Ben Gunn—is the
Nawarla
George Chaloupka Fellow Gabarnmung
shelter
mapping
begins
Special points of interest:
in this issue:
 Ben Gunn—2009
Chaloupka Fellow
 Dinner photos
 Impromptu auction
 What’s on at the Museum
 New Council member
 Financials
 Constitution
Caption describing picture or graphic.
Respected Anthropologist, Ben Gunn
(above right) was announced as the 2009
George Chaloupka Fellow. Ben is congratulated here, by sponsor ERA’s Chief
Executive Rob Atkinson at the August
‘Foundation dinner.
During August Ben Gunn,
the 2009 George
Chaloupka fellow,
mapped and photographed the artwork on
the ceilings, columns and
bridges of the Nawarla
Gabarnmung shelter, the
site of his work in Jawoyn
country. The art includes
northern elements as
well as typical Jawoyn
features suggesting the
Nawarla Gabarnmung shelter
site may have been a
meeting place. The data
from the site mapping,
together with the photos
– over 1700 - will be the
(Above) images from Nawarla Gabarnmung
basis for subsequent
analysis over the coming
months.
HelenGarnett
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MAGNT FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER
Dinner—successful fundraiser and lots of fun
(Above)
Peter
Hopton
and Ken
Suter
(Above) Rob Atkinson,
Ben Gunn and Helen
Garnett
(Right)
Rex Wild
and
Rhona
Hearne
(Left) Marcia
Langton, Leigh
Douglas, Gunn,
Pina Giulianai,
Anna Malgorzewicz, Ben Gunn
and George
Chaloupka
(Above) Jeff
Pinkerton, Marilyn
Pinkerton and Deb
Fracaro
(Right) Wendy James
and Apolline Kohen
IMPROMPTU AUCTION RAISES $3825
—THANKS TO THE IRREPRESSIBLE JEFF PINKERTON
Good member, friend of the
Foundation and man of
action Jeff Pinkerton raised
$3825, on the spur of the
moment . Jeff set in motion
and conducted an auction
of objects and donations,
many of which he conjured
up via his mobile phone
through a barrage of calls to
his friends and acquaintances.
A huge thank you Jeff and
to all of those who participated by donating and
purchasing objects and
services.
Generous donors to the auction—
Thank you
Deb and Dominic Fracaro
John and Jeanette Anictomatis
Char Restaurant
Northern Editions
Jeff Pinkerton
MAGNT FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER
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(Left) Colin
Laverty, Liz
Laverty and
Apolline
Kohen
(Above Right )
Veronique
Paterson, Greg
Sinclair, Guylainn
Truchon and
Steeve Thibeault
(Right ) Anna
Malgorzewicz and
Beverly Knight
(Left) Marcia
Langton and
Rob Atkinson
(Right)
Linda
(Right ) Who are
Fazldeen
andthey?????????
Val
Ashe
(Left) Dominic and Deb
Fracaro and Michael Martin
(Below) Chris Hopton
and Sylvia Suter
(Above ) Rodney Davis
and William Mora
(Below) Jan Hills
and Len Notaras
MAGNT FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER
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New Exhibition at MAGNT Beautiful Beasts
21 November 2009-14 March 2010
Beautiful Beasts looks at the animal world and how artists
from different cultural backgrounds take up this theme to
express a range of emotions, stories and anecdotes. Beautiful Beasts explores the vast array of artistic expressions
used by artists to depict animals such as crocodiles, birds,
pigs and mythological beings. Sculptures, drawings, textiles,
prints and paintings are happily mixed together to create an
enjoyable, fun and colourful show. All the works are from the
MAGNT permanent visual art Collections and have rarely or
never been seen by the public. Internationally renowned
Australian artists such as John Olsen, Sidney Nolan, Ian
Fairweather and John Mawurndjul, Darwin local artists Rob
Brown and Aly de Groot, Indigenous artists Anniebell
Marrngamarrnga and Peggy Jones to name just a few are
Rob Brown
Burke & Wills (after Nolan)
Oil on board
featured in Beautiful Beasts and bring different perspectives
to this universally fascinating theme. Les Kossatz’s monumental sculpture of life-sized sheep, Aly de Groot miniature Dish Pig and the
Tjanpi weavers big mob of dogs will no doubt trigger smiles amongst all viewers. Beautiful Beasts reminds us that art is for all to appreciate and enjoy. Above all, this exhibition is an open invitation to discover some of the treasures of the MAGNT visual art collections.
ReCoil: Change and Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art
28 November 2009- 2 May 2010
Apolline Kohen
The Foundation Council welcomes a new face—
Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis is a lawyer who
practiced in Adelaide from the
mid 60s. He was a judge for 25
years and
recently retired after 3
years in the
Solomons.
He has a
grown up son
and a 19
month old
daughter.
Welcome Jack.
Foundation Council
Helen Garnett FTSE FAICD PSM
Ken Suter
Wendy James OAM
Frieda Evans
Lorna Tenison-Woods
Apolline Kohen
Jack Lewis
Museums & Art Galleries of
the Northern Territory
Foundation Ltd
P O Box 80
PARAP NT 0804
President:
Professor Helen Garnett FTSE
FAICD PSM
Phone: (08) 8985 5522
Email: [email protected]
Constitution
Financials
Some eighteen months
ago your Council made a
policy decision to establish a two directional approach to the provision
of financial support to
our Museum and it’s activities. It would continue
to raise funds for specific
purposes such as the
George Chaloupka Fellowship and in parallel it
would work to establish a
capital fund the income
from which would be
used to support other
activities. The target for
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the base capital fund
was set at One Million
Dollars. To date your
hard working team has
raised one hundred thousand dollars towards the
target of one million. A
capital fund of One Million Dollars could provide
ongoing annual funding
in the order of seventy
thousand dollars per annum. Your support to
achieving this target is
sought.
When the Foundation
was first formed the Constitution ensured that the
Museum Council and the
relevant Minister exercised a degree of influence over the Foundation activities. There
have been occasions
when this situation created unforeseen difficulties for both Organisations. A number of
changes to the Constitution were made to address these situations as
they arose. At the last
Annual General Meeting
a resolution was passed
to make further amendments to the Constitution
to ensure the Foundation
could now act with full
independence in raising
funds while retaining effective processes to ensure that what the funds
are raised and used for
accord with MAGNT priorities. The past and current
Constitutional changes
have had the full support
of the Museum Council
and the relevant Minister.
Ken Suter