NGV Annual Report 2003-04-Part 2 - National Gallery of Victoria

NGV Annual Report 2003/04 Grow 93SponsorshipThe NGV Sponsorship Department is dedicated toidentifying potential funding sources and relationshipopportunities within the Australian corporate sector.The Sponsorship team works closely with all NGVdepartments to develop strategies and proposalsfor corporate sponsorship of NGV exhibitions andprograms. Their role is to present partnership conceptsand business cases to companies, aligning NGVbenefits with corporate objectives including brandawareness and hospitality. Once the relationship isestablished, NGV Sponsorship also manages theagreement, providing sponsors with benefits andprivileges. This is a vital on-going link between theGallery and our key corporate supporters.The National Gallery of Victoria has developedpartnerships with the following partners:Principal Partner Sponsor:Seven MelbournePartner Sponsors:Foster’s GroupQantasCorporate Supporters:SofitelDuluxGlasbau HahnSwish GroupCSIROCraftsman PressPrincipal Sponsors: Macquarie Bank, Esso and Mobil,Crown Lager, Baker & McKenzie, Myer, Arts Victoria,Deutsche Bank, L’Oréal Paris, L’Oréal MelbourneFashion Festival, Visions Australia, Right ManagementConsultants, Ernst & Young, John McCaugheyMemorial Prize Trust, MazdaSupport Sponsors: Art Indemnity Australia, Associationof Independent Schools of Victoria, Australia Councilfor the Arts, Barrisol, Catholic Education Office,Chroma Australia, City of Melbourne, Corriere DellaSera, Department of Education and Training, Diadem,Federation Square Management, Godfrey Hirst, HeraldSun, Novotel, Rutledge Engineering, Seven Network,Singapore Airlines, Taylor Made Signs, TourismVictoria, Triple M, VicHealth, Victorian Curriculum andAssessment Authority, Vittoria Coffee, Vogue Australia,Wallenius WilhelmsenSponsorship achievements for 2003/04• A total of $1.6m secured in cash sponsorship forthe financial year, doubling the previous year’sachievement• Approximately $300,000 in-kind sponsorship wassecured to defray exhibition costs• A new three-year partnership with Myer for namingrights of the Fashion & Textiles Galleries at bothgalleries was announced in December 2003• A new three-year partnership with BlueScope Steelfor naming rights of the Indigenous Galleries at NGVAustralia was approved by BlueScope Steel in lateJune 2003• Qantas re-signed as a Partner Sponsor. Sofitel andDulux re-signed as Corporate Supporters• Principal Sponsors of exhibitions included Ernst &Young for 2004: Australian Culture Now; Baker &McKenzie for Peter Booth; Melbourne Fashion Festivaland L’Oréal for Guy Bourdin• Co-ordination of the acknowledgement and servicingof 11 public and private sector sponsors for TheImpressionists exhibitionNGV FoundationThe NGV Foundation’s primary function is to attractsupport for the National Gallery of Victoria throughcash donations, bequests to the Gallery and gifts ofworks of art. This past year has been an exceptionalyear for the Foundation with many generous donationsof cash and gifts of works of art. We are extremelygrateful for the wonderful generosity of all our donors.The highlight of the year was the magnificent gift to theGallery, and to the people of Melbourne, by our Patron,Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE of the Joseph BrownCollection—Australia’s largest and most generous giftof 19th and 20th century art.2003/04 saw 44 new memberships of the Foundation.We were delighted to have the opportunity to arrangea special lecture on Titian by visiting National Galleryof London curator David Jaffe and to organise specialviewings of Charles Conder 1868–1909 and Darknessand Light: Caravaggio and his World for Members.