Visions of Australia: Regional Exhibitions Touring Fund - Assessment Meeting
Report round closing December 2014
Introduction
The Visions of Australia: Regional Exhibition Touring Fund, round closing December
2014, supported a range of exhibitions to tour to 27 regional and remote locations
across Australia as well as the development of new touring exhibitions.
The quality of the applications was very strong and there was diversity in the types of
cultural material proposed for exhibition.
Competitive applicants demonstrated they had genuine partnerships, these varied
between established venues and partners relatively new to Visions.
The panel noted that many proposals included Indigenous content, and meaningful
engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous material.
The panel noted the importance of carefully considered support material, including
content that was to be incorporated into the proposed tour.
Successful applicants
National Gallery of Australia, ACT ($134,787) to tour Light moves: Contemporary
Australian video art to 10 venues in VIC, TAS, WA, NT, QLD, SA and WA.
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD ($210,500) to tour Country & Western:
Landscape Re-imagined to eight venues in NSW, VIC, NT and QLD.
Experimenta Media Arts Inc, VIC ($176,556) to tour Experimenta Recharge: 6th
International Biennial of Media Art to six venues in NSW, QLD and VIC.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Ltd, WA ($188,941) to tour Derek Kreckler:
Accident & Process to eight venues in NSW, SA, TAS, VIC and WA.
Museums Board of Victoria t/a Museum Victoria, VIC ($100,860) to develop a touring
exhibition on British migration to Australia post World War II.
Institute of Modern Art, QLD ($32,210) to develop a touring exhibition of work by
Gordon Bennett.
Burrinja Dandenong Ranges Community Cultural Centre, VIC ($42,400) to develop a
touring exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the Maralinga atomic tests.
Peer assessors
Shane Breynard (ACT)
Laura Miles (VIC)
Jude McBean (NSW)
Ingrid Hoffmann (VIC)
Michael Aird (QLD)
Australia Council staff present
Collette Brennan, Director, International Development (Facilitator)
Julie Lomax, Director, Visual Arts
Penny Miles, Manager, Cultural Engagement
Caitlin Vaughan, Manager, Government Programs
Mel Habjan, Peer Services Officer
Alex Bellemore, Grants Officer
Rebecca McLean-Chan, Grants Officer
Natasha Cudilla, Administration Officer
Funding statistics
Applications received: 17
Applications funded: 7
Success rate: 41%
Amount requested: $2,190,020
Amount funded: $886,254