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Aarons, Anita [1912-2000. Australia/Canada. Jewellery Designer/Sculptor/Arts Administrator]
Aarons, Anita [1912-2000. Australia/Canada. Jewellery Designer/Sculptor/Arts Administrator]
Anita Aarons was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 6 November 1912. She studied art with Julia Lynch in New Zealand (1926-28), and later attended the National Art School, East Sydney Technical College (ESTC), where she was taught by Lyndon Dadswell and Rayner Hoff (1934-39, Diploma in Sculpture, 1939). From 1939 onwards she was actively involved in various arts organisations in Sydney and Melbourne, Victoria, and exhibited extensively.
In 1954 she began teaching part-time at ESTC. She also taught at the Kindergarten Training College in Melbourne (1955), and lectured in sculpture at Caulfield Institute of Technology [now Monash University] in Caulfield, Victoria (1956-63).
In 1964 Aarons moved to Canada where she lived for the next 20 years. In 1964 she was a guest lecturer at the Summer School at Columbia University in New York City, and in 1964-66 taught at the Central Technical Art College in Toronto. She was art editor of ‘Architecture Canada’ (1966-69 - or 1965-71 - sources differ); curator of exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto (1969-73); and director of the Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Ontario (1976-84).
In 1985 Aarons returned to Australia and settled in Queensland, where she was honorary consultant and life member of the Noosa Regional Gallery (1985-).
Jewellery by Aarons was exhibited at the World Crafts Council in New York City (1964) and at the Expo ‘67 in Montreal, Quebec (1967).
Between 1966-69 she worked on commissions for Beth Emeth Synagogue at Downview Toronto including stained glass windows, two bronze Ark lights, the ark doors, furniture, and a mural.
Among honours and awards she received were the Society of Good Designers’ Award (1954); the Canadian Conference of the Arts Diplome d’honneur (1983); and the Order of Australia Medal (1994).
Aarons died in Brisbane, Queenasland, Australia, on 3 January 2000.
In 1954 she began teaching part-time at ESTC. She also taught at the Kindergarten Training College in Melbourne (1955), and lectured in sculpture at Caulfield Institute of Technology [now Monash University] in Caulfield, Victoria (1956-63).
In 1964 Aarons moved to Canada where she lived for the next 20 years. In 1964 she was a guest lecturer at the Summer School at Columbia University in New York City, and in 1964-66 taught at the Central Technical Art College in Toronto. She was art editor of ‘Architecture Canada’ (1966-69 - or 1965-71 - sources differ); curator of exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto (1969-73); and director of the Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Ontario (1976-84).
In 1985 Aarons returned to Australia and settled in Queensland, where she was honorary consultant and life member of the Noosa Regional Gallery (1985-).
Jewellery by Aarons was exhibited at the World Crafts Council in New York City (1964) and at the Expo ‘67 in Montreal, Quebec (1967).
Between 1966-69 she worked on commissions for Beth Emeth Synagogue at Downview Toronto including stained glass windows, two bronze Ark lights, the ark doors, furniture, and a mural.
Among honours and awards she received were the Society of Good Designers’ Award (1954); the Canadian Conference of the Arts Diplome d’honneur (1983); and the Order of Australia Medal (1994).
Aarons died in Brisbane, Queenasland, Australia, on 3 January 2000.
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