Annual Report 2008-2009 - National Gallery of Canada

The web-accessible Archives database (archives.gallery.ca)
was launched. More than 32,000 records describing the institutional
archives of the National Gallery are now available to
the public. This project was supported by the Foundation’s
Circle Patrons.
Actual
Use of Library Resources 2008–09
Number of inquiries (in person, by letter, fax, and e-mail,
and including Internet searches) 530,375
Number of external interlibrary loans and
document delivery requests 923
Number of Internet searches of Library and Archives resources 500,356
Note: No target is set for the use of Library Resources. Usage is based on
user demand.
Study Room
The Gallery Study Room was closed until 9 May to serve as storage
area during the space optimization projection undertaken
in the prints and drawings vaults. About 375 visitors were
shown 1,478 individual works in Prints and Drawings, and more
than 300 visited the Photographs Collection.
The Gallery’s Research Fellowships were awarded to four
recipients, including two in the area of Canadian Art.
Representing a maximum value of $30,000 per person, the
Gallery’s program encourages and supports advanced research
in the categories of Canadian Art, European Art, Modern Art,
Art Conservation, and the History of Photography.
The European Art Fellowship was awarded to Anna O.
Marley who will be studying the collection of work by British
military draftsmen Thomas Davies and Paul Sandby in connection
with her research on landscape representation in the late
colonial and early national North American home.
Robert Evans will use the Gallery photography collections
to analyze 19th-century photographs of British cities in their
historical and social contexts in order to explore regimes of
modernity.
Kristy Holmes will research how Canadian art was defined
and constructed during the late 1960s and early 1970s, with
particular reference to four large-scale international exhibitions
mounted at the National Gallery.
Julia Pien will investigate the diverse ways in which
Canadian artists have used apparel and the idiom of the clothed
body as a source of inspiration, humour, and cultural critique.
New research shared virtually
On 1 April the Gallery launched the new Canadian Painting in
the Thirties website, which was made possible through the
Canadian Memory Fund with support from the NGC Foundation.
This site provides access to more than 8,000 digitally archived
images, records, and documents.
A new site featuring The Petrobelli Altarpiece by Veronese
was researched and developed, and will be launched in May
2009. The site will offer information on the restoration of the
work by Gallery conservators.
Interns and Fellows
There were three recipients of the TD Bank Financial Group
Internships award for 2008–09. With the goal of providing
training opportunities and work experience to young
Canadians, the program supports paid 12-week internships. In
Education and Public Programs, intern Catherine Nadon
developed and piloted a program for post-secondary groups
visiting the Gallery. The project will contribute to adult programming
initiatives at the Gallery. Art Librarianship TD
Internships were awarded to Marie-Pierre Boucher and Heather
Saunders. Ms Boucher worked on audiovisual materials in the
Library and Archives collections, and Ms Saunders focused on
compiling information on Canadian artists.
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