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From the President & Committee
NEWS from 2009
As another year is drawing to a close, we thought it would be a good time to present a brief report of some of the activities carried out by the Friends of the Gallery during the past year.
It had been an exciting year for the Friends of the Gallery with a varied calendar of interesting exhibition openings to attend. We provided supper and drinks for most openings and the donations received from these together with your membership have enabled us to purchase works worth $4600 from Momentum to be included in the Fibre Collection.
We spent $3500 recently replacing a work from the 1994 Fibre Collection which was lost when being returned from exhibition travelling.
We also contributed $1000 towards the process of obtaining DGR status. This enables artists and other benefactors from our community to donate works to the gallery and receive a tax benefit in return.
The Fibre collection has been written up in magazines from USA and England this year.
In August we farewelled our Community Services Director, Patrick O’Connor who left to follow commercial interests in Newcastle and welcomed Bruce Mercer who has taken his place. We are very grateful that Patrick was able to obtain a traineeship for an additional staff member, Kate Shaw, before he left. Kate started work in September and both Pam and Sandra are delighted with the amount of work they are now able to achieve with another pair of hands as they were seriously stretched with only 2 full time staff to man the gallery.
We hope you will be happy to renew your membership for 2010 as we believe that it offers advantages to you and to the gallery. Your membership fees go towards regular information on coming exhibitions and openings, artists’ talks, workshops and happenings at our gallery as well as offering discounts at the gallery shop, Narnia Bookshop, Inspirations Gift & Patchwork Gallery and Frames & Prints.
For those of you who would like to be more involved there are opportunities to help by participating in meetings (short), assisting in catering for openings or volunteering to work on front desk. (Contact Pam Brown 6767 5519).
Also a reminder that the AGM of the Friends will be held on 8th February, 2010 at 5.30pm in the conference room near the gallery. Hope we see you there.
Committee of Tamworth Gallery Friends
TRG Friends meet at TRG Meeting Room - 5:30 pm on the second Monday
of the month.
Image Above friends member & volunteer, john conducts a tour of Ocean to Outback.
Image below
Alison and Yvonne at the last Less is More in 2007
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FROM THE FRIENDS
TRG FRIENDS RAFFLE
Prize: Glassware by Dennis Chapman
Tickets: $2 each -
Drawn: 26 Feb. ‘10
Tickets available from the Gallery
An important role of the Friends is the provision of funds for the acquisition of works for the gallery collections.
Friends acquisitions 2000 to 2007
1999-2000 Lena Pwerie Awely and Bush Tucker Utopia batik
Nora Petyarre Gum Flower Utopia batik
Joy Petyarre Pencil Yam Flower Utopia batik
2000-01 M Cornwell Pawnbroker Olympic City Cartoon
Kat Campbell-Pope Guitar mixed media Ada Bird Petyarre Awely Utopia batik silks
2002-03 Jean Isherwood Storm Clouds Over Hill
George Gittoes The Preacher
Abigail Howell Pacific Hair Dress, Vulcanite Combs,
Hait Gown, Wave miniature tapestries
Patrick Snelling Garden Wear fibre
2004-05 Greg Leong Bagua Ying Yang quilt
Nine artworks (screenprints) from Maningrida
2006-07 Liz Williamson Dark D’oyley Jacquard weaving
Julie Gough Navigator blankets, shells, wire,
plastic, string
Irmina van Niele Carrying Loss found plastic
shopping bags cut and knitted
Glenys Mann Horizon Series #19 Sweat of the Land
Michelle Hungerford Tracks charcoal and pigment
on paper
Gabrielle Collins Landscape XIV oil on canvas
Landscape XV oil on board
Over many years the Friends Acquisition Fund has made a significant contribution to the Gallery’s collection of works. A special Friends minatures exhibition for Dec 2010 will provide the opportunity for our local and regional audience to appreciate and purchase works by our very talented regional artsists.
The Committee, Friends of Tamworth Regional Gallery.
Image below
Gabrielle Collins Landscape XIV oil on canvas
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From the Director
End-of-year message
from the director
It is hard to believe that we have just hung our last show for the year. I am reminded of the old saying ‘time flies when you are having fun’ It has been another action packed year full of exhibitions, openings, artist talks and events and I am pleased to report that our visitor numbers have shown a healthy increase with lots of positive feedback.
We have a new sculpture by Roger Noakes titled The Illustrated History of Handles.
This is a new acquisition for the Gallery and looks right
at home in the foyer.
We also have just rehung
the John Coburn tapestry Fanfare in the reception
area which certainly adds a bit of colour to the place. So if you haven’t had a chance to see this wonderful work then now’s the time. It will be up until the end of January 2010.
Of course with Christmas just around the corner you may be looking for that special or unusual gift, so don’t forget to have a look at what we have in the Gallery shop. Lots of new and interesting books, pottery, wood, glass, bags, scarfs, wraps, jewellery, book marks and puzzles.
Remember
Friends of the Gallery get 10% off all stock that isn’t on consignment.
Pam, Kate and I are off to Sydney at the end of November for two days to select the work for the ARTEXPRESS exhibition scheduled for May 2010.
The Gallery has been invited to make our own selection for exhibition here in Tamworth
from all the works that have been put aside; ie works by visual arts students who have scored in the top 10% of the state in the 2009 HSC. The works are sent to a warehouse at Hombush Bay
where curators from the Art Gallery of NSW and other invited Gallery representatives can go to
view and select works.
Beside ARTEPRESS next year we will be hosting some wonderful exhibitions:
• Contemporary Chinese Art in January
• Retrospective of the iconic Australian photographer Max Dupain in June
• The ARCHIBALD Prize in September.
We will also be showcasing our local and regional
talent with seven shows programmed for 2010
starting with Bronwyn Woodley-Graham in
February.
So next year is shaping up to be another busy and exciting time. I look forward to seeing
you at the Gallery and wish you all a very happy holiday season.
Sandra McMahon, Director Tamworth Regional Gallery
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Bus Trip to Canberra
MASTERPEICES OF PARIS
The Friends of Tamworth Gallery invite you to join us on a coach trip to view the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition to be held only at the
Australian National Gallery.
We will be travelling on Friday 5th March and returning Sunday 7th March 2010
We are planning to visit the new Maitland Gallery, the Glassworks in Canberra and possibly Cowra Gallery.
The cost for travel, B&B twin share, and gallery entry is $330.
For further information contact Barbara—0428 659310 or
Margaret—6761 8169
Please complete the form below and return it with $50 deposit by
19th December, 2009 to confirm your booking. Deposits can be left at the
gallery or mailed to PO Box 846, Tamworth 2340
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