Milton Moon was born in Melbourne in 1926. After discharge from Navy Service in 1947 he lived first in Queensland and then in New South Wales until 1949, at which time he returned to Brisbane. He studied painting and drawing at the Central Technical College and then privately with Margaret Cilento from 1949 to 1951.
He first became interested in pottery in 1950 and was taught wheel-throwing by Mervyn Feeney, a traditional potter living in Brisbane.[4] He was also employed in broadcasting and later television from 1947 to 1962.
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In 1962 he became Senior Pottery Instructor with the Department of Technical Education, Brisbane.
In 1965 Moon was awarded a Foundation Churchill Fellowship and studied in many countries during the following year. He represented Australia at the first World Craft Congress, Montreux, Switzerland, in 1966. In 1967-68, he was an art tutor at the Architecture Department, University of Queensland. In 1969 became Senior Lecturer, Head of Ceramics at the South Australian School of Art. In 1974, as a Myer Foundation Geijutsu Fellow, he lived and worked in Japan.
In 1975 he resigned from lecturing to work full-time at Summertown, South Australia in the Adelaide Hills where he and his wife established a workshop, home and gallery in a restored 1850s stone mill. Twenty years later, in 1995, he relocated to Adelaide.
In 1990 Moon was awarded Life Membership of the South Australian Crafts Council and, in 1992, he was a recipient of an Advance Australia Foundation Award. In 1991 he was accorded a retrospective of his work, covering a period of thirty-five years, at the Art Gallery of South Australia. In 1993 was a recipient of an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship, for a five-year period from 1994 to 1998. In 2006 he was conferred an honorary doctorate (DUniv) from the University of South Australia.
"In this, my 'ninetieth year,' over sixty of which I have been a potter, I remain concerned, if a little obsessed, with the challenge of making pots, which although belonging to a ceramic tradition of some eight thousand years or more, are undeniably and uniquely Australian. With all my changes of expression this has remained constant."[6]
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^"Famous South Australian Potter dies". The Advertiser. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
milton, moon, october, 1926, september, 2019, australian, potter, studied, many, countries, recipient, foundation, winston, churchill, fellowship, also, myer, foundation, geijutsu, fellow, early, years, edit, born, melbourne, 1926, after, discharge, from, navy. Milton Moon AM 29 October 1926 6 September 2019 was an Australian potter 1 2 He studied in many countries as a recipient of a Foundation Winston Churchill Fellowship and also as a Myer Foundation Geijutsu Fellow 3 Early years editMilton Moon was born in Melbourne in 1926 After discharge from Navy Service in 1947 he lived first in Queensland and then in New South Wales until 1949 at which time he returned to Brisbane He studied painting and drawing at the Central Technical College and then privately with Margaret Cilento from 1949 to 1951 He first became interested in pottery in 1950 and was taught wheel throwing by Mervyn Feeney a traditional potter living in Brisbane 4 He was also employed in broadcasting and later television from 1947 to 1962 Career editIn 1962 he became Senior Pottery Instructor with the Department of Technical Education Brisbane In 1965 Moon was awarded a Foundation Churchill Fellowship and studied in many countries during the following year He represented Australia at the first World Craft Congress Montreux Switzerland in 1966 In 1967 68 he was an art tutor at the Architecture Department University of Queensland In 1969 became Senior Lecturer Head of Ceramics at the South Australian School of Art In 1974 as a Myer Foundation Geijutsu Fellow he lived and worked in Japan In 1975 he resigned from lecturing to work full time at Summertown South Australia in the Adelaide Hills where he and his wife established a workshop home and gallery in a restored 1850s stone mill Twenty years later in 1995 he relocated to Adelaide Moon served as a member of the Australia Japan Foundation from 1976 to 1981 He was made a Member of the Order of Australia AM in the 1984 Queen s Birthday Honours 5 In 1990 Moon was awarded Life Membership of the South Australian Crafts Council and in 1992 he was a recipient of an Advance Australia Foundation Award In 1991 he was accorded a retrospective of his work covering a period of thirty five years at the Art Gallery of South Australia In 1993 was a recipient of an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship for a five year period from 1994 to 1998 In 2006 he was conferred an honorary doctorate DUniv from the University of South Australia In this my ninetieth year over sixty of which I have been a potter I remain concerned if a little obsessed with the challenge of making pots which although belonging to a ceramic tradition of some eight thousand years or more are undeniably and uniquely Australian With all my changes of expression this has remained constant 6 References edit Famous South Australian Potter dies The Advertiser Retrieved 16 February 2020 Milton Moon ABC Online 25 July 2010 Milton Moon Australian Studio Potter Ceramics Today Retrieved 15 August 2010 Milton Moon Master of Australian Craft 2008 2010 Craft Australia 30 November 2008 Archived from the original on 29 July 2012 Milton Moon Australian Honours Search Facility Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Retrieved 6 November 2020 MILTON MOON CV http www miltonmoon com CV html January 9 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Milton Moon amp oldid 1109662940, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
