Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre: 2005 Annual Report

• High End: Hand Made 3: The annual Partners in Craft night was held on Tuesday 6
December to present the launch of Accredited Professional Member Anna Gianakis’ Café
Range. This evening focused on the launch of the Café Range, featuring a cup and saucer,
sweets plate and milk jug by ceramicist Anna Gianakis and featured the display and sale of
her products accompanied by sumptuous pastries. Approaching Essential Ingredient, a high
end home wares retailer in Canberra, Anna was successful in having the range stocked as
of 12 December 2005. Most of the Café Range products sold out on the evening as well as
other Craft for Xmas items by Craft ACT members. The general feedback about the product
launch was positive and reflected an interest in the products displayed and the atmosphere
generated by the evening. Most of the products sold out on the evening. Craft ACT
continues to work with artists to launch new products.
Craft ACT continues to find new ways to improve and enhance membership and marketing
strategies within its public program abilities. Large inroads in its direct contact with members,
artists and key networks through email blitzes, have been made with these fast turn around
information processes. The Craft ACT newsletter has been reassessing how it can be an
effective information and promotion tool. Now that information on many opportunities is
distributed through the email blitzes, the space in the newsletter can be dedicated to new writing
under the title 4. 4 is a critical essay focussing on four of Craft ACT’s Accredited Professional
Members by emerging and established writers here in the ACT. All the information presented
above demonstrates significant and an enormous amount of activity for such a small organisation
as Craft ACT.
A full detailed report of the exhibitions presented by Craft ACT is attached in appendix A.
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