| Anthony and Beverly Knight are longtime supporters of Australian Indigenous artists and their families. With strong business links to the wider community, their expertise and passion for the arts in general, have forged relationships of mutual benefit culminating in remarkable success stories and true reconciliation. |
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ART
Beverly Knight is the Executive Director of Alcaston Gallery and oversees all aspects of the business including curating exhibitions. She is an active field worker, travelling thousands of kilometres all over Australia sourcing fine Aboriginal art and supporting the development of artists and their art centres.
Her direct relationships with Aboriginal communities, hands-on workshops, and her love, respect and understanding of the artists, their families and cultures that have seen many fledgling artists and groups develop over the last twenty five years.
She is also honoured to be the Patron of Bindi Inc. – Mwerre Anthurre Artists. Bindi Inc. is a cross-cultural collective based in Alice Springs, established more than 20 years ago to provide a wide range of options and services to people with a disability.
• State President of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association (ACGA)
www.acga.com.au
• Member of reference group with NAVA on developing the Code of Conduct for the Indigenous Arts Sector
• Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Patron of Bindi Inc. Mwerre Anthurre Artists, a cross-cultural collective based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory
SPORT
Beverly Knight is actively involved in indigenous sport especially AFL. She has been the guardian mother of five young indigenous boys from the Northern Territory and Tiwi Islands over the past 20 years, enabling them to be educated in Melbourne and support their interest in AFL. Her current young guardian son is Anthony Long, nephew of Essendon legend Michael Long.
As a director of AFL Sportsready for the past 12 years, Beverly has overseen the development of the company to train professional young men and women in all aspects of sport all over Australia. Developing career opportunities for AFL players whilst playing, but also post career has been a focus; so too the successful training of Indigenous young people.
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Beverly’s commitment to sport, especially with regards to AFL and the Essendon Football Club, is a family trait. Her late grandfather Tom Stephens was also a director of Essendon, and president of the 2nd eighteen and the Essendon Club.
• Director of Essendon football
club
www.essendonfc.com.au
• Director AFL Sportsready
www.aflsportsready.com.au
Anthony Knight is a recognised creative talent sought for his public speaking, curatorial and private collection management skills. Currently he hangs all exhibitions for Alcaston Gallery in Melbourne, Sydney and international art fairs, and is chief consultant to the decorative arts Museum Beleura at Mornington, Victoria.
• Director of the Tallis Foundation, a charitable Trust involved in the decorative arts
• Board member of the Council of the National Trust of Australia
• Member of the Attingham Society
• Chief consultant to the decorative arts Museum Beleura at Mornington, Victoria.
• In 2007 Anthony was awarded the Order of Australia medal -OAM for service to heritage conservation and the arts in Victoria, particularly through the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and associated organisations, and through the promotion of Indigenous art. |
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