Queen's Birthday Honours for the Visual Arts

NAVA warmly congratulates a past board member of NAVA, Professor Ted Snell from WA, who has been awarded an AM (General Division) in the Queens Birthday Honour List.
This recognised his contribution to the visual arts as an academic, artist, commentator and administrator, to professional organisations, and as a mentor of young artists. Ted is professor of contemporary art and dean of art at the John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth. Currently he holds the position of chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council.

He also has been the chair of several other art organisations: Artbank; Asialink Visual Arts Advisory Committee; and the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools.
Ted has been a practising visual artist since 1968 with work shown in exhibitions throughout Australia. In addition he has curated many exhibitions and published several books and catalogues, being shortlisted twice for the Western Australian Premier's Book Award. He is the Perth art reviewer for The Australian newspaper and has been a commentator on the arts for ABC radio and television.

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Other notable mentions in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for the visual arts include:

Officer (AO) in the General Division
Professor Catherin Jane BULL, Melbourne, Vic. Service to landscape architecture and urban design as an academic, researcher and practitioner and through contributions to a range of professional organisations and advisory bodies.

Adjunct Professor Peter Russell CORRIGAN, Melbourne, Vic. Service to architecture as an academic, educator and practitioner and to the arts, particularly through theatre production design.

Antony Simon JEFFREY, Lilyfield, NSW. Service to arts administration through executive roles with a range of cultural organisations, and to the design, development and promotion of sponsorship and fundraising programs for the performing arts.

Penelope Alice SEIDLER, Killara, NSW. Service to the preservation of cultural heritage, particularly through the Australiana Fund, to visual arts organisations, and to architecture.

Marie Gabrielle SIGANTO, Yeronga, Qld. Service to the arts and education through contributions to artistic, cultural, educational and multicultural organisations, and as a benefactor and supporter of professional development programs.

Professor Edgar William SNELL, Fremantle, WA. Service to the visual arts as an academic, artist, commentator and administrator, to professional organisations, and as a mentor of young artists.

Member (AM) in the General Division
Geoff PARR, West Hobart, TAS. For service to the visual arts through leadership in the development of tertiary education in Tasmania, research and advisory roles, and as an artist.

Medal (OAM) in the General Division
David BOYD, St Peters, NSW. Service to art as an innovator of design and techniques in pottery and ceramic sculpture, and as a painter.

Kerry Anne CROWLEY, Point Piper, NSW. Service to contemporary art, particularly through fostering the work of emerging artists in Australia and internationally.

Robyn Hope GINN, Toowoomba, Qld. Service to the arts of quiltmaking and needlecraft.

James Lawrence KEMSLEY, deceased, late of Welby, NSW. Service to the community as a cartoonist and illustrator of the Ginger Meggs comic strip, through local government roles, and through the Bradman Foundation.

Andrew Brantley LU, Fadden, ACT. Service to the arts through a range of administrative roles, and to the community.

Evol Gayle McLEOD, Torrens, ACT. Service to the arts as an administrator and advocate, and to the community of Canberra.