Above: Marian Hosking Left to right: Heart Shaped Round Leaf Gum Necklace, 2006; Gum Nut Chain, 2006
Banner imageS: Margaret West Left to right:Stuff Happens,2005; Limit, 2005; Rosa scissa, 2004
The Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series is now firmly cemented into Object Gallery's annual program and has grown to become one of the most significant initiatives within the Australian craft sector today.
Steven Pozel, Director of Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, highlights the organisation's aims behind the initiative.
» Their time has come by Steven Pozel
The 2007 Living Treasure exhibition and monograph celebrates one of Australia's foremost contemporary jewellers, Marian Hosking. Marian Hosking: Jewellery opens at Object Gallery in Sydney on 9 November.
Alex Selenitsch, in his review of Marian's exhibition writes, "Marian Hosking's exhibition demonstrates that we like to wear a range of things such as brooches, rings and necklaces; it also makes explicit the artist's investigation of flora as a form-giving source, and her commitment to specific landscapes as the context for creative work. And despite the plethora of new works, it is a kind of retrospective, a demonstration of the artist's vision and touch that she has developed over the last decade or so.
» On their selection by Alex Selenitsch
Cathrine Truman
1:5 model without portrait #1, 2005
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Launched in November 2005, the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian craft series is an initiative of Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design promoted by Craft Australia and supported by the network of Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC).
Each year, through the combination of a national touring exhibition and a major monograph publication, the series aims to celebrate the achievements of Australia's most iconic and influential crafts practitioners.
The Living Treasures series is a timely program that recognises the influential contribution of craft practitioners to the development of the Australian cultural landscape. It has met with a great deal of support from the general public and the arts industry.
Over the life of the program the series has expanded to also celebrate the short listed finalists who are recognised as Masters of Australian craft.
This accolade is a new development that acknowledges the wealth and dynamism of the Australian studio craft movement of the past thirty years. More
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The program celebrates the work of Australian artists whose exemplary craft skills have been recognised by their peers. The work of all these artists is visible through the Craft Australia website with links to their work and their practice. Index
The work of the Living Treasures is further visible through the national touring exhibition developed by Object.
The engagement with these makers is further enhanced with the colour monograph produced for each of the selected Living Treasures. More
The Australian Craft and Design Centre(ACDC) network is a national group that presents and promotes Australian contemporary craft·design. The Living Treasures series is a key strategy that is supported by the network. More
The program is managed by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design promoted by Craft Australia and supported by the ACDC network, who each nominate artists for inclusion in this program.
Nominations from individuals and organisations for participation in the program are called every two years. The process for selecting the next three Living Treasures is scheduled for 2009. More
Craft Australia is a key partner with Object in presenting what has become one of the most significant initiatives within the Australian craft sector to date.
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian craft will continue to be actively promoted by Craft Australia through the development of a dedicated website that features all relevant material about the program.
As the peak advocacy organisation for the sector, this program is a significant vehicle to lobby for the needs and growth of the Australian craft·design sector.
Living Treasures
» Les Blakebrough (2005)
» Klaus Moje (2006)
» Marian Hosking (2007)
» Liz Williamson (2008)
» Kevin Perkins (2009)
» Robert Baines (2010)
Masters of Australian craft
» Pippin Drysdale
» Beth Hatton
» Brian Hirst
» Jeff Mincham
» Milton Moon
» Catherine Truman
» Margaret West
» Liz Williamson (2008)
» Index
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With a launch date set for March, 2008 the peer-reviewed academic journal will provide an interdisciplinary and international forum in its subject area. Berg Publishers
Robert Baines
Brooch Bloodier than Black, 2004
Jeff Mincham
Desert Sky, 2005
Beth Hatton
1910 Shotgun (detail), 2006
Craft Australia gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance it receives from the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian government's arts funding and advisory body. Craft Australia is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all state and territory governments
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