OUR purpose
To provide a visual arts and cultural resource that inspires, enriches and informs the community; enhances experiences through the visual arts; and is a model in the delivery of cultural services to the community.
We believe that the arts and culture are for everyone – for visitors of all ages, abilities, genders and cultures.
Objectives
The Tamworth Regional Gallery is a cultural and community service managed by the Tamworth Regional Council.
The Tamworth Regional Gallery maintains a commitment to excellence in providing:
- Customer service by developing audiences through events and education
- Cultural programs through exhibitions and collections
- Conservation, care and development of the permanent collection
In addressing the vision and objectives of the Tamworth Regional Gallery, we have also identified how the gallery relates to the Arts NSW ambitions and the Cultural Policy Framework. The aims listed below demonstrate our commitment to and integration of the Arts NSW ambitions.
Excellence - Quality
- To create a complete visitor experience demonstrating to all visitors the calibre of Tamworth Regional Gallery
- To commission new work that advances the visual arts collection and provides opportunities for innovation and creativity to flourish
- To create powerful exhibitions that generate meaningful audience engagement and create a ‘safe place for unsafe discussions’
- To demonstrate best practice in collection management, including the processes of acquisition and the development of a visual arts collection plan
- To develop a diverse exhibitions schedule of both touring and in-house product to ‘get the exhibition mix right’ and their associated public programs
Access - Reach
- To work in partnership with the local community, volunteers and identified stakeholders to collaboratively advance the Tamworth Regional Gallery
- To promote online exhibition access to and participation with the visual arts collection, including having the collection accessible on Trove
- To provide dynamic accessible exhibition programs, both online and at the art gallery, to educate and link back to the national curriculum
- To generate innovative exhibitions, including touring exhibitions of a national calibre, to engage new and diverse audiences
- To ensure the collection is accessible both physically and virtually, and to extend this accessibility through loans to external cultural institutions
Strength - Health
- To capture new audiences who would not typically seek out the visual arts and provide exposure to and engagement with meaningful experiences
- To support the arts community and promote the development of creative industries and their ongoing success at both a local and national level
- To generate income streams for the Tamworth Regional Gallery that are not reliant on external grants or corporate sponsorship
- To develop and build the visual arts collection through a combination of cultural gifts, purchases, bequests, donations and commissions
- To maintain and extend the existing branding and reputation of the Tamworth Regional Gallery, including the continuation of the Tamworth Textile Triennial