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Archibald’s $10m ‘flow’ for business THE return of the Archibald Prize tour to the Mornington Peninsula next spring is expected to bring around 50,000 visitors to the region and inject $10 million into the local economy. The prestigious and popular exhibition will be hosted by the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG) in 2023 for seven weeks from 15 September to 5 November. Gallery director Danny Lacy said it was a coup for the gallery and for the region, with past experience showing there will be a flowon impact for other businesses. “The Archibald is hugely popular, and people come from all over the state, and other parts of the country,” he said. “We are so excited about being selected for this, everybody likes the Archibald, whether they are art enthusiasts or not.” Lacy said when the Archibald Prize tour came to the peninsula 10 years ago “it was a very different world”. “This time, in order to manage numbers and ensure everyone has a great viewing experience, there will be a booking system,” he said. MPRG is the largest public gallery in Melbourne’s south east and Lacy said it was the perfect fit for the Archibald tour, with museum standard lighting, temperature control and staffing capacity. The Archibald entries are Judged by trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, with the prize awarded to the best portrait painting. Since 1921, it has highlighted figures from all walks of life, from famous faces to local heroes. Liz Bell
THE Archibald is coming. Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s Danny Lacy, right, with Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh. Picture: Yanni
Shire ‘shouts’ for money Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has stepped up its lobbying efforts to squeeze more money out of the next state government. With nearly seven weeks to go before the 26 November election, the shire is calling on residents and
“Victorians” to pressure candidates into committing money for its “most important projects”. Since early September, the shire has been running a Shout Out campaign as part of its “advocacy” to secure promises of money from candidates in the peninsula’s three electorates: Mornington, Hastings and Nepean. The call for residents to join forces
with the shire’s “advocacy” efforts comes just weeks after being given a “worst ever” rating in the annual satisfaction survey. The September issue of the shire’s online newsletter Peninsula Buzz includes the following unattributed statement: “As the Victorian state election nears, we are calling on our local political candidates to pledge
funding for our most important projects. Join us. “At council, we have a unique insight into the needs and priorities of our people - and a responsibility to do what we can to achieve those community priorities.” The shire says its projects list is based on “what you have told us during our many community consultation sessions”.
Councillors agreed to the list of priority projects at the 22 March meeting and campaign “ideas” have since been discussed by the in-house advocacy council consultative group, which includes officers, CEO John Baker, the mayor Cr Anthony Marsh, deputy mayor Cr Lisa Dixon and Crs David Gill, Antonella Celi and Steve Holland. Continued Page 6
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