|
|
 |
Press Centre
Welcome to 'In the Artist's Footsteps' Press Centre to keep you up to date with developments on the site and the announcement of new programs and issues.
If you have any special media requests please email editor@artistsfootsteps.com or call the press centre direct on (03) 98185700.
To view the press releases in full including photographs please click on the headings below:
Tribute
to Sir William Dargie
Sir William Dargie passed away 26 July 2003
Images
from the Brushstrokes of the Coast Launch
15 April 2002
Oeanarium
Melbourne Aquarium
Victoria's
Coastline History Showcased with Brushstrokes
15 April 2002
An historic
wood engraving, 'Landing
passengers at Wilsons Promontory c. 1884', of passengers being
unloaded in a bucket from a tossing boat in a wild sea at Wilson's Promontory
is just one of the images being released today at the Melbourne Aquarium
on the Victorian Coastline.
Images
from the Launch of the Sir William Dargie Collection
27 February 2002
InfoZone
Melbourne Museum
Archibald
prize winner, Sir William Dargie, goes online
27 February
2002
The
former Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today
launched the collection of Sir William Dargie as the latest feature on
the educational website In the Artist's Footsteps.
Senator
the Hon Rod Kemp, former Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport
Speech Notes
27 February 2002
Sir
William Dargie Brushstrokes of Influence
27
February 2002
As Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth 11 arrives in Australia, Sir William Dargie, the artist
who painted her official portrait at Buckingham Palace in 1954 today will
be honoured with the release of his eight Archibald Prize winning paintings
and his life story on the Internet.
Images
from the Brushstrokes of the Coast Launch
Sunday 17 February 2002
Ricketts Point, Beaumaris
Brushstrokes
of History at Ricketts Point Today
Sunday 17 February
2002
Artists from across Melbourne, along with relatives of some of Australia's
most famous artists from the Heidelberg School, will turn back the clock
over 100 years this morning on the beach at Ricketts Point, Beaumaris
to launch 'Brushstrokes of the Coast.'
Brushstrokes
of the Coast
15 January 2002
The brush strokes of some of Australia’s most famous artists will be used
to promote the cultural, environmental and historical significance of
Victoria’s coast.
Images
from the Launch of The Albert Namatjira Collection
27 October 2001 InfoZone, Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Launch with the Hon. Philip Ruddock MP, former Federal Minister for Reconciliation
and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Mr Geoff Clark, former
Chairman of ATSIC and Sir William Dargie.
Launch
of website featuring works of Namatjira
27 October
2001
The former Minister
of Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Philip
Ruddock, today launched a new website featuring the works of Albert Namatjira.
Mr Ruddock
was joined at the launch at the Melbourne Museum by ATSIC Chairman, Geoff
Clark, and artist Sir William Dargie, a close friend and painting companion
of the late Mr Namatjira.
Images
from the Morning Tea with Frederick McCubbin at Como
12/08/2001
Charles McCubbin, grandson of Frederick McCubbin, launches the life and
work of Frederick McCubbin at Como Historic House and Garden in South
Yarra
Morning
Tea with Frederick McCubbin at Como
12/08/2001
The life and
work of Frederick McCubbin, ‘The Proff’, one of Australia's most famous
artists was released yesterday morning at a special ceremony at the historic
National Trust property, Como Historic House and Garden, in South Yarra.
Images
from Canadian Lead Primary School, Ballarat
2 August 2001
Images
from the Launch of the Schools Project and Artists of the Goldfields
at Ballarat
Fine Art Gallery
14 June 2001
Golden
Brushstrokes released in Ballarat
14 June 2001
School students can now learn more about our vital democratic heritage
through the study of Australian art, according to the former Minister
for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Dr David Kemp.
Dr Kemp was
in Ballarat, Victoria, to launch Artists of the Goldfields, which
features the work of Eugene von Guerard and David Davies on the website
In the Artist's Footsteps.
Golden
Brushstrokes released in Ballarat
14 June
2001
The life and work of artist Eugene von Guerard, a migrant from Vienna,
who after failing in his search for gold on the Ballarat Gold Fields in
the 1850's became one of Australia's most important painters, will be
celebrated today with a special ceremony at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
Grant
puts Namatjira Collection On Line
11 June 2001
The life and work of one of Australia's most famous Aboriginal painters,
Albert Namatjira, is to become part of an educational website thanks to
a Federal grant, the Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Affairs, Philip Ruddock, and the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Chairman, Geoff Clark, announced today.
Virtual
Gallery Planned for Schools Art Work
1 June 2001
Students
from around Australia will be able to view each other's work and study
the work of contemporary local artists through a plan to be launched by
the Federal Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, the Hon.
Dr. David Kemp at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery on June 14th.
Brushstrokes
for Democracy Launch at Parliament House, Canberra
8/03/2001
Tom Roberts' famous painting of the opening of the first Australian parliament,
"Opening of the first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia by HRH
the Duke of Cornwall and York, May 9 1901", often known as "The Big Picture",
will carry the story of Australia's democracy to thousands of schoolchildren
around the country via the Internet.
The painting features on an electronic greeting card as part of a new website, "In the Artist's Footsteps", launched by the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs at Parliament House today, the 145th anniversary of Tom Roberts' birth. The launch was attended by Tom Roberts' grandson, Mr Peter Roberts.
Images
from the Brushstrokes for Democracy Launch at Parliament House, Canberra
Thursday 8 March 2001
Former
Minister launches The Women of the Heidelberg School
4/03/2001
The former Minister for Women's Affairs, Ms Sherryl Garbutt, today launched
the beginning of a week of activities around International Women's Day
on March 8, with the launch of a women artists' website.
The website opens the door on the lives of five Victorian women artists of the turn-of-the-century Heidelberg School. The artists were: Clara Southern, Jane Price, Jane Sutherland, May Vale and Elizabeth Parsons.
Images
from the Launch of the Women Artists of the Heidelberg School
Sunday
4 March 2001
Warrandyte
Historical Society
111 Yarra Street
Warrandyte
The
Women of the Heidelberg School
'The Canvas Ceiling'
26/01/2001
After one
hundred years the women who were part of Australia's first major art movement,
the Heidelberg School, will have their work promoted and recognised through
a unique website
www.artistsfootsteps.com
Media
Launch London
Images
from the London launch
18/12/2000
London
Centenary of Federation Launch
British Born Artist Honoured by Australian Federation Project
18/12/2000
Tom Roberts,
the British born artist who painted the 'Opening of the First Parliament
of the Commonwealth of Australia by H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall and York,
May 9, 1901', 1903, will be honoured today at Australia House in London
with the launch of 'In the Artist's Footsteps', an educational Internet
site as part of Australia's Centenary of Federation Celebrations.
In
The Artist's Footsteps Announces Federation Project
20/11/2000
The
life and works of Australia's most famous painters will be taken into
Australian classrooms next year through a unique project 'In the Artist's
Footsteps' created by medialaunch Pty. Ltd., a Melbourne
based Communications and Internet company.
Copyright Notice:
The photographic images of the Artists and the reproduction of the Artists
works are subject to Copyright. People who wish to reproduce any of these
images need to contact the relevant
authorities. The information provided within this website by Andrew
Mackenzie remains his Intellectual Property. All other Rights
Reserved medialaunch Pty. Ltd.
Foundation Sponsors:
In the
Artist's Footsteps is made possible by the support of the following organisations:
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Left: Arthur Streeton
- Above Us The Great Grave Sky, 1890
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
ABN 69 067 524 921
Tel: +61 3 98185700 Fax: +61 3 98185044
Email: editor@artistsfootsteps.com