Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2013

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For many, the tradition of philanthropy encompasses giving back

to their School for the benefit of current and future generations.

to 1988. ‘It hit home once again just how important it is for students to be exposed to as much learning at a young age as possible. On discovering that the School had an art collection, I was very keen to contribute my artwork to support this endeavour.’ Kylie is gifting two paintings — Faultline 2009 and Rocks, Shoalhaven River 2012 — under the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, which encourages donations of culturally significant gifts to public collections by offering tax incentives to the donor. Kylie painted the recent work during an artist’s residency at Bundanon, the property overlooking the Shoalhaven River near Nowra in New South Wales that was gifted to the Australian people in 1993 by venerated Australian painter Arthur Boyd and his artist wife Yvonne. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours, from Queensland College of Art Griffith University and a Master of Fine Arts from Victoria’s Monash University, Kylie is a mid-career artist who paints on linen and on plywood, often using the grain of the timber to complete the image. Her quiet appreciation of the understated and sometimes conflicting drama of both untamed and manicured garden landscapes feeds directly into both donated works. In recent years the doyen of Brisbane art dealers Philip Bacon has awarded Kylie with a competition win and an acquisition prize, and she has been a finalist in several national painting prizes, including the Tattersall’s Prize, the Thiess Art Award, the Stanthorpe Art Award and the John Leslie Art Prize. While based in Melbourne, and represented by Bridget McDonnell Gallery in that city, Kylie has family in Brisbane and her ties remain strong. She is thrilled that current and future students will be able to contemplate the paintings of a past student. ‘I am absolutely delighted to support the Brisbane Girls Grammar art collection, and I see my gift as a way of “passing the baton” between generations.’ Our inspirational past students are uniquely placed to give back to their School and model philanthropic ideals to our girls. Through the support of women such as Karalyn and Kylie, the School is enriched financially, intellectually and culturally. Whatever form these gifts take, they demonstrate our community’s belief in the value of girls’ education and help make this exceptional School what it is today. TO DISCUSS DONATING AN ARTWORK THROUGH THE CULTURAL GIFTS PROGRAM OR NAMING AN AERE PERENNIUS PLAQUE, PLEASE CONTACT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT MS LEA WALKER.

TOP LEFT Karalyn Shaw with her children at the CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility Paul Wild Observatory in Narrabri

TOP Kylie Elkington ‘on reconnaissance’ in the bush

ABOVE Rocks , Shoalhaven River 2012 oil on linen

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