Issue - meetings

Report of the Arts and Heritage Manager updating the Committee on  activities relating to Southampton City Art Gallery since the Annual Report submitted to Trustees in May of this year and seeking approval to accept works offered as a gift to the collection. 

The report of the Arts and Heritage Manager was submitted updating the Committee on activities relating to Southampton City Art Gallery since the Annual Report submitted to Trustees in May of this year and seeking approval to accept works offered as a gift to the collection. 

It was noted that following the Council Management Team discussions in August and the presentation of the ‘financial scenario’ the Hampshire Cultural Trust would be reporting back on Friday 27^th November  on whether given the ‘worst case scenario’ financial model there was further room for negotiations.

RESOLVED:

(i)  that it is recommended to Trustees that any move to combine the Trust and the Gallery to deliver the arts and heritage service should include a specific Director’s post to ensure that the Arts expertise remained and that the potential for the venue to become an international facility was realised;

(ii)  that the Advisory role to the Trust continue and be incorporated into the Governance arrangements;

(iii)  that the Arts and Heritage Manager report back to the Chipperfield Advisory Committee on the proposed timing for submission of another bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund;

(iv)  that the Arts and Heritage Manager liaise with the Council’s Risk and Insurance Manager over whether restoration insurance would be a viable option for the collection and the effect on the insurance premium;

(v)  that it be recommended to the Trustees that the Museums Code of Ethics be adopted;

(vi)  that the Art Gallery be included in the list of those organisations in the cultural quarter to ensure that it is seen as a key element of the arts complex; and

(vii)  that the acceptance of the works offered as a gift to the collection be approved.