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The Dean's award for Excellence in Art, Design and Education

Article released: Wednesday, 10 March, 2004

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This distinguished award was established in 2004 to recognise an excellent contribution to the field of art, design and education. The inaugural presentation coincided with ARTEXPRESS' 21st birthday celebrations and the official opening of ARTEXPRESS@COFA2004.

Professor Ian Howard, Dean, College of Fine Arts commented in presenting the award: 'I am very pleased to present this award to Chris Bates, Head Teacher Visual Arts, Hornsby Girls High School. Chris has distinguished herself over many years as an outstanding Visual Arts teacher. She is passionate about the teaching of art and design and dedicated to life and learning in the classroom. Her understandings of contemporary artistic practices as well as her outstanding knowledge of art history and art criticism inform day to day teaching, judgement and actions and underpin a capacity to critically and playfully reinvent to her teaching and students' learning. Chris is held in the utmost esteem by current and previous students and is attentive to their lives and careers. Chris has been part of many iterations of the College of Fine Arts since the late 1960s with a Diploma in Art Education at Alexander Mackie Teachers College, a Bachelor of Art Education and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Gallery Management from City Art Institute and a Masters of Art Education at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW'.

The School of Art Education is very pleased to be part of this award.