Title: Fred Ward, Pioneer Australian Designer: His Life and Work in Furniture Design.
Speakers: Amy Jarvis and Meredith Hinchliffe AM
Amy Jarvis is a heritage and engagement specialist with more than 15 years of research and project management experience on a broad range of heritage conservation, management and interpretation projects and in public and private sector leadership and key advisory roles. Currently the acting Director of ACT Historic Places as part of the ACT Government’s Cultural Facilities Corporation, Amy was formerly the University Heritage Advisor at the Australian National University where she managed the collection of Fred Ward and ANU Design Unit Furniture. Amy is also a Churchill Fellow, and Co-Founder and Creative Director of Canberra Modern, an annual program of events celebrating mid-century design, architecture and planning in Canberra.
Meredith Hinchliffe AM has worked in the visual arts since 1977. She is a specialist in the decorative arts and is a valuer under the government’s Cultural Gifts Program. She is a project manager, a writer, curator and writes reviews of decorative arts exhibitions for CityNews. Prior to that she wrote reviews for The Canberra Times for 30 years. Meredith has curated several exhibitions of mid-century furniture, including one of the work of Fred Ward in 2013. Meredith is a Research Associate at the National Museum of Australia and is working on the Trevor Kennedy Collection, recently acquired by the Museum.