2010 he established the G.R.A.I.N. Store (Growing Rural Art in Nathalia) , a not-for-profit rural arts centre with a regular schedule of exhibitions, performances and workshops by visiting, local and indigenous emerging and established creative artists. Awards For his role as an international artist, humanist, human rights advocate, and founder of the Archive of Humanist Art , Kelly received the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts . He was recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (for Services to Visual Arts and Urban Design). He is Founding and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Founding Member of the Urban Design Forum, and former member of the Board of the Australian Print Workshop. References External links Archive of Humanist Art The Peace Abbey Studio International site "William Kelly – Artist as Peacemaker" Dictionary of Australian Artists Online entry Prints and Printmaking Database of Catalogues William Kelly's 'Markers Along the Way' at the Shepparton Art Gallery Media Release: Thursday 13 July 2006 Screenprint poster by William Kelly 2009 Mars Gallery Exhibition images Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Exhibition History 1975 to April 1987 record of work in National Gallery of Australia collection Transcript of nterview with Julie Copeland on Australian Broadcasting Commission program 'Exhibit A' 28 May 2006 G.R.A.I.N. Nathalia American humanists Artists from Buffalo, New York Living people University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni Activists from Buffalo, New York Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 1943 births National Gallery of Victoria Art School alumni American expatriates in Australia Swinburne University of Technology alumni Fulbright alumni