GAMAA 2022 - Museums and Galleries QLD

Some of the Winners and Finalists at the 2022 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards presentation at Queensland State Archives. L-R: Michael Wardell and Sophie Chapman (Logan City Council), Phillip Tanner (National Trust of Australia Queensland), Colleen Sam (Artist, ‘My story: the unbroken spirit of the Kalkadoons [Kalkadunga]’ exhibition), Tegan Burns (North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah), Alexandra Tuite (The University of Queensland Art Museum), Tracy Cooper-Lavery (HOTA Home of the Arts), Ebony and Rianna Weribone (daughters of Colleen Sam), Rhianna Patrick (Co-Curator, ‘Island Futures’ exhibition), Aunty Evelyn Parkin (North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah), Imelda Miller (Co-Curator, ‘Island Futures’ exhibition, Queensland Museum Network), Bianca Acimovic (formerly Rockhampton Museum of Art | Rockhampton Art Gallery), Joy Wilson (Museum of Nursing History, Royal Brisbane Hospital Nurses Association Inc.), Cathy de Silva (Museum of Brisbane), Rachel Arndt (Somerset Regional Council).

2022 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards

M&G QLD announced the Winners and Finalists of the 2022 GAMAA on 12 December, hosted by Queensland State Archives.

Congratulations to all the Winners and Finalists for their outstanding achievement in being selected for the 2022 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards.

Winners and Finalists

Image courtesy of Cooktown Museum, National Trust of Australia Queensland and Relative Creative. Photo: Warren Davel.

Projects

Organisations with Paid Staff

Joint Winner

Cooktown Museum, National Trust of Australia Queensland for Reimagining James Cook Museum in partnership with Relative Creative

Finalists

Queensland Museum Network for Island Futures: What lies ahead for Zenadth Kes?

State Library of Queensland for The Great and Grand Rumpus

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Fabrizio Biviano, *Black Swan Theory*. Photo: Warwick Gow. Courtesy of Noosa Regional Gallery.

Projects

Organisations with Paid Staff

Joint Winner

Noosa Regional Gallery for Floating Land: at the edge of ideas

Buildings at the Dunwich Benevolent Institution, North Stradbroke Island, ca.1935. Negative number 62921, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Courtesy of North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah.

Projects

Organisations Volunteer Run

Winner

North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah for Getting Equal: Australia’s First Successful Aboriginal Wages Case

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Collen Sam, *My story: the unbroken spirit of the Kalkadoons (Kalkadunga).* Photo: Carl Warner. Courtesy of Logan Art Gallery, Logan City Council.

Engagement

Organisations with Paid Staff

Winner

Logan City Council, Logan Art Gallery for My story: the unbroken spirit of the Kalkadoons (Kalkadunga)

Finalists

HOTA Gallery for HOTA Collects

Museum of Brisbane for MoB Learn Assist: Improving Access to Museum Learning

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Exhibition installation view. Courtesy of The University of Queensland Art Museum.

Sustainability

Organisations with Paid Staff

Winner

The University of Queensland Art Museum for Carbon Neutral Certification for the “Oceanic Thinking” exhibition

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Photo of Robyn Daw. Courtesy of Logan City Council.

Individuals

Paid Staff

Winner

Robyn Daw, Logan City Council

Finalists

Bianca Acimovic, formerly Rockhampton Museum of Art | Rockhampton Art Gallery

Rachel Arndt, Somerset Regional Council

Tracy Cooper-Lavery, HOTA, Home of the Arts

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Photo of Joy Wilson. Courtesy of Museum of Nursing History, Royal Brisbane Hospital Nurses Association Inc.

Individuals

Volunteer

Winner

Joy Wilson, Museum of Nursing History, Royal Brisbane Hospital Nurses Association Inc.

Finalist

Julie Weger, Miles & District Historical Society Inc.

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NOTE: M&G QLD did not receive any nominations in the Engagement: Organisations Volunteer Run category or the Sustainability: Organisations Volunteer Run category.

Image courtesy of Donna Davis.