2018-11-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                        6 NOVEMBER 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Sign a Memorandum of Understanding            Draft Memorandum of Understanding          Memorandum of Understanding to             Liaise with President, Friends Noosa
with Friends of Noosa Regional Gallery          developed in partnership with Friends        be signed Friends Noosa Regional             Regional Gallery to move forward
to reflect the agreed purpose, roles and        Noosa Regional Gallery.                      Gallery and Council.                         with agreed priorities as per
responsibilities of the Friends               Memorandum       of    Understanding                                                      Memorandum of Understanding.
                                                endorsed by Friends Noosa Regional
                                                gallery at AGM.
Plan for delivery of Floating Land 2019       Convened meeting of working group          Survey of potential sites.                 Confirm title, curatorial vision and
                                                for Floating Land 2019.                    Preliminary conversations       with         site for Floating Land 2019.
                                              Broad themes established.                    potential key artists.                     Secure several key artists to set the
                                                                                                                                          tone of the event.
                                                                                                                                        Call for Expressions of Interest from
                                                                                                                                          artists interested in participating in
                                                                                                                                          Floating Land 2019.
Deliver a curated exhibition as a first       Confirmed the participation of 13          Confirming the participation of the        Finalising artists for the exhibition
interstate affiliate program with the           artists.                                     final group of artists in the                and the work they will contribute.
Victorian-based                               Confirmed that at least 10 of the 13         exhibition.                                Investigation of the potential of a
ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE festival                     artists will be creating new work for      Working with each artist on their            catalogue to go with the exhibition.
                                                the exhibition.                              individual project to ensure it sits       Planning for marketing of the
                                                                                             well in the broader context of the           exhibition.
                                                                                             exhibition.
Review the Lyn McCrea Memorial                200 entries received in 2018 from          Review where       entrants   heard        Evaluate feedback about         prize
Drawing Prize and evaluate success              around the country (ACT: 5, NSW: 48,         about the prize.                             money and courier costs.
level of increased marketing and                QLD: 98, TAS 4, VIC: 42, WA: 3)
sufficiency of existing prize value             compared to 54 in 2017.
Business as Usual activities                  Total July – September 2018 Gallery        Strengthen and re-focus Noosa              2019, 2020 & 2021 exhibition
                                                visitors: 17,491 (32.5% increase on          Regional Gallery’s relationship with         program planning and development.
                                                same quarter last year)                      the Friends, particularly in light of
                                              Total July – September 2018 Gallery          new Office Holders on the
                                                Program attendance: 1469                     Management               Committee
                                                                                             (President and Vice President).
                                              Social media:     1622 followers on
                                                Instagram and 1667 page likes on           Continue volunteer recruitment to
                                                Facebook. 1740 Facebook followers.           fill small gaps on roster and
                                                Total engagement with 3367 on                succession planning.
                                                Facebook.




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