Picture the Nation

The New Zealand Centre for Photography

AND

The New Zealand Portrait Gallery

are combining in a bold new initiative to bring the riches of photography and portraiture to a wide range of New Zealanders and visitors in the heart of Wellington. With your help, in 2007 the elegant Edwardian Shed 11 on the Capital's waterfront will be refurbished to become a new long-term attraction.

Shed 11 will be a vital part of the Cultural Capital. As well as becoming a strong presence in Wellington both organisations will reach out to all of New Zealand. Shed 11, a Grade I listed historic building, is exceptionally well situated within the thriving central business district and the capital's acclaimed waterfront arts area.

Located along a line with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, and the Wellington Museum of City & Sea, with Te Papa and Waitangi Park to the south and the Wellington City Gallery in Civic square to the west, it is part of the cultural ribbon which extends along the harbour's edge.

Something for Everyone in one of New Zealand's Great Spaces

Photography and portraiture have been central to the development of the New Zealand identity. Our origins and achievements have been preserved for centuries in carvings in wood and stone and , since the beginning of European settlement, through the lens of a camera and by artists' hands on paper and canvas. However, despite their importance, New Zealand has neither a home for a national portrait gallery nor a gallery devoted to the display of photographic art. The absence of these institutions is a lamentable gap in our cultural expression and heritage.

The New Zealand Portrait Gallery and New Zealand Centre of Photography's visually dynamic exhibitions will showcase all aspects of the photographic media from the past to the most recent technological developments. The New Zealand Portrait Gallery will be extending the boundaries of what has hitherto been regarded as portraiture to include video and audio portraits as well as the latest explorations in presenting identity. Both will blend programmes which range from the historical to the contemporary , from the scholarly to the popular. Our public programmes will engage new audiences, stimulate an interest in collecting and an awareness of photography and portraiture both within the context of New Zealand and internationally . One exhibition at least per year will tour and others will be available for tour.

Portraiture

Conveying a depth of emotion rarely evoked. Via many mediums, exact and specific, you have an insight into the soul.

The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Trust was set up in 1990, with the active support of Sir John Marshall, to create a gallery for New Zealand equivalent to similar historical and biographical museums in other democracies. it too has not had a permanent home and in 2003 it was required to move out of its most recent premises in Bowen House. It has, however, continued to mount exhibitions and to maintain a programme other activities, including lectures, seminars and portrait competitions.

It has a strong and active Friends association with members throughout New Zealand. It maintains close and effective links with National Portrait Galleries in Edinburgh, London, Ottawa, Canberra and Washington D.C.

Photography

the most persuasive, evocative, immediate, sensual, democratic, powerful and accessible medium of our time.

New Zealanders have, been and are, important contributors to the world of photographic art. The New Zealand Centre for Photography Trust Board was established in 1985 by three of New Zealand's most prominent photographers of the day, Brian Brake, Brian Enting and Matheson Beaumont, to promote the art of photography in New Zealand and, by education and otherwise to make photography accessible to the public. The Centre has never had a long-term permanent premises (it has resided in, among other places, Inverlochy House and Bowen House, which it shared with the portrait Gallery). Nonetheless, it has mounted numerous exhibitions, run photography courses from the very basic to master classes and it has established and owns an important collection of approximately 25, 000 New Zealand images. it has an active membership, with subscribers on five continents, maintains links with other centres and museums which share its commitment to photography and publishes a successful quarterly magazine, The New Zealand Journal of Photography, the nation's only quarterly devoted to independent photographic practice in New Zealand and an essential tool for photography in New Zealand.

The Proposal for your Support

What we've achieved in 2006:

Wellington Waterfront Limited's contribution in the form of an agreement to make Shed 11 available to us for 5 years rent free – the assessed value of their commitment is $500,000. Wellington City Council's commitment to annual funding of $75,000 per year for 10 years with inflation adjustments over that period as part of the Council's Long Term Council Community Plan. Pledges from sponsors are already being received.

What we Need in 2007:

In order to qualify for the grants fro Wellington Waterfront Limited and Wellington City Council, Shed 11 Limited must raise: a minimum matching sum of $175,000 per year for the capital required to enhance the building and maximise viewing conditions and the visitor experience the sum of $135,000 for operation expenses, at least and additional $125,000

The Longer Term

Our fundraising requirement for the next five years is $1,637,000 We have been planning the most cost effective way to achieve the ideal that we share for a dynamic and successful gallery. The forward budget that Shed 11 Limited has developed indicates the scale of the operation that we are planning. It is ambitious, but limited, and we believe achievable.

Support:

Kauri Partner: over $75,000
Totara Sponsor $50,000
Rimu patron 10,000 to $25,000
Matai Supporter $5,000 to $10,000

Join the Support and Contributions of Prominent New Zealanders

Trustees of The New Zealand Portrait Gallery:

Chair: Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys: Former Governor-General and Justice of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.
Dr Alan Bollard – Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Dr. Jock Phillips – Historian, general Editor, Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealanders
Dr Keith Ovenden – Biographer, novelist, social scientist
Treasurer: John Sladden ACA

Director of the Gallery:

Avenal McKinnon MA Hons (Cant) MA (Courtauld)

Trustees of The New Zealand Centre of Photography:

Peter Ratner, Solicitor
Harvey Benge, internationally recognised photographer, author and curator
Andrew Hopkinson, Manager, Capital Markets, Telecom New Zealand Limitedr
Anne Noble, ONZM, Professor of Photography and Research Director, College of Creative Arts, Massey University
Jonathan Russell General Manager, Saatchi & Saatchi
Paul Thompson, Photographer, former Director of the Museum of Wellington City and Sea

Director of the Gallery:

David Langman BA Hons (Qld) MA Arts Admin (UNSW)

Directors of the Company (Shed 11 Ltd):

Dr. Keith Ovenden
Peter Ratner
Jonathan Russell
John Sladden

A Chairman, independent of the two organisations, is to be appointed*
*In March of 2007 this was confirmed as Murray Jack, Chief executive for Deloitte
The Directors of the two organisations will be responsible for the day to day management of the galleries.

Both the Portrait Gallery and the Centre for Photography are trust Boards incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 and have charitable status under the Income Tax Act 2004.

Shed 11 Limited is a limited liability company which will hold the lease of the premises and manage the Galleries. It is in the process of registering for charitable status under the Income Tax Act 2004.

Both trust boards and the company will be applying for registration as charitable entities under the Charities Act 2005.

The Directors of the Galleries - These names and addresses no longer available.

Avenal McKinnon
dir@nzportgal.org.nz
tel/fax +64 4 4728874
mob: 027 444 4755
PO Box 17096
Wellington

AND

David Langman:
centrephot@clear.net.nz
tel +64 4 934 3590
mob: 021 718 941
PO Box 5365 Lambton Quay
Wellington 6145

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