1909 - Gillian Mann’s father, Charles Barton Mann born, 19 April 1909, at 13 Rodney Street, West Hartlepool, Country Durham England 1910 - Gillian Mann’s mother, Beryl Watson b. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Also see Mann family tree 1932 - Gillian Mann’s parents, Charles Mann and Beryl Watson marry 1939 - Gillian Mann born 11 May 1939, Birth in the district of Shardlow, in the County of Derby, born at 78, The Hollow, Littleover, Derby, England 1939 - The Manns move to Derby, Charles Mann working as a journalist for Derby Evening Post 1940 - Beryl Mann becomes a cub reporter, writes the social/arts column for the duration of WWII 1944 - Charles Mann goes to war as a radar man in Ceylon, reaches rank of sergeant 1946 - Father returns from Ceylon, having worked for a year after the end of WWII for the BBC 1946 - Gillian Mann begins school 1949 - Gillian Mann is sent to Friargate House School for Girls as a day boarder 1953 - Mann family move to Lancaster when Gillian's father became editor of the Lancaster Guardian newspaper 1953 - Gillian Mann begins attending Skerton Girls Modern School, Lancaster 1957 - Gillian Mann joins the Royal Women’s Navy (WRENS), trains as a dental nurse, and travels around the UK 1961 - Leaves the WRENS, returns to Lancaster and begins to prepare her portfolio for art school 1961 - Lancaster College of Art, Intermediate Examination in Art and Design 1963 - Graduates Lancaster - Intermediate Examination in Art and Design 1963 - Begins at Leicester College of Art, Diploma Art and Design, Fine Art, Painting 1964 - Marries Kashmirilal Mohanlal Shah, November 1964 1965 - March 1965, Gillian's son Julian Mann born 1965 - Applies to return to Leicester College of Art after the breakdown of her marriage to Shah 1966 - Trip to Italy with other students from Leicester: Arrezo, Rome, Florence, Padua, Assisi, Venice. 1967 - Graduates Leicester College of Art, Dip AD Fine Art, Painting 1967 - Begins at Hornsey College of Art, London, Post Graduate, Visual education 1968 - Completes post-grad research at Hornsey College of Art 1969 - Technician & Senior Technician, Visual Aids, Printing, Garnet College, London 1969 - Marries Alistair Geoffrey Hay, 24 March 1969, Kensington, London 1971 - Migrates to Australia June 1971 1972 - Employed as Lecturer - Art Diploma Studies, Canberra School of Art 1974 - Separates from Alistair Hay 1976 - Charles Barton Mann dies in Lancaster England April 1976 1976 - Lecturer, Print workshop, Canberra School of Art 1976 - Australian citizenship 1981 - Travels to the UK, France, Germany 1984 - Begins studying kilnformed glass 1985 - Commonwealth Teaching Service Overseas Travel Award (Travels to London, Europe, Japan) 1985 - Selected for a 6 month residency at the Centrum Frans Masreel, Kasterlee, Belgium 1987 - Wins the special award, Administatione Provinciale di Vercelli, Premio Internationale Biella per l’incisione, Biella Italy 1990 - Awarded The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney 1991 - Delivered paper: ‘The Value of Life: Gynocentric Art, Ancient Spirituality and its Contemporary Relevance’ 1991 National feminist conference, Sydney. 1993 - Delivered paper, ‘Iconography’ AUSGLASS conference, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra 1994 - Begins to learn digital art techniques 1995 - Lecturer, Computer Aided Art Studies, Canberra School of Art, ANU 1996 - Retires Canberra School of Art ANU 2001 - Beryl Mann dies in Lancaster England, aged 91 2007 - Gillian's grand daughter Lila Mann born March 2007 2007 - Gillian Mann dies from pancreatic cancer 27 December 2007 |
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