Avis Higgs b. 1 January 1918

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Higgs trained as a commercial artist, later working as a textile designer at Claudio Alcorso's Silk and Textile Printers, Sydney. In 1948, she returned to New Zealand to continue her career.
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References [<ExternalResource: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins (1 January 2001), '"Avis Higgs."'. Textile Fibre Forum, 61:2001, pps 12-13, p.52.>, <ExternalResource: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins (1 January 2011), 'Avis Higgs. Joie de Vivre'. Exhibition catalogue, Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust, Napier NZ, 2001>, <ExternalResource: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins (1 January 2002), 'Joie de Vivre. Avis Higgs at Silk and Textile Printers', reprinted in "Designing Australia. Readings in the History of Design." Michael Bogle, ed., Pluto Press, 2002.>, <ExternalResource: Bess Manson, Avis Higgs obituary, "Stuff", 5 November 2016>, <ExternalResource: Avis Higgs (1918-2016) Arch Centre 21 October 2016>] [<ExternalResource: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins (1 January 2001), '"Avis Higgs."'. Textile Fibre Forum, 61:2001, pps 12-13, p.52.>, <ExternalResource: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins (1 January 2011), 'Avis Higgs. Joie de Vivre'. Exhibition catalogue, Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust, Napier NZ, 2001>, <ExternalResource: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins (1 January 2002), 'Joie de Vivre. Avis Higgs at Silk and Textile Printers', reprinted in "Designing Australia. Readings in the History of Design." Michael Bogle, ed., Pluto Press, 2002.>, <ExternalResource: Bess Manson, Avis Higgs obituary, "Stuff", 5 November 2016>]