ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Craft + Design Canberra manages this acclaimed Artist-in-Residence program and collaborates with arts organisations, educational institutions and national cultural institutions, and industry. Through these linkages we create opportunities for artists and designers to develop and maintain successful professional practices.
For over ten years, Craft + Design Canberra has collaborated with the ACT Parks and Conservation Service to offer residencies for artists to translate the beautiful and infinitely variable qualities of both craft and nature to the contemporary world. Held annually at Namadgi Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage, the residency brings stillness, solitude and space to artists and culminates in an exhibition at Craft + Design Canberra.

2026 artist-in-residence
Craft + Design Canberra, ACT Parks & Conservation Service, and our research partner National Film and Sound Archive of Australia are pleased to present our acclaimed Artist-in-Residence program for contemporary craft practitioners and designers.
The program will include:
- Research period at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
- Residency at Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage in Namadgi National Park.
- Artist-in-residence Open Day which will include, artist talks, and artist-run workshops
- A group exhibition of contemporary craft and design work created as a result of the residency.