exhibition and Street Art video content throughout the 2015 - 2016 reporting period which were uploaded to the Townsville City Council Youtube account.

• E-news

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery distributed a monthly newsletter entitled ‘Foreword’, while Pinnacles Gallery produced a monthly newsletter, ‘The Summit’. Further Special Edition E-newsletters profiled Creative Classrooms initiatives, major festivals such as Strand Ephemera and The Percivals, and disseminated digital content such as the regular In Conversation series.

• Issuu

11 publications were uploaded to Issuu by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, registering 94 reads, 1,477 impressions, and an average read time of 1 minute 53 seconds.

As could be expected with the delivery of 99 exhibitions across Gallery Services’ exhibition spaces, there were also high volumes of design materials produced.

These materials include supplementary resources such as digital and physical copies of invitations, flyers, activity booklets, education resources, publications, and also exhibition related products such as labels, didactics, signage, and banners.

Throughout the course of the year, the materials produced evidenced the team’s range of skills, from illustration and photography, to 3D modelling and print production. These skills were expanded on through the assistance provided to the Exhibitions section of the Gallery in the presentation of major exhibitions and projects, namely Screengrab7

Screengrab7 International Media Arts Award at Pinnacles Gallery, 18 December 2015 to 28 February 2016

IN FOCUS STRAND EPHEMERA 2015

The most comprehensive suite of design materials and collateral produced for a single event in the 2015 - 2016 period was for Strand Ephemera 2015 | the North’s Sculpture Festival.

The range of materials produced by the Gallery Services Design and Digital Media team certainly extended the marketing reach of the event, and enhanced visitors’ experience of the artworks and programs.

The key materials produced by the Gallery Services team included:

• Publication

The most comprehensive publication ever created for the event, this 120 page book featured images and information about every work and program, fringe events, and useful maps. 5,000 copies were printed and distributed.

• Invitation

4,000 invitations were printed and distributed for the spectacular festival launch held at the Rock Pool on The Strand.

• Artwork labels

Each artwork positioned along The Strand had a dedicated label, containing basic information about the artwork, and references to the publication and, where relevant, activities developed for children and schools.

• T-Shirts

T-Shirts were produced and worn by staff, volunteers, and artists, as well as being available for purchase to festival visitors. Lanyards were also produced to help identify event staff and artists.

• Program of Events

A fold-out program of events, detailing times and locations of all talks, workshops and performances, provided a handy guide for those visiting the festival on specific dates. 15,000 copies were produced and distributed.

• Activity Booklet

An activity booklet responding to exhibited artworks again proved popular with visiting children and primary school audiences. Branded colouring pencils accompanied these booklets.

• Education Booklet

A limited 200 print run of education booklets were distributed to the region’s art teachers, and linked the artworks and themes explored with current visual art curriculum. These guides assisted lesson planning and guided or self-guided tours.

• Billboards and signage

The event was signed and advertised both on location, and around the city, through a billboard; branded information desks; posters in strategic locations; a display at Townsville Airport featuring artworks, ground stickers and pull-up banners; and event flags lining The Strand.

• Advertisements

A range of print and online advertisements for publications including Townsville Bulletin, Spirit (QANTAS in-flight magazine), Herbert River Express, and the Ayr Advocate.

Strand Ephemera 2015 publication cover

Strand Ephemera 2015 T-Shirts

IN FOCUS FILMS

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery increased the production and presentation of short Art Films in 2015 - 2016.

Perhaps most notable amongst these was a short film developed to accompany the major exhibition, Peter Lawson: Retrospect, which celebrated a lifetime’s work by the acclaimed Townsville painter.

The film, 14 minutes 15 seconds in length, included an interview with the artist to discuss his career, achievements and process, while also containing photos of key works, family and historical photographs, and footage of the artist painting en plein air.

The film has been uploaded to Youtube, with over 100 viewers online, and also added another dimension to the exhibition within Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. One visitor commented, “A wonderful exhibition which enthralled myself and 3 of my children (12, 10, 6). The video interview added very nicely to the exhibition,” while another said, “We think Peter’s paintings are fantastic and very detailed. The video is interesting and gives a personable insight into the artist...”

Throughout 2015 - 2016, Gallery Services also continued its successful video series, In Conversation The series aims to provide a greater insight into the thoughts and experiences of individuals who have had consistent involvement with, and a profound impact on, the arts scene in Townsville over a number of years.

These individuals include artists who hail from or complete projects in our region, arts workers, collectors and donors, Councillors, volunteers, patrons and supporters, all of whom have interesting stories to tell.

Videos uploaded in the reporting period featured street artist Regan ‘HAHA’ Tamanui, artsworker and former Director Ross Searle, artist Jason Benjamin, Jason Smith, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, and Kim Sajet, Director of The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.

The Galleries’ developed skills in planning and producing high quality short Art Films saw work also begin towards pieces that would feature in the major 2016 - 2017 exhibitions Life & Laughs | HEB: a retrospective, and Images of an Era: The Martin Gallery

The film produced for Images of an Era is also planned to feature in La Luna Youth Arts’ projection festival, Luxlumin

Film Resources

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Artist Peter Lawsom painting on location in a short film accompanying his exhibition Retrospect

IN FOCUS SOCIAL MEDIA

Both Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery continue to be active in the social media space, with each Gallery producing engaging content for its followers on facebook, twitter, and instagram.

These platforms have proven effective in raising the profile of current and upcoming exhibitions and events, with audiences particularly engaging with events such as Strand Ephemera, and various Street Art initiatives.

Significant growth was experienced in the reach of each Gallery’s facebook account in this reporting period.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery commenced 2015 - 2016 with 1,960 facebook followers, and by June 30 this following had grown to 2,663, an increase of 35.87%

Unsurprisingly, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s organic reach also grew from 347 accounts per post in 2015, to 734 accounts per post in 2016.

The highest reaching post promoted the RUN Collective’s new Street Art mural on 21 June 2016, while the whole year saw only positive reactions recorded, including over 7,600 ‘likes’.

Pinnacles Gallery’s facebook account mirrored this success, with followers growing from 979, to 1,231, an increase of 25.74%.

1,600 impressions, and profiled the work of Dr. Lakra, a Mexican artist featured in the major exhibition A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art

Organic reach grew from 160 accounts viewing each post by Pinnacles Gallery in 2015, to 250 viewers of each post in 2016. Pleasingly, reactions to Pinnacles Gallery content remained positive throughout this growth period, with only ‘likes’ and ‘love’ recorded.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s twitter profile closed the 2015 - 2016 period with 886 followers, 199 of which were new followers gained throughout the reporting period.

Through twitter, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery also produced 89 tweets, was visited by 771 twitter users, was mentioned in tweets by other accounts on 45 occasions, and registered 28,267 total tweet impressions.

Pinnacles Gallery tweeted 35 times throughout 20152016, was visited by 428 twitter users, was mentioned in 17 tweets, and registered 6,881 total tweet impressions.

Throughout the reporting period, Pinnacles Gallery grew its following by 145 users, to sit at 630 followers at 30 June 2016.

A total combined Organic Reach of Gallery Services

Social Media activity for the 2015 - 2016 reporting period was recorded as 389,721. This represents an increase in Organic Reach of 65% over the previous year.

Pinnacles Gallery’s highest reaching post recorded

IN FOCUS PUBLICATIONS

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery produced 8 high quality publications in 2015 - 2016, each accompanying a major exhibition and providing further insight into the featured artworks, themes, or context of the exhibitions through written passages and essays.

Publications developed in 2015 - 2016 included:

• Strand Ephemera 2015

The North’s Sculpture Festival

Proudly Supported by Glencore 120 page book featuring images and information about every work and program, fringe events, and useful maps.

• Country & Western: landscape re-imagined 132 page publication depicting works selected for the major touring exhibition, and an essay by the exhibition’s Curator, Gavin Wilson, providing an overview of the development of landscape art in Australia since 1988.

• Creative Generation Excellence Award in Visual Art and ARTNOW

Joint publication depicting finalists’ works from both student exhibitions. Townsville’s galleries are the only venues in the state to support the Creative Generations Excellence Award in Visual Art with such a comprehensive catalogue to further encourage emerging artists.

• Peter Lawson: Retrospect

A selection of works by the acclaimed Townsvillebased artist, with a central essay charting his long career. The exhibition and publication were delivered as part of the city’s T150 celebrations.

• Screengrab7: International Media Arts Award

Descriptions and stills from each featured work, and an essay by the Curator, Mitch Goodwin, exploring the central theme of ‘Resistance’.

• 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards

Images and details of all finalists’ works in this important biennial prize exhibition.

• Rivers un-cut Anneke Silver

A large-format, 76 page catalogue with images of all works included in Anneke Silver’s exhibition of new work, and an essay discussing her inspiration and career progression leading to this series.

• The Percivals

Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2016 and DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize 2016

The second instance of a publication depicting finalists’ works from both the painting and photographic prizes.

Developmental work was also undertaken in the 2015 - 2016 period for publications that would be printed in 2016 - 2017, including for major exhibitions Life & Laughs | HEB: a retrospective; Images of an Era: The Martin Gallery; and the 2016 Glencore Children’s Exhibition, Metamorphosis: The Art of Tom Moore.

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Major exhibition publications for Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery 2015 - 2016

Pamela GRIFFITH

Born 1943 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mutton Birds Return to the Roost [detail] 1980

Hard ground etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink from a single zinc plate, on Velin Arches cream 300 gsm paper

Edition: 3/25

35.2 x 66.3 cm (Printed image); 38.3 x 66.3 cm (Printed image & text); 35.8 x 66.6 cm (Plate); 56.6 x 76.2 cm irregular (Sheet)

Acc: 2015.0107

Gift of Selena Griffith, Sydney, 2015. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Photo: Holly Grech-Fitzgerald

PERC TUCKER REGIONAL GALLERY

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery was Townsville’s first regional art gallery, having opened in 1981. Since that time, Perc Tucker has forged a reputation as one of the nation’s leading regional galleries, both in terms of quality of programming and participation.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery offers a dynamic range of local, national and international exhibitions complemented by workshops, talks and a host of other programs.

CONTACT

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Cnr. Denham and Flinders St

Townsville QLD 4810

Mon - Fri: 10am - 5pm Sat - Sun: 10am - 2pm

(07) 4727 9011

ptrg@townsville.qld.gov.au www.townsville.qld.gov.au

@TCC_PercTucker

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Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Images of an Era: The Martin Gallery

PINNACLES GALLERY

CONTACT

Pinnacles Gallery

Riverway Arts Centre

20 Village Boulevard

Thuringowa Central QLD 4817

Tues - Sun: 10am - 5pm

Pinnacles Gallery is a dynamic art space committed to community engagement, artistic development and contemporary practice.

Pinnacles Gallery opened in March 1996 as part of the new Thuringowa Library and Council complex.

Pinnacles moved in 2006 to the current location - a purpose-built gallery within the Riverway Arts Centre - the only purpose-built gallery building in Townsville.

(07) 4773 8871

pinnacles@townsville.qld.gov.au

www.townsville.qld.gov.au

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2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards

Pinnacles Gallery, Riverway Arts Centre