SUE HEALEY & JUDD OVERTON | 'On View: Icons SHIRLEY MCKECHNIE AO (1926-2022)' | Photographic print on rag paper Leaf matter "The 2020 exhibition

"The 2020 exhibition

IRENE BOWYER | 'Barra (blue/green) Bangle' | Hand-painted wood

That was where the Lizard would get water

To traditional Yarrabah people

SUE HEALEY & JUDD OVERTON | 'On View: Icons SHIRLEY MCKECHNIE AO (1926-2022)' | Photographic print on rag paper Leaf matter "The 2020 exhibition"Shirley had a career in dance that spanned five decades, all firsts in terms of achievementsfounder of one of the first contemporary dance schools in Victoria in the 1950s; founder of one of the earliest contemporary dance touring companies as director, choreographer and performer (Australian Contemporary Dance Theatre 1963 73); founder of the first tertiary dance degree course (Rusden Campus, 1975); a driving force behind the Armidale choreographic