Title: University of Melbourne Ewing and George Paton Galleries Archive 1971-1990

URL: http://georgepatongalleryarchive.wordpress.com/

Description: The George Paton Gallery Archive is a collection of material dated between 1972-c.1990 and includes Annual Reports to Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, correspondence, exhibition catalogues, publications, photographs, slides, video recordings, audio recordings, posters and more. The purpose of this blog is to share items of interest to the archivist processing and listing the George Paton Gallery collection and discuss significant connections and events as they arise. The collection is available for access through the University of Melbourne Archives to researchers or anyone interested in art an Melbourne history and culture. An online, searchable list of the collection will be accessible early 2013. The Ewing Gallery was established in the Union building in 1938. In 1971 Kiffy Carter (nee Rubbo) was appointed director of the Ewing Gallery and Rowden White Library, and began a programme of changing exhibitions funded by the Student Union. From 1974 funding also came from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council; in that year a meeting room was converted to the George Paton Gallery and it merged with the Ewing Gallery. The Gallery was at the cutting edge of the contemporary art scene in Melbourne, but was increasingly criticized within the student body for catering to the wider art community rather than the student community. It wound up at the end of 1990 after the withdrawal of Student Union funding. The Ewing Collection was transferred to the University Museum of Art. The gallery reopened in 1994 and is still operating today with a focus on serving students and providing a professional experience, not only to University of Melbourne students but all Victorian Art Schools. The calibre and prestige remains high; many aspiring and acclaimed artists and curators have been associated with the George Paton Gallery since its reopening, the gallery itself a significant Melbourne exhibition and cultural venue.

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