Above: Tom Moore, Getin the truck Outathere, from the exhibition Autoganic, at the JamFactory, 2008 Adelaide Festival
Banner image: Junko Maruyama, Field of ideas, 2008
Japanese artist Junko Maruyama is a creator of unusually beautiful things. Crafting delicate, whimsical flowers from plastic bags and other commonplace materials, her public space installations whisper stories of the everyday intimacy of human life, while evoking deliberations on waste, recycling, and a renewed awareness of the environment and spaces that encompass us.
Field of ideas is a small project and part of the 100 small ideas of the challenge Charles Landry left for Perth. 1 Concept 10 Big Ideas 100 Small Ideas in 1000 Days was initiated by Charles as the first of FORM's Creative Capital thinker in residence.
As Chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council Professor Ted Snell presents the Visual Arts Emeritus Award 2007 to Mari Funaki and the 2007 Emeritus Medal to David Williams.
» Australia Council Emeritus Awards by Ted Snell
The Craft Australia Annual General Meeting was held in Adelaide on 29 February, 2008. The President, Robyn Daw, highlights 2007 as a year of strength and consolidation.
» President's report Robyn Daw
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The Labor Government has swept into office like a fresh breeze and along with it has come a dramatic start to the year. The energy of new ideas and new directions has also brought with it much activity and preparation for change.
Below are some of the activities that Craft Australia has been and will be involved with to position Australia contemporary craft·design in this new climate.
Following hot on the heels of the Adelaide Biennial presented at the Art Gallery of South Australia as part of the Adelaide Festival, there was an equally significant, though not as nationally visible meeting of artists and arts managers held in Sydney.
While no critic would give it a review, the meeting between members of the National Visual Art Craft Network, NVCAN, and the Australia Council for the Arts Visual Art Board, VAB would rate a ten in establishing a new process for dialogue between the sector and the Australia Council for the Arts. More
Put the 31st of March 2008 in your diary as a date not to be missed. This is the event that could reshape the arts in this country.
The Art and Innovation summit has been organised by the Council for the Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, CHASS, to discuss the arts sector's engagement with the innovation agenda proposed by Government. More
What implications does the new Government's innovation agenda have for people working in practice, in research and education, or in the cultural institutions?
The Arts and Innovation Agenda
Craft Australia sought nominations from the sector for delegates to attend the 2020 Summit which will be held in Canberra on 19 and 20 April.
The topic Craft Australia is responding to is Creative Australia: the future of the arts, film and design.
The people who were nominated by Craft Australia to participate in the event were Kevin Murray, freelance curator and art historian, Tamara Winikoff, Director of NAVA, Steven Pozel, Director of Object and Catrina Vignando General Manager of Craft Australia. More
When the Rudd Government began its term in office one of the more obvious signs of their policy directions was evidenced by the renaming of the federal departments. At the risk of sounding like an American pop icon, the department previously know as ... has become a bit of standard phrase in Canberra in the past 3 months.
However, a hall mark name change that reflects the foresight of the Rudd Government has been the change to the department once known as DEST, Department of Education Science and Training, now rebranded as the Department of Innovation, Industry Science and Research.
This new department is calling for a review of the national innovation systems and is holding national consultations in March to begin this process. More
Congratulations to Les Blakebrough who was named Tasmanian Senior Australian of the Year and Peter Travis who received an Australia Medal in the Australian of the Year Awards 2008 held in Canberra in January.
Talente, the presigious international award, has selected 6 young and emerging Australian makers for the 2008 exhibition. Congratulations to Masahiro Asaka, Glass; Tassia Joannides, Jewelery; Andea Kannon Barrett, Jewellery; Nicole Polentas, Jewellery; Anita Van Doorn, Jewellery and Vuong Trung Vo, Ceramics.
One of Australi's leading jewellers Mari Funaki, and celebrated arts advocate Emeritus Professor David Williams AM, have been honoured with the 2007 Australia Council for the Arts' Visual Arts Emeritus Award and the Visual Arts Emeritus Medal respectively. Media release
Internationally acclaimed glass artist, Klaus Moje, has donated a specially made piece of work worth $15,000 to the Far South Coast Living Artists Projects to help raise funds for their 2009 scholarship.
Congratulations to Nici Cumpston who has been appointed to the newly-created curator position at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Art education gets a boost in the region with the construction of a new art education facility at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the appointment of Doug Hall AM as commissioner for the Australian exhibition at the 53rd Venice Biennale Festival in 2009.
Tiwi Art Network Aboriginal Corporation have scheduled 9 buying trips in 2008 focusing on art buyers and collectors who want to visit the 3 community art centres - Jilamara, Tiwi Design and Munupi. Tiwi Art website
Art Monthly Australia has announced Maurice O’Riordan as the new Editor. He replaces Deborah Clark who has taken a post at the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery after five years with AMA.
Arts Law Australia has a new free guide to basic legal issues, dealing with - Copyright, Moral Rights, Contracts, Liability and Insurance. Answers for artists
The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online (DAAO) is an open access and dynamic scholarly reference work. Visit www.daao.org.au
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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