[BCMA] University Art Collection Changes
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Wed Jan 12 17:27:26 PST 2011
Hi Joy,
Got your email as Interim Art Gallery Director, interesting times. It
read well, would love to hear more, just wanted to wish you well, you
could teach cats how to land on their feet.
Your friend,
David
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On 12-Jan-11, at 9:52 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. wrote:
>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> From: Art Gallery Director <artgallerydirector at uvic.ca
> >
> Date sent: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:59:15 -0800
> Subject: [Maltwoodpr-l] University Art
> Collection Changes
>
> Hello and best wishes in the New Year.
>
> I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself as, with
> Martin Segger's well-earned retirement in late December, I am
> serving as Interim Director of the University Art Collections and
> the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium for the next year. I am
> thrilled to be given this opportunity to work with the many people
> who support and animate the wonderful collections that comprise the
> University Art Collections (renamed to reflect the vast expansion of
> collections beyond the initial Maltwood Legacy). I have managed the
> University's museum and heritage studies programs for many years and
> have worked closely with Martin and colleagues in the museum and
> heritage community in Victoria and beyond throughout this time. Over
> the years I have been so impressed with the ways in which the
> University's collections have grown and have been shared through the
> work of the staff and faculty. Being more closely involved has
> further strengthened my appreciation of the wonderful teaching,
> learning, and community resource that these collections represent.
>
> As many of you will have noted in the Times Colonist over the last
> few days, other changes are also afoot. With the renovations of the
> University Centre the University has made a commitment to create a
> Welcome Centre to provide current and prospective students, their
> families and the community with an accessible place to learn more
> about the University. At the same time, the staff of the University
> Art Collections have committed to a stronger emphasis on making use
> of collections for teaching and learning, to sharing art across
> campus and in the community, and to the further development of the
> Legacy Gallery downtown. A decision to close the Maltwood exhibition
> space in University Centre in order to focus on these new
> initiatives and to create space for the Welcome Centre was made late
> last year. The present forward plan is the result of several studies
> examining the present and future use of the University's art
> collections.
>
> I want to reassure you on three points.
>
> First, the collections will continue to be cared for, developed and
> shared with the same high standards that have been in place over the
> past many years. We have excellent storage space, and recent
> renovations have provided an opportunity to make improvements,
> reorganize collections, repack many items to ensure that they are
> safely cared for, and to make them more accessible for research
> purposes. I know that many of you have donated works and supported
> the activities of the Maltwood over the years. Your role in shaping
> the University's collections and in ensuring that they serve as rich
> teaching, learning and public resources is valued and your
> intentions will be honoured.
>
> Second, the University's commitment to serving as a lively and
> accessible space in which art plays an important role continues. Art
> from the collection is presented in buildings across campus in
> satellite exhibition spaces in the Law Library, the Elliott lecture
> wing, and the Harry Hickman and Administration Services buildings,
> along with our new exhibition space in the First Peoples House. We
> also share our art throughout the community in such places as
> Government House, Access Health, and the Royal Jubilee Hospital.
>
> Third, the Maltwood name lives on at UVic in the new Maltwood Prints
> and Drawings Gallery in the McPherson Library where, in addition to
> rotating exhibitions, students and scholars will haveaccess to the
> collections and to a research and teaching space run in
> collaboration with the Library's Special Collections.
>
> And finally, we are renovating our Legacy Gallery downtown to expand
> and improve our exhibition space, to develop a student study and
> research centre, to create a classroom, and to house the University
> Art Collection staff. In addition to offering an appealing
> exhibition and gathering space that is accessible to many community
> members, the Legacy Gallery provides a focus for frequently changing
> exhibitions that draw on University Collections and it encourages
> community curatorship. The Legacy will be closing in late February
> for renovations. When we reopen in June, we look forward to inviting
> you to a celebration of this exciting new exhibition and learning
> space.
>
> I hope to meet many of you over the coming months. Thank you for
> your ongoing support and enthusiasm for the University Art
> Collections — we truly appreciate your interest in these collections
> and their important role within the University and in the
> community. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t
> hesitate to contact me.
>
> Best wishes, Joy
>
> Joy Davis, M.Mus.St., Interim Director
> University Art Collections and the University Centre Farquhar
> Auditorium
> University of Victoria
> 250 721 8298
> artgallerydirector at uvic.ca
>
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