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25.01.2022 Public galleries provide important social, health and wellbeing benefits to their communities by providing opportunities for life-long learning, engagement, social connection and inclusion. Galleries provide a place for community members to gain inspiration and to learn. The many workshops, talks, performances and social events presented by galleries create a sense of community and connection, reducing social isolation and enriching the lives of those they reach there is p...lenty to experience both in person* and online. GET INVOLVED Find your local gallery here: https://pgav.org.au/ Images: courtesy of PGAV member galleries (Arts Project Australia, ACMI, Craft, The Dax Centre, Geelong Gallery, Gippsland Art Gallery, MGA - Monash Gallery of Art, Monash University Museum of Art) - please contact the PGAV for details. Video: Department of the Future *subject to Government health advice and restrictions.

25.01.2022 PGAV Holiday Closure The PGAV will be closed from 5pm Tuesday 22 December 2020 and will reopen on Monday 18 January 2021. We wish you a happy holiday season the perfect time to visit public galleries across the state. ... We recommend visiting our member gallery websites before you visit to check that they are open and to learn about COVID Safe protocols ahead of your visit. Find out what’s on offer: www.pgav.org.au

24.01.2022 Arts in Greater Dandenong want to hear from artists, the creative sector and residents interested in the introduction of a new art space in the heart of Dandenong. Council is considering redeveloping a disused industrial building into a creative industry space and wants to explore how creators could use the space and how it could be used to add to the vibrant arts community. Have your say or join the online forum: https://www.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au/creative-industry-s

23.01.2022 Sarah Schmidt has been appointed Director of Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG), following her leadership of Hamilton Gallery and her recent role as Manager of Public Diplomacy at the Australian Embassy in Beijing. Congratulations Sarah! https://visual.artshub.com.au//introducing-sarah-schmidt-c

23.01.2022 LRG is seeking volunteers - details follow on how to get involved.

21.01.2022 Congratulations to all recipients of RISE Fund grants just announced, including a number of PGAV member galleries. TarraWarra Museum of Art will receive support to deliver the ‘TarraWarra Biennial 2021: Slow Moving Waters’. Guest curated by Nina Miall and featuring 24 contemporary Australian artists from each state and territory, the 2021 Biennial will explore art made in a consciously slow or arrested mode. Shepparton Art Museum will receive support for a First Nation artist... residencies and engagement program. The project will deliver exhibitions, residencies, enhanced education and engagement activities as well as establish and oversee a trainee program for local Indigenous youth, who will assist in the development and delivery of the First Nation artist residency and engagement program. PGAV member Incinerator Gallery will also benefit with Footscray Community Arts Centre receiving funding to deliver 'Neighbourhood' - a 10 day contemporary arts festival of new work in Melbourne's western suburbs involving The Bowery Theatre and Incinerator Gallery. The project will be delivered in partnership with The SUBSTATION. To see summary of all funded projects in Batch 1 visit: https://www.arts.gov.au//rise-fund-grant-recipients-batch- Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund is an Australian Government initiative.

17.01.2022 A fly-through of the new Melbourne Arts Precinct, including NGV Contemporary, which will commence development in 2021.

17.01.2022 The Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, has announced a massive investment in the state's cultural capital as part of the budget. For public galleries this will include: - $1.4 billion to build NGV Contemporary - generating 5,000 construction jobs and 200 ongoing jobs (including Melbourne Art Precinct); - $34.7 million for regional creative infrastructure projects upgrades to Benalla Art Gallery and the completion of SAM; and - a new program to support suburban and regional g...alleries and museums to undertake improvements that will enable them to attract and host high-quality touring exhibitions bringing art to every corner of our state. Read the Premier's media release here: https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/backing-australias-cultural-

17.01.2022 Art Gallery of Ballarat are recruiting - further details are below.

16.01.2022 The PGAV 'Guide to re-opening public galleries in Victoria' has been updated to include the easing of restrictions under the Final Step of the 'Coronavirus (COVID-19) roadmap to recovery'. The PGAV has prepared this resource to assist galleries navigate the latest requirements and to re-open safely. The latest version is available on the PGAV website here: https://pgav.org.au/PGAV-Guide-to-re-opening-public-galleri

15.01.2022 Opportunity for artists -the National Association for the Visual Arts is offering four paid mentorship opportunities for early-career visual arts, craft and design practitioners, specifically for those with a current project in development. The Collaborative Mentorship Initiative offers the unique opportunity to work one-on-one with advising artists and arts workers to inspire confidence and self-awareness, and to build the knowledge, skills and capacity to pursue projects and goals. Find out more: https://visualarts.net.au//Collaborative-Mentorship-Initi/

14.01.2022 Learn more about Bunjil Place Gallery's latest exhibition 'John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new' presented by Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Visit the gallery or explore online: bunjilplace.com.au/john-mawurndjul The National Tour is supported by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program and is presented with the Art Gallery of South Australia & Maningrida Arts & Culture.... #mcaaustralia #aboriginalart #indigenousart #australianart #arnhemland

13.01.2022 International development opportunity for artists and curators from Australia Council for the Arts. Digital Diasporas Applications close: 15 July 2021 at midnight Residency dates: mid-October mid-December 2021 ... Grant amount: $10,000 This remote, online residency hosted by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Sydney), Chronus Art CenterCAC(Shanghai) and Gendai (Toronto) is open to artists, collectives, and curators to gather under a "Chinese and Chinese diaspora" cohort. This opportunity is for research, exploration and learning, for openness to collective, intercultural and cross-border development and research. Applications for this residency are being administered by our partner China Residencies (New York City). Full details: https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au//International-Develo/

12.01.2022 Opportunity for artists who live within the within the Mornington Peninsula Shire boundary.

12.01.2022 Congratulations to Peter Wegner on winning the centennial #archibaldprize with his painting of Guy Warren at 100 years of age. We look forward to experiencing the Archibald Prize at Gippsland Art Gallery in October!

10.01.2022 Creative Partnerships Australia yesterday announced the winners of their 2020 Awards across five areas: - Business Leadership Award: Andy Penn, CEO, Telstra - Arts Leadership Award: Rachel Healy & Neil Armfield AO - Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award: Alexandra Burt - Philanthropy Leadership Award: Maureen Wheeler AO & Tony Wheeler AO... - Arts Visionary Award: S Baillieu Myer AC & Sarah Myer - Arts Visionary Award: Lady Potter AC Videos with all of the recipients are available on the Creative Partnerships Australia Vimeo channel. Here is a link to the winner of the Business Leadership Award, Andy Penn, CEO of Telstra - which supports the Australian Ballet, the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) at MAGNT. https://vimeo.com/481514205

10.01.2022 Amina Barolli, SAM marketing co-ordinator, says goodbye after 11 years - Amina is leaving SAM to undertake further study. We extend our best wishes!

10.01.2022 National Gallery of Victoria Australia at Federation Square is open and welcoming visitors with the retrospective exhibition DESTINY, showcasing the work of one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists Destiny Deacon. https://www.theguardian.com//destiny-deacon-on-humour-in-a

09.01.2022 Great to see Benalla Art Gallery included in this list. Visit www.pgav.org.au to find out what’s on at 56 public galleries across Victoria.

09.01.2022 Opportunity for Victorian printmakers - entries are now open for Castlemaine Art Museum's second Experimental Print Prize - a biennial, non-acquisitive prize open to artists resident in Victoria. Three prizes are on offer: $10,000, $5,000 and $3,000 for an emerging artist. Full details: https://castlemaineartmuseum.org.au/exhibitions/2021-epp #PGAVgalleries #VictorianPublicGalleries #castlemaineartmuseum #printmaking #artprize

08.01.2022 Richard Bell speaks with The Guardian ahead of the opening of his retrospective at Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney. For some 30 years, the Kamilaroi, Kooma, Jiman and Goreng Goreng man has deployed his canvas for bold activism. Speaking with the Guardian, he says Australia needs a fundamental reset to embed the rights of Indigenous people as the country’s traditional and continuing owners.

07.01.2022 We are thrilled to announce that we were successful in achieving a Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund grant from the Australian Government to deliver ‘All The Difference: increasing cultural diversity at Victoria's public galleries’. ‘All The Difference’ will build strategic relationships between public galleries and culturally and linguistically diverse curators, artists and communities across Victoria. The project will deliver diversity training to gallery... staff, undertake mentoring and engagement with curators, artists and audiences and address barriers to inclusivity. ‘All The Difference’ will be delivered in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) and National Exhibitions Touring Support - NETS Victoria. More information - https://www.arts.gov.au//rise-fund-grant-recipients-batch-

03.01.2022 Shonae Hobson, curator of Piinpi: Contemporay Indigenous Fashion - currently showing at Bendigo Art Gallery, speaks with Grace Lilian Lee, designer and co-founder of First Nations Fashion + Design, about the present and future of Indigenous fashion design.

02.01.2022 It is fantastic to see public galleries across Victoria re-opening to the public. All of Victoria is now under the same level of restrictions and the 'ring of steel' separating metropolitan and regional Victoria has been lifted - enabling visitors to experience public galleries anywhere across the state. Before you visit, we recommend checking gallery websites to learn about new COVID Safe measures - including whether you need to book FREE timed-tickets. You can find links to gallery website from the PGAV website https://pgav.org.au/Galleries~107 Pictured here is Louise Tegart, Director of the Art Gallery of Ballarat and President of the PGAV Board on the gallery staircase ahead of re-opening to the public on 14 November. Photo by Tara Moore.

01.01.2022 Arts Project Australia have been named as the 2020 Arts and Culture Champion in the recent Melbourne Awards. Congratulations to the APA team on this achievement!