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A GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS
NB: This was posted prior to the receipt of the notes below
A GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS
NB: This was posted prior to the receipt of the notes below
Attendees: Sarah McCormack (City of Launceston), Claudia Garwood (City
of Launceston), Jill Dearing (WD Booth Charitable Trust), Ray Norman, Shirley
Pitt, Carolyn Riley, Carlene Bullock, Jon Addison (QVMAG), Vicki Dewsbury
(Artist), Jacqui Allen (Dept. State Growth), Liz Frankham (UTAS/Junction Arts
Festival); Greg Clarke (Junction Arts Festival); Jen Brown (artist); Annie
Grieg (artist and consultant); Roc Ives (City of Launceston); Frith Mabin
(Junction Arts Festival); Robyn Friend (Writer); Gabe Cramb (Junction Arts
Festival); Brigitte Trobbiani (Junction Arts Festival); Owen Tilbury (Breath of
Fresh Air); Christine Booth (writer); Tom Dunning (UTAS); Anita Dineen
(Jeweller/Designer); Yvonne Gluyas; Melissa Smith (artist/Roving Curator DSG);
David Maynard (QVMAG); Ciara Nicholls (Tasmania Symphony Orchestra); Natalie De
Vito (Consultant); Fiona Lehman (Design Tasmania); Catherine Wolfhagen (DSG);
Robin & Anne Holyman (QVMAG Arts Foundation/MGAB); Samuel Cairnduff
(Tasmania Symphony Orchestra); Karina Clarke (Design Tasmania); Ryan Limb
(Junction Arts Festival); Malcom Bywaters (UTAS); Dr Jane Woollard (UTAS);
Colin James; Mary Machen (Tamar Valley Writers Festival), Anne Layton-Bennett
(Tamar Valley Writers Festival); Janet Keeling (QVMAG); Ashleigh Whatling
(QVMAG); Richard Mulvaney (QVMAG); Belinda Cotton (City of Launceston)
Apologies: Alderman Albert van Zetten (Mayor);Prof. David Adams
(UTAS); Keith Adkins (QVMAG Arts Foundation); Prof. Prof. Noel Frankham (UTAS);
Rhonda Hamilton (QVMAG Honorary Research Associate); Angie Hart (City of
Launceston); Leanne Hurst (City of Launceston); Karlin Love (Musician); Gillian
Miles (Tourism Northern Tasmania); Kim Seagram (Fermentation Tasmania);
Welcome and
Acknowledgement of Country Richard Mulvaney
What has been done
2016
Launceston Audit Report
(January-April)
- the GM of the time provided a brief and scope of an audit of the cultural sector to give Robyn Archer a sense of what is happening in and around Launceston and a reference point for Robyn to extract the people/organisations/groups with whom she wanted to set up meetings.
- information collected was found on websites - predominantly annual reports o the scope was very broad and the resulting “snapshot” of what was happening in Launceston’s cultural sector was by no means definitive
- rough filters were applied to try and segment the information
- Consultancy – Robyn Archer AO (September 2016 – April 2017) 2017
- Towards a Cultural Strategy for Launceston Interim Report – Robyn Archer AO submitted to Council Workshop and thence to Council Meeting on 24 April 2017. Since this time the City of Launceston (CoL) has been working to deliver the recommendations endorsed by Council at that Council Meeting.
- Art & Culture Unit set-up (September)
- this unit is not currently funded beyond one position – Executive Officer.
- Project Control Group (Directors & Executive Officer Arts & Culture) set up to oversee the set up and establishment of the Unit’s program and funding, provide advice and direction for community consultation and cultural strategy.
- Seconded officer to fill the role until the unit’s resourcing is secured and subsequent formal recruitment process Executive Officer Arts & Culture (EAOC) commenced (September)
- Project Control Group formed for internal oversight of delivering the 13 Recommendations of Interim Report incorporating the
- General Manager,
- Directors of QVMAG, Business Development and Major Projects as well as the EOAC.
- Draft Project Plan developed with “Blue Sky” 5 year budget for (October
- Meetings with key stakeholders – Department of State Growth, UTAS (Inveresk Precinct Redevelopment Masterplan), TasTAFE, Launceston College (October) 2018
- MOFO 2018 - Taster Festival delivered, and working to secure MOFO for 2019- 2021
Consultants Research,
Request for Quotation for QVMAG Feasibility Study and appointment of
Consultants:
- The brief for the QVMAG Feasibility Study is deliberately open to ensure that the optimal model for QVMAG into the future can be determined. This reflects the change of direction by the University of Tasmania which has moved to a position where the Queen Victoria Museum as core to The Inveresk Precinct.
Hirst Projects was the successful candidate to carry out the Feasibility Study (The team includes Terroir, MCa and WT Partnership.) : http://hirstprojects.com.au/
The study is funded jointly
by redirected funds from QVMAG and General Manager’s directorates.
What is happening now
- Arts & Culture Unit continues with providing the consultants
with support in the facilitation and delivery of QVMAG Feasibility Study -
Consultant Support. (April- June)
- Arts & Culture Working Group (Aldermen Finlayson, Gibson and
McKenzie) established to identify funding and resourcing the next phase of
the Unit and Interim Report’s Action Items—first meeting 4 April.
- Repositioning of Unit under renamed QVMAG Directorate to operate alongside QVMAG and to manage Service Level Agreements of cultural assets eg. The Princess Theatre etc. This could potentially also include Design Tasmania, Stompin, Tasdance and the many festivals (eg. Junction Arts Festival, BoFA, Festivale ) o
- Announcement: The Princess
Theatre $456,000 sound system upgrade in The Princess Theatre.
Demonstrates the CoL ongoing commitment to the Arts.
- Important that we recognise that the Cultural Strategy is the
foundation document on what CoL do into the future. It is essential that
the Feasibility Study does not pre-empt or become conflated with the work
around the Cultural Strategy. This does not mean we can't start the
dialogue now and we are aiming for a truly collaborative approach.
- Continued liaison with and support of MOFO to secure the next three festivals. MOFO has provided assurance that they are committed to coming to Launceston and the north of the state, subject to funding.
The challenge is for Launceston to leverage MOFO's presence to increase the visibility and broader offering to audiences/visitors throughout the city.
Where are we headed
- Delivery of QVMAG Feasibility Study to the City of Launceston (June
2018)
- Recruitment of Executive Officer, Arts & Culture Unit by
external recruitment
process (by June 2018)
- The intent of Community Consultation is to keep it as an ongoing program
- Tender process for outsourcing Community Consultation and Cultural Strategy to consultancy.
Other Announcements:
- QVMAG working with brewer to Lion Nathan – initially under James Squire label “The Wreck”. To be launched in May at major national beer festival. Following that we are planning to celebrate this with a mini-launch in Launceston at QVMAG on Saturday 26 May 2018.
- Subject to funding - QVMAG is working with Annie Grieg to curate and present major touring exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the partnership of Launceston’s legendary dancer and his muse - Graeme Murphy AO & Janet Vernon AM. EOAC working on grant applications to federal government and developing the itinerary. RM acknowledged Owen Tilbury (BoFA) as the source of this idea.
Your say, we’re listening
The gathering was invited to
ask any questions.
- Dr Jane Woollard (UTAS): Arts & Culture unit – what is the level of staffing envisaged for this unit?
RM – at the moment there
is one and currently the unit is not funded beyond this. It is important we
don’t jump ahead of the Cultural Strategy. It is hoped we will be able to build
it up to deliver its outcomes.
EOAC – A&C units
generally consist of between 2-4 staff, depending on their role and
deliverables. Before funding the A&C unit we need to understand what kind
of role it will have and this will be determined, in part, by the final
Cultural Strategy.
There appear to be common
“planks” to A&C Units across the local government sector – eg. public art
program, grants program, communication/consultation program etc. This provides
a sense of what might be included in the Unit’s work, so a “blue sky” project
plan and 5 year budget has been developed to give the A&C Working Group and
Project Control Group a sense of what it might look like. The primary work of
the A&C Unit at the moment is program to focus on the delivery the
recommendations endorsed by Council.
- Annie Grieg (former Artistic Director, Tasdance & Freelance Curator): What is the timeline for the delivery of the Cultural Strategy?
- Rocelyn Ives, (City of Launceston): The uniqueness of Launceston the centre of which is The Gorge. How would this fit in with the consultancy and who would make sure that it remains as such?
- Catherine Wolfhagen (Department of State Growth): Northbank project it is in development phase as the Arts & Culture Unit is being activated. There was a mention of Public Art in the mix – where is it? ... and organisationally, who is driving the project and where is the Arts & Culture in this?
RM - Conversations are
continuing with Working Group through the Major Projects Unit. There are
conversations around this in both Northbank and Brisbane Street Mall. The
question was taken on notice. The EOAC to find out and report back to her.
- Greg Clarke (Artistic Director, Junction Arts Festival): This is a good example of how the Unit can work effectively. At Junction received support from Council a Unit like this could be where JAF could liaise.
- Liz Frankham (UTAS & Junction Arts Festival): It would be
good to see that other festivals would be able to work with the A&C
Unit in the same way as MOFO.
- Greg Clarke (Artistic Director, Junction Arts Festival): As a matter of transparency, did MOFO pay for what you did for this?
- Owen Tilbury (Breath of Fresh Air Festival): Does that mean that that unit will be doing research on a BoFA, Junction Arts Festival etc. - some of us are too small and not resourced to do this?
RM – In all this we
need to manage expectations but the Unit is there to assist
- Liz Frankham (UTAS & Junction Arts Festival): It is worth
noting that TICT and State Government have put together a proposal around
Tourism Research Institute that they are suggesting it to be in the north,
(one of the election commitments). There could be a role within the Unit
for a partnership/collaboration with this Institution which would
fundamental to this area of data/metrics.
- Greg Clarke (Artistic Director, Junction Arts Festival): This was a taste for Council as to how this Unit could work.
- Liz Frankham (UTAS & Junction Arts Festival): QVMAG
should be congratulated on how brilliant the site was and that it
demonstrated how it could be utilised for the general public to respond to
and engage with. It augers well for future events.
Thanks to all for
attending and dre Attachments and resource:
•••••••••••••••••
- City of Launceston Meeting – 24 January 2018 - Agenda and Minutes: https://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/Council/Meetings
- City of Launceston Cultural Audit Excel Spreadsheet – 2016*as
indicated in the meeting notes, please note that the information was as
accurate as possible at the time of production.
- University of Tasmania Inveresk Precinct Redevelopment Masterplan: http://www.utas.edu.au/northern-expansion/masterplan/_nocache
- Recruitment – Executive Officer Arts & Culture:
Refer to City of
Launceston’s website – it should be listed in the coming week: https://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/Council/Careers
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