QVMAG EvEnts - Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery

QVMAG
Events
Autumn 2013

Curator’s Lunchtime Talks at the QVMAG Art Gallery, Royal Park
The QVMAG Curators will be presenting a series of free talks, each lasting 30 minutes, on Thursday lunchtimes. They will focus on current
exhibitions: Colonial Impressions of the Norfolk Plains and Into the Wild: Wilderness photography in Tasmania. The program is as follows:
Into the Wild: Wilderness photography in Tasmania
Thursday 21 March, 12.30pm, Gallery 3
Thursday 16 May, 12.30pm, Gallery 3
Presented by Damien Quilliam, Curator, Contemporary Australian Art
Thursday 18 April, 12.30pm, Gallery 3
Presented by Jon Addison, Curator, History
Highlighting the artistic talent of key Tasmanian wilderness
photographers including Allport, Spurling, Beattie, Smithies,
Truchanas, Dombrovskis, England, Blakers, Stephenson, and Walch,
the exhibition charts the development of wilderness photography
from its earliest days to the present and explores the impact that
this type of photography has had on Tasmania.
Friday 15 March, 11am (30 min)
Free public floor talk by Melva Truchanas.
Conservationist, environmental campaigner and wife
of the late wilderness photographer, Olegas Truchanas.
No booking required.
Colonial Impressions of the Norfolk Plains
Thursday 7 March, 12.30pm, Gallery 9
Thursday 11 April, 12.30pm, Gallery 9
Thursday 2 May, 12.30pm, Gallery 9
Presented by Yvonne Adkins, Curator, 19th century Australian Art
Settlers and convicts arrived from Norfolk Island in 1813 to live in
the area of Tasmania that became known as the Norfolk Plains.
Displayed within the QVMAG Colonial Gallery (9) are paintings
and drawings depicting images of the rural scenery of the
Norfolk Plains.
The works by artists including Henry Mundy, John Skinner Prout,
William Pritchard Western, and Emily Stuart Bowring illustrate the
developing roads, small townships, farm life, bridges and buildings
in the 1830s and 1840s.
Pre-booked Tours for Groups and Conferences
Thematic tours led by Art Gallery Guides or Curatorial staff can be
arranged for groups of seven or more. A minimum of two weeks
notice is required.
Please call 03 6323 3798 or email bookings@qvmag.tas.gov.au for
more information. Fees apply with the exception of schools and other
education groups.

Focus on Nature at QVMAG Museum, Inveresk
At the QVMAG Museum we have three exciting new science activity programs on offer which are aimed to engage both kids and adults
and explore a wide range of subjects in the natural world.
Science Discovery Team
Hands-on activities for children aged 5 to 13 years that provide
an understanding of animals, plants and geology. Each session
focuses on a different group: birds, mammals, plants, reptiles and
amphibians, insects and geology.
Sessions run from 10am to 12 noon on the following Saturdays:
23 March (reptiles and amphibians)
4 May (mammals)
1 June (geology)
31 August (plants)
26 October (birds)
7 December (invertebrates)
Sessions cost $3 per child. Accompanying adults free!*
Bug Day Out!
An insect club for children, teens, adults and seniors that
focuses on the amazing diversity of bees, wasps, spiders, beetles
and bugs. A range of activities and information sessions will be
run by experts to cater for all ages.
Sessions run from 1pm to 3pm on the following Sundays:
3 March (ants, bees and wasps)
14 April (spiders)
22 September (butterflies and moths)
24 November (beetles and bugs)
Sessions cost $3 per person.*
Shutterbug Club
A photography club for kids aged 7 to 15 years. Each session
includes hands-on activities that focus on camera basics,
landscapes, portraits and wildlife photography.
The four sessions run from 3.30pm to 5pm on the following
Tuesdays: 5 March, 12 March, 19 March and 26 March.
A display at the QVMAG will feature images taken during the
course and be officially opened at a graduation event for
course participants.
The course fee is $35 and includes four sessions by a professional
tutor, all materials, take-home activities and an exhibition of your
work at the Museum. Participants need to bring their own camera.*
*Bookings and Payment
Numbers are limited for all programs and booking is required.
Payment must be made within seven days for the reservation to
be confirmed.
Email bookings@qvmag.tas.gov.au or call 03 6323 3798
(weekdays 8.30am to 4.30pm) for more information and to book.
Payments can also be made in person at the QVMAG Museum
Shop at Inveresk.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Sessions
could change or be cancelled with minimal notice. In this event,
all payments will be refunded.

Gallery Guide Talks & Tours Program
A selection of insights provided by QVMAG Art Gallery Guides.
Guide’s Choice
The ever-popular Guide’s Choice is a series of free talks presented
on the second Sunday of each month. No booking is required.
The Autumn program is as follows:
Sunday 14 April
Susie Reid: Thomas Bok’s portrait style (Gallery 9)
Sunday 12 May
Sally McShane: Into the Wild: Wilderness photography in Tasmania
(Gallery 3)
Sunday 9 June
Di Whitemore: Gould, the man, his work, his legacy (Gallery 10)
When 2pm on Sundays (as detailed above)
Where Art galleries (as detailed above)
Admission free (no booking required)
Your Choice Tours
The QVMAG volunteer Art Gallery Guides provide free tours
every Sunday at 11am and 2pm (with the exception of every
second Sunday when there is a Guide’s Choice at 2pm). Feel free
to let them know on the day what you would like to see at the
QVMAG Art Gallery.
Our Exhibition Tours
Art Gallery Guides facilitate free weekly exhibition tours each
Wednesday at 2pm.
Exhibitions featured include: Into the Wild: Wilderness photography
in Tasmania (from 20 March); ArtRage: 2012 Selection (exhibition
ends 2 April); The Nude in 20th Century Australian Art (exhibition
begins 18 May); and Looking at Landscape: Through the lens of the
Glover Prize (exhibition ends 24 March).
Morning Coffee Lecture Series
Oral histories of Launceston and Northern Tasmania,
presented at the QVMAG on the fourth Wednesday
of each month.
When 10.30am on 27 March, 24 April, 22 May
Where QVMAG Museum, Inveresk
Admission General Public $9; QVMAG Friends $6
(including refreshments)
Bookings are essential and must be made
by the Monday prior to the event.
Email bookings@qvmag.tas.gov.au
or call 03 6323 3798
(weekdays 8.30am to 4.30pm).

Our Two Destinations
QVMAG Art Gallery at Royal Park
2 Wellington Street, Launceston TAS 7250
Closest public parking is at Paterson Street West
Car Park, 79–81 Paterson Street, Launceston.
QVMAG Museum at Inveresk
2 Invermay Road, Inveresk TAS 7248
Parking available at the Inveresk Precinct car park
in front of the Museum buildings.
Both QVMAG sites are open 10am to 4pm daily.
Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day.
Admission free
T 03 6323 3777
www.qvmag.tas.gov.au
Cover Frederick Smithies, Frank Heyward seated on an Outcrop,
Pelion West in the distance (detail) c. 1930, QVMAG Collection,
QVM.1988.P.1720.