Craft Australia Youth@craft·design Emerging Maker Award recipient Ronda Lin for her work Secret Garden 2005, paper cutting and sterling silver.
With kind permission from the Powerhouse Musuem, Craft Australia presents an extract from curator Grace Cochrane's essay in the publication, Smart works: design and the handmade. The extract includes the introductory and concluding paragraphs.
Following the extract, is the text of the six 'Issues' panels that form part of the exhibition. The panels identify some of the questions these exhibitors ask themselves, when making decisions about putting their work into production.
» Extract: Smart works publication by Grace Cochrane
The opening of the Canberra Glassworks was the gala event of the year, with the week-end program attracting record crowds from visitors around Australia and overseas. Chief Minister and Minister for the Arts, Jon Stanhope MLA, officially opened the Canberra Glassworks at the Kingston Powerhouse on Friday morning - thus beginning three days of celebrations.
With Canberra's biggest party in the evening and the opening of the Canberra Glassworks inaugral exhibition Heartland: imagination, creation, innovation, curated by Barbara McConchie, Executive Director of Craft ACT, came music, wine and food while being treated to demonstrations and tours of the facilities. Craft Australia presents opening speeches from the Chief Minister and Klaus Moje.
» Speeches
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In October 2006 Craft Australia launched its second online forum, Youth@craft·design, targeting youth and emerging makers. The forum identified new pathways to sustainable practices in the arts and included the sage mentoring of emerging makers who have successfully negotiated these issues in the establishment of their artistic careers.
A significant component of the site was the online gallery showcasing the work of students and emerging artists.
Craft Australia invited practitioners to participate in the program with the view that a selected artist from each category would be awarded a feature story, profiling their work, in 716.
Craft Australia is pleased to announce that the artists in both the student and emerging maker category have now been selected. The artists are Rosary Coloma and Eleisha Nylund joint winners in the student category and Rhonda Lin in the emerging maker category. More
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The General Manager recently met with 2 international delegates from the museum craft and design fields touring Australia with the support of Austrade and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
They were Jaeyoung Kang, Chief Curator of WOCEF from Icheon Ceramic Museum in Korea, where the 4th World Ceramic Biennale was recently presented, and Virginia Tandy, Director of the Manchester Art Gallery who are soon to present the Kylie - the exhibition, a fashion exhibition that has been touring Australia.
Their visits were aimed at gaining an understanding of Australian contemporary craft design practice with the view of including more Australian work in the exhibitions curated by their respective museums. More
While focusing on the international craft·design scene, we include a segment about the Milan Furniture Fair held in April this year.
Designboom have compiled an amazing array to tantalise and bewilder, for those of us who could not be there. Designboom image gallery
» Calendar of events
» New onHORIZON
» New New Design 2007 winners
» New Sydney Design 2007
» New Melbourne Fringe
Ozco welcomes announcement
The Australia Council for the Arts welcomed the announcement of several significant initiatives in the 2007-08 Budget. Media release 
Positive news for the arts
Australia’s visual arts sector will be hugely relieved with the news contained in the Federal Budget that $24.7 million has been allocated over the next four years to continue support for the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy. NAVA
Pity about cluster funding
CHASS welcomed many aspects of the Federal Budget in the areas of education and the arts.
Media release
Disappointment for regional arts
Regional Arts Australia's $60 million bid for a range of arts initiatives in the bush over four years failed to gain support in May's Federal Budget. Regional Arts Australia
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Budget 2007
Budget at a glance
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, George Brandis, announced Australian businessman Mr Terry Campbell AO as the new Chair of the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF). Media release
After two years as President of the country's peak national regional arts agency, Regional Arts Australia (RAA), Meg Larkin, who is also the Chair of Regional Arts NSW, has handed the baton to Suzie Haslehurst, Chair of Country Arts WA. Regional Arts Australia
In the World: head, hand, heart is touring nationally as part of the 2006 Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial. The biennial has been developed to showcase innovative textile works and is recognised as Australia's pre-eminent textile related exhibition. Tour itinerary
CreateBiz, a new information resource compiled by the Australia Council for the Arts, helping artists to access other 'non-arts' government support programs. Australia Council
Congratulations to Grace Cochrane who has been been admitted to the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, DLitt. by the University of New South Wales.
Congratulations to Helge Larsen and Darani Lewers OA who have been bestowed an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Visual Arts from The University of Sydney.
Congratulations also go to Tiwi, Jilamara, carvers Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri and Pius Tipungwuti who have been invited to participate in The Hague Sculpture 2007 in the Netherlands. Den Haag Sculptuur 07
Craft Australia gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance it receives from the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian government's arts funding and advisory body. Craft Australia is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all state and territory governments
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