Member of the Order of Australia (AM AUST DAY 1987. FOR SERVICE TO THE ART OF STAINED GLASS AND TO THE COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY YOUTH, Ms Cedar PREST, 1987)
Prest was made a member in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 1987 for service to the art of stained glass and to the community particularly youth.[1]
Works
From her study of contemporary architectural glass masters in Germany came a community glass project at Parks Community Centre at Angle Park, South Australia in 1979-80 and eight others in public spaces like theatres schools and libraries.
St Peter's Cathedral includes 48 clerestory stained glass windows, providing 'a brilliantly constructed narrative history of South Australia ... full of "droughts and flooding rains"'[2]
She donated two stained glass windows "depicting mazes leading to constellations, bridges and animals" to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children Camperdown, she had "won a section of the Australian National Glass Association's Oz Glass Competition (seeking) to find suitable windows for the room in the hospital".[3]
A "rippling glass mural" dominating the arrival hall of the new Sydney International Terminal at Sydney Airport[4] All the glass was custom made working with Freedom glass in Freemantle WA too make it an All Australian welcome.
The stained glass window in honour of Mollie Thompson in Macquarie University's library, is one of four entrance and spacious foyer.[5]
Adelaide College of Divinity a labyrinth designed to honour the journeys of refugees and migrants. Symbols incorporated in the labyrinth include a large chalice and a central wafer - a reference to Holy Communion. A stylised version of the labyrinth is used as the college logo.
Britton, Stephanie; South Australian School of Art. Gallery (1987), Artists' visions of South Australia : visual arts residencies and commissions in regional areas ; Barry Goddard in Whyalla, Debra Porch in Mt Gambier, Cedar Prest in Whyalla, Linda Marie Walker in Berri, College Gallery, South Australian School of Art, ISBN978-0-86803-014-2
Crocker, Robert (March 1998), "Cedar Prest: community art and spirituality", Artlink, 18 (1): 61–63, ISSN0727-1239
Hersey, April (June 1980), "Community glass", Craft Australia (2): 14–16, retrieved 2 February 2013