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Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6262 9333

Address: Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit Civic 2608 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.craftact.org.au/

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24.01.2022 CRAFT ACT GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY// In 2015, Craft ACT commissioned a survey exhibition of one of the most influential and iconic figures in the Australian craft movement, Janet DeBoos. Janet is a long-term Craft ACT member (since 1996), and friend, mentor, teacher and collaborator to many people in Canberra and across the globe. In the first major publication that surveys her career, guest curator Peter Haynes revealed Janet's extensive and diverse career, describing her art as ...‘conceptually complex, referentially rich and aesthetically beautiful’. The exhibition catalogue is available online at http://ow.ly/FZZZ50DpzrK and you can see recent work by Janet DeBoos in the current Craft ACT exhibition Intersections: Two artist’s approach to landscape through dialogue, making and getting lost (with contemporary visual artist Wendy Teakel). Image: Janet DeBoos, Large Vase, 2001. Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 2011. Image courtesy of National Gallery of Australia.

21.01.2022 EXHIBITION / c/o Craft ACT: 2020 members exhibition The annual members exhibition showcases the current trends in contemporary craft and design and illustrate how care underpins a maker’s commitments. We interviewed acclaimed American craft curator, writer and historian Glen Adamson about the exhibition. He explains: you see so many things in the [Craft] ACT show that have that kind of combination of values, of respect and creativity. And that's really what you come to cra...ft for you don't come to it just to be reminded of what you already love. You also come to it to see things that are new. Equally you don't just come to it for novelty. You also come to it for a kind of foundational experience of culture. And I think the show does that marvelously. Visit our gallery and these amazing works, we are open tomorrow from 10 5 pm. For more information, follow link below: https://craftact.org.au//current-e/2020-members-exhibition Image 1 : Marissa Ziesing, Carafe and Beaker 2020. Photo: Brenton McGeachie. Image 2: Lisa Cahill, Storm, 2020. Photo: courtesy of the artist Image 3: Zoe Brand, ANOTHER SIGN OF OUR TIMES, 2020. Photo: Zoe Brand. Image 4: Peter Nilsson, The Green Dress/ The Huldra, 2019. Photo: Adam McGrath. Image 5: Gail Nichols, Blue Garden, 2019. Photo: courtesy of the artist Image 6: Sarah Murphy, Connect, 2020. Photo: courtesy of the artist. Image 7: Margaret Brown, Bush Apartments 1-2, 2020. Photo: courtesy of the artist. Image 8: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Tsugi-Hagi, 2020. Photo: courtesy of the artist. Image 9: Rozlyn de Bussey, Lappet Form Diptych NO:02B n Made Electrical Currents, 2019. Photo: courtesy of the artist

19.01.2022 Ned Collins, A Statement on Cabinets and the Curiosities of Containment, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

17.01.2022 DESIGN Canberra auction // Oat Studio Now is your chance to own your own piece of contemporary design at this year's DESIGN Canberra auction. Oat Studio's aesthetic is influenced by architecture, which has been a love of Sarah Annand's (founder) for as long as she can remember. With a career in the textile industry it felt natural to draw on her love for architecture and design and create patterns using the shapes and forms of buildings.... The online auction closes 7.30pm Sat Nov. Follow the link below for more information and the full line up of works. https://www.32auctions.com/designcanberra2020 The auction is presented by Craft ACT and has been supported by the Australian Craft and Design Network. Image: Oat Studio, Upholstery weight organic cotton, fabric Printed in Australia, locally made. Upholstery by Susan + Jute Upholstery, 47 x 23 cm. Photo: Lean Timms

15.01.2022 DESIGN Canberra auction // Chelsea Lemon Now is your chance to own your own piece of contemporary design at this year's DESIGN Canberra auction. This design by Chelsea Lemon reflects the Namadgi bush fires, in particular the affected areas of the Yankee Hat trail. There was a distinct fire line where the blaze was controlled. Across recent months, the national park has shown signs of regrowth and repair care has been provided to the land. This piece is based off the 2020 DE...SIGN Canberra graphic intervention design displayed in Gungahlin Place Park. The online auction closes tomorrow Sat 28 Nov at 7.30pm. Follow the link below for more information and the full line up of works. https://www.32auctions.com/designcanberra2020 The auction is presented by Craft ACT and has been supported by the Australian Craft and Design Centre. Image: Chelsea Lemon, Yankee Hat Fire Line Tray, blackbutt and dyed veneer, 26 x 26 x 4 cm. Photo: Lean Timms

13.01.2022 Tomorrow // As part of National NAIDOC week, join Luritja artist, Kayannie Denigan, on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin as she discusses the meaning and inspir...ation behind her large scale graphic intervention ‘My Country’. This graphic intervention is presented on Ngunnawal Country in front of the new CCAS Gallery in the Commonwealth Place Precinct. Thu 12 Nov, 12.30pm. Free, tickets available here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=675203&bof=1 Photo: 5 Foot Photography

13.01.2022 Meet the maker series - we are so excited to be part of Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre DESIGN Canberra 2020 Open Studios. Featuring designer Sharon Peoples

11.01.2022 Join us on Saturday 6 February from 1 pm for a floor talk for Intersections: Two artist’s approach to landscape through dialogue, making and getting lost with Janet DeBoos and Wendy Teakel. Book via the link below. https://craftact.org.au//intersections-exhibition-floor-ta... Intersections will present new works by respected ceramic artist Janet DeBoos and contemporary visual artist Wendy Teakel. The exhibition will include ceramics, drawings, paintings and sculptures which will explore the premise of ‘getting lost’ as an approach to creative practice. Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost will be a point of departure for this research. Solnit suggests that people can get lost by simply not paying attention but advocates a better way to be lost, is in Walter Benjamin’s terms, to be fully present capable of being in uncertainty and mystery. And (to make) a conscious choice, a chosen surrender, a psychic state achievable through geography.

08.01.2022 EXHIBITION | OPENING There are still tickets available for the opening of Intersections and Emerging Contemporaries tonight at 6 pm. These fantastic exhibition's bridge the best of emerging artists with new work by one of the most influential and iconic figures in the Australian craft movement, Janet DeBoos. This launch event of Craft ACT's 2021 artistic program will include opening remarks by Dr Sarah Schmidt, Director, Canberra Museum + Gallery. This is an excellent opport...unity to connect with one another, congratulate the artists and purchase unique handmade pieces of art. To be covid-safe, bookings are essential to attend tonight's event. Follow the link below: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/695909?bof=1 If you are unable to join us tonight, please come to the Intersections floor talk this Saturday 6 February at 1 pm to learn more about the beautiful works by Janet DeBoos and Wendy Teakel. To book follow the link below: https://craftact.org.au//intersections-exhibition-floor-ta Photo: Janet DeBoos, Lidded Jar 4, 2021. Photo: Andrew Sikorski

07.01.2022 DESIGN Canberra auction // Calum Hurley Now is your chance to own your own piece of contemporary design at this year's DESIGN Canberra auction. Chair001 was designed by Calum Hurley in response to his photographs of metropolitan Japan, shown as part of the 2020 exhibition (with Jordan Leeflang), Differing Perspectives at Craft ACT. The red version of this chair was a finalist in the 2020 Denfair Front Centre program.... The online auction closes tomorrow, Sat 28 Nov at 7.30pm. Follow the link below for more information and the full line up of works. https://www.32auctions.com/designcanberra2020 Image: Calum Hurley, Chair001 (Grey), powder-coated steel, jesmonite, hand-spun woolen upholstery, 45 x 68 51 cm. Photo: Lean Timms

02.01.2022 DESIGN Canberra auction // Sam Gold Now is your chance to own your own piece of contemporary design at this year's DESIGN Canberra auction. Gold explores the body’s faculty for Poiesis in order to achieve meaning and its capacity to reconcile with material to achieve catharsis. This processed oriented work is held together by the indexical trace of gesture; the repetitious markmaking which is embedded within the clay.... The online auction closes this Sat 28 Nov at 7.30pm. Follow the link below for more information and the full line up of works. https://www.32auctions.com/designcanberra2020 Image: Sam Gold, Stillness (Votive vessels series), scarva black stoneware, cobalt hand dyed oxide fine, warm stoneware, dimensions variable. Photo: Lean Timms

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