Reconciliation Action Plan

OUR VISION FOR RECONCILIATION Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Reconciliation Action Plan 15 Our Business QAGOMA’s vision is to be the leading institution for the contemporary art of Australia, Asia and the Pacific. Our purpose is to engage people with art and artists through memorable and transformative experiences. This will be achieved through the following principles: • Access for all • Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples • Leadership through research, learning and innovation • Commitment to a sustainable, collaborative and inclusive culture. Our Purpose QAGOMA connects people with art. Our exhibitions and programs showcase diverse historical and contemporary works by both national and international artists. The Gallery’s two buildings — the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in South Bank’s Cultural Precinct — offer visitors complementary exhibitions and experiences. The QAGOMA Collection comprises more than 19 000 historical and contemporary works of art, and we share research and scholarship on the Collection through publications, a quarterly magazine, brochures and on our website. Since 1993, the Gallery has presented the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) which has always included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. The APT is recognised internationally as a QAGOMA initiative. We aim to profile Queensland artists in particular and are committed to strengthening relationships with the state’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through a dedicated program of exhibitions, acquisitions and public engagement. Through education and public programs, QAGOMA presents the visual arts as an essential part of broader culture, relevant to the lives of a diverse audience of all ages, and we curate regional touring exhibitions and programs to provide people across the state with more immediate access to the Collection. Michael Cook , Bidjara people / Broken Dreams #2 2010 / Gift of Andrew Clouston through the QAGOMA Foundation 2018. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / © Michael Cook Situated at Kurilpa * on the Brisbane River, the state’s premier visual arts institution — the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) — recognises and promotes the creativity, talent and achievements of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our vision for reconciliation is an Australia that respects and elevates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, creativity, knowledge, customs and cultures. This vision embraces our shared histories and promotes equality, equity and positive engagement. In the spirit of reconciliation and with a desire to empower First Australians, we will address the historical underrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the country’s first creators, artists and storytellers. QAGOMA will include, engage with and promote Indigenous Australian artists, cultures, values and art, and will continue to collect, display, care for and share the Gallery’s holdings of these works. We will strive to increase and improve our connections with, opportunities for, and representations of Australia’s First Peoples. QAGOMA acknowledges that reconciliation is achieved through the cooperative efforts of all Australians. Through art, we will work to achieve equity, truth-telling, justice, and respectful, thoughtful engagement, both in the Gallery and across the state. *Kurilpa — meaning the ‘place of the kuril’, a native water rat — is a north-facing peninsula on the south side of the Brisbane River.