Invitation card to gallery openinghoward arkley exhibition, walsh st library

Poster titled "Melbourne's Painted Trams" with subtitle "Transporting Art", printed on one side of a single sheet of art paper, then folded in half, then folded in concertina style (6 panels), featuring the 15 Melbourne W2 class tramcars that were painted in the years between 1978 and 1982. Provides notes on the artists, their thoughts on the projects and details of the project. Sponsored by the Victorian Ministry for the Arts and Ministry of Transport. Notes that 14 of 15 trams had reached the end of their working lives and were to be auctioned on 7/12/1986, that No. 504, Clifton Pugh was to be donated to Museum of Victoria and that a new series of 20 painted trams were being sponsored. Poster prepared by Malpass and Burrows of the Design group with photographs by Stephen Hall and Regina Grant. Decorated trams, artists. Features trams and artists 525 - Les Kossatz 243 - Mirka Mora 504 - Clifton Pugh 503 - John Nixon 497 - Erica McGilchrist 567 - Peter Corrigan in 1978 and repainted by Paul Mason in 1982. 345 - Gareth Sansom 384 - Howard Arkley 234 - Andrew Southall 336 - Mike Brown 444 - Trevor Nickolls 502 - Rosemary Ryan 340 - Don Laycock 607 - Craig Gough 439 - Stewart Merrett 2nd copy added 2/6/15. Electric Traction, August 1979, page 135 has noted on the removal of the Japanese flags on tram 567 by artist Peter Corrigan.trams, tramways, transporting art, decorated trams, exhibitions, melbourne

Pamphlet titled "Melbourne's Painted Trams" with subtitle "Transporting Art", printed on one side of a single sheet of art paper, then folded in half, then folded in concertina style (6 panels), featuring the 15 Melbourne W2 class tramcars that were painted in the years between 1978 and 1982. Provides notes on the artists, their thoughts on the projects and details of the project. Sponsored by the Victorian Ministry for the Arts and Ministry of Transport. Notes that 14 of 15 trams had reached the end of their working lives and were to be auctioned on 7/12/1986, that No. 504, Clifton Pugh was to be donated to Museum of Victoria and that a new series of 20 painted trams were being sponsored. Poster prepared by Malpass and Burrows of the Design group with photographs by Stephen Hall and Regina Grant. Decorated trams, artists. Features trams and artists 525 - Les Kossatz 243 - Mirka Mora 504 - Clifton Pugh 503 - John Nixon 497 - Erica McGilchrist 567 - Peter Corrigan in 1978 and repainted by Paul Mason in 1982. 345 - Gareth Sansom 384 - Howard Arkley 234 - Andrew Southall 336 - Mike Brown 444 - Trevor Nickolls 502 - Rosemary Ryan 340 - Don Laycock 607 - Craig Gough 439 - Stewart Merrett Images 1 of the poster folded out, 2 of the front cover and 3 of trams 504 and 345. 2nd copy added 7-2-2016 from the collection of Ian Stanley. See Reg Item 7017 for a framed image of a poster produced from the first page or cover page of this poster.trams, tramways, decorated trams, transporting art, melbourne