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- A new chapter for Australian Craft and Design by Catrina Vignando 30 April 2012
- This is the final farewell press release issued by Craft Australia informing supporters of the ongoing location of our website, craft + design enquiry journal, digitised collection of images, and archive of the organisation.
- The craft +design enquiry journal continues by Catrina Vignando 11 April 2012
- Craft Australia is pleased to announce the ongoing life of one of its projects, the craft + design enquiry research e-journal. "As part of Craft Australia's winding up process we have endeavoured to find new host organisations for our key activities", said General Manager Catrina Vignando
- Launch of the Craft Australia National Historical Collection by Catrina Vignando 27 March 2012
- Craft Australia is pleased to announce the launch of a significant multi-year project. The Craft Australia National Historical Collection (NHC) is a significant slide archive on the development and practice of the Australian Studio Craft Movement from the 1960s to the early 1990s that is now digitised and available online to practitioners, researchers and curators in the field.
- February Update Winding-up by Catrina Vignando 8 February 2012
- With your support Craft Australia has had an extension of funding till the end of April 2012 as opposed to having to close the doors of the organisation by the end of December 2011. This extension will ensure that the programs that have been established by Craft Australia and the historical and visual archives of the Australian studio craft movement that we have collected over the past 40 years are not lost to the sector.
- Craft Australia defunded by the Australia Council by Catrina Vignando 28 October 2011
- The Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council announced in October that it would defund Craft Australia, the national peak organisation for the craft and design sector. Without its financial support Craft Australia will be forced to close by December 2011 and its significant 40 year legacy will be lost. The network of Australian Craft and Design Centres, (ACDC), support Craft Australia in seeking to revoke the Visual Arts Board, (VAB) decision
- Future proofing: Sustainability models for craft and design practice by Catrina Vignando 29 April 2011
- Craft Australia believes that crafts and design people working in creative micro enterprises are leading the way in new manufacturing methodologies. Their capacity to customise production, resulting in less waste, as well employing new models of marketing and distribution, such as the pop- up shops, are leading to new and more sustainable models of practice.
- Australia Day Honours for the craft and design sector by Kathryn Wells 29 January 2011
- On Australia Day 2011, three members of the craft and design sector were recognised for their services to the arts in the Governor-General's Australia Day Honours Lists. The three recipients were Gary Cleveland and Jeff Mincham who were both made Members of the Order of Australia and Virginia Braden who received a Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division. Jeff Mincham and Virginia Braden were company directors on the board of Craft Australia from 2003 - 06.
- Unlimited Design Asia Pacific by Alexandra Gillespie 29 September 2010
- The inaugural Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific festival features two events developed by artisan and presented by the ACDC (Australian Craft and Design Centres) with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts; the events are Global Artisan and ACDC Design Catalyst Forum. Respectively exploring the challenges and opportunities for creative businesses operating in the globalised marketplace and a national industry and a forum aimed at visioning a future with greater understanding of and recognition for design.
- Australian Design Alliance Introduce a National Design Agenda by Catrina Vignando 28 September 2010
- Craft Australia is a member of the Australian Design Alliance that was recently launched at the Sydney Opera House. Catrina Vignando, the General manager of Craft Australia is a director on the Board of ADA and has been involved in the development of this new alliance since its inception 18 months ago.
- Cross-cultural Exchanges in Craft and Design by Catrina Vignando 8 September 2010
- The launch of Vol 2 of craft + design enquiry "Cross-cultural Exchanges in Craft and Design" edited by Dr Louise Hamby, from the Australian National University.
- Sustainability - Issue #3 Call for papers by Jenny Deves 28 July 2010
- Sustainability - Issue #3 Call for papers welcomes academic papers documenting research that contributes to an understanding of sustainability as a context for craft and design.
- Should we have an Indigenous authentication label? by Merryn Gates 17 November 2009
- Craft Australia's 2009 online forum is based around key issues faced by the Indigenous craft and design sector such as ethical practices, education and authenticity. Through this forum an online vote is being conducted to gain a preliminary response to the question posed.
- Craft Australia 2009 online forum by Merryn Gates 24 October 2009
- An update on the progress of Craft Australia's 2009 national online forum right way.
- Launch of craft + design enquiry online journal by Jenny Deves 23 October 2009
- craft + design enquiry is a new, open access, peer-reviewed, online journal that interrogates discourses surrounding craft and design practice.
- right way: the future of Indigenous craft and design by Merryn Gates 19 August 2009
- right way is an online discussion and community about future directions for Indigenous craft and design.
- Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for sustainability by Amy Kerr 27 February 2009
- The Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for sustainability conference and associated programs, to be held in Canberra from 6 - 9 March, explores new directions and success stories underpinning recent and often dramatic developments in contemporary Indigenous textile and design practice in Australia.
