News + Opportunities

A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO | 2025 - what a year!

As we reach the end of 2025, I want to extend my warmest thanks to our members, artists, partners and supporters, for another incredible year at Craft + Design Canberra. Each program, exhibition, workshop and gathering this year has been made possible through your enthusiasm, generosity and commitment to the value of craft and design as a vital cultural force.

2026 CRAFT + DESIGN CANBERRA EMERGING CONTEMPORARIES ANNOUNCES | Celebrating the Next Generation of Designers and Makers

Image | Winner of the Canberra Potters Craft + Design Canberra Emerging Contemporaries Award, Sarah Brown with CEO + Artistic Director of Craft + Design Canberra Jodie Cunningham | Photography by Tim Ngo Craft + Design Canberra is proud to present the 2026 Craft +...

Information Session Recording | 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival

Catch up on the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival Submission Information session held Wednesday 22 October 2026. Presented by Victoria Bennett + Jodie Cunningham, Craft + Design Canberra and Georgia Hobbs, Acting Executive Director of ArtsACT, City of Design Project...

FUNDRAISER | GIVE + GROW | Donate today!

As part of AusArt Day hosted by Creative Australia, Craft + Design Canberra will be running GIVE + GROW on Thursday 23 October 2025 with the aim of raising money for the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Daily Creative Challenge.

2025 Craft + Design Canberra Daily Creative Challenge Finalists + Winners Announced

Congratulations to all participants, finalists and winners in the 2025 Craft + Design Canberra Daily Creative Challenge

2025 CRAFT + DESIGN CANBERRA UNDERCURRENT DESIGN MARKET FINDS A NEW HOME AT GORMAN ARTS CENTRE

The much-loved 2025 Craft + Design Canberra Undercurrent Design Market, supported by Ainslie + Gorman, has a new home. This year, the iconic market will transform the historic Gorman Arts Centre in Braddon into a vibrant hub of contemporary craft and creativity.

Artists and Arts Organisations invited to shape the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival

Expressions of interest now open for programs exploring the Festival theme of Dissent. Applications close 3 December 2025.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY | Exhibition Coordinator

Please submit your application by 5pm Monday 27 October 2025

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY | Festival Program Manager

Please submit your application by 5pm Monday 27 October 2025

Undercurrent Design Market moves to a new home and returns in November 2025

Craft + Design Canberra is excited to receive the gift of the Undercurrent Design Market from its founders, Richard Baz and Mel O'Hanlon, the Directors and creators of The Curatoreum.

Workshop Recording | Photograph Your Work With David Barber

Missed out on the live event? Find a recording and key takeaways of Photograph Your Work workshop here.

ACT Government Budget Awards Festival Funding to Craft + Design Canberra

Craft + Design Canberra welcomes the ACT Government’s funding announcement to support our Biennial Craft + Design Canberra Festival.

Daily Creative Practice as a Path to Rewilding, Wellbeing, and Creative Vitality 

At Craft + Design Canberra, we believe that making is a way of being. Engaging in daily creative practices allows us to reconnect with our creativity, materials, bodies, minds, and each other.