Banner image: Dona Prawita Aristuta Nuk renggunuk 2005 (detail) from Arafura Craft Exchange Trajectory of Memories, Tradition and Modernity in Ceramics exhibition
Jenny Orchard Rosey eyes, 2005
Presented by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Arafura Craft Exchange Trajectory of Memories, Tradition and Modernity in Ceramics has been developed by Guest Curator, Sudjud Dartanto. The exhibition is based on several themes that emerge from various aesthetic and conceptual abstractions embodied in the works of Indonesian and Australian ceramicists.
» Trajectory of Memories by Sudjud Dartanto
It is with regret that Tasmanian furniture maker, Kevin Perkins (who was selected by the jury to be our Living Treasure artist in 2009) has had to withdraw from the Living Treasures project.
» Living Treasure update Object Gallery
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This seems to be the way of it in the arts at the moment. As we brace ourselves for the new federal budget that promises the tough medicine, we are still reeling from the recent funding cuts to the national cultural institutions imposed since the Rudd government came to office.
While at the same time we are imagining a bright new future of support for the arts with the recent Australia 2020 Summit and the submissions for the Review of the National Innovation System.
So where does the arts sector stand in the current climate?
On the positive side there has been much optimism as we look to a brighter future promised with the Australia 2020 Summit held recently in Canberra.
Here 1000 of our top thinkers joined ranks to discuss issues such as productivity, creativity, health, families and Indigenous Australia.
Amongst this group was Dr Astrid Wootton, the Executive Director of the Design Centre in Tasmanian, and member of the ACDC network, who participated in the Creative Australia forum. More
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The opportunity to have our issues represented in the broader government arena came with the recent call for submissions by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research to Review the National Innovation System.
Initiated by Senator Kim Carr from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and research, through his speech New Agenda For Prosperity.
Craft Australia developed a submission after consulting with the sector and the ACDC network at the recent meeting held in Sydney.
A green paper will be developed from these submissions by July where public comment will be sought.
A final white paper will be developed by end of the year that defines the government's priorities to support the future of innovation in Australia.
While the Summit and the Review are a collective imagining and setting in place the tools to move towards a brighter future for the country, the recent actions of the government present a different story. Efficiency dividends have been imposed on all government departments.
The impact on the cultural sector is that we have seen significant cuts to all the major cultural organizations and we have been told that the Australia Council for the Arts has to find $2 million in savings.
The impact of these cuts to the Australia Council has been met stoically by Council staff who have reassured the sector that the funding cuts will not impact on programs.
This may be the sentiment but the actions, which speak louder than words, are not the case. In the past 3 months Craft Australia has been notified of cuts to several programs. More
A call for papers
Addressing contemporary Indigenous craft and design practice Selling Yarns 2 draws on the outcomes of the first Selling Yarns conference held in Darwin in 2006 that looked specifically at contemporary Indigenous textile practice.
Call for papers information sheet 
Ms Lyndal Jones has been appointed to the Visual Arts Board. Ms Jones is a practising visual artist and associate professor of multimedia at RMIT University in Melbourne. She represented Australia at the Biennale of Venice in 2001 and was artist-in-residence for the City of Melbourne in 2001–02.
Congratulations to Western Australia glass artist, Kevin Gordon, winner of 2008 Tom Malone Prize.
Congratulations also go to winners of Object's competitive national graduate exhibition, Design Now! Kevin Azzopardi was presented with the Object Award for Creative Innovation and Sian Power was awarded The Living Edge Travelling Scholarship.
The Board of Craft Victoria has announced Joe Pascoe as the new Artistic Director and CEO of Craft Victoria. Joe comes to Craft Victoria from the Australia Council for the Arts and has a long association with craft as a writer, curator and gallery director.
A five-point plan to improve the value of the PhD program in the humanities, arts and social sciences in Australia has been presented to government. Five-point plan
The international program, Indigo, has launched their new website. The program is presented by Icograda - the world body for professional communication design, in partnership with Australia’s National Design Centre, and provides a platform for Indigenous design. Indigo website
The Arts and Cultural Heritage Information Development Plan has been developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics (NCCRS) in consultation with the Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group (CMCSWG). The aim of the Information Development Plan (IDP) is to guide future directions for statistical data development and research relevant to arts and cultural heritage. Plan
After several months of work in collaboration with website designers and techies, Regional Arts NSW have launched their new website and new e-bulletin format. www.regionalartsnsw.com.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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