Vale Sigmund Jorgensen

Jörgensen, who oversaw the artists’ colony Montsalvat from 1969 until 2014, has died aged 79.

26 Jul 2019

Richard Watts

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Melbourne is mourning the death of Sigmund Jörgensen OAM, whose father Justus Jörgensen established the artists’ colony Montsalvat in Eltham in 1934.

Sigmund died on Sunday 21 July aged 79. He is remembered as a man of passion, intelligence and creativity; a mentor and author whose love of the arts was unwavering.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts