Regional jewel: New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) and the Howard Hinton collection
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Article Title | Regional jewel: New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) and the Howard Hinton collection |
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ERA Journal ID | 9873 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kerby, Martin (Author) and Baguley, Margaret (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Art Education |
Journal Citation | 39 (1), pp. 36-49 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Australian Art Education |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1032-1942 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.arteducation.org.au/ |
Abstract | If Michaela Boland is correct in her assertion that “At their best, local art galleries reflect the region back to itself” (Boland, 2012), the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) in Armidale deserves to be ranked among the best in Australia. The recent opening of its new exhibition Hinton: Treasures of Australian art is the culmination of two decades of philanthropy on the part of the art patron Howard Hinton OBE (1867-1948).1 The artists Arthur Streeton (1867-1943) and Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) placed Hinton alongside Alfred Felton (1831-1904), David Scott Mitchell (1836-1907) and Sir Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929), as one of the greatest benefactors of the arts in Australian history (Elphick, 2018). At a broader level, however, the collection also symbolises the importance of art education, particularly in regional areas, through its connection with the Armidale Teachers’ College (1928-1971), then the Armidale College of Advanced Education (ACAE) (1971-1989), which amalgamated with the University of New England (UNE) (1989-2008), and the city that was once touted as the capital of a possible Australian state of ‘New England’. |
Keywords | Armidale Teachers’ College, arts funding, Australian Impressionism, Howard Hinton, New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), regional galleries |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
360602. Fine arts | |
Public Notes | c. Australian Institute of Art Education. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood |
School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4vw2/regional-jewel-new-england-regional-art-museum-neram-and-the-howard-hinton-collection
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