5.0 Exhibitions on tour

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Regional Exhibition Touring Initiative Museums Australia (Victoria) is proud to present in collaboration with NETS Victoria: tour it!

In collaboration with NETS Victoria, RETI presented this half-day workshop on the fundamentals of touring an exhibition. Speakers include Tim Fisher, Executive Officer and Georgia Cribb, Program Coordinator, NETS Victoria; Elizabeth Downes, Cultural Heritage Officer, Museum of Lillydale and International Art Services.

This workshop covered:
Planning, developing the budget and the tour itinerary
Understanding the paper trail
Creating a touring manual
Packing and transport

Exhibition Development Fund devolved from Arts Victoria

Round 1.2001

Guild Unlimited

Organisation:Craft Victoria
Contact:Margaret Harkness, Director
Purpose:Commission research
Exhibition design, research and development
Develop education program
Amount:$4,000

Grant returned due to insufficient touring funds. Partial exhibition touring to Edinburgh in 2002 through support from Arts Victoria Cultural Exchange Fund.

What's going on: Contemporary Indigenous Art
from the Murray Darling Region

Organisation:Mildura Arts Centre
Contact:Janey Dolan, Curator
Purpose:Exhibition research and development
Curator's travel
Seeking sponsorship
Amount:$5,150
Tour:Commencing September 2002
Mildura Arts Centre (VIC)
Menindee Community Centre (SA)
Riverland Gallery, Berri (SA)
Winmante Arts Centre, Glossop (SA)
Robinvale Council Offices (VIC)
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (VIC)
Wilcannia Telecentre (SA)
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery (NSW)
Thankakali Aboriginal Corporation, Broken Hill (NSW)
Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide (SA)
Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne (VIC)

Round 2.2001

Elastic

Organisation:Centre for Contemporary Photography
Contact:Tessa Dwyer, Director
Purpose:Research and Development of Project
Catalogue text and sponsorship kit
Printing of sponsorship kit
Amount:$4,000
Tour:Commencing 2002
Latrobe Regional Gallery (VIC)
Geelong Art Gallery (VIC)
Warrnambool Art Gallery (VIC)
Shepparton Art Gallery (VIC)
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (VIC)
CAST, Hobart (TAS)
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (QLD)
Noosa Regional Art Gallery (QLD)

Many in One

Organisation:Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA)
Contact:Jenepher Duncan, Director
Purpose:Developing Education Program
Developing Exhibition Design Concepts
Amount:$4,000
Tour:Commencing 2003
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (VIC)
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (VIC)
Newcastle Region Art Gallery (NSW)
University Art Museum, University of Queensland (QLD)
Plimsoll Gallery (TAS)

Clash of the Titans

Organisation:Arts Project Australia
Contact:Cheryl Daye, Director
Purpose:Exhibition Concept and Design
Education Program Research and Development
Seeking Sponsorship
Amount:$3,000
Tour:Tour will not be realised

Sara Thorn—Lost and Found Textile Traditions

Organisation:Craft Victoria
Contact:Sarah Bond, Program Manager
Purpose:Commission writer for catalogue
Contract and exhibition designer
Contracting a curator
Contracting sponsorship
Amount:$4,000
Tour:Commencing March 2003
Craft Victoria (VIC)
Bundoorah Homestead (VIC)
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery (VIC)
Geelong Art Gallery (VIC)
Warrnambool Art Gallery (VIC)
Ararat Art Gallery (VIC)
Bendigo Art Gallery (VIC)
Shepparton Art Gallery (VIC)
Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery (VIC)

Round 1.2002

Prototype

Organisation:Experimenta
Contact:Liz Hughes, Artistic Director
Purpose:Research & Development Travel and Accommodation
Marketing document
Sponsorship development costs
Research & Development Communication costs
Amount:$4,600
Tour:In development

Plein Air: Contemporary Landscape

Organisation:Geelong Gallery
Contact:Brian Hubber, Curator
Purpose:Research and Development by Gallery staff
Commission artists for catalogues
Photography
Amount:$4,000
Tour:In development

Exhibition Development Fund
devolved from the Australia Council and now touring

None More Blacker

Organisation:200 Gertrude Street Artist Spaces
Contact:Max Delaney, Director
Purpose:Research and Development of Exhibition
Amount:$2,000
Tour:Commenced 2002
Geelong Gallery (VIC)
Shepparton Art Gallery (VIC)
Woollongong City Gallery (NSW)
Newcastle Region Art Gallery (NSW)
Global Arts Link, Ipswich (QLD)
Latrobe Regional Art Gallery (VIC)
Mildura Arts Centre (VIC)

Yikwani: Contemporary Tiwi Ceramics

Organisation:Tiwi Design
Contact:Anna McLeod, Director
Purpose:Exhibition Development
Amount:$4,000
Tour:Commenced May 2002
National Gallery of Victoria on Russell, Melbourne (VIC)
McClelland Gallery, (VIC)
Shepparton Art Gallery (VIC)
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (VIC)
Bendigo Art Gallery (VIC)
Latrobe Regional Gallery (VIC)
The Australian Museum, Sydney (NSW)

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