News + Opportunities

DESIGN Canberra 2018 call out for volunteers

Do you love craft, design, architecture, events management or just helping out your community? We are looking for volunteers to help us deliver DESIGN Canberra 2018.

Four emerging artists are Ready Set Marketing with Craft ACT
Congratulations to the successful applicants for our amazing Ready Set Market! program. Look out for them at the UnderCurrent Design Market in November.
Macrocosmia + Bench: beauty, large and small
Our two new exhibitions opened in the company of a vibrant crowd and the warm words of Dr Rohan Nicol, head of the Gold & Silver Workshop at the ANU School of Art + Design.
New Indigenous jewellery workshop kicks off this week!
Craft ACT's pilot of a new Contemporary Indigenous Craft and Design Workshop Program is now under way with a fantastic group of local artists spending the week at the ANU School of Art and Design Gold and Silversmithing workshop
2018 Ready Set Market! professional development program - Apply Now
Ready Set Market will support a small group of makers to get market ready. From developing production work, crafting your brand, being sales ready and presenting your work and your brand in one of Australia’s leading design markets, Undercurrent Design Market
Lunchtime floor talk with Sabine Pagan: 16 June, 1pm
Don't miss the chance to spend a warm lunchtime in our gallery listening to this very special artist floor talk.
Call for original Craft + Design works
Call for original Craft + Design works for a signature DESIGN CANBERRA exhibition inspired by the Shine Dome
2018 Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage Open Day
Artist-in-residence program 2018
We are hiring - come join our small but mighty team

Join the team! We are looking for a Programs Manager and Programs Assistant. Applications due by 8am, Monday 18 June 2018. 

 

 
Celebrate Reconciliation Week with us: Floor Talk

Master ceramicist Janet Deboos will speak about our fabulous Ernabella Arts/ Sturt  exhibition to honour and celebrate Reconciliation week. Join us! 

 
Craft ACT Gallery and Shop Callout: Internships available, apply now
We're looking for interns. Have you got the right stuff? Apply by June 17.
Defying the cold with desert art & conceptual jewellery
We've opened our new shows: In these HANDS: Mara nyangangka, and ENGRAM by Sabine Pagan.
Space Craft: celebrating the Moon Landing as our 2019 Artist-in-Residence
Only weeks left to apply to be our 2019 Artist-in-Residence, working with the ANU School of Astronomy and Astrophysics to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the Moon Landing: DEADLINE 27 MAY
2019 Artist-in-Residence Expressions of Interest
2019 Artist-in-Residence Expressions of Interest
New Indigenous Residency and Workshop Program exceeds target

Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre is delighted to announce that we have exceeded our goal of raising $10,000 to fund the pilot of a new Contemporary Indigenous Craft and Design Residency and Workshop Program. 
Craft ACT launches call out for DESIGN Canberra 2018
The ACT’s fastest growing festival, DESIGN Canberra 2018 will celebrate the strong geometry present throughout our city and the ways it creates human, creative and global connections from Australia’s city of design.
Transitions and Functional Shadows: beauty in black and white
Functional Shadows (Marilou Chagnaud) and Transitions (contemporary mosaic), open now.
Indigenous Jewellery fundraiser: we need your help
Craft ACT is committed to embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practice into Australian arts and culture and we need your help to pilot an important new project.
Indigenous Jewellery Fundraiser
Online until 30 March
Craft ACT CEO launches Julie Bradley's Paper, scissors, rock
Craft ACT AM Julie Bradley's latest exhibition celebrates her 2017 Hill End residency.
Bringing the past into the future: welcome to 2018 at Craft ACT
A great start to the year with two exciting new Craft ACT exhibitions: Emerging Contemporaries and Death by Craft (Sharon Peoples)