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Volume 1   Number 2   August 2010

Talking design

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre is a founding member of the Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) network, a group of peak organisations from all states and territories that represent the professional craft and design sector across Australia. These organisations engage at a local, national and international level and offer individual services and programs that support professional craft and design practitioners, research, and sustainable practice.

As a network ACDC is represented on various national arts advocacy bodies and contributes to discussions around current issues and policy development. The application of craft and design, research and innovation and its role in resolving challenges we are now facing is one area currently undergoing vigorous discussion. The Queensland government is supporting a new international event, Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific, to promote the value of design thinking in shaping a positive future for the Asia Pacific region. The ACDC network will facilitate a forum and a free public talk, Global Artisan, at the event to open discussions around craft and design micro enterprises, research, and sustainability. The ACDC program is supported as a strategic initiative of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.

The inaugural Unlimited event will run from the 4th to10th October and is well worth a visit to hear, see and explore the week long program.

It is timely that the Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre touring exhibition, F!nk: Fostering design, curated by Merryn Gates and showcasing eight entrepreneurial Australian designers, will be at dodeka in Seoul, Republic of Korea during this event.

Avi Amesbury, Executive Director

Notes

Re-Loved Re-Vamped is back in 2010. Formed by dynamic fashionista duo Hanny and Lee Dewar, this fashion event showcasing sustainable and recycled fashion will explode onto the catwalk at Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre at 6pm on Thursday 30 September.

The next installment of Pecha Kucha Canberra Volume 9 will be held at the Centre on Wednesday 29 September at 7pm.

Thanks to Hopscotch Films, the Centre has 80 free double passes to give away to see The Kids Are All Right, the most talked about movie at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, this weekend (Friday 27 August - Sunday 29 August) at Greater Union cinema, Manuka. To receive a double pass be one of the first 80 people to call Lee Dewar on 02 6262 9333 or email shop@craftact.org.au.

Our professional members

Sarit Cohen, exhibition
Recent works from China at the Belconnen Arts Centre

Linda Davy, exhibition
Finalist at the 27th Gold Coast International Ceramic Award

Valerie Kirk, curator
Momentum: 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial now exhibited at GlassHouse, Port Macquarie

Blanche Tilden
Recipient of a New Work - Established grant from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts

Visit our Professional Members calendar

Our exhibitions

Conjunction - Debra Boyd-Goggin and Chris Harman
An exhibition of new work showcasing the collaborative practice of the artists, whilst highlighting their distinct and individual styles.   Review by Diana Hare

Reflection - Simon Maberley   An installation of glass and mixed media incorporating mechanised components, video projection and moving elements.   Review by Yolande Norris

Call of the Small   An exhibition in miniature curated by Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre's Curatorial Intern, Anna-Maria Sviatko, showcasing the work of 10 artists.

Abstract - Ian Factor   Congratulations to Kathy Rindt, winner of the Abstract side table generously donated by Ian Factor of Factor Design during his recent exhibition.

Our Shop

Chris Hardy is a designer-maker and Lecturer in Industrial Design at the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra. He has been working in the field of design for the past 15 years; has been involved with various committees and engaged in diverse design related projects in a consultative capacity; and designed and made household objects which have been recognised and shortlisted for various national and international competitions.

Chris' powder range of rings and bangles, pictured here in black, marries object design with advancements in technology, making use of the freedom of form that Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) offers. New stock has just arrived at the Centre and we are excited to announce that the powder range is now available in red and blue.

Chris' objects are available from our Shop

Opportunities

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre Shop call for Expressions of Interest
Submissions close 30 September 2010
Interested in stocking work in the Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre Shop? We are now calling for Expressions of Interest.

Canberra Museum and Gallery call for proposals
Submissions close 12 November 2010
Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) is seeking proposals for site-specific works of art for Gallery 4 on Civic Square - the glass-walled exhibition space at the main entrance which is viewable 24 hours a day.

Asialink arts residency
Entries close 4 September 2010
Asialink residencies provide grants of up to $12,000 for residents to spend up to four months living and working in Asian countries.

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Industry news

Loxton report released for public comment
Final report of the review of the arts in Canberra is available on the artsACT website.

Resale royalty website
Resale royalty scheme information now available at www.resaleroyalty.org.au.

Congratulations
Congratulations to New Zealand artist, Sue Hawker, on being awarded the 2010 Ranamok Glass Prize for her work Too Much is Never Enough.

All Hand Made Gallery opened at Collector
All Hand Made Gallery, created by Helen Stephens, has opened in Collector at the Lynwood Cafe site.

SFA Press
Experienced arts publisher and editor, Merryn Gates, recently founded SFA Press to offer monograph publication services to individual artists.

Also showing

Earthly perspectives
Amanda Shelsher exhibits stoneware sculptures at Beaver Galleries.

Mari Funaki: Objects
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) showcases a major exhibition of the work of preeminent Australian jeweller and metalsmith, Mari Funaki. The NGV has two exhibition publications to give away. To enter, simply email your postal address to promotions@ngv.vic.gov.au with Craft ACT in the subject line for your chance to win.

New Jewels
7 recent graduates from the gold and silversmithing workshop at the Australian National University School of Art exhibit work in this group exhibition at Workshop Bilk.

• Designer Robert Foster, principal of F!NK and Co. with his signature Water Jug, in production since 1994. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Remi Verchot, Wooden Bowl, 2002, hand-turned laminated plywood. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Elizabeth Kelly, F!NK Shot Glasses, 1998, pressed and blow-moulded glass. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Sean Booth, F!NK Candelabra, 2005, anodised aluminium and stainless steel. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Rohan Nicol, F!NK Bracelet, 2006, hard-anodised aluminium. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Rachel Bowak, F!NK Platter and Condiment Trays, 2003, anodised aluminium and stainless steel. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Bronwen Riddiford and Robert Foster, F!NK Wine Chiller, 2003, anodised aluminium and rotation-moulded plastic. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Oliver Smith, F!NK Fatware, 2005, anodised aluminium. Photograph: Damian McDonald
• Sarit Cohen, New Works - China (detail), 2010, exhibition 'New Works - China' at the Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra. Photograph: courtesy of the artist
• Simon Maberley, Reflection (detail), 2010. Photograph: Derek Ross
• Chris Hardy, powder (detail), 2010. Photograph: courtesy of the artist