In essence, Selling Yarns 2 gave many people the chance to share their 'yarns' of success, elaborate on their experiences and discuss new and innovative developments to create a sustainable cultural future for Indigenous practice.
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This issue looks at Arts Tasmania's Collect Art Purchase Scheme. Following on from Selling Yarns we feature Alice Wish's article on pricing contemporary Indigenous seed and shell necklaces. And step inside Craft Act's second residency program the Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage.…
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Living Treasures
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft celebrates the achievements of Australia's iconic and influential crafts practitioners and makes prominent the work of Australian artists whose exemplary craft skills have been recognised by their peers …
Call for papers
The inaugural call for papers is now open and the Craft Australia Craft and Design Research Centre is seeking contributions for 2009 on the theme - Cross cultural exchanges in craft and design. We invite papers that interrogate cross-cultural practices, communicate the breadth of …
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The Craft Australia ImageBank - 25,000 photographic slides representing 30 years of craft and design in Australia - is currently stored in filing cabinets and is in need of digitising. Help us share this history of Australian craft and design with the World.
July 2009: State of design - In this July 2009 issue of 716 craft design we bring you information about key activities that are addressing the issue of design's role in our current economic and social environment. Leading this conversation is the State of Design festival held in Melbourne from 15 - 25 July.... …
Craft Australia is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all state and territory governments, and the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian government's arts funding and advisory body.
