2021 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards
M&G QLD announced the Winners of the 2021 GAMAA on 14 December presented as a live online event. Watch the recording here.
Congratulations to all the Winners and Finalists for their outstanding achievement in being selected for the 2021 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards.
Winners and Finalists
Projects
Winner
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, for Legacy: Reflections on Mabo exhibition
Finalists
Artspace Mackay for Ron McBurnie: In Search of Arcadia artist-in-residence program
Noosa Regional Gallery for Floating Land: point to point
Queensland Museum for I Do! Wedding Stories from Queensland
Museum of Brisbane for Bauhaus Now exhibition
Projects
Winner
Ingham Family History Association Inc. in partnership with Sandi Robb History and Heritage Consultant for Re-Discovering Buk Ti: Chinese settlers in the Lower Herbert Valley
Finalists
Queensland Women’s Historical Association for High Society 1860–1960 – an exhibition of evening attire worn to theatrical and social events in early Brisbane
Gladstone Maritime Museum for Relocation of Museum to East Shores Parklands
Wondai Regional Art Gallery for Gallery Extensions
Engagement
Winner
Logan Art Gallery for Our stories and designs
Finalist
Brisbane City Council for City-wide Outdoor Gallery Augmented Reality Art Treasure Hunt
Sustainability
Winner
Australian Age of Dinosaurs, Winton, for Our past, your museum. Building a sustainable Museum of Natural History in Outback Queensland
Individuals
Winner
Captain Adele Catts, Army Museum South Queensland
Finalist
Billie-Jo Ogilvie, Artspace Mackay
Individuals
Winner
Jill Hogrefe, Girl Guides Queensland Archive
NOTE: M&G QLD did not receive any nominations in the Engagement: Volunteer Run category or the Sustainability: Volunteer Run category. Additionally, the judges chose not to shortlist any Finalists in the Sustainability: Organisations with Paid Staff category or the Individual: Volunteer category.
Trophy artist
The Winners received an exquisite trophy specially commissioned from Yarrabah artist, Michelle Yeatman, made possible through the generous sponsorship of Public Galleries Queensland and AMaGA Queensland.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank our 2021 trophy sponsors Public Galleries Queensland and AMaGA Queensland.
M&G QLD sincerely thanks the 2021 GAMAA judging panel:
Michelle Blair, Regional Arts Officer – South West Queensland, Regional Arts Services Network
Rebecca McDuff, Director, Bundaberg Regional Galleries
Suzanne Gibson, Manager, Cairns Museum
Enquiries
Rebekah Butler
Executive Director, Museums & Galleries Queensland
07 3059 9744
[email protected]
