Catherine Truman - 1.5 model without portrait (group), 2005, Carved English Lime wood, shu niku ink
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Craft Australia Board

     Robyn Daw - President
  • Principal Arts Development Officer, Arts Queensland and Partner, ArtBunker: visual art, craft and design projects
  • Experience:   Robyn Daw is a well-known contributor to the visual arts, craft and design sector as an educator, curator, writer and lecturer, with a special interest in textile practice. She has worked in contemporary, university and major state and national galleries, including the Queensland Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia. She is currently employed at Arts Queensland as Principal Arts Development Officer, a part-time position which allows her to continue practicing as an artist, writer and curator through ArtBunker. She has degrees in Fine Art and Art history, Postgraduate qualifications in Management, and a Masters of Fine Arts (research).
  • Appointed:   Board - April 2004, President - April 2007.
     Lyn Valentine - Treasurer
  • Lyn Valentine is currently on leave from the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and is working for the Director of National Parks in Darwin on a number of strategic projects.
  • Experience:   Specialist management knowledge of key financial operations and the corporate governance framework for Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Commonwealth Government Department. Advocate of Australian contemporary craft.
  • Appointed:   April 2004
     Chetana Andary
  • Executive Director , Artisan   idea·skill·product
  • Experience:   Chetana Andary has over 20 years experience in the arts and cultural sector as a practicing artist, consultant, policy officer and manager. Her experience has spanned both the private and public sector including local and state government, and as a Director of a national arts and cultural consultancy. She is best known for work with public art policy and project management and was responsible for the Brisbane City Council's Art in Public Places Policy 2005 -2010. Chetana maintains a broad private and government sector network and has been an Executive Councillor for the Brisbane Development Association for three years. Chetana has a Bachelor of Design, Jewellery and Metalsmithing, a Graduate Diploma of Education and certification in Leading Edge Management and Project Management.
  • Appointed:   April 2007
     Antonia Syme
  • Director, Syme Dodson Consulting
  • Experience:   Between 1996 and 2006 Antonia Syme was the director of Artbank, a major purchaser of contemporary Australian art and craft. Artbank widely promoted Australian artists through its large rental collection both nationally and internationally, through Australian embassies. She has extensive experience in the cultural sector, in research, curatorial and conservation roles at major Australian cultural institutions. She was co director of Syme Dodson Gallery from 1988 - 1992 and was a recent member on the Sydney College of the Arts Board the Australian governments' Taxation Incentives for the Arts Committee.
  • Appointed:   April, 2007
     Robert Reason
  • Curator, European and Australian Decorative Arts at the Art Gallery of South Australia and Affiliate Lecturer in the School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide
  • Experience:   His past exhibitions for the Art Gallery of South Australia include the widely popular 20th Century Style: Furniture (2003), the Morgan Thomas Bequest Centenary Exhibition (2003) and The Most Delightful Thing on Earth: The Art of Gladys Reynell (2006). He coordinated the Morris & Co. exhibition of 2002 and oversaw its national tour (2005-06). Reason has also curated a number of highlight displays for the Gallery including Contemporary Australian Glass (2005), Contemporary Australian Ceramics (2006), Figurines and Frippery (2007) and The Rhianon Vernon Roberts Memorial Collection of Contemporary Australian Jewellery (2008).
  • He is highly regarded among decorative arts colleagues and has contributed essays and articles for numerous catalogues and art publications over the past decade as well as writing the first monograph on the Australian artist potter Gladys Reynell (AGSA, 2006).
  • Elected:   February, 2008
     Lorna Shuttlewood
  • Senior Financial Adviser with Walter Turnbull, Canberra
  • Experience:   Lorna has worked for over 20 years in the financial planning industry. Key role is as a private client adviser working with individuals to achieve personal financial goals. This includes assistance with identification of goals and targets, strategic planning, investment advice, education and risk management. She ran her own financial planning business for 15 years. Has been actively involved with education programmes in the community and the workplace around basic financial planning and with a particular emphasis on women and money. Collector of contemporary fine art and craft.
  • Elected:   February, 2008
     Jon Goulder
  • Craftsman
  • Experience:   Jon Goulder (b.1970) was the inaugural winner of the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award in 2003, and is a major contributor to the current momentum of Australian design. In 1992 he completed an apprenticeship in upholstery and furniture-making to become a fourth-generation craftsman. In 1999 he completed a diploma in fine wood and design at the Canberra School of Art.
  • His skills as a maker allow him to design through creating three-dimensional models. Starting with rough sketches, Goulder produces several fullscale mock-ups to test the form for comfort, making considered adjustments with each prototype. These skills also enable Goulder to undertake his own batch production. However, after hand-making his 150th STAK stool, Goulder made a conscious decision to actively seek out opportunities for manufacturing in China and Australia. He now has several pieces, including the STAK stool, in production in China, while his award-winning Leda seat is now being manufactured in Australia by Woodmark International.
  • Elected:   February, 2008