News + Opportunities

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: Arts, heritage & the environment 2006–2016

"Anniversaries are a good time to reflect on the changes brought about by the passage of time" - Rachael Coghlan CEO / Artistic Director

Undercurrent Design Market - Craft ACT Members Discount

Applications close Friday September 15th

Res Artis - World wide network of artist residencies

"Encounter the world in residencies"

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre Annual Members Exhibition

2017 Members Exhibition - Online submission for curatorial consideration due 10 August 2017 (In two months)

Call for original Craft + Design works for a signature DESIGN CANBERRA exhibition inspired by the Shine Dome

We are inviting contemporary craft artists and designers to develop new and original work interpreting Roy Grounds’ iconic Academy of Science, also known as the Shine Dome or Martian embassy — Canberra’s quintessential modernist building — for a signature DESIGN Canberra exhibition in 2017.

DESIGN Canberra welcomes ACT Government commitment to support the festival with $100,000 for each of the next three years

Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre welcomes today’s announcement from Chief Minister Andrew Barr MLA and Arts Minister Gordon Ramsay MLA to fund DESIGN Canberra $100,000 each year for the next three years.

Vale Jenny Deves

Our dear friend and passionate advocate for craft and design, Jenny Deves passed away peacefully in Canberra recently. As the Executive Director of Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre between 1994 and 2000 she oversaw dynamic change for the...

Christian Hall EXHIBITION NEXT at Craft ACT, 25 May-15 July 2017

We’ve got some exciting news! Jam Factory’s head of metal Christian Hall will be coming to Canberra for a solo exhibition, EXHIBITION NEXT, at Craft ACT, 25 May-15 July 2017. NEXT is an exhibition of furniture, sculpture and jewellery that...

2018 Artist-in-Residence | Apply now!

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre’s Artist-in-Residence program has been designed to allow craft practitioners and designer-makers to extend their artistic boundaries through a unique research and residency period. For 2018, we are honoured to have the Australian National Botanic...

Craft ACT Members participate in new design initiative

The FRONT | CENTRE INITIATIVE

Putting emerging designers at the forefront

Front/Centre will run from 8-10 June at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre as part of Denfair.

DESIGN Canberra 2017 dates and call for proposals - APPLICATIONS EXTENDED

2017 DESIGN Canberra Festival 7 - 26 November

Be part of the program -

Festival call out - DESIGN Canberra 2017

2017 AiR - Marilou Chagnaud

Meet her at Namadgi National Park during AiR Open day on Saturday 29 April.

Notice to Members: Craft ACT AGM + Funding Opportunities for Artists

The Annual General Meeting of Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre Incorporated will take place at Craft ACT, Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra on Tuesday 28 March 2017 at 6pm.All Craft ACT Members are invited to attend and meet with Craft...