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Sue ROWLEY Obituary
ROWLEY Sue
Emeritus Professor Sue Rowley died peacefully at Maroondah Hospital at 4.50 am on Tuesday September 6th, 2016.
Loved partner for 47 years of Jim Falk, adored mother of Anna Burke and Michael Falk, loved by their partners Nick Burke and Tay Tidhar, and doting grandmother to Jessie Burke. Loved also by her sister Lesley and family. Hugely respected and widely loved colleague and friend of many.
A Celebration of her Life will be held on FRIDAY (September 9th, 2016) at 10.30 am at Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts, 5/7-17 Grant Street, Southbank.
Memories and Condolences
for Sue ROWLEY
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Scott McWhirter
September 9, 2016
Sue bridged cultural and discipline divides as easily as she mentored and engaged those around her in deep and lasting change. I first met her as the new DVCR at UTS and was at once struck by how personable she was and at how an obviously insatiable intellect was tempered with such good humour. What followed were several years of intensely productive, progressive work geared to changing the nature of research at UTS, all the while accompanied by this same wry and gentle humour. Like many of my colleagues at UTS, I learnt so much from Sue and can only send my deepest sympathies to her family and friends.
Lynn Brunet
September 8, 2016
I first encountered Sue Rowley when she was a lecturer in Art History and Theory at the University of Wollongong. Her razor sharp intelligence and special brand of feminism made me realise the great potential for feminist critiques within the discipline. Her own career in the creative arts sector was only just beginning at that time but she quickly became one of the high flyers in the industry and mentored many in academia, particularly women. I will always remember her as a warm, generous and vivacious woman, a wonderful mentor and someone who lived life to the full. I will always be indebted to her.
September 8, 2016
Sue gave so much to others; she was a person so capable and dynamic that it is hard to believe she is no longer with us.
Her impact on thousands of people in this country in all aspects of the arts but especially craft, design, feminism and socially active art cannot be estimated.
And Sue was such a wonderful person, always smiling, patient, always thinking of how she could make a better space for people to think and to grow.
Sue was a beautiful person both inside and out.
Peter McNeil
Neil Brown
September 7, 2016
Champion of the arts across education, towering academic and close colleague. My deep condolences to Sue's family.
September 7, 2016
On behalf of the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, especially Creative Arts at the Univeristy of Wollongong, we remember Sue and send our condolences to her family. Below is an excerpt of the message sent to UOW colleagues to let them know this very sad news:
Sue came to Wollongong university with her partner, Jim Falk, in 1980 and became, over the next 15 years, a committed and influential member of Creative Arts staff. Her work on creative practice as research was particularly significant, consolidating our position as a national leader in the field, shaping the structure and understanding of our creative higher degrees and contributing to national policy. Of equal impact was her own research, as well as the work she undertook on the visual arts curriculum, teaching, supervision and international projects. We greatly appreciated her insights and advice years later, during the review of the BCA in 2010. Sue went on to become professor of contemporary art theory at COFA, UNSW, then executive director of Humanities and Creative Arts at the ARC and associate dean (research) at UTS, where she was instrumental in founding the Creative Industries Innovation Centre. In recent years, having retired from UTS, she consulted in creative industries and university-based research and in 2014 she undertook a major review of LHA's research profile and support structures many of you will have met her at that time
Sue was an exceptional colleague, mentor and friend to many people, over many years, both in the academy and in the arts. I know at least one person in the faculty who first encountered her as a popular, memorable lecturer at Prahan in the 1970s, others have had enduring friendships or have come to know her as a colleague through one of the many different roles she had in the university sector. Personally, I knew Sue for close to 30 years and I'll never forget her intelligent approach, her calm presence and her warm optimism.
Amanda Lawson
UOW
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