TWELVE senior artists have been honoured as State Living Treasures for their lifetime contribution to arts and culture.
The treasures are:
• Alan Alder, dancer, of Maylands;
• Dr Lucette Aldous, dancer, of Maylands;
• Janangoo Butcher Cherel, painter and printmaker, of Fitzroy Crossing;
• Jimmy Chi, playwright and musician, of Broome;
• Professor Jeffrey Howlett, architect, of Claremont;
• Tom Hungerford, writer, of Bentley;
• Doris Pilkington Garimara, writer, of Armadale;
• Dr Carol Rudyard, painter, of West Leederville;
• Professor Roger Smalley, musician and composer, of Darlington;
• Leonard ‘Jack’ Williams, indigenous custodian and craftsman, of Albany;
• Richard Woldendorp, photographer, of Darlington; and
• Fay Zwicky, writer and poet, of Claremont.
The treasures were selected by a reference panel chaired by Professor Ted Snell, Dean of Art at the John Curtin Centre at Curtin University of Technology.
