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Bid to blow away museum dut.... By Mary Machen .... Updated September 7 2014 - 11:28pm, first published 11:06pm .......................... WHILE there may be momentum to introduce independent administration for Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, arts advocate and artist Ray Norman believes it is not happening soon enough. .......................... He also questions the energy being put into marketing the institution as a tourism asset, volunteering that one smart move could be to ‘‘bundle’’ the state’s museums and heritage buildings in a cultural development and tourism marketing drive. .......................... ‘‘Enterprise and freedom in imagining encourages cross-pollination and could let the museum ooze out from the white box,’’ said Mr Norman. ‘‘At present it strikes me that museums operate on an assumption that it’s inappropriate to generate income. ‘‘They certainly can generate sustainable incomes, but maybe we need to consider profit not only as a fiscal dividend. ‘‘The profit can also be in social dividends, intangible cultural dividends.’’ .......................... Right now, maintains Mr Norman, the lines between management and governance at QVMAG are blurred. .......................... ‘‘We need to avoid bureaucracy and move towards an administration model that encourages community ownership and enterprise as opposed to stakeholders,’’ he said. .......................... Last month Mr Norman, a Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board staff member in the 1980s, resigned from the QVMAG Governance Advisory Board. .......................... While the circumstances remain unspecified, it’s understood there was unease about his outspoken advocacy for a more independent operational system and disquiet over missed marketing opportunities. .......................... ‘‘The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s funding debacle is arguably due to the institution’s uncritical adherence to its cost-centric operational model,’’ says an unshackled Mr Norman, referring to TMAG’s shock revelation that it was operating on a $4 million budget blowout. [TMAG also lost its long-time director Bill Bleathman in December after a 12-year tenure.] .......................... ‘‘We have to start looking for a model that would best suit the QVMAG to better engage their communities. The QVMAG is an unusual beast given it is in two locations and is both an art gallery and a museum.’’ .......................... Mr Norman said it was disappointing that the QVMAG’s collection, valued at $231.9 million three years ago, continued to be entrusted to councillors rather than curators – as he puts it, ‘‘appointed trustees with domain knowledge’’ – and experts in individual fields. ‘‘Undoubtedly there needs to be wider advice sought from within the community given the weight of responsibility falling to aldermen as trustees,’’ he said. .......................... ‘‘The LCC is under an obligation to devise a better working model given it raises 3 per cent of its rate revenue on the back of cultural endeavour and development.’’ .......................... ‘‘Given the success of MONA, and TMAG’s visitor numbers since MONA, it’s a no-brainer that museums and galleries can play a vital role in developing cultural tourism outcomes.’’ .......................... Mr Norman said an umbrella network that oversaw the administrations of all public art galleries and museums, the National Trust and the state’s heritage estate together could be a solution. .......................... ‘‘Everything these organisations care for is part of the national estate, and all these organisations should be working together as they would attract the same tourist demographic. .......................... His call came as the state government released figures for the 12 months to March showing that a record 1.06 million people visited Tasmania, with a 1.5 million target set for 2020. .......................... QVMAG director Richard Mulvaney would not be drawn into critical discussion about the current operation model of the QVMAG, but he did venture that ‘‘there is strong recognition that we need to do something different’’. .......................... ‘‘Like Mr Norman, I and many others understand the importance of cultural institutions in our community and how they impact and affect our lives’’. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 

Go silly for good cause Updated May 23 2015 - 11:12pm, first published 7:43pm 

CREATING the world’s smallest Little Lawn was Launceston’s introduction to worldSILLYweek. .......................... The Little Lawn sprang up in 2002. Two years later Launceston claimed the longest park bench, located in the City Park. .......................... After an 11-year hiatus, Trevallyn arts advocate Ray Norman and others are keen to revive SILLYweek, starting on June 19. .......................... Held elsewhere in the world as part of solstice celebrations, SILLYweek is a ‘‘DIY festival of sanctioned wacky antics’’ with roots in the European silly season from November 11 to Ash Wednesday. .......................... In Europe, SILLYweek usually involves 11 days of events, with each day attributed to a particular theme and each event offering fund-raising for charity. .......................... Already Mr Norman has approached some Launceston restaurateurs to consider plating up possum under quirky dish titles, a Yolko O-no! egg-dropping challenge is under consideration in the CBD, and an artistic interpretation of the Air Force tradition of burning pianos has been mooted. .......................... ‘‘We’ve decided to have a POSSUMday because it is silly-ish and a lot of people don’t fancy the idea of eating possum,’’ he said. .......................... ‘‘Possum has all kinds of baggage – they get in our ceilings, they eat fruit off our trees – and when I’ve suggested the possibility of eating possum to friends, they’ve said they’d pay good dollars not to eat possum. .......................... ‘‘That settled it. We have to have POSSUMday.’’ .......................... ‘‘SILLYweek at heart, though, is all about fund-raising for charity,’’ he said. .......................... ‘‘If an activity or idea sounds wacky, then it suits SILLYweek, with the ultimate aim being to support the community in some way. In no way is it meant to hurt or deride.’’ .......................... Back in 2002, the Little Lawn was unveiled by then-mayor Janie Dickenson as the city’s ‘‘littlest lawn with big possibilities’’. Believed to be the smallest patch of manicured lawn in the world, it was sown into a foot-square patch on the corner of George, York and Earl streets. .......................... Almost before the first blade of grass could break through, the Little Lawn became a bone of contention and it was eventually uprooted. .......................... ‘‘We’d like to think they ‘get it’ and get involved this time.’’ .......................... Inquiries, 6334 2176 or visit ponrabbel.blogspot.

Launceston City Council pulls apart famous Stephen Walker sculpture

 A SCULPTURE by one of Tasmania’s most famous artists has been pulled apart by the Launceston City Council … but it says it will be put back together. NICK CLARK..... 

May 28, 2018 - 6:33PM ... Part of the Stephen Walker statue in Launceston's Civic Square, featuring thylacines. 

THE Launceston City Council says a Stephen Walker statue which has been separated during construction works in Civic Square will be put back together. The Tasmanian Tableau work by one of Tasmania’s most eminent sculptors was recently separated into two components, placed in different garden beds and remounted on large boulders. Community members took up the cudgels on behalf of the late Mr Walker saying that without consultation with his estate Mr Walker’s moral rights had been infringed. A Launceston City Council spokesman said the statue would be back in one garden bed when works were finished. ....................... Part of the Stephen Walker statue in Launceston's Civic Square, featuring a wedge-tailed eagle. ...... “The redevelopment of Civic Square necessitated the temporary relocation of the various elements of the Stephen Walker sculptures,” general manager Michael Stretton said........................ “However, the sculptures will be returned to their original formation before the redevelopment works are complete, and the Council has been liaising with the Walker estate on this matter........................ “While the first stages of the square have been reopened to the public, this does not represent the completion of works in these areas — catenary systems, lighting systems, heritage interpretation features, wayfinding and the final placement of the Walker sculptures are among several outstanding projects remaining at the time of writing........................ “The redevelopment works are scheduled for completion by the end of June.”....................... Independent researcher Ray Norman said the Launceston City Council’s the original rearranging of the work was illegal under copyright law. ....................... “The redevelopment of the tableau significantly nullifies the works integrity and the artists intentions,” he said........................ ‘Now the council is saying that it will be put back together but what the ratepayers need to know is how much that will cost, it won’t be peanuts,” he said........................ “They will need to bring a crane in and it will all add up.” ....................... He said that the situation would not have occurred if there had been meaningful consultation. ....................... Mr Norman said that there had already been costs because the council had brought Mr Walker’s widow to Launceston from Hobart recently for consultation. ....................... The works are part of a $7.5 million Launceston City Heart project which is part of the $260 million Launceston City deal signed with the Federal Government........................