Annual Reports, 1932-1944, Napier Society of Arts & Crafts and The Hawke's Bay Art Society
Maker
Hawke's Bay Art Society (Incorporated)
Daily Telegraph Print
Production date
1932-1944
Object detail
Brief Description
A binder full of Annual Reports of both the Napier Society of Arts & Crafts and The Hawke's Bay Art Society from the years 1932 to 1944.
Each edition includes: names of the officers (President until 1941 was Mr N Kettle, and then Mr M S Spence), a write-up of the events of the year preceding, a statement of accounts and a list of the members.
Significant notes from each year (in order of compilation) are:
1932: effects of the 1931 earthquake on the society and its events.
1934: concerns and issues around finding a suitable place to display exhibitions.
1935: new Art Gallery and Museum building has been started; and weekly museum working-bees.
1936: Reverend Bishop of Waiapu opened the first part of the New museum building; the name of the society was changed to The Hawke's Bay Art Society (Incorporated); many prints bought by the society in England in 1935 were framed but no new pictures were bought; a sketch club as been formed; discussion is being held about forming an art school; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1937: more of the building structure is completed; exhibitions on Modern British Railway and Foreign Travel Posters, woodcuts, Picture Art Union, and New Zealand artists annual exhibition; gifts to the art library; sketch club; adult art classes; Hawke's Bay Camera Club founded; school visits to the museum started; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1938: centre portion of building was formally opened; art library being used by schools; Black and Lady Maclean collections mostly catalogued; assorted lectures were held; exhibitions included Development Schemes in Hawke's Bay, Needlework, New Zealand artists annual exhibition, Modern British Printing, as well as those arranged by the camera club and the art library; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1939: building is free of debt, all costs have been paid, though it is not yet complete; some taxidermy updated was done; exhibitions included the Canadian Exhibition, New Zealand artists annual exhibition, the International Children's Exhibition, the Contrast Exhibition and solo shows for John L Morre, R J Waghorn, Cranleigh Barton, W J Rush, and Gertrude Ball; lecture series continued; photographic exhibitions by the camera club; adult art school classes continued; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1940: exhibitions included paintings by James Fraser Scott on loan, nature photographs borrowed from London, New Zealand artists annual exhibition, pictures by Elizabeth Belbruck, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum; lecture series continued; interior of the building has been largely developed; taxidermist hired full-time; policy set to limit museum to New Zealand and particularly Hawke's Bay; director cut short a tour of American museums, the left-over funds were used to fit-out the display areas for South Sea Ethnology and Fish; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1941: interior of building as complete as funds allow; lecture series continues; exhibitions included New Zealand artists annual exhibition, Centennial Art Exhibition and Coronation Picture, Inter-Club Photographic Competition arranged by the Hawke's Bay Camera Club, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1942: Curator W G Ball died at the end of 1941; weekly working parties have been discontinued due to loss of people for the military and war-time blackout regulations; lecture series continued; Inter-Club Photographic Competition arranged by the Hawke's Bay Camera Club; exhibitions included New Zealand artists annual exhibition, New Zealand Society of Artists Patriotic Gift Exhibition, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum.
1943: due to wartime restrictions no special exhibitions were held, annual exhibitions held included Inter-Club Photographic Competition arranged by the Hawke's Bay Camera Club, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum; many members of the armed forces visit the museum; large bequest by Miss Webb of Hastings; lecture series continues but on a limited scale due to war-time regulations.
1944: the society has started loaning pictures to schools for the first time; 29 Carnegie reproductions have been reframed; exhibitions included only Captain Peter McIntyre's war images and the New Zealand artists annual exhibition.
Each edition includes: names of the officers (President until 1941 was Mr N Kettle, and then Mr M S Spence), a write-up of the events of the year preceding, a statement of accounts and a list of the members.
Significant notes from each year (in order of compilation) are:
1932: effects of the 1931 earthquake on the society and its events.
1934: concerns and issues around finding a suitable place to display exhibitions.
1935: new Art Gallery and Museum building has been started; and weekly museum working-bees.
1936: Reverend Bishop of Waiapu opened the first part of the New museum building; the name of the society was changed to The Hawke's Bay Art Society (Incorporated); many prints bought by the society in England in 1935 were framed but no new pictures were bought; a sketch club as been formed; discussion is being held about forming an art school; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1937: more of the building structure is completed; exhibitions on Modern British Railway and Foreign Travel Posters, woodcuts, Picture Art Union, and New Zealand artists annual exhibition; gifts to the art library; sketch club; adult art classes; Hawke's Bay Camera Club founded; school visits to the museum started; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1938: centre portion of building was formally opened; art library being used by schools; Black and Lady Maclean collections mostly catalogued; assorted lectures were held; exhibitions included Development Schemes in Hawke's Bay, Needlework, New Zealand artists annual exhibition, Modern British Printing, as well as those arranged by the camera club and the art library; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1939: building is free of debt, all costs have been paid, though it is not yet complete; some taxidermy updated was done; exhibitions included the Canadian Exhibition, New Zealand artists annual exhibition, the International Children's Exhibition, the Contrast Exhibition and solo shows for John L Morre, R J Waghorn, Cranleigh Barton, W J Rush, and Gertrude Ball; lecture series continued; photographic exhibitions by the camera club; adult art school classes continued; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1940: exhibitions included paintings by James Fraser Scott on loan, nature photographs borrowed from London, New Zealand artists annual exhibition, pictures by Elizabeth Belbruck, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum; lecture series continued; interior of the building has been largely developed; taxidermist hired full-time; policy set to limit museum to New Zealand and particularly Hawke's Bay; director cut short a tour of American museums, the left-over funds were used to fit-out the display areas for South Sea Ethnology and Fish; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1941: interior of building as complete as funds allow; lecture series continues; exhibitions included New Zealand artists annual exhibition, Centennial Art Exhibition and Coronation Picture, Inter-Club Photographic Competition arranged by the Hawke's Bay Camera Club, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum; and weekly museum working-bees continued.
1942: Curator W G Ball died at the end of 1941; weekly working parties have been discontinued due to loss of people for the military and war-time blackout regulations; lecture series continued; Inter-Club Photographic Competition arranged by the Hawke's Bay Camera Club; exhibitions included New Zealand artists annual exhibition, New Zealand Society of Artists Patriotic Gift Exhibition, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum.
1943: due to wartime restrictions no special exhibitions were held, annual exhibitions held included Inter-Club Photographic Competition arranged by the Hawke's Bay Camera Club, and student art from the children's and adult art classes offered by the museum; many members of the armed forces visit the museum; large bequest by Miss Webb of Hastings; lecture series continues but on a limited scale due to war-time regulations.
1944: the society has started loaning pictures to schools for the first time; 29 Carnegie reproductions have been reframed; exhibitions included only Captain Peter McIntyre's war images and the New Zealand artists annual exhibition.
Production date
1932-1944
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Ink on paper
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 270 x 215mm
Signature/Inscription
Hawke's Bay & East Coast Art Society, Bookplate, Adhesive
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1932-1944
Other number(s)
708 HAW, 6631, 76877
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