Newcastle Art Gallery Analysis

This assignment delves into an in-depth analysis of the Newcastle Art Gallery. It examines various aspects of the gallery, including its current exhibitions like 'Future,' 'KILGOUR PRIZE,' 'Sculpture Garden,' 'Smart Space,' and 'THE FIGURE FEMININE.' The analysis also explores the gallery's historical context, its role within the community as highlighted by sources like VisitNewcastle and The City of Newcastle, and its contribution to art education through programs like those mentioned. Additionally, the assignment considers the broader impact of museums and art galleries on visitors, drawing upon research studies like Pelowski et al. (2017) and Young et al. (2015). The analysis utilizes information gathered from various sources including the gallery's website, online reviews, and tourism websites.

Running Head: Tourism and Travel
Tourism and Travel

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Executive Summary
Newcastle Art Gallery is communities of the most essential public art group in NSW outside
Sydney. The report is all about the cultural and heritage values that attract the tourist. Newcastle
Art Gallery runs a full program of occasions in help of its shows and assumes a key instructive
part in the social existence of Newcastle and the Hunter Region. Dynamic open projects
incorporate craftsmanship workshops, guided visits, film screenings, addresses, classes and open
occasions. It also includes the experiences of the visitors and evaluation of the success of the
Newcastle Art Gallery in attracting the tourist.

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Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Characteristics of the cultural tourism.........................................................................................3
About Newcastle Art Gallery......................................................................................................3
Description of the Newcastle Art Gallery cultural tourism attraction.............................................4
Description of the visitor visited the site.........................................................................................6
Description of interpretation of culture and/or heritage at the site................................................10
Evaluation & Recommendations...................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14
References......................................................................................................................................15
Appendix........................................................................................................................................18
Appendix 1.1..............................................................................................................................18
Appendix 1.2..............................................................................................................................19

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Introduction
Culture heritage tourism is a branch of the tourism, oriented towards the cultural heritage of the
place where the tourism is occurring. Cultural attraction plays a dynamic role in tourism at all the
levels and across the world (Ashworth, & Larkham, 2013). The nationwide trust for Historic
Preservation in the US describes the heritage tourism as "Travelling to explore the places and
activities that genuinely represent the stories and people of the past."
Characteristics of the cultural tourism
 Cultural tourism supports in bringing understanding among the tourists of the various
religions, social background, and culture (Canavan, 2016).
 Cultural tourism is a main force for peace, harmony, and understanding across the world.
 Cultural tourism inspires the co-operation between nations in the free interchange of
tourists across the world.
 It acts a device which is used for the realization of man’s aspirations in the quest of
knowledge education, accepting as well as an understanding of the originality of cultures,
education (Booth, 2014).
The report talks about the tourism attraction Newcastle Art Gallery which is a cultural heritage
place. It is a large and public art museum situated in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
The report shows the visitors experiences and cultural tourism attraction (Waterton, & Watson,
2014).

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About Newcastle Art Gallery
The country's initially reason assembled provincial display; Newcastle Art Gallery was opened
by Queen Elizabeth II in March 1977. Dark Totem II, one of just two extensive figures at any
point delivered by the late Australian craftsman, Brett Whiteley stands 11m high in the Gallery
forecourt, and John Olsen's roof painting the ocean sun of 5 ringers 1964 is on changeless show
inside. Later on, the collection of the gallery continues to grow with the support of the Newcastle
Art Gallery Foundation (Refer Appendix 1.1).
Description of the Newcastle Art Gallery cultural tourism attraction
Newcastle Art Gallery is unique in Australia, this gallery is consists of the groups of the
Australian art of any local gallery. This gallery is repeatedly selected as the individual local
gallery in the state to host countrywide and traveling exhibitions. The popularity of the gallery is
visible from the growing destination by the local, national and international visitors. The gallery
is open from 10 am to 5 pm every Tuesday to Saturday for 365 days. This gallery is generally
closed on the occasion of the Good Friday and Christmas Day (Thompson, 2015). This
destination is becoming the attraction for the tourists the reason being this the Australia's oldest
and most interesting place. The gallery is blended of the new and old architecture. This
architecture attracts the tourist and they get to know more about the culture of the places. The
gallery Hosts approximately 17 exhibitions per year. These exhibitions draw on the gallery’s
groups as well as the private and public collections of international and the national importance.
These exhibitions attract the tourists towards the Newcastle Art Gallery (The City of Newcastle,
2017). The gallery also run some of the programmes that include the events workshops, guided
tours lectures, and seminars. The exhibition that took place in the gallery includes some of the

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exhibitions which are free of charge and some special exhibitions that have an entry fee. The
public events organized by the gallery are mostly free of cost.
The Newcastle Art Gallery culture is an essential part of the social life of the gallery. The aim of
the gallery is to encourage and support the gallery and the growth of the group of the art. There
were more than 1,300 members who appear in the exhibition special events and preview
comprises of the films and lectures. There are more than 140 members of the gallery foundation
who raises the money and manages the investment of the funds in the art to enhance the support
the growth of the gallery. Since its inception, the foundation has donated works of art in excess
of $5.5 million (Museums & Galleries of NSW, 2017).

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The images show the tourist of different places having different interests. The key artists of
Newcastle art gallery include Authur Boyd, Grace Cossingtom-Smith, diving Boyd, Rupert
Bunny, John Coburn, Donald Friend, Emily Kame Kgnwarreye, William Dobell, Margaret
Olley, Margaret Preston, Brett Whiteley, Lloyd Rees (NEWCASTLE, Australia, 2017). These
artists show the history and heritage through paintings. The paintings also reveal powerful stories
of the people and the culture. With more than 6,100 works, the Newcastle ART gallery is home
to the 2nd largest gathering in NSW. A tourist who appreciates the art and has the keen interest in
the art will definitely like to visit the place like the Newcastle Art Gallery. Tourist attract
towards the cultural heritage places the reason being they want to know about the different
cultures of different countries (Medina, & Brian, 2015).
Description of the visitor visited the site
The presence of the visitors at the place shows the popularity of the place and also shows how
the cultural values play a vital role for the tourists. The people who visited the Newcastle Art
gallery said that they came to know about the different people of different religions, of a
different country (Trip Advisor, 2017). Each country maintains own cultural values according to
the places.
Visitor-1
KouKla Oz a visitor shared the reviews for the place; he was quite surprised by The Phantom
show, whose exhibition was there until 20th August 2017. He said the art was great and that too
with the range of artists, he appreciated the collection that is maintained by the Newcastle art

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gallery. He shared his views about the cultural values he gets to know and also he found the
friendly and helpful staff.
Visitor-2
Alice C, Armidale, from Australia, said that he found the art gallery peaceful and pleasing. The
visitor visited the gallery in the hot afternoon and he she was pleased to spend few hours in the
art gallery. He said that the gallery was interesting basically the ground floor that is the reason he
visited most of the time on the ground floor which consists of the interesting artwork collection
made by the local artists (Young, Tischler, Hulbert, & Camic, 2015). The gallery was full of the
different arts that include the great aboriginal art and some collections of the pottery and
ceramics. On the other floor, there was an art exhibition of the John Olsen, the art collection was
amazing and he enjoyed. The exhibition of John Olsen was full of the information. As it was the
end of the school holidays, there was a workshop for the children’s. The children's took the
participation which helped them to learn more information about the cultural heritage values.
The workshop seems to be very attractive, fascinating and entertaining for the children. Alice
notices a smart area especially for the children’s that appeared to be very popular because of the
surrounded crowd. Alice will like to visit the place ones more and will recommend other to visit
the place.

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The visitor's review throws light on how a child tries to execute the art. The gallery tries to
organize different types of a workshop for the children's that attract the children's towards the art.
The gallery conducts the contest among the children’s at the time of holidays; this contest
motivates the children to perform well (Pelowski, Forster, Tinio, Scholl, & Leder, 2017). The
gallery members believe this brings out the actual talent of the children’s which helps them in
identifying the future.
The gallery tries to arrange the workshop at the time of the school holidays which make them see
the crowd in the gallery. The participation of the number children’s also increases. The images

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show how the gallery is contributing to enhancing the skills, capabilities, information of the
children’s about the art (Refer Appendix 1.2).
Visitor-3
One visitor who really appreciated the working and the activities of the Newcastle art gallery is
Dianne Beevers; he said that the art gallery offers the superb programming of exhibitions
drawing from a notable collection of the Japanese ceramics, and Australian art. The visitor
enjoyed the current exhibition of the John Olsen which was conducted on the upper floor. Then
the visitor showed the interest in the curated exhibitions of the contemporary art which attracts
most of the crowd of the Newcastle art gallery. The ground floor exhibition takes contemporary
textiles as its focus was on the longstanding interest in the region. The visitors noticed that all the
exhibitions include the contribution of the international artists. This makes the gallery look
versatile that engage the creatively curated. He said it is an art to be proud of. The experience of
the tourists shows that they are happy to visit the place and they are going to recommend the
place to other friends and family members.
These reviews describe the place and show how the place is becoming an attractive place for the
people. The tourist gets to know about the cultural heritage of the Newcastle. This is the place
for all the age group people that can be children, teenager, youth, and senior citizen. The place is
informatics place for the tourist who wants to learn more about the cultural values of the country.
The youth and teenagers enjoy the art and get the inspiration to choose their future in the same
field. On the other hand, the children's also get to know what is art and how it appears.
Definitely, the fact is that it gives the children a glimpse of the information.

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Description of interpretation of culture and/or heritage at the site
The Newcastle art gallery shows the cultural or heritage through the attractive along with the
creative art and sculpture. The art shows the culture and the heritage of the country and their
people’s, this creates the harmony and peace among the people.
A sculpture garden is a place at the site, a place for the tourist to relax and enjoy a collection of
the local artist’s sculptures in an outdoor setting. This garden consists of the seven sulfurs from
the assortment of the Margel Hinder, Akio Makigawa, GeorgeBaldessin, Vlase Nikoleski,
Edward Milan, Clement Meadmore and Kathleen Shillam. Below is the image of the site where
the sculptures are placed (Newcastle Art Gallery, 2017). Each of these sculptures talks about the
different cultures.
After visiting the site the culture and heritage can be interpreted from the gallery may vary
according to the person to person. The gallery conducts a KILGOUR PRIZE competition in
which the Australian can take part and they can win the prize of $50,000 for making the major

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figurative and portrait art (Newcastle Art Gallery, 2017). The prize should be given to the artist
for the most outstanding work. The KILGOUR PRIZE 2017 started from 5th August but it ends
on 15th October 2017. Currently, there is an exhibition on the THE FIGURE FEMININE. The
Newcastle Art Gallery takes place from 5th August to 15th of October 2017. An exhibition
presenting a selection of the female figurative and portrait works from the collection. This
exhibition shows the culture or heritage value and makes the people aware of their cultural
values (Newcastle Art Gallery, 2017). This attracts the tourist towards the heritage or culture
place.
At the site, there is a place which is known as the Smart Space. There is a dedicated space on the
first floor of the gallery, which is developed by the audience team to emphasize the exhibition on
display. Guests can attempt a workmanship making action or add to a collective craftsmanship
making a venture that aggregates through the span of the presentation. In some cases, Smart
Space highlights show-stoppers from the accumulation that complement the display somehow,
maybe by recounting an expanded anecdote about a specific craftsman or topic (Newcastle Art
Gallery, 2017). There is the presence of the extended educational captions or description on the
walls and inviting future. This encourages the tourist to linger and learn more about the art.

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In the future, there will be many more exhibitions going to take place in the Newcastle Art
Gallery. The upcoming exhibition includes PAINTING MEMORY: from the collection (28th
October 2017- 28th January 2018), and EVERYTHING CHANGES: Tim Maguire 2000-2017
(18th November 2017 to 18th February 2018). These exhibitions reflect the culture and heritage
values of the artist. The gallery members are very supportive who helps in conducting and
arranging different exhibitions (Newcastle Art Gallery, 2017). The employees of the art gallery
are talented and have skills that are the reason they are able to manage the gallery and the art
placed in the gallery. At the time of the exhibitions, some employees also guide the tourist about
the art. This shows the capabilities and the skills that the employees of the gallery have
(Visitnsw.com., 2017).

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Evaluation & Recommendations
The Newcastle Art gallery is successful in attracting the tourist and plays a vital role in
enhancing the knowledge about the culture and heritage. The visit and experience of the tourists
towards the gallery show that they like to visit the place again and again. The exhibition, events,
and workshops of the children’s attract the tourists and visitors towards the gallery. There were
more than 1,300 people who visited the art gallery for its attractive and creative art. The number
of tourists shows the popularity of the place. The gallery can attract more of the tourist by
making the free entry in the exhibition and the events (Newcastle Art Gallery, 2017). Apart from
this, the gallery can work on the infrastructure facilities; there should be more places where
people can get to learn more about the art. There should be short courses along with the
workshops for the children’s so that they can utilize their holidays in learning the art and
sculptures.

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Conclusion
The report throws the light on the culture and the heritage of the Newcastle Art Gallery. The
report shows how the gallery manages and controls the activities of the exhibitions and the
events. This is the place where most of the tourist get attracted because of the culture and
heritage. The report shows the experiences of the people who visited the site, according to the
reviews and experiences of the tourist the people will recommend the place. The people who
visited the place noticed that the place is not only good for the youth but also for the children’s
(Stone, & Brough, 2014). The people who have the keen interest in the sculptures and art will
definitely like to visit the place like the Newcastle art gallery, as it includes the art of both local
and international artists. Later, the report talks about the interpretation of the culture and/or
heritage at the site.

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https://mgnsw.org.au/organisations/newcastle-art-gallery/
Newcastle Art Gallery. (2017). Exhibitions. Viewed on 22nd September 2017
http://www.nag.org.au/Exhibitions
Newcastle Art Gallery. (2017). Future. Viewed on 22nd September 2017.
http://www.nag.org.au/Exhibitions/Future
Newcastle Art Gallery. (2017). KILGOUR PRIZE. Viewed on 22nd September 2017.
http://www.nag.org.au/Exhibitions/KILGOUR-PRIZE
Newcastle Art Gallery. (2017). Sculpture Garden. Viewed on 22nd September 2017.
http://www.nag.org.au/Exhibitions/Sculpture-Garden
Newcastle Art Gallery. (2017). Smart Space. Viewed on 22nd September 2017.
http://nag.org.au/Exhibitions/Smart-Space

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Newcastle Art Gallery. (2017). THE FIGURE FEMININE. Viewed on 22nd September 2017.
http://nag.org.au/Exhibitions/Current/THE-FIGURE-FEMININE
NEWCASTLE, Australia. (2017). Newcastle Art Gallery. Viewed on 22nd September 2017.
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Young, R., Tischler, V., Hulbert, S., & Camic, P. M. (2015). The impact of viewing and making
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Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 9(4), 368.

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Appendix
Appendix 1.1
Entrance of the Newcastle Art Gallery

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Appendix 1.2
Teaching to the children’s about the art and sculpture that helps the children to make the best art
and this will support the future of the children’s.

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