Cedar Prest
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Cedar Prest .
Early life and education
She has a B.A. and Dip.Ed. from the
Australia Council grant to study the contemporary architectural glass masters in Germany (1975) from which came a community glass project at Parks Community Centre in 1979–80.[citation needed
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Further study was undertaken in 2002–2003 on a Churchill Fellowship at the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California. She then trained as a labyrinth facilitator at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 2002 with a follow-up workshop in Chartres Cathedral in 2004.[citation needed]
Honours
Prest was made a member in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 1987 for service to the art of stained glass and to the community particularly youth.[1]
Works
- From her study of contemporary architectural glass masters in Germany came a community glass project at Parks Community Centre at Angle Park, South Australia in 1979-80 and eight others in public spaces like theatres schools and libraries.
- St Peter's Cathedral includes 48 clerestory stained glass windows, providing 'a brilliantly constructed narrative history of South Australia ... full of "droughts and flooding rains"'[2]
- She donated two stained glass windows "depicting mazes leading to constellations, bridges and animals" to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children Camperdown, she had "won a section of the Australian National Glass Association's Oz Glass Competition (seeking) to find suitable windows for the room in the hospital".[3]
- A "rippling glass mural" dominating the arrival hall of the new Sydney International Terminal at Sydney Airport[4] All the glass was custom made working with Freedom glass in Freemantle WA too make it an All Australian welcome.
- The stained glass window in honour of Mollie Thompson in Macquarie University's library, is one of four entrance and spacious foyer.[5]
- Adelaide College of Divinity a labyrinth designed to honour the journeys of refugees and migrants. Symbols incorporated in the labyrinth include a large chalice and a central wafer - a reference to Holy Communion. A stylised version of the labyrinth is used as the college logo.
- Stained glass windows in a number of schools: Finke River Mission 1985, Pedare Christian College 1998, Pembroke 1999, Loreto College 2000 and Tanunda 2001 and recently labyrinthsat Northfield Primary 2004 and Loreto College 2007.
References
- ^ Australia Day Honours, (26 January 1987), The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 12
- ^ Alex Buzo, (25 April 1997), As the crow flies, Sydney Morning Herald Travel Section, p. 1
- ^ Tina Diaz, (28 July 1991), A Little Light Relief For Young Sufferers, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3
- ^ Deborah Cameron, (18 December 1992), An Arty Welcome For Our Flying Visitors, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3
- ^ Jim Tulip, (11 June 2004), A guardian of the source of knowledge, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 29
Further reading
- Britton, Stephanie; South Australian School of Art. Gallery (1987), Artists' visions of South Australia : visual arts residencies and commissions in regional areas ; Barry Goddard in Whyalla, Debra Porch in Mt Gambier, Cedar Prest in Whyalla, Linda Marie Walker in Berri, College Gallery, South Australian School of Art, ISBN 978-0-86803-014-2
- Crocker, Robert (March 1998), "Cedar Prest: community art and spirituality", Artlink, 18 (1): 61–63, ISSN 0727-1239
- Hersey, April (June 1980), "Community glass", Craft Australia (2): 14–16, retrieved 2 February 2013
- Ioannou, Noris (January 1993), "A sense of place: Cedar Prest, architectural glass artist", OZ Arts Magazine (5): 38–41, retrieved 2 February 2013
- Zimmer, Jenny (January 1978), "Cedar Prest", Craft Australia (4): 18–22, retrieved 2 February 2013
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