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Publications and Writing

Author, Artists’ Tapestries from Australia 1976-2005, The Beagle Press for the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, 2007, pp. 1-284

‘Portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch’, Making Portraits: Five Years of Portrait Commissions for the National Portrait Gallery exh.cat., National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ( publication pending) pp.1-4

‘Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, Australian Philanthropy: Honouring the Philanthropy of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC, DBE, Philanthropy Australia, Autumn, 2003, p.10

‘Celebration’, selected extracts from unpublished research, room brochure for exhibition Tapestries From the Victorian Arts Centre Collection, Victorian Arts Centre, April 2002, pp. 2-3

‘Introduction’, The Federation Tapestry: One People United in Peace, Catalogue, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, 2001, p.4

‘Threads of Life’, Essay for Saturday Extra, The Age Extra, December 1, 2001, p.2

Editor and ‘Acknowledgements’, Modern Australian Tapestries, The Beagle Press for the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, 2000, pp.1-96 and 96

‘Heraldry’, International Tapestry Journal, March 1999, pp. 18-20

‘Foreword’, Tapestries Designed by Australian and British Artists, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 1997, p.2

‘The Art of Tapestry’, Woven Colour: The Art of Tapestry, exh. cat., LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, 1997, p.2

‘Contemporary Australian Tapestries’, Synergy: An Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Tapestries, exh. cat., touring exhibition in India, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, 1996, pp.3-4

‘Foreword’, with Maudie Palmer, Australian Tapestries, exh. cat., Heidi Museum of Art, Melbourne, and Australia House, London, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, 1995, p.7

‘Commissions and Collaborations’, International Tapestry Journal, Summer 1995, pp.8-9

‘Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, Contemporary Australian Tapestry, exh. cat., touring exhibition, Australian Embassies in Paris, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, 1994-95, pp.2-3

‘Australian Tapestries go to the Victorian and Albert Museum’, Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, June 1994, pp. 16-18

‘Australian Tapestry: How Did it Happen?’, International Tapestry Journal, 1993, pp. 13-14

‘Weavers and Shakers’, Essay for Soliloquy: An Insider’s View, The Age, 20 November 1993, p.11

‘Foreword’, and ‘Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, Interpretations: The Woven Language of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, exh. cat., Victorian Tapestry Workshop, 1991, p.1 and pp.7-8 in insert.

‘Foreword’, Small Tapestries, exh. cat., Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, 1990, p2

‘Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, VCE Handbook, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990

‘Foreword’, with Kate Derum, World Weavers’ Wall: Small Tapestries from Twenty Countries, exh. cat., Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, 1988, pp.6-7

‘Foreword’, Australian Artists in Tapestry’, exh. cat., Queensland Art Gallery, 1982, p.2

‘The Purchasing and Commissioning of Works of Art for Public Places’, Craft Council of Tasmania Publications, 1979

‘The Victorian Tapestry Workshop’. Craft Australia, Vol.3, Spring Issue, 1978, pp. 28-33

‘Foreword’, Tapestry and the Australian Painter, exh. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, 1978, pp. 4-5

‘Foreword’, The Living Space, exh. cat., Royal Australian Institute of Architects, 1976, p.6

Editor and ‘Introduction’, Young Crafts, Melbourne, Macmillan, 1976 pp, 1-72 and 5

Proposals for the Development of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, 1975 pp. 1-22

Lectures

‘Tapestry and the Australian Painter’, exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, opening address, 1978.

‘Crafts in Our Future Society’, National Gathering of Young Craftsmen, Adelaide, August 1978.

‘Tapestry Production in Australia’, World Crafts Council Conference, Tokyo, September 1978.

‘Tapestry and the Australian Painter’, exhibition, Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia, introductory lecture, 1979.

‘Tapestry and Architecture’, Architects’ Conference, Hobart, March 1979

‘A Turning Point in Textiles’, exhibition High Fibre Content, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, opening address,1980.

‘The Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 1981.

‘Collaborations Between Artists, Designers and Weavers’, School of Art, Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, Launceston 1981.

‘The Craft Debate’, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, 1983.

‘Tapestries in Interior Design’, Society of Interior Designers of Australia, Melbourne, 1984.

‘The Arthur Boyd Tapestry for Parliament House’, Friends of the Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, 1985.

‘Introducing the Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, (two lectures) Volunteer Guides, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1985.

'The Victorian Tapestry Workshop and the Arthur Boyd Tapestry’, Public Lecture, Castlemaine Festival, Castlemaine, 1986.

'The Arthur Boyd Tapestry for Parliament House’, Volunteer Guides, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1986.

‘Translation in the Visual Arts’, Australian Costume and Textile Society, Sydney, 1987.

‘Australian Textiles in Architecture’, International Textile Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, 1987.

‘Tapestry in Australia’, Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, Beijing, China (Official Visitor), 1987

‘Tapestries From the National Bank Collection’, Friends of the Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, 1988.

‘Australian Tapestries 1976-1988’, survey exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, opening address, 1988.

‘Tapestry Today’, International Tapestry Symposium, Ormond College, University of Melbourne, opening address, 1988.

‘Distinguishing Aspects of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, International Tapestry Symposium, Melbourne University, 1988.

‘Tapestry: An Ancient Art’, An Open Mind Project: University of the Third Age, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 1990.

‘Collaboration in the Visual Arts’, Public Lecture, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, 1990

‘Tapestry in Australia’, St Petersburg Academy of Applied and Industrial Arts, St Petersburg, USSR, 1991

‘Tapestry – A Collaborative Art’, Interpretations: The Woven Language of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, touring exhibition, Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, opening addresses, 1991

‘Tapestry in Architecture’, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, USA 1992

‘Tapestry – A Universal Language’, Victorian Tapestry Workshop exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, opening address, 1993.

‘Australian Artists in Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 1997

‘Monumental and Miniature’, Tapestry Study Day, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1998.

‘Introducing an Ancient Art to a Young Country’, Lecture to Williamson Leadership Group, Melbourne, 2002.

‘Australian Tapestry – Leading the World’, Lecture to Williamson Leadership Group, Melbourne, 2003.

‘Artists and Weavers’, introduction and presentation of speakers to VTW Friends organisation, 2003.

‘John Coburn – Tapestry Designer and Collaborator’, Lecture to Symposium honouring John Coburn, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 2004.

‘Artists’ Tapestries from Australia 1976-2001’, the Annual Gloria F Ross Lecture for The Center for Tapestry Studies at the University of Arizona, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2006.

‘Discoveries and Milestones’, the Annual Lecture to the Friends of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, 2006

‘Artists’ Tapestries: The Journey and the Book’, Lyceum Club Melbourne, 2008

‘Pretty As: Richard Larter’s Tapestry’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Public Lecture, 2008.

'Working With Artists’, Savage Club, Melbourne, 2009

'Studio and Workshop', Textile Alliance of America, Santa Fe, USA, 2009

'A Remarkable Flowering', SOFA West, Santa Fe, USA, 2009

‘Australian Artists and Tapestry: From Assisi to Parliament House’, Canberra, Newman College, University of Melbourne, 2009

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Membership of Committees

and Boards

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1971-74 Craft Association of Victoria – Foundation member and Office Bearer

1974-79 Victorian Institute of Colleges

(i) Academic Committee in Art and Design

(ii) Accreditation Committees Ballarat College of Advanced Education Warrnambool College of Advanced Education Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education Prahran College of Advanced Education Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Victorian College of the Arts Darwin Community College Canberra School of Art

1975-78 Victorian Council of the Arts (Ministerial appointment)

1975-76 Craft Association of Victoria – State President

1976-78 Crafts Council of Australia – Vice President

1977-78 Arts Victoria Festival Committee (Ministerial appointment)

1978-79 Crafts Council of Australia – National President

1980-83 Victoria’s 150th Anniversary – Arts and Entertainment Committee (Ministerial appointment)

1980-88 Artbank – founding member of Board, Chair 1984-88(Federal Government Appointment)

1981-84 Australia Council – member (Federal Government Appointment)

1981-85 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – Course Advisory Committee, Department of Textile Design

1982-87 Phillip Institute of Technology – Course Advisory Committee, School of Visual Arts

1984-85 Monash Medical Centre Art Committee

1987-94 Castlemaine Festival Committee (Melbourne Committee)

1989-91 Victorian College of the Arts – Course Advisory Committee, School of Art

1989-93 Monash University (Chisholm) – Course Advisory Committee, Department of Fine Art

1991-92 National Trust of Australia (Vic) – Public Art Committee

1992-96 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Arts Board – Inaugural Chair

1998-99 Peter Mac Art Committee - Member

1995-2009 McClelland Gallery – Trustee and Chair

2006-2009 Chamber Music Australia – Board member

2006-2009 The GFR Centre for Tapestry Studies, University of Arizona, USA – Trustee

2013-2021 Daylesford Macedon Ranges Open Studios - Committee Member and Chair

2014-2021 Hepburn Shire Public art Panel/Advisory Committee - Member and Chair

2019-2021 Art Gallery of Ballarat – Board member

Official Delegations

1978 Kyoto, Japan, as National President, Crafts Council of Australia delegation,

1987 Beijing, China, as Official Visitor (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs)

1991 St Petersburg, USSR, City of Melbourne Business Delegation

1999 Singapore, Victorian Government Cultural Delegation

2003 Nanjing, China, Victorian Government Cultural Delegation

Post Graduate Examiner

May 2004 MA Examiner Second Skin, exhibition and exegesis, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Launceston

July 2006 PhD Examiner Making Nature, exhibition and exegesis, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Launceston

August 2008 MA Examiner Legacy, exhibition and exegesis, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Launceston