1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Now, the Darwin Roatary Club is gearing up to host 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: an art show at Charles Darwin University, culminating in an 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: auction on July fourth. Now it is set to attract 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: hopefully national and international interest, with organizers hoping to raise 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: funds for art bursaries at Charles Darwin University. Now joining 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: me in the studio to tell us more is the 7 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: club's Peter Hopton. 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning Katie. How are you. 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm very good, Peter. 10 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: Tell us You'll be happy to know that I'm not 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: here to talk about wars in Europe or the sale 12 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 2: of the Darwin Portal, the sale of Santos this morning. 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: I know. I We'll tell worry. 14 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 2: We've got something far more exactly to talk about, which 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 2: is art in the Northern Territory. 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, and raising money, you know, to help others, which 17 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: I think is a wonderful thing. Now, tell me a 18 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: little bit about what's planned for the art show. 19 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: Sure, Probably the first question is why why will we 20 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 2: do this? And just a bit of a lesson. We 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: recognize that education is one of the major pathways to 22 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 2: solving our problems in the Northern Territory and art is 23 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: one of the major ones that attracts people in remote 24 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: communities and unfortunately it's called STEM science, Technology, Engineering and 25 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: Mathematics attracked about into their scholarships. About eighty percent of 26 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 2: their scholarships are funded nationally and within states and territories, 27 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 2: and the poor art faculty attracts about twenty percent for 28 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: a scholarship. So we thought we'd do something about that 29 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: and we would raise money to support budding art students 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: from across the top of Australia. So good not only 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: the territory Queensland, West Australia and potentially team or as 32 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: well for students attending art classes at Darwin University. 33 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: I think it's a wonderful thing to do. So it's 34 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: planned for what day was it. 35 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: We open the Denala that's in the city campus. If 36 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 2: you walk in the door on the right hand side, 37 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: you'll see about one hundred and five pieces of art 38 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 2: there for sale and for auction. So we open that 39 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: on the second of July at eight o'clock in the 40 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: morning and it will cease. It's open to the public, 41 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: so anybody can walk in and have a look or 42 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: more importantly walk in and have a buy. But it'll 43 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: be manned by rotarians during the day and you'll be 44 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: able to buy it on the spot and there'll be 45 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: a red sticker put on the piece of art to 46 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: say that it's sold, and then after three days of sales. 47 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 2: The combination of it is the International and International Art Auction, 48 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: so it's run like a souther piece things. But the 49 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 2: company is called called Shapiro in Sydney, and Andrews Shapiro 50 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: himself has donated his time and his company time to 51 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 2: put this together for us. So the challenge was to 52 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: aggregate art around Australia and overseas and how have you gone? 53 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: Have you got plenty of pieces of art? 54 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 2: It has blown me out of the water. Locally, we've 55 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: got some people here who I won't give the name, 56 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: but selling their house and downsizing and they had a 57 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: lot of art and the wife said, well, we're only 58 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: going to have a few walls in our next place. 59 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 2: What are you going to do with all this art? 60 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 2: So we've ended up with it. So yes, that's so great. 61 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: So there are a number of the twenty six items 62 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 2: going for auction, excuse me, ten of those will be donated, 63 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: which is fantastic. And another little anecdote is that one 64 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: of those pieces of art, and that auction is actually 65 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: from a prisoner in the Darwin Penitentiary, right, and through 66 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: corrections he has built a magnificent piece of art and 67 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 2: in a shape of a turtle, right, And people that 68 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: have seen it already said, this is absolutely unbelievable piece 69 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: of art. And so he's done that and two Bilbi's 70 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 2: and a giant green at all in metal. 71 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: Oh that sounds right. 72 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a wonderful thing. And the good part 73 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 2: about that is that under the terms and conditions that 74 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: if that art raises more than three thousand dollars to 75 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 2: be put into the fund, that the scholarship gets named 76 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 2: after him. If you take that to the extent. 77 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good thing. Yeah, give us his name 78 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: if you've got it there. So he's obviously created that 79 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: art while out there at corrections. 80 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 2: He is Wesley Bolton corrections. 81 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, good on him. I think that's good contributing to 82 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: the community. 83 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 2: And the artists are sitting and standing. Bilbie's a turtle 84 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 2: and an insect, which is an app. 85 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: Now, so tell me about some of the other pieces 86 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: of art. I'm assuming some of it, like you know, 87 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: sculptures or art works like you've just. 88 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: Touched on there a little bit of woodwork yep, but 89 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 2: predominantly painting. So you've got the pro Hearts and the 90 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: ken Doanes, We've got. 91 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: A bit of everything there is. 92 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 2: It's a sort of a pretty eclectic. There's about thirty 93 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: percent of its Aboriginal art. And I should mention in 94 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: the Aboriginal Art that we have an Australia wide renowned 95 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 2: collector of Aboriginal art in doctor David Went from Stuart Park. 96 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: Oh yep. 97 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 2: And David has contributed about four pieces of art and 98 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 2: they are he's been collecting average of art for over 99 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 2: sixty years. Wow. So there's about three or four pieces 100 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: of his in the collection. 101 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: So tell me how much money are you hoping to raise. 102 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: Well, a a good night will be sixty thousand dollars 103 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 2: and a fantastic night would be one hundred thousand dollars, 104 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 2: so that it's whilst it's dollars to us, it translates 105 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: to scholarships. So we'd like to say we would hand 106 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: somewhere between six and ten scholarships through Charles Dale and University. 107 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was going to be my next question. How 108 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: many scholarships, So between six and teen depending on how 109 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: deep the community digs to raise money. 110 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: So we would love to see in the audience. I'd 111 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: love to see the usual the Greeks versus the Chinese 112 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 2: bidding against one another for something that we have a territory, 113 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: the territory way. 114 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, we are such a multicultural place, so Peter I 115 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: should say. 116 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: Also in the collection is a fantastic bit of art 117 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 2: from India, a historical piece of art, and so the 118 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 2: Indian community you should There's a painting called Kashmir in 119 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: there that you should be looking at. And then for 120 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 2: those historians amongst us, there's four pieces of art that 121 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 2: are from the eighteen forties to the eighteen nineties of 122 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: English Countryside and Winter, which are Karen Brown, who's been 123 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 2: doing the curating for us, says, these are absolutely one 124 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: of fantastic pieces of art. Now they've been donated to us. 125 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 2: So if you're English and you're pining for home, come 126 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: along and attend the auction and get some of John 127 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 2: Breers's art. 128 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: How great, I mean, how great the way that the 129 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: community is obviously donating as well to make sure that 130 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: you are able to raise as much money as possible. 131 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: Four people wanting to obviously study at CDU. 132 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and for the benefit. But at the end 133 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 2: of this there will be a CDU Rotary Committee put 134 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 2: together and they will provide the rules as to these 135 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: are how the bursaries are to be awarded and managed. 136 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: So it will be input from senior members of the 137 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 2: Rotary Club as to how they spend the money that 138 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 2: we've raised. 139 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: Wonderful stuff, well, Peter, the Rosary Club of Darwin does 140 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: some great stuff around the Northern Territory. 141 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: You've been a part of that. 142 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: I have at different times tried to help out because 143 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: I really like to see people contributing to the community 144 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: and doing wonderful things. And as I say, the Rotary 145 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: Club really does. What else have you got? Have you 146 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: got a bit of other stuff going on at the moment? 147 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: The Rotary Club always busy. 148 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously got the chocolate wheel at the show coming on, Yes, 149 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 2: so that keeps people the whole of the club busy 150 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: for three days and beyond that it's just the usual one, 151 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 2: the whole and one has been deferred I think until 152 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 2: next year, but that's an attractant which the majority of 153 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 2: that money goes to the No More campaign, so we 154 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: still contribute to riding for the disabled and those we 155 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 2: raise around probably around one hundred thousand dollars a year, 156 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: which is distributed through this local community. 157 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 1: Wonderful one. 158 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 2: And of course you've got our work that we've been 159 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 2: doing over at Bellewan for the last eight years. Yeah, 160 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 2: where I have to say that I'm proud with about 161 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 2: what's happened at Bellewan and what we've been able to 162 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 2: do and help Dave Ferguson over there, the CEO, and 163 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 2: because he's got a big, big challenge in front of 164 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: him and managing I think it's two hundred and twenty 165 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: six people. 166 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: Ye, all good stuff. Yeah, well, Peter, it's always good 167 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: to catch up with you. 168 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: Now. 169 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: Anybody listening this morning, they can head along between the 170 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: second and the fourth of July at Charles Darwin University, 171 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: and of course it is going to be open to 172 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: the public and online the second, third and the fourth 173 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: of July and you can head to give give a 174 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: g giv e g y dot com and then you 175 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: can search art Auction twenty five and you'll be able 176 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: to tell little say Rotary Club of Darwin and obviously 177 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 1: you know Charles Darwin University. You'll be able to tell 178 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: whether you're on the right auction or not otherwise you 179 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: can you can turn up. You can go and have 180 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: a look through. 181 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 2: Can't you bet up exactly? We'd love you to turn 182 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 2: up and and if you're turning up to register as 183 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 2: a buyer on the fourth. 184 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: Bring your wallet, bring. 185 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 2: Your wallet, and and and short pockets and a lot 186 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 2: of money. 187 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: Up feed often from the road Tree Club of Darwin. 188 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: Lovely to catch up with you. Thank you, thank you Katie, 189 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: Thanks so much.