The Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft program recognises the contribution to Australian culture made by Australia's leading senior craft practitioners. Three masters of Australian craft and design have been selected to launch the program. Les Blakebrough, ceramicist, Klaus Moje, glass artist, and Marian Hosking, jeweller, were selected from a shortlist of 25 established and highly regarded practitioners across a broad range of craft media in each state and territory.
The Living Treasures program is presented by Object in collaboration with Craft Australia, Museums and Galleries NSW, and University of Wollongong, and is supported by Object's National Exhibitions Strategy funded by the Australia Council.
As part of the collaboration Craft Australia interviews Les Blakebrough and presents a video on the travelling exhibition - Les Blakebrough: Ceramics.
» Interview and video
Seeing artists making their work is a dynamic way to gain an understanding of how a piece of art work comes to be. To be able to share that experience with the artist in a workshop environment is truly inspiring. The handling and managing of awkward materials gives an immediate understanding of the complexity of the craft and an instantaneous appreciation of the final product.
Craft Australia was involved in the hugely successful Indigenous textile conference Selling Yarns: Australian Indigenous textiles and good business in the 21st century held in Darwin to coincide with the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (TNATIAA). The conference began with a day of workshops, artists' talks and showcase sales.
» Catrina Vignando reports on the conference
Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Community Education Unit operational charter is to 'enrich regional communities with cultural and educational experiences'. Their goal is to improve the social and cultural fabric of local regional communities via access to artistic experiences not unlike those opportunities available in major metropolitan areas.
Linda Tillman, Program Coordinator at Charles Sturt University, highlights some of the arts education programs in regional communities.
» Engaging regional art communities by Linda Tillman
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Who says you can't make a living in the arts today? Check out Youth@craft·design Creating and making a living in the arts today and get behind the scenes with Rowena, Juliana and Angela Foong - the designers behind multi-award winning fashion label - High Tea with Mrs Woo.
An Australian success story in the making. Only 2 year old, High Tea with Mrs Woo, has won the Austrade-Powerhouse Museum Market Development Award, presented as part of the Young Blood Designer Market during Sydney Design Week.
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A must see for craft practitioners, students, educators, historians and craft lovers.
The exhibition demonstrates the vibrancy of the period, in which studio craft practice flourished in Australia. Craft Australia has commissioned a series of essays to discuss the issues that emerged during this period and the influence this has had on the contemporary crafts and design today. The articles will be published over the coming weeks. Stay tuned.
Crafted Object 60s - 80s
National Gallery of Australia
26 August – 10 December 2006
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Australian glass artist Gerry King from Adelaide has been selected as the feature artist at ARTSingapore 2006. There will be a special retrospective exhibition of his 30 years in contemporary glass.
Congratulations to John Dermer from Victoria who was recently declared winner of the prestigious international salt-glazing competition Salzbrand Keramik 2006.
Congratulations also go to student designers Oliver Wilkinson and Rhiannon Smith and emerging designers Ellie Mucke and Wendy Voon - recipients of the Flinders Quarter Awards for fashion and textiles.
The Australia Council's Anna Waldman, Asialink's Alison Carroll, the National Museum of Australia's Margo Neale, and artists Hossein Valamanesh gave presentations at the Australia Japan Art Exchange Symposium held at the National Art Centre in Tokyo in September.
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft is an annual exhibition series that celebrates Australia's most respected icons of craft. The second of the three exhibitions in the program features new work by master glass artist Klaus Moje. The exhibition will open on Friday 10 November at Object Gallery.
Join Object on Saturday 11 November for a discussion between Klaus Moje and Merryn Gates, Canberra-based curator and writer, in an intimate setting amongst Moje's work at Object Gallery. Free admission, bookings essential - email rsvp@object.com.au
Professor Stuart Cunningham has been elected President of Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS). Media release.
Following the recent announcement by the federal Arts Minister, Rod Kemp of an Inquiry into Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector, the matter was referred by the Senate to the Government's Department, Environment, Information Technology and Arts Committee. The Committee is inviting public submissions to its Inquiry to be sent to ecita.sen@aph.gov.au . Deadline Friday 27 October, 2006. Information on the terms of reference of the Inquiry and how to make a submission are now available.
The Powerhouse museum has recently launched a new online design magazine that includes news, interviews and ideas that span the breadth of design. Design Hub provides online access to the Powerhouse Museum’s extensive collection of design and decorative arts through a range of contributed articles.
LGWORKS online local government council finder is a free contact list of councils across Australia. You will find contact details, location, who the mayor is, and what the population is for all the councils - you can browse by state and list by metropolitan, regional, and remote councils.
The City of Melbourne and Arts Victoria have joined forces to list all creative spaces around metropolitan Melbourne on a new website Creative Spaces. Listing a space is free.
Craft Australia is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all the state and territory governments.
Craft Australia is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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