Museums & Galleries NSW CEO Maisy Stapleton has today announced the recipients of its 2009 Mentorships and Fellowship Program.

 

With funds from Arts NSW, each year Museums & Galleries NSW (M&G NSW) supports a range of museum and gallery staff from regional and remote areas to undertake mentorship placements in state, national and international cultural institutions.

 

Ms Stapleton announced that Jane Cush, Director of Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, has been awarded the 2009 International Fellowship placement with the Boston Children’s Museum in the USA – one of America’s leading children’s museums.

 

“This is a fabulous opportunity to visit, learn and return with new ideas to apply at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery”. “I feel inspired already and am looking forward to this experience very much”, Ms Cush said.

 

M&G NSW has provided the opportunity for a Director of a regional museum or gallery to undertake an International Fellowship since 2008. Last year’s recipient was Debbie Abraham from Lake Macquarie City Gallery who visited Manchester City Galleries in the UK.

 

The 2009 Gallery Mentorships have been awarded to Kristy Brown from Griffith Regional Art Gallery and Rachel Piercy from Manning Regional Gallery in Taree.

 

Kristy Brown will spend two weeks with the Museum of Contemporary Art working with their exhibitions team.

 

Rachel Piercy will also spend two weeks with the Museum of Contemporary Art involved with the Learning and Access Programs, including their Bella program for young people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities or social, financial and geographic disadvantages.

 

The 2009 Museum Mentorships have been awarded to Helen Velikans from Albury LibraryMuseum and Sam Malloy from Chifley Home in Bathurst.

 

Helen Velikans will spend two weeks with the Victorian Immigration Museum and Sam Malloy will spend two weeks with the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra.

 

The M&G NSW Mentorship & Fellowship Grant Program is managed by Museums & Galleries NSW and funded by Arts NSW.

 

Media contact: Jessica Tyrrell, Communications Manager, Museums & Galleries NSW on 02 9339 9900 or jessicat@mgnsw.org.au