June 2008   

Employment opportunity

Expression of Interest

Public Art Curator

Brisbane Supreme Court and District Court

On behalf of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Project Services is calling for Expressions of Interest from Curators experienced in Public Art for the new Brisbane Supreme Court and District Court project.

To register your interest and gain a Tender Package please contact,
Christine Murray,
Senior Procurement Manager,
Public Art Unit, Project Services,
GPO Box 2906,
Brisbane Qld 4001
Email christine.murray@projectservices.qld.gov.au

By 5.00pm Monday 14 July 2008

For further information contact Christine Murray on (07) 3224 4424.

   June 2008   

Selling Yarns: Innovation for sustainability

Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for sustainability is a conference that addresses contemporary Indigenous craft and design practice. It draws on the outcomes of the first Selling Yarns conference held in Darwin in 2006 that looked specifically at contemporary Indigenous textile practice.

Artist: Robyn Djunginy
Ramingining NT
Title: Bottles, 2006
Materials: Pandanus, natural dyes, coiling techinque
Exhibition: ReCoil, Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art

Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for sustainability website

A selection of conference papers from the 2006 Darwin conference have been published through the Craft Australia Research Centre.

   April 2008   

Project springboard: entrepreneurship for designers

Springboard, the mentoring program that will enable 100 of Australia's most promising furniture, textiles, accessories and homewares designers to develop their professional careers in local and international markets, has announced the successful applicants for stage one of the program. Project springboard is a partnership initiative of the Australia Council aimed at assisting and developing the careers of Australian designers. View list

   November 2007  

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian craft

Marian Hosking: Jewellery is the third exhibition in Object's widely applauded Living Treasures: Masters of Australian craft exhibition series which celebrates the achievements of senior craft practitioners. With a career spanning almost 40 years, Hosking is one of Australia 's foremost contemporary jewellers and silversmiths.

Working almost exclusively with silver, Hosking has developed a distinctive vocabulary of techniques including casting, drilling and saw-piercing. She translates specific elements of the natural world into the language of silver, creating jewellery and objects of astonishing beauty.

Marian Hosking: Jewellery

Living Treasures series
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   18 July 2007  

Promote Contemporary Craft

Gallery Director and Chair of Museums Australia Art Craft Design Special Interest Group, Debbie Abraham was joined by, website designer Stephen Goddard of Stephen Goddard Design, Brian Parkes Associate Director, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design and Avi Amesbury, Communications Manager at Craft Australia to launch the much anticipated website Promote Contemporary Craft.

An enthusiastic audience of over 200 craftspeople from the Hunter Region and beyond celebrated the launch. Lively discussion followed an informed presentation which analysed pivotal characteristics of the Australian craft sector including future directions with all representative bodies clearly working together.

promotecraft.com.au provides an entirely new promotional tool for craft practitioners, curators, gallery workers, retail outlets, hotel chains, architects and the broader market place. promotecraft.com.au is a ‘one-stop’ site presenting the work and experiences of a wide range of Australian craft practitioners. Application

Avi Amesbury welcomed the Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery initiative, Promote Contemporary Craft, and congratulated Gallery Director Debbie Abraham on her innovative approach to promoting contemporary craft. More

Crafting the Future

Craft Australia launches the National Craft Mapping Project, a report on the current status of the Australian craft and design industry. The report provides an analysis of professional activity and industry support, looks at career pathways and needs for sustainable practice across the full span of an artist's working life - from recent graduate to the most senior artists.

The project scopes the breadth of services currently available, reviews services offered by organisations and how they are used by craft artists and designer/makers, identifies service needs not currently met and makes recommendations for the future.

The National Craft Mapping Project: Service provision for professional craft artists and designer/makers report in hard copy is a free publication and is available from Craft Australia.

Order your hard-copy now.

Download as a PDF

A $5.00 fee is being charged to cover postage and handling for a hard-copy.