2020-02-11 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                       11 FEBRUARY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
GALLERIES                                   Delivered Floating Land: from point to      Delivery of A Life in Patches, an         Delivery of Mary Macqueen survey
Plan and deliver a schedule of engaging       point including 21 projects across 3          exhibition in collaboration with the        exhibition.
exhibitions and programs which diversify      anchor sites.                                 Wallace House Quilters.                   Delivery of Rosie Lloyd-Giblett solo
and grow audiences; and support local       Delivered What’s Left Behind, a             Delivery of Davida Allen from the           exhibition.
arts practices                                Floating Land affiliated exhibition.          McCrea Collection.                        Delivery of Yanni Van Zijl solo
                                            Delivered the 4th iteration of the Lyn      Finalise planning for 2020                  exhibition.
                                              McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize                 Masterclass series.                       Continue planning for Imaginate
                                              alongside the DRAW Student                  Planning for 2021 – 2022 exhibition         2020 children’s art festival.
                                              Drawing Award.                                programs.                                 Start planning for Floating Land
                                            Delivered Mackay Regional Gallery                                                         2021.
                                              touring exhibition, Violent Salt.
                                            Delivered public programs associated
                                              with each exhibition & project.
Noosa Cultural Plan 2018 – 2023             Noosa Regional Gallery Review 2019          Continue to analyse options for           Undertake Pre-Feasibility Study for
Implementation                                completed.                                    future model of how Council delivers        new Noosa Regional Gallery.
                                                                                            cultural development activities.
                                                                                          Issue ITQ for Feasibility Study for
                                                                                            new Noosa Regional Gallery.
                                                                                          Submit New Initiative for next stage
                                                                                            of Feasibility Study.
HERITAGE - Plan and deliver key             Consultant appointed to commence            Progress 2019/20 Heritage Levy            Progress Plaques & Memorials
Heritage Levy Initiatives & a range of        Local Heritage Register/Heritage              projects                                    Policy
Heritage projects and programs                Citation Review project & inception         Go live and launch of cemetery            Develop program of heritage events
                                              meeting held                                  database                                    for 2020 with focus on Australian
                                            Cemetery database project achieved          Distribution of indigenous films to         Heritage Festival
                                              testing stage.                                schools and libraries.                    Ongoing work on 2019/20 Heritage
                                            George Pearce Memorial Bench                                                              levy projects
                                              /Parkyn Hut signage project
                                              completed incl dedication event
Business as Usual activities                Total October – December 2019:              Stocktake library collection              Spydus database clean-up projects
                                           o Visitors: Library: 85,239; Gallery:          CollectionHQ training in collection       Implement change of Adult Fiction
                                              9,394; Floating Land: approx. 65,000          management software                         collection layout, in response to
                                           o Program Attendance: Library: 2,932;          Submit proposal to State Library of         community feedback.
                                              Gallery: 502                                  Queensland’s for their annual
                                           o Library Loans: 115,876 incl. renewals          conference to deliver presentation -
                                              (excl. renewals total 99,294)                 ‘Libraries and bushfires: sparking
                                            Finalised contracts for Courier               new ways to support our
                                              Service and Adult Literacy Officer            communities”


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