Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand

QEII Arts Council of New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand

The governing body for four regional arts councils and Te Waka Toi, the council for Maori and Pacific arts. It was replaced in 1994 by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act, which is administered by Creative New Zealand.

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Adsett, Sandy, 1939- :Contemporary Maori art; the first exhibition in the new Museum & ...

Date: 1977

By: Adsett, Sandy, 1939-; Logan Print Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1977-04

Description: An arrangement of text, below a stylised circular motif of a taniwha wielding a taiaha. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint on black paper, 612 x 270 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gisborne Museum in 1977.

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The Sydney Biennale. From Scratch perform rhythm works, Drumwheel & Triad III, with Phi...

Date: 1979 - 1982

From: [Posters, booklets and fliers up to A3 size, relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1979]

Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-1979-01

Description: Poster publicising a concert at the Sydney Biennale shows a photograph from above of four musicians with drums, their sound appearing to be dispersed by rows of pipes of different lengths. This may be the 3rd biennale reviewed by Wystan Curnow in Art New Zealand, 13, Spring 1979, or it may be the 4th biennale (1982). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 460 x 310 mm. Provenance: Acquired in March 1983.

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National Art Gallery :Cindy Sherman; a National Art Gallery exhibition, New Zealand 198...

Date: 1989

Reference: Eph-E-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1989-01

Description: Poster advertising a photography exhibition shows a reproduction of Cindy Sherman's "Untitled film still # 54, 1980" Courtesy Metro Pictures, New York City. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 595 x 806 mm.

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Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand :Artists in residence 1993, Aotearoa New...

Date: 1993

Reference: Eph-E-ARTS-1993-02

Description: Shows a black and white grainy image of the main islands of New Zealand as if photographed through stars or a grainy film. The title is superimposed in blue, with smaller orange text describing the several Artist-in-Residence programmes in Auckland, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Christchurch (2), Dunedin and Greymouth. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 840 x 595 mm.

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[Posters advertising exhibitions of photographers, photographs and photography. 1990-19...

Date: 1990 - 1992

Reference: Eph-D-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1990/1992

Description: Includes: 1990s: The Agfa Listener Time Frame photographic exhibition. New Zealand Listener. Photograph by Anthony Brookes [1990s] 1990: Laurence Aberhart. "Nature morte", 105 photographs 1971-1989. A National Art Gallery exhibition supported by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand. National tour organised by the New Zealand Art Gallery Directors' Council [1990] (2 copies) Object & style; photographs from four decades: 1930s-1960s. Frank Hofmann. Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, 2 February - 18 March 1990. Toured by the National Art Gallery of New Zealand 1991: Art in the Subantarctic; a Trustbank Southland Art Foundation exhibition. Manawatu Art Gallery, May 167 - June 30 1991 Imposing narratives; beyond the documentary in recent New Zealand photography. over 100 works by nine New Zealand photographers. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 17 April - 19 May 1991 1992: Ernst Haas. White Island. New Zealand Centre for Photography, 27-35 Hanson Street, PO Box 16-096 Wellington. Copyright the Ernst Haas Studio; design Donna Hoyle; printing Format Publishers [1992] (2 copies) In our time; the world as seen by Magnum photographers. The greatest photographic exhibition ever seen in New Zealand [Shows portrait of Marilyn Monroe]. National Art Gallery and Museum, 29 February - 26 April 1992 (2 copies) Scenes from real and imaginary life; recent photography. L Budd, Anne Noble, Gavin Hipkins, Neil Pardington, Kathryn McCool, Peter Peryer, Odette Mihaljevich, Marie Shannon. Wellington City Art Gallery, 22 October - 6 December 1992 (2 copies, one damaged slightly at corners) Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s) plus duplicates of some. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying around 750 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources

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The Sydney Biennale. Triad III. A performance From Scratch with Philip Dadson, Ngaire M...

Date: 1979 - 1982

From: [Posters of A2 and A1 size announcing musical events, music, concerts. 1979]

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-1979-01

Description: Poster publicising a concert at the Sydney Biennale shows a composite photograph of a polar bear in the centre, and a hand on each side with palms facing towards the bear. This may be the 3rd biennale reviewed by Wystan Curnow in Art New Zealand, 13, Spring 1979, or it may be the 4th biennale (1982). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 480 x 570 mm. Provenance: Acquired in December 1982.

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[Ephemera and posters of around A3 size relating to sculptors and sculpture in New Zeal...

Date: 1970 - 1989

Reference: Eph-C-SCULPTURE-1970/1989

Description: Includes: Undated: Matt Pine. Sculpture, drawings. Waikato Art Museum 10-30 May [1980s?] 1978: N.Z. sculptors at Mildura; an exhibition featuring 17 contemporary N.Z. artists. National tour organised by Q.E.II Arts Council of N.Z. [Shows photo of "Duck calling" by Gray Nicol. 1978] (2 copies) Coming to your gallery soon. N.Z. sculptors at Mildura. Auckland City Art Gallery, October 5-31 [1978] Platforms; platform "a basis upon which a person makes a stand". An exhibition of 15 dimensional structures by New Zealand artists. CSA Gallery, 5-18 March [19]78 / de Thier & Associates Seventh Sculpture triennial. .. Organised by the City of Mildura Arts Centre, with assistance from Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, Victorian Ministry For The Arts, Arts Council of New Zealand [1978] 1979: N.Z. sculptors at Mildura. Waikato Art Museum 17 January - 11 February 1979; an exhibition featuring 17 contemporary N.Z. artists. [Shows photo of "Duck calling" by Gray Nicol] (2 copies) 1979: Neil Dawson. Interiors. Elva Bett Gallery 19-30 Nov [1979] (2 copies) Order / chaos; small sculptures by Neil Dawson. Bosshard Galleries, 5 Dowling Street Dunedin, 17-29 September 1979. 1980: NZ sculpture 80; earth air fire water. Hansells Sculpture Exhibition. Wairarapa Arts Centre Masterton New Zealand, 4 April - 4 May 1980 (Catalogue discussing featured artists: Peter Gibson, Paul Dibble, Derek Ball, Di ffrench, Neil Dawson, Jacqueline Fraser, Terry Stringer, Christopher Booth, Christine Hellyar, Andrew Cameron, Morgan Jones, Paul Cullen, James Greig, Kate Coolahan, Selwyn Price, Matt Pine, Peter Nicholls, Ngaire Mules, Stuart Griffiths, John Middleditch, Kingsley Baird) 1981?: Baroque Politocaust. Barry Brickell. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 6-7 September [1981?] (2 copies) Kevin Norton. Sculptures. City Art Gallery 65 Victoria Street, 25 September to 17 October 1982. 1982: Skin sculpture; wearable art - jewellery and clothing by Australian and New Zealand artists. A touring exhibition organised by Wellington City Art Gallery [1982] 1983: Jesson. City Art Gallery, 65 Victoria Street Wellington, 22 October - 20 November 1983. Sculpture Australia. Ken Unsworth. National Art Gallery, 6 September - 20 October [1983] (2 copies) Ken Unsworth. Sculpture Australia. National Art Gallery, 6 September - 20 October [1983] (2 copies) Rosalie Gascoigne. Sculpture Australia. National Art Gallery, 16 December [1983] - 12 February 1984. Sculpture Australia. [Catalogue /flier for Rosalie Gascoigne]. National Art Gallery, 16 December [1983] - 12 February 1984. 1984: Alan Peters, famous English craftsman, designer, businessman. Public lecture, Library Lecture Hall Mercer St, 17 February [1984] Sculpture casting workshop. Summer School, Sandy Bay Coromandel, 14-21 January [1984] Winstone ties that bind. Call for entries; a selected multi-media exhibition ... to be selected by Swiss artist and designer Marlise Staehelin. [1984?] (2 copies) Wood and stone; sculpture by Nick Dryden & Barry Hesson. Turnbull House Bowen Street, 1-10 October [1984] (4 copies) Peter Nicholls. Sculpture 1972-84. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1 March - 1 April 1984. 1985: Sculpture by Richard Reddaway. Centre Gallery Arts Centre, 4-10 November 1985. Anthony Stones. China; paintings, drawings & prints, and some recent portrait sculpture. Florey Room, Wolfson College [Oxford, England. 1985 1986: Recent works by Albert McCarthy. Sarjeant Gallery Wanganui, 10 May - 8 June 1986. Sculpture casting workshop. Summer School, Sandy Bay Coromandel, 11-19 January [1986] 1987: Andrew Drummond. Coming & going 1987. Sarjeant Gallery Wanganui. Photo Laurence Aberhart. 1989: Geoff Nees. Blessed reliefs; painted sculptures. Turnbull House, Bowen Street [1989] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Screenprints and offset prints, sizes varying up to 450 mm.

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Tuwhare, Hone, 1922-2008 : Papers relating to Maori writers and artists' conference

Date: 1973-1974

By: Māori Artists and Writers' Conference (1973 : Tukaki Marae, Te Kaha, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Papers-10143

Description: Comprises letters and copies of letters between Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, Hone Tuwhare and Malta Sidney concerning the funding of the inaugural Maori Writers' and Artists' Conference at Te Kaha, and the forthcoming second conference to be held at Wairoa. Includes receipts and other notes Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript

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[Theatre programmes for drama productions in New Zealand, mostly Wellington, in 1993]

Date: 1993

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1993

Description: Includes: Manawatu Theatre Society. "La cage aux folles". Directed by Robert Rimmer. Promotion in the Society's newsletter, 19 November 1993 "A evening with Stephanie Cole", the star of Waiting for God, Tenko, Open all hours, A bit of a do. Supported by Rotary; proceeds for the benefit of the elderly. [1993]. Programme (2 copies) Auckland Cathedral Completion Project in association with Cyrano Studios present an open-air production of Robert Newman's "The crucifixion". Directed by Alan de Malmanche; incidental music by Gary Daverne; executive producer Grant Howard. [1993]. Programme Auckland Theatre Company. "Daughter of heaven:, by Michelanne Forster. Watershed Theatre, opens 15 April [1993]. Flyer AIM Children's Book Festival presents "The Famous Five go to the dogs", written and performed by Martin Baynton, Tessa Duder, Gaelyn Gordon, William Taylor. National Library Auditorium, 27 April 1993. Programme New Zealand Theatre Federation. The Great Lake Play Festival. (With Gwyneth Glover, Janet Grey, Ewen Coleman). Great Lake Centre Taupo, 20-21 August 1993. Pamphlet / registration form QEII Arts Council of New Zealand. Theatre workshops by Linda Wise (France), Cristina Castrillo (Argentina). 26-30 April; 3-7 May [1993] Aotea Centre in association with SAKS presents "Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Michael Hurst (With Jeremy Brennan and Sophia Hawthorne). Herald Theatre Aotea Centre, 12 June 1993. Programme (2 copies) Women's Professional Playwrights' Association. W.O.P.P.A. Festival; 6 new plays by Wellington women. (Stone telling" by Rose Beauchamp; "Cracks", by Lorae Parry; "Farewell speech", by Rachel McAlpine; "Ophelia thinks harder", by J Betts and W Shakespeareumb; "Lashings of whipped cream", by Fiona Samuel. Circa Theatre and Taki Rua / Depot Theatre 1993. Pamphlet (2 copies), plus advertising flyer from Rumble's Wine Merchant for discount on champagne for those attending any of the shows Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

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Greig, James B 1936-1986 : Letter to David Peters, Director Queen Elizabeth II Arts Cou...

Date: 1969

By: Greig, James, 1936-1986

Reference: MS-Papers-2238

Description: Letter concerns Peter's opening of Greig's prospective exhibition at Qanta Exhibition Gallery, Wellington, Nov 1969, with statement of philosophy and ambitions. Also invitation to opening Potter Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and printed matter

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[Ephemera and posters relating to films, motion pictures, cinema. 1990-1993]

Date: 1990 - 1993

Reference: Eph-C-CINEMA-1990/1993

Description: Includes: 1991: -Reel Lunchbox III. National Library Auditorium, 11 April-27 June 1991. Poster (2 copies). 1993: -Creative Film & Video, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand presents... Public lecture by Gary Warner and Special Screening of New Australian Short Films introduced by Gary Warner. 11-12 May 1993. Poster (2 copies). -Hoyts 5 Cinemas Lower Hutt. 25 March 1993. Evening Post advertising supplement. -Jurassic Park. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Poster. Quantity: 4 posters and other ephemera. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 500 mm.

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Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Five Bagatelles; for solo piano

Date: [1986]

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Mays, Sally, active 1974-1986; New Zealand Composers' Foundation; Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-30/3

Description: Original pencil score for Five Bagatelles (1986), for solo piano. Missing page 1. Commissioned by Sally Mays with assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and New Zealand Composers Foundation. Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Holograph

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Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Awa Herea; a song cycle for soprano and piano

Date: 1993

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Chadwell, Tracey Gillian, 1959-1996; Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand; Arts Council of Great Britain

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-32/1

Description: Original score for Awa Herea (Braided Rivers), a song cycle for soprano and piano, composed in 1993. Commissioned by Tracy Chadwell, soprano, with assistance from Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Great Britain. Text by Gillian Whitehead, and translated by Keri Kaa. Quantity: 1 piece.

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Personal and business correspondence

Date: 1990-1991

From: Stead, Christian Karlson, 1932- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12831-313

Description: Comprises mixed personal and business correspondence sent and received by C K Stead from March 1990 to July 1991. Most correspondents are friends, publishers, editors, and literary writers. Includes correspondence relating to the New Zealand Authors’ Fund in 1990/91. Also includes clippings on Ruth Harvey and her decisions as head of the Broadcasting Commission in 1990. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Papers in this folder were originally bound with a binder clip. A note at the front of the papers reads, "Aug 1990-May 1991. (About 22 sheets J Curnow). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: The binder clip was removed and discarded.

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Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 :Marcel Duchamp; the Mary Sisler collection; 78 works 1904-1...

Date: 1967

By: Auckland City Art Gallery; Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968; Rayward, Marion, 1934-1981

Reference: ArtEph-1967-D-01

Description: Catalogue of an exhibition of 78 drawings, paintings, prints and objects to show in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The collection was put together by Mrs Mary Sisler of New York and had shown at a gallery in New York in 1965 Another copy in NZ&P book collection Quantity: 1 book. Physical Description: [22]p, illustrated, 25 cm, illustrated card covers, stapled

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Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 :Marcel Duchamp; the Mary Sisler collection; 78 works 1904-1...

Date: 1967

By: Auckland City Art Gallery; Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968; Rayward, Marion, 1934-1981

Reference: ArtEph-1967-D-01-a

Description: Catalogue of an exhibition of 78 drawings, paintings, prints and objects to show in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The collection was put together by Mrs Mary Sisler of New York and had shown at a gallery in New York in 1965 Another copy in NZ&P book collection, ref.no. 709.20749324 22; another copy in Art Ephemera Includes a pencilled price on front cover: 2/6 Quantity: 1 book. Physical Description: [22]p, illustrated, 25 cm, illustrated card covers, stapled Provenance: Probably received under Legal Deposit

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Funding, literary and film - Papers

Date: 1982-1992

From: Wendt, Albert, 1939- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11619-152

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Projects 1989-1994 (13 of 15) - Giessen 1989, Dieffenbach History of Ferries Arapawa

Date: 1989-1992

From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11624-125

Description: Comprises papers relating to Ian Wedde's trip to Germany in 1989, and in particular his readings and attendance at the 12th annual Conference of the German Speaking Countries on the New Literatures in English organised by the Institut fur Anglistik and Amerikanistik, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen. Contains maps, inwards correspondence, copies of outwards correspondence, photocopies of articles, conference bookmarket catalogue, programme and paper abstracts, drafts of Wedde's lecture 'Reading Arapawa island - a History of Ferries', notes, flyers, forms, and an itinerary. Names selectively indexed. Also includes correspondence relating to proposal for National Art Gallery photography show circa 1990. Source of title - Supplied by donor Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript, mss, printed material

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Projects 1989-1994 (1 of 15) - Sense of Place

Date: 1989-1990

From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11624-113

Description: Comprises papers relating to Ian Wedde's contributions to various projects under the auspices of the New Zealand 1990 Committee (Australia) such as exhibitions and festivals in Australia which featured New Zealand artists and poets. Most papers relate to the exhibition 'Rosalie Gascoigne and Colin McCahon: Sense of Place' held at Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in May 1990. Includes inwards and outwards correspondence and faxes, photocopies of articles on the artists, flyers, notes, catalogues for past exhibitions of Gascoigne, plus photographs of a Gascoigne exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in 1989. Also includes papers relating to a proposal for a 1990 Australia and New Zealand Poetry Festival to be held during the Carnivale multi-cultural festival in New South Wales. Includes inwards correspondence. Source of title - Supplied by donor Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript, mss, photographs

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Papers relating to Spleen publications

Date: 1980-1982

From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11624-066

Description: Comprises papers relating to a publishing venture, Spleen Publications Right Here Books. Includes inward and outward correspondence, short story 'A Night in the Life..of a Sydney Taxi Driver' by Martin Edmond, address list, and short stories by Gerard Smithyman. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript