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Issue #62 - April 2011 Special Edition

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1 Editorial

Choosing Craft - Vicki Halper Speaking Tour April 2011

This Special Edition of ca enews brings to your attention some 'big picture' ideas. Craft Australia is hosting American curator, writer and historian, Vicki Halper in Australia from 1 – 21 April 2011. In addition, this month the ACDC network has released Tipping Point, a publication which demonstrates ways the ACDC network invests in support for artists, innovation and design, innovation and new technologies.

We present a paper by Professor Ted Snell who looks at how design thinking is influencing a new Future Framework at the University of Western Australia. It is noted that the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has funded a new generation of object, craft and design practitioners, including supporting the Australian Design Alliance, the Australia India Design Platform with RMIT and the ACDC Design Catalyst Forum Gallery at the Design Triennial, Asia Pacific.

2 Feature articles

2011: choosing craft - vicki halper speaking tour
Vicki Halper is a noted curator of American crafts and co-editor of Choosing Craft: The Artist's Viewpoint, a recently published anthology of artists' writings and transcribed interviews. Vicki Halper is visiting Australia from 1 - 21 April 2011.
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tipping point - acdc strategy for the future
This publication outlines the many programs delivered by the network of Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) as a direct result of Visual Arts and Craft Strategy (VACS). The report includes case studies which demonstrate ways the ACDC network invests in ...
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good design - designing tomorrow
Keynote address delivered by Professor Ted Snell to the Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of Australia (JMGA) 2010 conference held in Perth April 2010. Snell looks at resourcefulness and the process of design in the creation of artefacts and how design thinking is...
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top 10 library articles this month

3 News from the sector

CRAFT: where is it? is an online resource collated by Craft Victoria
Victoria is home to some of the world's best contemporary craft, but how do you know what it is and where it is? CRAFT: where is it? is an online resource collated by Craft Victoria that helps you locate significant Victorian craft collections across the state, learn about the content of the collections, and browse a range of key images. Ranging from highly visible works such as Deborah Halpern's Angel on Birrarung Marr to appointment-based private museums, you'll be able to gain virtual access to some of Victoria's hidden (and some not-so-hidden) craft treasures. You'll also be able to read about the history of craft making and collecting: looking back to look forward.

4 Calendar

City of design talkfest

8 April - 8 April 2011
Canberra
The 2011 Designing a Capital: Crafting a City program concludes with City of design talkfest from 1.00pm on Friday 8 April 2011, as cultural entrepreneurs and innovators come together at the Centre to look at the role of craft and design thinking in building creative capital.
more exhibitions

Dwell - Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott

17 March - 17 April 2011
Jam Factory, Adelaide
Working under the collective moniker of Edols Elliott, the Sydney based duo Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott have been at the forefront of contemporary Australian glass for almost 20 years. Their works are in major public collections across Australia and around the world.
more exhibitions

Woodfire Tasmania 2011

28 April - 1 May 2011
Deloraine
Woodfire Tasmania 2011 is an event for potters, sculptors, students, educators, collectors, curators, and anyone else with an interest in the ceramic arts. The program will grow from the interests and offerings of makers from around Australia and overseas and be a revelation and celebration of the visions, prophesies and imaginings of a variety of clay and fire practitioners. There will be exhibitions, demonstrations, guest speakers, forums, individual presentations, films, and pre and post program offerings.
more exhibitions

Transformations in Cultural Communication

14 April - 15 April 2011
Melbourne
Smithsonian Cultural Leaders are to visit Australia in 2011. This symposium provides an excellent opportunity to address highly charged and significant questions related to the ways in which cultural organisations encourage audiences to engage in issues related to broad global and civic themes. Importantly, it explores the ways in which social media will support this cultural exchange into the future.
more exhibitions

5 Projects

Right Way - Indigenous Forum

An online discussion and community about future directions for Indigenous craft and design. visit

Journal - Craft + Design Enquiry

Volume 2, Cross-cultural Exchanges in Craft and Design, , edited by Dr Louise Hamby focuses on Australian Indigenous practice. Volume 3 is due out in July 2011. There is a current call for papers for Volume 4.

6 Opportunities

Launch Pad design initiative entries
Launch Pad is a design initiative, promoting the support and development of Australian product designs.This year's program has a focus facilitating introductions and building relationships between emerging designers and key industry figures from areas of manufacture, retail, media, marketing and business development.
Closing date: Friday, 30 March 2012   more opportunities

Queensland Premier's Design Awards
The new Queensland Premier's Design Awards are positioned to align with the Queensland Design Strategy 2020. The Queensland Premier's Design Awards seek to recognise the importance of design to the Queensland lifestyle and economy through two categories, The Smart State Design Fellowship and The Emerging Design Leader Award.
Closing date: Friday, 30 April 2010   more opportunities

7 Connect

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9 support us

The Craft Australia Image Bank aims to represent an historic slide collection of over 25,000 colour slides. Craft Australia is preserving these slides by digitising them and making them accessible online.

Craft Australia is a not-for-profit organisation and has been an advocate for the craft and design sector for 40 years. Your donation will assist us in continuing to promote and support the sector. Tax deductible donations can be made on-line.

Fay Bottrell, Directions in Fibre 1976, Image Number 1010003 from the Craft Australia National Historical Collection

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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