Our Patrons
Andy Quilty
Patron period: September 2015 - current
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With family connections linking to the Australian Defence Force, Andy is a Western Australian award-winning artist with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) from Curtin University and lectures in Fine Arts at the University of Western Australia's School of Design.
A mulitdisciplinary artist, Andy also works across the state facilitating art workshops with veterans through Military Art Program Australia in addition to schools, penal institutions, community groups and Aboriginal art centres.
Ben Pronk DSC
Patron period: October 2018 - current
Ben is the former Commanding Officer of the SASR, now Managing Partner of Mettle Global, co-host of the Unforgiving60 podcast and co-author of the book 'The Resilience Shield'.
Ben is also an artist and has previously been selected in the Black Swan Salon des Refuses exhibition and a finalist in the Australian War Memorial's Napier Waller Art Prize.
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