About the Author
Grace Cochrane
Author of: Handmade at the heart of things
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Grace Cochrane is senior curator of Australian Decorative Arts and design at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. She is currently co-ordinating teams developing a permanent collection-based decorative arts and design gallery for mid- 2005 and an exhibition and conference in 2006 on the interface between the crafts and art, design and industry.
Born in New Zealand, she gained a B.Ed (1976) from the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, and BFA, MFA (1984, 1986) and PhD (1999) from the University of Tasmania.
Her professional appointments have included membership of both the Crafts Board and the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council. She is the author of the The Crafts Movement in Australia: a History (NSW University Press, 1992); has contributed to numerous publications; given lectures and papers in all fields of the crafts; and has a long record of judging awards, opening exhibitions and assessing graduating students.
She received the Australia Council's Visual Arts/Craft Board's Emeritus medal in 2001.
