2013 annual report - pgav

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

The PGAV is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and receives significant in-kind support

from the National Gallery of Victoria.

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PGAV PURPOSE

To support, develop and promote public galleries in Victoria within a national context. PGAV MISSION

To build and strengthen the capacity of public galleries in Victoria to deliver valuable cultural, social and economic returns to their communities. PGAV VISION

A vibrant, cohesive, professional network of public galleries across Victoria which deliver inspiring visual arts experiences that are relevant and accessible to the whole community.

Images (from top): Art Gallery of Ballarat; opening night at Craft; visitors enjoying the Darebin Art Show at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.

PGAV BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Karen Quinlan President (from June 2013) Regional Representative Bendigo Art Gallery Julie Adams President (until June 2013) Regional Representative Latrobe Regional Gallery Kirsten Paisley Vice President Regional Representative Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) Rami Eltchelebi Treasurer Co-opted Representative (Finance) Moore Stephens Jody Evans Spokesperson Co-opted Representative (Marketing) Melbourne Business School Vincent Alessi Metropolitan Representative

La Trobe University Museum of Art Tony Elwood NGV Representative National Gallery of Victoria Wendy Garden Metropolitan Representative Maroondah Art Gallery Shaune Lakin Metropolitan Representative Monash Gallery of Art Dianne Mangan Regional Representative Wangaratta Art Gallery Melinda Martin Metropolitan Representative Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts Debra Morgan Co-opted Representative (Philanthropy) Independent Consultant Claire Newhouse Co-opted Representative (Legal) Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers OUR STAFF

Anne Robertson Executive Officer (0.8 FTE) OUR FINANCIAL TEAM

Meredith Windust Accountant FAME Group Pty Ltd Gianna Roscia Auditor Alan Dredge & Co OUR SUPPORTERS

Arts Victoria Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers Deakin University Moore Stephens Melbourne Business School National Gallery of Victoria The Robert Salzer Foundation

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PGAV MEMBERS

The PGAV represents over 50 public galleries across metropolitan and regional Victoria:

Ararat Regional Art Gallery Art Gallery of Ballarat Arts Centre Melbourne Arts Project Australia Arts Space Wodonga Australian Centre for the Moving Image | ACMI Benalla Art Gallery Bendigo Art Gallery Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Burrinja Gallery Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum Central Goldfields Art Gallery City Gallery at Melbourne Town Hall Counihan Gallery in Brunswick Craft Deakin University Collections & Gallery East Gippsland Art Gallery Eltham Library Community Gallery Geelong Gallery Gippsland Art Gallery Glen Eira City Council Gallery Hatch Contemporary Arts Space Hamilton Art Gallery Heide Museum of Modern Art Horsham Regional Art Gallery Koorie Heritage Trust Latrobe Regional Gallery La Trobe University Museum of Art | LUMA Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts Manningham Gallery Maroondah Art Gallery McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery Mildura Arts Centre | MAC Monash Gallery of Art | MGA Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA Montsalvat Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery National Gallery of Victoria National Sports Museum RMIT Gallery Shepparton Art Museum | SAM State Library of Victoria Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery TarraWarra Museum of Art The Duldig Studio The Ian Potter Museum of Art The Gallery @ Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre Town Hall Gallery Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Visual Arts Centre, La Trobe University | VAC Wangaratta Art Gallery Warrnambool Art Gallery Whitehorse Art Space

Images (from top): Heide Museum of Modern Art; Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts; Hatch Contemporary Arts Space; Geelong Gallery.

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Karen Quinlan Director, Bendigo Art Gallery It has been an important year for the PGAV in which we reviewed our role as a peak body and set about articulating our vision for the public gallery sector in Victoria.

In February the PGAV Board took part in a series of strategic planning workshops with consultant Regina Hill. We looked closely at our role as a peak body and drew on the extensive research we have undertaken into our members, our stakeholders and audiences over the past two years to develop our Strategic Plan 2014-16. This plan will see the PGAV embark on a series of integrated initiatives aimed at building and strengthening the capacity of the public gallery sector in Victoria. These initiatives include:

Benchmarking of the sector to identify key issues which will enable the PGAV to be an effective advocate and to support and promote the sector.

Research into the social and economic impact of the public gallery sector to demonstrate the valuable contributions public galleries make to their communities;

Executive Leadership Program to support Gallery Directors be effective advocates, responsive to change and secure increased support from stakeholders;

National Public Galleries Summit which will bring leading figures to Victoria to share their insights with the public gallery sector in Victoria;

Redevelopment of the PGAV website to become an authoritative source of information about Victoria’s public gallery sector;

State-wide digitisation program increasing access to Victorian public gallery collections.

In April we applied to Arts Victoria’s new Organisations Investment Program (OIP) for funding to deliver our exciting plans. We were pleased to learn in October that the PGAV will receive funding for the next three years at the current level. Over this period the PGAV will explore a range of options to increase

our Executive Officer role to full-time and take on project staff. This will ensure the PGAV can address the needs of the sector to a much higher level and take on new, exciting opportunities as they arise.

I am pleased to provide an overview of the PGAV’s program of activities in 2013:

BUILDING CAPACITY

RESEARCH The PGAV undertakes research of the public gallery sector in Victoria to identify the challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Insights gained through our research are used to deliver programs and services which address these challenges and harness new opportunities for our members.

Brand management for community engagement February saw the launch of a landmark report , “Branding the Public Art Museum: A New Competitive Model” which outlines the challenges and opportunities for the sector of embracing brand management strategies to engage their communities. The report by Dr Jody Evans and Dr Kerrie Bridson is the result of a unique partnership between the PGAV, the Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre at Melbourne University and Deakin University with the support of the Margaret Lawrence Bequest. It was launched by Carol Schwartz AM, Chair, Creative Partnerships Australia at an event entitled “Unlocking the Potential of the Arts” held at Melbourne Business School. The report is available from the PGAV website: www.pgav.org.au/about-us/publications.

Social and Economic Impact Research In March the PGAV again partnered with the Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre at Melbourne University and Deakin University and secured support from Arts Victoria to undertake research into the social and economic impact of public galleries in Victoria. Focusing on four galleries – Arts Project Australia, Bendigo Art Gallery, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts and Shepparton Art Museum, the research set out to examine the economic and social impact objectives of public galleries; enhance understanding of what drives and impedes public galleries in achieving these objectives; explore how public galleries capture and report their performance; and understand the role audience development and stakeholder engagement play in achieving these objectives. A report outlining the research findings was launched by Andrew Abbott, Director, Arts Victoria at an event entitled “Seeing Eye to Eye: Best Practice Models of Economic and Social Impact in Public Art Museum” at Melbourne Business School. The full report is available from the PGAV website: www.pgav.org.au/about-us/publications.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The PGAV delivers a professional development program to increase the skills, knowledge and professional networks of staff at public galleries across Victoria.

Forums & Seminars Our first forum for the year “Public Galleries and Local Government – success through collaboration” examined the story behind Bendigo Art Gallery’s success. The panel session featured Bendigo Art Gallery’s Director Karen Quinlan and the City of Greater Bendigo’s Stan Liacos - Director City Futures, Kathryn Mackenzie - Manager Tourism and Rod Fyffe - Councillor and former Mayor. The panelists spoke candidly about their shared vision, trust in the gallery and the high level of collaboration necessary to deliver high quality outcomes to the record numbers of people visiting Bendigo to see the international touring exhibitions at the gallery.

Later in the year the PGAV partnered with NETS Victoria and Museums Australia (Victoria) to deliver a seminar on “Developing Diverse Audiences”. The large audience heard from Sue Roff, Executive Director of Arts Project Australia about the ways her organization is bringing disability into the mainstream; Julie Skate and Elle Credlin spoke about The Gallery @ Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre’s program for people with Alzheimers; Kirsten Paisley, Director of Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) discussed the gallery’s engagement of local indigenous people and new migrants through special programs and a unique approach to their permanent collection; Maggi Solly and Megan Sheehy outlined Yarra Ranges Museum’s approach to engaging male audiences; Veronica Pardo from Arts Access spoke about ways arts organisations can engage with artists and audiences with a disability; and in closing Georgie Meyer and Carolyn Meehan outlined Museum Victoria’s engagement of the 20+ age group through the highly innovative Smart Bar.

At the end of the year the PGAV invited Andrew Clark, Deputy Director, National Gallery of Victoria to present a guided tour of Melbourne Now. In the Community Hall, Andrew was joined by Yvette Pratt from NGV’s Public Programs to discuss the community engagement strategies underpinning Melbourne Now. This was followed by a tour of the Melbourne Now Kids Commissions and a discussion of the NGV’s unique approach to engaging children in the visual arts. The tour concluded with discussion and networking drinks in the board room at the NGV.

Images (from top): NGV Deputy Director Andrew Clark at the End of Year Event; Developing Diverse Audiences Seminar; visual artist Agatha Gothe-Snape speaking at the Curatorial Intensive..

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Images (from top): Curatorial Intensive panelists Fleur Watson, Natalie King, Ewan McEoin and Max Delany; Meredith Turnbull discusses her commission for Melbourne Now; Darren Sylvester’s commission for Melbourne Now; curators Alison Eggleton, Wendy Garden and Claire Watson at River Studios.

Curatorial Intensive The PGAV partnered with NETS Victoria to deliver the second Curatorial Intensive from 12 – 13 December 2014. The event was timed to coincide with Melbourne Now at the NGV.

The first day focused on three aspects of Melbourne Now – its integration of visual art, architecture, design, performance and cultural practice; its collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to curation; and the commissioning of new work – with many pieces entering the NGV’s permanent collection. Independent curator Natalie King facilitated a discussion examining the collaborative curatorial approach with NGV’s Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, Max Delany and guest curators Fleur Watson (architecture) and Ewan McEoin (design). While visual artists Julia deVille, Ash Keating, Patrick Pound, Darren Sylvester and Meredith Turnbull provided guided tours of their commissions for Melbourne Now, facilitated by the NGV’s Curator, Contemporary Art, Jane Devery.

On the second day the spotlight was turned on site specific installation. Charlotte Day, Director, Monash University Museum of Art led a discussion on current site-specific practice with Emily Cormack, Curator, Gertrude Contemporary, visual artists Agatha Gothe-Snape and Ash Keating, and Joel Stern, Curator, Liquid Architecture 15

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second day concluded with a visit to River Studios, hosted by the Creative Spaces team at the City of Melbourne.

The Curatorial Intensive was pivotal in bringing curators from across the state together to consider new approaches to curatorial practice and how these approaches might be applied within public galleries across Victoria.

The PGAV extends our thanks to the NGV for hosting the Curatorial Intensive, the outstanding curators and artists who shared their insights with the sector, and the forty curators who attended over the two days.

ROBERT SALZER FOUNDATION ACQUISITION FUND The Robert Salzer Foundation provides funding to the PGAV to assist public galleries in Victoria to acquire two-dimensional works of art for their collections. To be eligible galleries must receive funding from Arts Victoria and provide matching funding.

In 2013 the RSF Fund assisted the following acquisitions: Ararat Regional Art Gallery The Universe Quilt, 2013 and embroidery by LUCAS GROGAN; Gippsland Art Gallery Sebok on Safari, 2013, oil and resign painting on linen and wood by SAM LEACH; Heide Museum of Modern Art Light Throw (Mirrors) #7, 2011, chromogenic print by JACKY REDGATE; Horsham Regional Art Gallery Liquid Light – 67 Degrees, 2011, acrylic twisted canvas by MARIONBORGELT; Monash Gallery of Art These women have just run twenty-six miles, 1982, series of

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12 prints by PONCH HAWKES; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Play on the Beach #5, 2011, acrylic on canvas by GUAN WEI; Shepparton Art Museum We Can Be Heroes, 2013, acrylic and gloss medium on pigment print mounted on aluminium by TONY ALBERT; Wangaratta Art Gallery Resonance in Ochre, 2013, and Ripple in Aqua, , tapestry weavings by TIM GRESHAM.

MEMBERSHIP In 2013 Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts and The Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall joined the PGAV, taking our membership to fifty-three public galleries across Victoria.

PROMOTING THE SECTOR The PGAV undertakes advocacy and promotion of the public gallery sector in Victoria. We regularly contribute to the national media about public galleries and the visual arts in Victoria and we profile our members through NGV Gallery Magazine and Victoria’s Cultural Guide – published by Cultural Tourism Victoria and Tourism Victoria.

In 2013 the PGAV contributed to the following articles in state and national media: “Beyond cultural boundaries” by Andrew Stephens in The Age; “Art museums seen as old family members Victorians rarely visit” by Dewi Cooke in The Age; “Every picture tells a story, but more need to be heard, says report” by Andrew Taylor; “Making sense of a new century” by Andrew Stephens in The Saturday Age; “Regional galleries in the cut-throat world of show business” by Michaela Borland in The Australian.

Mid-year the PGAV received support from Arts Victoria to produce a series of short films promoting regional galleries and their collections on the Culture Victoria website. Singing Bowl Media was commissioned to produce short films about the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Geelong Gallery and Gippsland Art Gallery. The films and selected art works will be released on the Culture Victoria website from June 2014 - www.cv.vic.gov.au.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MEMBERSHIP I extend my thanks to the PGAV membership for your continued support of our work. We are proud to represent and promote the outstanding visual art experiences you deliver to audiences across Victoria.

BOARD AND STAFF I thank the PGAV Board for contributing their knowledge, expertise and ideas for the benefit of the public gallery sector in Victoria. In particular I acknowledge the contribution of Vince Alessi who resigned in February having served three years on the Board, Julie Adams who retired from Latrobe Regional Gallery and resigned from the Board in April having served on the board for over three years, two-and-a- half as President of the PGAV, and Kirsten Paisley who steps down at this AGM after serving four years, the past two as Vice President.

On behalf of the Board and membership I would like to sincerely thank Executive Officer Anne Robertson for her valuable contribution to the development of the PGAV and the considerable support she has provided to the Board.

KEY SUPPORTERS Support from government and the private sector is vital to the PGAV’s ability to build the capacity of the public gallery sector in Victoria. I extend my sincere thanks to the Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria, the Victorian Government and Arts Victoria, the significant in-kind support provided by the National Gallery of Victoria under the directorship of Tony Ellwood, and the pro-bono support provided by Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers, Melbourne Business School and chartered accountancy and advisory company Moore Stephens.

On behalf of the Board I look forward to working with our members, partners and stakeholders within the wider community over the next twelve months to ensure a vibrant future for the PGAV and the public gallery sector in Victoria. Karen Quinlan PGAV President

Image: The Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall – became a member of the PGAV in 2013..

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PUBLIC GALLERIES ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA INC. A.B.N. 40 199 833 663

AUDITED CONCISE FINANCIAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013

This concise financial report is an extract from the financial report.

The financial statements and disclosures in this concise financial report are derived from the full financial report.

This concise financial report cannot be expected to provide as full an understanding of financial performance, financial position and financing activities as the full financial report.

The detailed information can be obtained from the financial report which is available free of charge on request.

CONTENTS

Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income 9 Statement of Financial Position 10 Statement of Changes in Equity 11 Statement of Cash Flows 12

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.


STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME


2013 $

2012 $

Revenue Grant Income - Arts Victoria 53,533.00 55,475.00 Project Grant Income – Arts Victoria 11,178.00 - Other Grant Income 55,000.00 55,000.00 Subscriptions 25,958.35 24,208.34 Other Income 5,266.61 25,680.21 In Kind Contributions – National Gallery of Victoria 60,000.00 60,000.00

210,935.96 220,363.55 Expenses Administration Expenses 15,875.97 19,860.56 Salaries & Oncosts 62,108.00 60,540.15 Marketing Audience Development 1,366.25 3,106.36 Program Exp- Sector Development 65,233.87 85,279.70 In Kind – Rent 47,520.00 47,520.00 In Kind - Advertising 12,480.00 12,480.00

204,584.09 228,786.77

Surplus for the year 6,351.87 (8,423.22)

Other comprehensive income: Net gain on revaluation of financial assets - -

Other comprehensive income for the year - - Total comprehensive income for the year 6,351.87 (8,423.22)

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to members of the entity

6,351.87 (8,423.22)



STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION


2013 $

2012 $

ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents 78,200.49 91,963.15 Trade and other receivables 1,633.07 1,700.00 Other current assets 1,133.71 1,542.38

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 80,967.27 95,205.53 NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment 1,421.36 2,646.40

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 1,421.36 2,648.40 TOTAL ASSETS 82,388.63 97,851.93 LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables 6,936.50 28,528.97 Provisions 7,484.29 4,397.17 Other Liabilities 568.18 3,878.00

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 14,988.97 36,804.14 TOTAL LIABILITIES 14,988.97 36,804.14 NET ASSETS 67,399.66 61,047.79

EQUITY Retained earnings 67,399.66 61,047.79

TOTAL EQUITY 67,399.66 61,047.79



STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY


Retained earnings Total $ $

Opening balance – Retained Earnings at 1 January 2011 67,280 67,280 Surplus / (Deficit) attributable to members 2,191 2,191

Balance at 31 December 2011 69,471 69,471 Surplus / (Deficit) attributable to members (8,423) (8,423)

Balance at 31 December 2012 61,048 61,048

Surplus / (Deficit) attributable to members 6,352 6,352

Balance as at 31 December 2013 67,400 67,400



STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS


2013 $

2012 $

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Receipts from customers 148,894.77 220,977.35 Payments to suppliers and employees (165,333.73) (179,441.02) Interest received 2,676.30 3,345.71

Net cash provided by operating activities (13,762.66) 44,882.04 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Payments for plant and equipment - -

Net cash provided by investing activities - - Net increase (decrease) in cash held (13,762.66) 44,882.04 Cash at beginning of financial year 91,963.15 47,081.11

Cash at end of financial year 78,200.49 91,963.15

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