Jodi Ferrari, Museum & Gallery Services Queensland - Education Kit, Twelve Degrees of Latitude

INTRODUCTIONThis education kit has been developed by Museum and GalleryServices Queensland to assist teachers to prepare students fortheir visit to the exhibition Twelve Degrees of Latitude: RegionalGallery and University Art Collections in Queensland, and forengagement with the diversity of collections held by Queenslandregional galleries and universities.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University Art Collectionin Queensland celebrates Queensland’s public gallery collections in theState’s 150th year. It is the first major exhibition of works curated solelyfrom Queensland’s regional gallery and university art collections.

Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University ArtCollections in Queensland was launched at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery,Townsville, in September 2009 as a part of the RAISE YOUR VOICE:Fourth National Public Galleries Summit.

The regional tour to fifteen Queensland venues from 2010 until late 2011provides an unprecedented opportunity for metropolitan, regional andremote audiences to view and engage with significant artworks held in ourState’s regional collections.

Curators: Bettina MacAulay and Brett Adlington

Brendan Adair-Smith, Tony Albert, Davida Allen, Rick Amor,Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Rupert Bunny, John Coburn,Ray Crooke, Lawrence Daws, Marian Drew, Max Dupain,William F. Emery, Fiona Foley, E. Phillips Fox, Joe Furlonger,Rosalie Gascoigne, Miles Hall, Mari Hirata, SamanthaHobson, George Leslie Hunter, Leah King-Smith, CraigKoomeeta, Rosanna Li Wei Han, Alasdair Macintyre, RobertMacPherson, Mandy Martin, Ron McBurnie, Noel McKenna,Rob McQueen, Arone Meeks, Billy Missi, Tracey Moffatt,Rosella Namok, Sidney Nolan, Dennis Nona, MargaretOlley, Patricia Piccinini, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Ben Quilty,Scott Redford, Lloyd Rees, William Robinson, Anneke Silver,Jeffrey Smart, Grace Cossington Smith, Arthur Streeton,Ken Thaiday Snr., Alick Tipoti, Christopher Trotter,Judy Watson, Gerry Wedd, Guan Wei, Anne Zahalka,Michael Zavros.

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EXHIBITION TOUR ITINERARY

2009Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville: 21 August – 4 OctoberQUT Art Museum, Brisbane: 15 October - 20 December2010Logan Art Gallery: 5 January – 6 FebruaryGladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum: 5 March – 15 MayArtspace Mackay: 28 May –11 JulyToowoomba Regional Art Gallery: 19 July – 5 SeptemberCaloundra Regional Art Gallery: 23 September - 7 November (co-presented with)University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery: 7 October - 6 NovemberStanthorpe Regional Art Gallery: 19 November – 21 January (co-presented with)Warwick Art Gallery: 19 November – 21 January2011Gold Coast City Art Gallery: 12 February – 3 AprilCairns Regional Gallery: 15 April – 12 JuneOutback Regional Gallery, Winton: 26 June – 14 AugustBundaberg Regional Art Gallery: 28 August – 9 October (co-presented with)Hervey Bay Regional Gallery: 28 August – 9 OctoberRedcliffe City Gallery: 23 October - 27 November (co-presented with)Redland Art Gallery, Redland City: 23 October – 27 November

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CURRICULUM MATERIALThank you to Melina Mallos, Curriculum and EducationPrograms Officer, Queensland Art Gallery, for providing thecurriculum information included in this education kit.