Bendigo public art gallery.
Blindside gallery.
- Commercial galleries need publicity to increase the amount of sales of artworks, the amount of gallery attendance.
- The gallery owners can act as the publicity officer unless there is someone employed for that role.
- In big art galleries there is usually a large budget to promote exhibitions, these are likely to attract large audiences.
By using many resources to promote the Bendigo art gallery gets large audiences often, using their website which clearly displays, what’s showing and ‘exhibitions’ as well as ‘programs and events the ability to display what is going on and the ability to promote using the internet is not underestimated. Along with this the use of social media the …show more content…
- Education officers.
- Registrars. (collection management.
- Addministative officers.
- Technicians.
- Receptionists.
- Guides, and friends of the gallery are volunteers.
“The BLINDSIDE Board of Directors consists of voluntary members who are curators, artists, academics, arts managers or other arts professionals. Exhibition proposals are reviewed and assessed by the BLINDSIDE Artistic Directors who program the annual calendar of exhibitions.”
“BLINDSIDE is run by a Board of Directors which consist of voluntary members who are artists, curators, academics, arts managers or other arts professionals. BLINDSIDE also has a Board of Artistic Directors, who advise on the creative direction of the organisation, as well as Associate Members and Advisors, all of whom contribute to the running of BLINDSIDE.
The board works in conjunction with a paid gallery ganager, who looks after the exhibition program and liaises with artists; and with a group of Associate Members who work in a volunteer capacity and perform various roles within the gallery, such as Website Administrator, Public Program Coordinator, Education Program Coordinator and Gallery Invigilators who sit the gallery.
Each month there is a board meeting where …show more content…
The Bendigo Art Gallery has an air conditioning system that completes readings which are taken 15 minutes apart. This is done from small wall mounted thermohydrographs; thermohydrographs are used by many gallery’s and are an excellent way to collect information.
The system’s humidity has a two phase process; humidity is put into the air ducts with a water evaporative pad system. With a backup being a Kettle system this produces steam, which is then pumped into the ducts to the gallery.
At the gallery the amount of light changes depending on the medium of the work. Works on paper require a lower light level (around 55 lux) than acrylic/ oil paintings, which can accommodate up to 120-200 lux, although not for prolonged periods. Stone/ Glass/ Ceramic and metal can accommodate almost any sort of light levels. The Museum standard lighting is Tungsten bulbs rather and not flouriest strip lighting. At Bendigo works are rested after an extended exhibition. There is a tool called a lux meter that can be used.
There are monitoring systems for pests monitoring system needs to be put in place, such as an Integrated Pest Management system. This is used in most galleries there is regular surface fumigation as