2022 Craft ACT Annual Report

Craft ACT: Craft + 

Design Centre 

2022 Annual Report

Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre 

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2022 Annual Report Contents 

2022: The year in review 

President’s report 

Craft ACT achievements 

DESIGN Canberra achievements 

Month by month 

Goal 1: Innovation 

Exhibitions 

Research 

Residencies 

Public programs 

Goal 2: Collaboration 

Audience development and attendance 

Design Canberra programming 

Local, national, + global collaborations 

Goal 3: Value 

Effective communications 

Enhanced digital presence + engagement Membership 

Goal 4: Security 

Income 

DESIGN Canberra growth 

Member + staff professional development 

Acquittals, reporting and governance 

Board, staff, committees, volunteers, and interns 

Social pages 

Appendices: 2021 Craft ACT activity 

Membership 

Exhibitions 


Media 

Craft ACT supporters and funding partners 

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Fire Country, Rebecca Selleck + James Tylor, 2022. Photography 5foot 

2022: The year in review 

2022 was an incredible year 

for Craft ACT representing a 

period of significant growth for 

the organisation and a massive 

recovery from the challenging 

years of the pandemic. We met 

and exceeded our strategic 

goals of Innovation, Collaboration, 

Value, and Security, with a full 

year of vibrant events, including 

the ninth and most successful 

DESIGN Canberra Festival, 

innovative exhibitions in our gallery, 

markets, auctions, workshops, 

public programs, competitions, 

awards, retail sales, and our 

Artists-in-Residence program. 

The synergy and vitality of our 

programming has been achieved 

through collaboration with over 

1400 generous stakeholders 

and has been well received by 

our community with engaged 

audiences growing. 

We achieved our strategic goal of 

Innovation via exhibitions, research, 

residencies, and workshops. We 

reached our goal of Collaboration 

through both Craft ACT and 

DESIGN Canberra programming 

working with local, national, and 

global artists, organisations, and 

partners. We enacted our pillar 

of Value through expanding Craft 

ACT’s physical premises (with 

our Hub Shop and workshop 

space and working on the future 

Kingston Arts Precinct project), 

growing our audiences, providing 

opportunities for our members, 

and enhancing our online 

engagement. Further to this, we 

achieved our goal of Security 

through growing organisational 

sponsorship and artist’s income, 

growing the DESIGN Canberra 

Festival, increasing staff numbers, 

and providing professional 

development programs to our 

artist members; and ensuring 

our governance reporting and 

acquittals were of the highest 

standard—being successful in our 

application for ACT Government 

organisational funding. 

On a personal level an example 

of our many successes was an 

evening of programming during 

the Festival: 

On a balmy Friday evening in 

November 2022, I sat in Civic 

Square as the sky went pink 

and learnt how to make woven 

bracelets under the expert 

guidance of accomplished 

Wiradjuri artist Jessika Spencer. 

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The sensory combination of 

the natural texture of the raffia, 

and the repeated rhythm of the 

stitching was both calming and 

compelling—exemplifying the 

wellbeing benefits of making 

by hand and the satisfaction of 

learning new skills and deepening 

my understanding of First Nations 

Culture. I sipped on a glass of crisp 

local Lake George Winery Rosè 

and nibbled on cheeses from the 

region—indulging in local delights 

further enhancing my state of 

relaxation. I chatted with strangers 

as I wove feeling a gentle sense 

of connection to each other in 

this shared making activity and to 

place—the beautiful Ngunnawal 

country we live in. 

We sat immersed in public artwork 

which altered our perception of 

the urban landscape and provoked 

me to ponder new ideas. Under 

foot was on an incredible largescale 

mural by Kamilaroi artist 

Leah Brideson that represented 

cultural shift in knowledge through 

a First Nations lens: symbols of 

waterways and rocks in velvety 

blues, oranges and white served 

as a potent reminder that whilst 

surrounded by concrete, we were 

on country and urgently need to 

pay attention to caring for country 

and climate. 

Behind me on the theatre ramps 

and the lane ways into the square 

was the mural by artist Lymesmith 

which used geometry and colour 

to reference the surrounding 

heritage architecture; enhancing 

the arrival and departure 

experience to the Square. 

As I looked up toward the Craft 

ACT building, I could see the 

incredible woven sculpture, Given 

Conditions, by artist Lucy Irvine 

climbing up out of her temporary 

studio (CRA Second Space) into 

the windows of the gallery on 

the floor above like a strange 

alien organism, disrupting my 

perception of the building, of the 

definition of the craft of weaving, 

and the power of public art to 

change perspectives. 

Next to it a-top the building lights, 

were bulbous forms, exploring 

contemporary weaving practice 

by artist Julie Monro-Allison, 

her installation Becoming an 

exploration of biological life and 

the web of entanglement that 

exists between all living organisms. 

This lovely November evening 

in 2022 immersed me and our 

community in transformative 

experiences of being surrounded 

by artworks, making by hand, 

connecting with each other, 

learning traditional First Nations 

culture, celebrating Canberra, 

and being challenged to think 

in new ways. It encapsulates so 

much about why Craft ACT’s 

artists, exhibitions, and programs 

are essential to our lives and in 

celebrating our beautiful cities’ 

significant design legacies and 

futures. Our artists, craftspeople 

and designers make work that 

reflects and reveals our society, 

tells our stories, connects us with 

our community and strengthens 

our sense of identity. It enhances 

our wellbeing and replenishes our 

human spirit. 

The arts are essential to our city, 

our culture, and our survival and 

what we do at Craft ACT is so 

incredibly important to our city 

and our world. Canberra has 

an extraordinarily high number 

of creatives per capita and 

in 2022 Craft ACT has been 

instrumental in showcasing their 

work and providing opportunities 

for audience engagement and 

income generation. 

At 51 years old, and the longest 

running visual arts organisation 

of our kind in Australia, Craft 

ACT has played a vital role in 

sustaining Australia’s high-quality 

studio practice and supporting 

craftspeople, designers, and 

audiences, and we are proud 

to continue this tradition and 

continue to thrive because of 

our incredible artist members. 

It is these artists that give so 

much to our community and 

our world, with generosity they 

continue to enrich and challenge 

us. Often these makers cannot 

earn a living wage from their 

work and Craft ACT continues to 

advocate for fair pay for artists 

and provide opportunities for 

income generation and connection 

to growing audiences. We were 

delighted in 2022 to increase fees 

to artists by 100% and through all 

our programs supported artists to 

earn over $465,142 (up 70% from 

2019). 

Our 2022 exhibition program 

exemplified the best in innovative 

contemporary craft and design 

practice, showcasing the diversity 

of practice globally. A highlight 

for me was our annual members’ 

exhibition which demonstrated 

excellence and innovation of our 

artist members' creative activities, 

and the diversity of practice in 

our region. The works presented 

complex responses to the theme 

of nurture, the post pandemic 

social environment, the influence 

of the pandemic, the climate 

crisis; and the critical need to look 

after each other and our world; 

demonstrating how important 

creative endeavour is in reflecting 

our communities' experiences. 

Other highlights for me included 

the exhibitions Fire Country, 

CONFLUENCE, BEEing, the 2022 

Robert Foster F!NK National Metal 

Prize and Home Life. 

The timely exhibition Fire Country 

by Rebecca Selleck and James 

Tylor addressed the physical 

and cultural significance of fire 

in Australia in a sensitive and 

poetic manner that captured 

the emotional trauma of fire in 

sparse sophistication resonating 

powerfully with our community. 

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CONFLUENCE showcased the 

extraordinary work of 2021 Artistin-Residence 

artists Valerie Kirk 

AM and Harriet Schwarzrock 

resulting from their immersion in 

the collections of Geoscience 

Australia and the environment 

of Namadgi National Park. This 

outstanding exhibition was 

awarded a Canberra Critics Circle 

Award for Visual Arts. 

The accompanying exhibition in 

July, BEEing, featured the work of 

established craft-based artist Dr. 

Julie Bartholomew and earlycareer 

contemporary ceramic 

artist Mahala Hill and sparked 

critical discourse around the 

intersection of art and awareness 

of biodiversity threats. 

Craft ACT was honoured to 

present the new Robert Foster 

F!NK National Metal Prize, 

supported by the Tall Foundation, 

F!NK + Co. Director Gretel Harrison, 

and Craft ACT. This bi-annual 

award is an important professional 

development opportunity for metal 

practitioners and celebrated the 

outstanding work of ten emerging 

and established contemporary 

metalworkers, designers, and 

craftspeople across Australia. 

Artists from New South Wales, 

Victoria, South Australia, and the 

Canberra region were represented, 

with two outstanding artists, 

Gretal Ferguson and Larah Knott, 

awarded cash prizes. 

Our international sensation—the 

Home Life exhibition from Rome, 

showcased the best in Italian 

design in the Craft ACT Gallery 

during the DESIGN Canberra 

Festival. We were so excited 

to continue our long-standing 

partnership with the Embassy 

of Italy to bring this incredible 

exhibition to Canberra (thanks also 

to the support of the Institute of 

Italian Culture and the Prosecco 

Consortium). 

Other exhibitions demonstrating 

excellence in contemporary craft 

and design in our 2022 program 

included: 

• Collide + Divide, an experimental 

collaborative exhibition featuring 

eleven emerging JamFactory 

associates which explored the 

opportunities of a cross-discipline 

collaboration between the four 

JamFactory studios of glass, 

ceramics, jewellery, and furniture. 

• Tension[s] 2020, the Tamworth 

Textile Triennial exhibition focussed 

on the future of people and place 

through textile as a material and 

human experience as materiality. 

• Home Grown by artist Jeremy 

Brown, contrasted design-bynature 

and design-by-human, 

and linked raw materials to their 

final product as an ode to the 

harmonious existence of the 

two elements in Canberra’s own 

streets. 

• You Get A Rhythm About It 

showcased the work Peter Minson, 

spanning his 60-year career as a 

lampworker. 

• 6:30 Sessions, by Nellie Peoples 

and Michelle Stemm featured 

objects created as the result of a 

collaboration in lockdown. 

• Emerging Contemporaries, 

the Craft ACT National Award 

Exhibition for early career artists 

showcased the best in emerging 

graduate work from educational 

institutions in the region. 

We were delighted to host a 

website-based exhibition of 

some of the best journals from 

2021’s DESIGN Canberra Creative 

Journaling Challenge as part of 

our online audience engagement, 

developed to encourage daily 

creative practice which is proven 

to improve wellbeing and creative 

thinking. This online exhibition 

presented the winning journal of 

collage artist Laura Canty and a 

shortlisted group of 26 of these 

wonderful journals. Further to this, 

a selection of five of the journals 

were highly commended by the 

judges and were exhibited at the 

Craft ACT Gallery. In November 

2022 we ran the challenge again 

as part of the DESIGN Canberra 

Festival expanding its reach to 

national audiences thanks to our 

new partnership with Eckersley’s 

Art and Craft. 

In October 2022, we were excited 

to launch our new initiative the 

DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail 

(supported by the City Renewal 

Authority) in which six shortlisted 

Craft ACT members were given a 

unique professional development 

opportunity to work with mentors 

to create public art works on 

display in the Canberra Art Biennial 

and the DESIGN Canberra Festival 

2022. These extraordinary public 

artworks bought craft and design 

practice into a public context and 

activated City West, engaging 

new audiences in a process of 

discovery and delight, and with a 

new way of engaging with craft 

and design. 

Our major outreach program, 

the DESIGN Canberra Festival, 

returned with a bang—being our 

biggest festival to date, after two 

years of being compromised by 

the pandemic. With over 250 

events, we enriched the city with 

an exhilarating, rich program 

of symposiums, talks, tours, 

exhibitions, public installations, 

and workshops for all ages. The 

Festival theme of transformation 

invited us to speculate on how 

we might transform our city, 

our community and our world 

through design and creative 

practice. Inspired by Craft ACT’s 

golden anniversary in 2021, 

and gold’s symbolism as an 

agent of transformation, we 

reflected on the ways that artist, 

designers, and craftspeople act 

as alchemists, transforming raw 

materials and ideas into objects, 

spaces, buildings, and concepts. 

The Festival engaged design 

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thinking and creative enterprise 

to speculate on how to solve the 

big issues of our time, improve 

our wellbeing; and to foster a 

vibrant, equitable, sustainable, and 

innovative society. 

The results for the 2022 festival 

were astounding, demonstrating 

the public appreciation for 

engaging with contemporary 

design and our community. 

470,660 people engaged with 

the Festival (an increase of 310% 

from our pre-pandemic highest 

statistics in 2019); 396,802 

people with our public art + public 

exhibitions; and 73,858 attendees 

with our programs + gallery 

exhibitions. We supported our 

creatives to generate $327,443 of 

income (an increase of 71% from 

2019) and supported more First 

Nations artists in the program than 

ever before. We saw an impressive 

35% increase in interstate visitors 

to Canberra for the festival, 59% 

new audiences to our website, 

and a 525.46% increase from 

2019 in our social media followers. 

We were thrilled to develop new 

family audiences through targeted 

inclusive programming, including 

our Creative Kids programs and 

the Forage at DESIGN Canberra. 

The Festival was an extraordinary 

collaboration between over 

1400+ stakeholders—artists, 

designers, craftspeople, industry, 

sponsors, educational institutions, 

organisations, and supporters. 

Their creativity, generosity and 

commitment contributed to 

community wellbeing and identity; 

and embedded contemporary 

craft, making and design at the 

centre of everyday life in Australia’s 

capital, a global city of design. The 

Festival is only possible due to the 

extraordinary generosity of these 

collaborators, and I wholeheartedly 

thank them for their loyalty and 

support. 

I make special mention of the 

key financial contributors to 

the Festival—without whom 

the festival could not run. The 

ACT Government via artsACT, 

the City Renewal Authority, and 

Cultural Facilities Corporation; 

our Platinum Sponsors - Alastair 

Swayn Foundation, Canberra 

BMW, Canberra Centre, Capital 

Airport Group, Embassy of Italy in 

Australia, Home by Holly, Sellecks 

Consultants, The Tall Foundation, 

University of Canberra and their 

Faculty of Arts and Design. Our 

exclusive product partners, A by 

Adina (Hotel), Capital Brewing 

(Beer), Eckersley’s Art and Craft 

(Art Supplies), Her Canberra 

(Media), Lake George Winery 

(Wine), and Prosecco Consortium 

(Sparkling Wine). And the other 24 

partners whose generosity in-kind 

ensures the success of the Festival 

(full list of generous partners on 

page 64). 

During 2022, I had the privilege 

to work with an incredible 

and completely delightful new 

team of staff whose creativity, 

commitment, energy, warmth and 

tenacity ensured organisational 

success and growth across all 

our activities. I extend my heartfelt 

gratitude to current core staff 

Moraig McKenna, Welly McGarry, 

Rachel Skeehan, Frances Spurgin, 

Belinda Neame, Travis Bullock 

and Christian Sirois; our casual 

staff—Daniel Margules, Eve 

Fairhall, Melissa Hammond, Elmi 

Slater, Mary Monro-Allison, Maree 

McGarry, Victoria Byron and Ella 

Myer; and our previous staff 

Georgia Arndell, Olinda Narayanan, 

Dotty Berryman, Justine Merrony 

and Meagan Jones. 

Our Board of Management has 

provided invaluable strategic 

leadership and vision to Craft 

ACT, and I thank board members 

for their generosity and wisdom. 

Current members Rebecca 

Coronel, Jenny Edwards, Charles 

Brewer, Laura Crick, Rod Bobeldijk, 

Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello, 

Isabelle Mackay-Sim, and previous 

board members Caroline Forster 

OAM and Sam Bryant. 

Craft ACT has been incredibly 

fortunate to be partially supported 

by the Australian and the ACT 

government which ensures 

organisational stability and growth. 

We are also partially supported 

by the Australia Council for the 

Arts four-year funding 2021 to 

2024, and the Visual Arts and 

Craft Strategy, an initiative of the 

Australian, State and Territory 

Governments and the ACT 

Governments Arts Organization 

Investment funding—being 

successful in 2022 in securing 

additional multi-year funding for 

2023 to 2026. I would particularly 

like to thank ACT’s Arts Minister 

Tara Cheyne MLA, Senior Advisor 

Michael Liu, and artsACT staff for 

their unwavering support of our 

activities. 

And finally, I thank our member 

artists who are at the centre 

of all of our activities—our 

member’s creativity, generosity 

and determination ensure the 

growth and success of our 

organisation and contribute to a 

vibrant arts culture in Australia. 

Our members give us purpose; 

bring a regional, national, and 

international perspective and 

expertise to our artistic programs; 

and consistently inspire us. It is an 

honour to support such a thriving 

and creative community. 

I am so grateful to work in an 

organisation that makes a tangible 

difference in the lives of our artists, 

our community, and our city, and 

invests in long term cultural and 

economic gain. I feel incredibly 

proud of what the Craft ACT 

community has achieved in 2022 

and so privileged to lead such 

an inspiring and creative cohort 

of incredible individuals. I am so 

excited about working together to 

continue our successes into 2023 

and beyond. 

Jodie Cunningham 

CEO + Artistic Director 


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President’s report 

Retail sellers, F!NK, Anna Gianakis, + Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, 2022. Photography Tim Bean 

In each year’s Annual Report, 

we reflect on the achievements 

and activities of Craft ACT and in 

this, my third and final President's 

Report, I find myself overwhelmed 

at how much a small team and 

membership organisation can 

achieve in twelve months! 

Starting early in the year our 

annual Emerging Contemporaries 

exhibition highlights the best 

work from recent graduates, once 

again demonstrating the depth 

and range of new artists and 

makers. The extensive exhibition 

program also included creative 

responses from Valerie Kirk AM 

and Harriet Schwarzrock, our 

selected Namadgi National Park 

Artists-in-Residence for 2022. 

Their reflections on the collections 

of Geoscience Australia and 

their time spent in the recovering 

Namadgi bush resonated 

strongly with our visitors. We 

were also pleased to present 

the inaugural Robert Foster F!NK 

National Metal Prize supported 

by the Tall Foundation, F!NK + 

Co-Director Gretel Harrison, and 

Craft ACT, highlighting the talent 

in metalworking in the region 

and reinforcing the value of 

ensuring high quality training and 

mentorship in the crafts. 

Craft ACT also punched above 

its weight with international 

collaborations. Our successful 

partnership with the Embassy 

of Italy brought the Home Life 

exhibition from Rome showcasing 

Italian design. Later in the year 

our first small, but significant 

collaboration, with the Embassy of 

Uruguay produced an exhibition 

of Uruguayan fibre arts spread 

across the Craft ACT Gallery and 

the Canberra Airport. With such a 

vibrant and engaged diplomatic 

community in Canberra we are 

making connections between 

members and makers across the 

world. 

In 2022, the Craft ACT team 

delivered the ninth, and largest to 

date, DESIGN Canberra Festival. 

Although every year brings it's 

challenges and new programs the 

2022 festival was the culmination 

of two years of planning, program 

development, and partnerships 

(after the necessary reductions 

in 2021 due to pandemic 

restrictions). Transformation was a 

triumph of coordination and sheer 

determination from the small Craft 

ACT team to bring the Festival 

to the public. A count of the 

connections and collaborations 

that form the Festival indicated 

well over 1200 stakeholders, with 

many artists and organisations 

being repeat contributors over 

several years. It is this strength 

of community connection which 

make the DESIGN Canberra 

Festival such a fabulous and 

essential part of Canberra’s art 

and design ecosystem each year. 

I would like to acknowledge the 

leadership of our CEO and Artistic 

Director, Jodie Cunningham, 

whose personal commitment to a 

creative, positive and efficient Craft 

ACT has been exemplary. My 

thanks also to the Craft ACT staff 

whose capacity to deliver high 

quality programs and services with 

enthusiasm and grit has been a 

highlight of 2022. 

Craft ACT Members are of course 

the backbone of the organisation. 

Our membership numbers attest 

to the success of the many 

programs and benefits offered 

by Craft ACT and confirm our 

relevance to the community we 

serve. 

I thank our Board of Management 

members for remaining engaged 

and collaborative throughout 

another busy year. Everyone on 

the Craft ACT Board has been 

focused on ensuring high quality 

governance and practical problem 

solving, with our aim being to 

support the team to effectively and 

efficiently deliver the strategic plan. 

Funding support from government 

and sponsors is essential to 

our operations. I thank the ACT 

Government, the Visual Arts and 

Craft Strategy (an initiative of 

the Australian, state and territory 

governments), and the Australia 

Council for the Arts (the Australian 

Government’s arts funding and 

advisory body) for their on-going 

support of Craft ACT. 

This will be my final President’s 

Report as I step down from 

my four years on the Board 

of Management. It has been 

an exciting, and sometimes 

extraordinary, time to have been 

on the Board and I have been 

lucky to have worked with many 

creative and talented Craft ACT 

staff and members in this time. I 

know the organisation will continue 

to deliver great programs and 

exhibitions into the future. I look 

forward to finding some time 

to reactivate my own creative 

pursuits and will continue to look 

to our Canberra region makers, 

craftspeople, and artists for 

inspiration. 

Rebecca Coronel 

President 

Craft ACT Board of Management 

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Craft ACT achievements 

All Statistics compared to the pre-pandemic DESIGN Canberra Festival in 2019 unless otherwise stated. 

Artist participation 

109 in exhibitions 

153 in our public programs 

116 stocked our retail shop (↑15 from 2021) 

1,061 participated in DESIGN Canberra 2022 

28 First Nations artists 

1439 

artists participated 

$485,153 

total income 

generated for artists 

by Craft ACT activities 

↑45% from 2019 

Income generation for 

artists 

$20,944 exhibition sales (↓68%) 

$117,141 retail shop sales (↑57%) 

$7,000 artists fees paid for Craft ACT 

professional development programs, 

Artist-in-Residence + CO:LAB 

In addition to full-time employees Craft 

ACT also engaged designers, craft 

practitioners and arts workers as casual 

and part-time staff to the value of 

$218,489.46 in 2022. 

*includes fees paid to artists and artist generated income via Festival 

markets, open studios etc. 

Exhibitions 

3,687 in person attendances at Craft ACT 

exhibitions 

43,124 in person attendees at Craft ACT's 

DESIGN Canberra exhibitions 

10 on-site exhibitions 

45 members in annual exhibition 

9 exhibition essays commissioned 

11 digital catalogues produced 

2 curators engaged 

3,687 

attendance at Craft 

ACT exhibitions 

10

40,400 

attendance at Craft 

ACT public programs 


11,357 attendance at public programs 

19,373 attendees at Craft ACT's DESIGN 

Canberra public programs 

9,670 online attendees at Craft ACT's DESIGN 

Canberra public programs 

28 on-site Craft ACT public programs 

5 off-site Craft ACT public programs 

Members 

7 Life members 

60 Accredited Professional members 

97 Associate members 

207 Craft + Design Maker members 

44 Craft + Design Lover members 

576 

members 

↑80.8% from 2019 

161 Student members 

Communications 

Record 

engagement 

157,983 Craft ACT website visits (↑84%) 

44,868 Craft ACT Page reach (↑17%) 

4,216 Craft ACT email subscribers (↑25%) 

18 Craft ACT e-newsletters sent 

5,797 followers on Craft ACT Facebook 

(↑33%) 

8,075 followers on Craft ACT Instagram 

(↑96%) 

Volunteers and interns 

2 interns 

28 weeks, 210 intern hours valued at $7,000 

300+ hours of time donated by our board 

and committee members 

510 hours 

of time donated 

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DESIGN Canberra achievements 

All Statistics compared to the pre-pandemic DESIGN Canberra Festival in 2019 unless otherwise stated. 

250+ festival events were presented over 19 days from 2- 20 

November 2022, which included: 

18 events including exhibition openings, 

City Sessions, launches, and a Craft + 

Design Auction Party 

31 exhibitions 

11 public art Installations 

16 talks 

6 symposiums 

14 tours 

13 adult Nurture Making by Hand 

workshops 

12 Creative Kids workshops 

3 craft + design markets 

45 Open Studios 

7 arts organisation open days 

1 Creative Journalling Challenge 

1 photography competition 

1 contemporary metal prize (2022 Robert 

Foster F!NK National Metal Prize) 

Audiences 

470,660 people engaged with festival programs (↑310%) 

• 396,802 people with our public art + public 

exhibitions 

• 73,858 attendees with our programs + gallery 

exhibitions 

51% audiences had never attended DESIGN Canberra 

before 

27% of audiences from interstate (↑35%) 

42% of attendees attended more than 2-3 events and 

23% attended 4-8 events 

470,660 

engaged people 

↑310% from 2019 

78% of attendees felt connected to a creative experience 

and 74% their city—Canberra 

70% of attendees stated that after engaging in a DESIGN 

Canberra program their wellbeing had improved. 

Fields of interest 

Art: 56% 

Craft + Design markets: 7% 

Architecture tours: 9% 

Creative Kids activities: 5% 

Artist’s open studios: 5% 

Architecture talks: 3% 

Artist’s talks: 3% 

Exhibitions: 2% 

Creative Journaling Challenge: 2% 

Photography competition: 2% 

Audience by age 

18-24: 6.5% 

25-34: 17.8% 

35-44: 18.8% 

45-54: 17.5% 

55-64: 18.2% 

65-74: 10.1% 

75+: 2.4% 

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DESIGN Canberra income generation 

1061 artists were part of the festival 

130 exhibited in DESIGN Canberra 

exhibitions 

20 exhibited in public art installations 

DESIGN Canberra visibility and impact 

247,517 DESIGN Canberra website visits (↑21%) 

137,892 DESIGN Canberra Page reach (↑34% from 2021) 

221,289 web views and 83,236 web sessions 

3% click through rate from website (↑12% from 2021) 

895% increase in interstate clicks from 2021 

75% new audiences engaging online 

95% of online engagement come from an interstate audience 

45,040 e-newsletters views 

7,463 DESIGN Canberra email subscribers (↑34%) 

19 DESIGN Canberra e-newsletters sent with revenue of $9,324 

(↑365% from 2021) 

4.6% click through rate on e-newsletters (↑54% from 2021) 

970,000+ impressions across social media platforms 

14,922 social media followers (↑65%) 

4,744 followers on DESIGN Canberra Facebook (↑20%) 

10,178 followers on DESIGN Canberra Instagram (↑48%) 

85 media articles written from the launch date of the Festival 

7 radio interviews and 4 video interviews 

$455 revenue generated from media (↑NA% from 2021) 

Partnerships 

$327,443 

of income directly to 

artists ↑71% from 2019 

970,000+ 

impressions across 

social media platforms 

Secured and worked collaboratively with sponsors, partners, and supporters from the broader 

Canberra community, including business, tertiary, cultural, and industry sectors. 

• Government: The Australia Council for the Arts, artsACT, City Renewal Authority, Cultural 

Facilities Corporation. 

• Platinum: Alastair Swayn Foundation, Canberra BMW, Canberra Centre, Capital Airport Group, 

Embassy of Italy in Australia, Home by Holly, Sellecks Consultants, The Tall Foundation, University 

of Canberra 

• Exclusive: A by Adina (Hotel), Capital Brewing (Beer), Eckersley’s Art and Craft (Art supplies), Lake 

George Winery (Wine), Prosecco Consortium (Sparkling). 

• Media: ArtsHub, Architecture AU, Dezeen, Her Canberra, Region Media (RiotACT). 

• Gold: F!NK + Co. 

• Silver: Australian Academy of Science, Design Institute of Australia, Embassy of Uruguay in 

Australia, Embassy of Finland in Canberra, Institute of Italian Culture, Australian National University, 

Kambri, Molonglo, National Museum Australia, ROJO Customs. 

• Bronze: Canberra Art Biennial, Complete Constructions Australia, Graham Humphries, Light 

House Architecture and Science, Meredith Hinchliffe, Norton Rose Fulbright, The Pop Inn by Wine 

Bar Co., Thinkplace. 

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Month by month 

JANUARY 

2023 Exhibition call out, 2 February 

2022. 

FEBRUARY 

Emerging Contemporaries 

exhibition and artists talks, 3 

February-19 March 2022. 

You get a Rhythm about It 

exhibition and artist's talk, 3 

February-19 March 2022. 

Craft ACT artists exhibit at DENFAIR 

+ Interiors Australia exhibition in 

Melbourne, 10-12 February 2022. 

MARCH 

CO:LAB member professional 

development program call-out, 2 

March-4 April 2022. 

Creative Journaling Challenge 

exhibition launch (online and Craft 

ACT Gallery) and winning prize 

awarded to Laura Canty, 2 March 



member professional development 

call out, 7 March 2022. 

Craft ACT at Enlighten in the City, 

Craft After Dark with pop-up family 

workshops and shop, 10 March 


Home Grown exhibition and artist 

talk, 24 March-14 May 2022. 

Tension[s] 2020: Tamworth Textile 

Triennial exhibition and artists talks, 

24 March-14 May 2022. 

2022 Craft ACT Annual General 

Meeting (reporting on 2021), 29 

March 2022. 

Welcome to Country and 

Ngunawal Culture talk by Wally Bell, 

senior Ngunawal Elder and chair 

of the Buru Ngunawal Aboriginal 

Corporation, 29 March 2022. 

APRIL 

2023 Artist-in-Residence call out, 

26 April-2 June 2022. 

MAY 

Artist-in-Residence program open 

day and workshops at Ready-Cut 

Cottage, 7 May 2022. 

Collide + Divide exhibition and 

artist talks, 19 May-2 July 2022. 

Fire Country exhibition and artist 

talks, 19 May-2 July 2022. 

National Sorry Day social media 

posts on both DESIGN Canberra 

and Craft ACT Instagram, 

Facebook, and LinkedIn pages, 26 

May 2022. 

Published How to be an Ally 

resources on our website, 26 May 


JUNE 

2022 Annual Fundraising Appeal, 

Craft and Design Transform the 

World, 1-3 June 2022. 

Australian Museums and Galleries 

Association Conference 2022 

– Jodie Cunningham, Craft ACT 

CEO + Artistic Director, presented 

paper, Nurture: Mindful Making 

Case Study and organised and 

convened Art, Craft + Design 

Network session, Freelance 

Curator as Provocateur, 10 June 


Craft ACT Artistic Excellence 

Committee met for selection of the 

2023-2024 Artistic Program, 29 

June 2022. 

JULY 

Nurture: 2022 Craft ACT Annual 

Members Exhibition call out, 5 July- 

8 August 2022. 

CONFLUENCE: 2021 Artists-in- 

Residence exhibition and artists 

talks, 7 July-27 August 2022. 

BEEING exhibition and artists talks, 

7 July-27 August 2022. 

NAIDOC Week social media 

profiling of First Nations artists 

and online resources for adults 

and children on both DESIGN 

Canberra and Craft ACT Instagram, 

Facebook, LinkedIn, and websites, 

3-10 July 2022. 

Craft ACT at Winter in the City, Felt 

Caterpillar and Found Treasures 

workshops in partnership with the 

Canberra Regional Feltmakers, 9 + 

16 July 2022. 

STORYBOX public art exhibition 

and launch showcasing Craft 

ACT's Members, 12 July-30 

September 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra Festival Craft + 

Design Auction call out, 25 July-23 


DESIGN Canberra Festival Dairy 

Road Design Market call out, 25 

July-12 August 2022. 

AUGUST 

Professional Practice in the Arts 

talk for Canberra Institute of 

Technology visual arts students, 10 

August 2022. 

Wear it Purple in the Arts talk in 

partnership with Wear it Purple, 

supporting ‘Rainbow Youth’, 25 


Indigenous Artists-in-Residence, 

Krystal Hurst and Jessika Spencer, 

conducted research at the 

National Library of Australia, 22-26 


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SEPTEMBER 

Indigenous Artist-in-Residence, Jessika Spencer, 

conducted residency at Ready-Cut Cottage in 

Namadgi National Park, 1-15 September 2022. 

Nurture: 2022 Craft ACT Annual Members 

Exhibition and artists talks, 8 September-22 

October 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra volunteer call out via EDM and 

social media channels, 27 September 2022. 

Jodie Cunningham participated as a panel 

member in the Sustainable Creative Careers: 

Balancing Creative Life discussion. Presented by 

the ANU School of Art & Design and supported 

by artsACT, 28 September, 2022 

OCTOBER 

DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail public art 

installation in partnership with Canberra Art 

Biennial, in six locations across City West, 1 

October-20 November. 

2022 Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize 

exhibition and award—the main prize and 

emerging prize awarded to Gretal Ferguson, 

and acquisition prize awarded to Larah Nott, 27 


Home Life exhibition (From IMF Foundation 

Rome), 27 October-10 December 2022. 

Seeing Seventies, DESIGN Canberra Architecture 

Photography competition exhibition, 27 

October-10 December 2022. 

Jodie Cunningham chaired the Mentoring in 

Public Art Session at the DISCOVER: Public Art in 

Canberra Symposium, 28 October 2022 

DISCOVER: Public Art in Canberra Symposium 

was held in partnership with Canberra Art 

Biennial and Canberra Museum and Gallery, 29 


NOVEMBER 

DESIGN Canberra Festival launched by ACT Arts 

Minister Tara Cheyne MLA in front of the Festival 

Hub Shop in Civic Square, 1 November 2022. 

Launch of ACT Historic Places Art Prize, 

including Craft ACT Craft + Design Prize 

with Minister Tara Cheyne MLA at Lanyon 

Homestead, 4 November 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra Festival program of 250 

events which included, but was not limited to, 

the following: 

‘Nurture’ Making by Hand workshops, Creative 

Kids workshops, exhibitions, symposiums, 

tours, artist talks, a pop-up shop and workshop 

space, public artworks, and events (see DESIGN 

Canberra section on page 54) 

HOME:MADE, Aurora, The Stills, and Roguetopia 

exhibitions at the Canberra Contemporary Art 

Space, 5-20 November 2022. 

Golden Years, Koskela x MOA Arts, Shift, 

Abundant Wonder, and Ripple Effect exhibitions 

at Canberra Museum and Gallery, November 


2023 Emerging Contemporaries Award winners 

selected and awarded, 7 November-16 

December 2022. 

Jodie Cunningham participated as a panel 

member in the discussion From Silo to 

Collaboration, presented by the Design Institute 

of Australia at the National Museum of Australia, 

9 November 2022. 

Canberra Critics Circle Award for Visual 

Arts awarded to Valerie Kirk AM and Harriet 

Schwarzrock for their Craft ACT exhibition 

CONFLUENCE at the 32nd Annual ACT Arts 

Awards, 22 November 2022. 

Capital Arts Patrons Organisation Craft ACT 

Award awarded to Ximena Natanya Briceño and 

Jonathon Zalakos, 24 November 2022. 

DECEMBER 

Christmas retail campaign, including 20% off 

lunchtime and evening happy hours, cross 

promotional partnership with City Renewal 

Authority’s Celebrate in the City campaign, 1-21 

December 2022. 

* full list of all artists, craftspeople, designers, curators, speakers, and partners in appendix, page 50. 

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Goal 1: Innovation 

Foster innovation and excellence in artistic practice by building on our national and 

international reputation to support craft practitioners at every stage of practice. 

2022 Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize Launch 2022. Photography: 5foot 

Exhibitions 

The artistic program of 2022 was 

collated from an exceptionally 

high standard of applications from 

craft and design practitioners 

from our local, national, and 

international stage—showcasing 

a variety of mediums. Each 

application was peer-reviewed by 

the Craft ACT’s Artistic Excellence 

committee which comprised 

of six Accredited Professional 

Members, representing the craft 

and design disciplines of glass, 

metal, textiles, ceramics, paper, 

wood, and design, and Craft ACT’s 

CEO and Artistic Director, Jodie 

Cunningham. 

Through our artistic program, Craft 

ACT continues to foster innovation 

and excellence in craft and design 

practices, support practitioners 

at every stage of their careers, 

showcasing and supporting 

extraordinary practitioners, recent 

graduates, early, mid, and late 

career artists, and craft and design 

researchers which represented 

a diverse range of mediums 

including glass, ceramics, metals, 

textiles, wood, paper, and mixed 

media. The 2022 program fostered 

innovation and excellence, 

continuing to build on our national 

and international reputation of 

supporting outstanding craft and 

design practitioners. 

In 2022, Craft ACT showcased 13 

exhibitions which included: 

• 2 solo exhibitions 

• 4 two person exhibitions 

• 7 group exhibitions 

• 177 craft and design 

practitioners 

• 21 First Nation craft and design 

practitioners 

• 2 freelance curators 

Craft ACT commenced its 2022 

exhibition program in February 

with three incredible shows, 

Emerging Contemporaries, 6:30 

Sessions, and You get a Rhythm 

about It. The 2022 Emerging 

Contemporaries exhibition featured 

craft and designer practitioners 

from educational institutions from 

across the Canberra Region. It 

was a great demonstration of 

graduating student’s resilience 

under the extraordinary pressures 

which came with studying during 

the worldwide pandemic. Jewellery 

artists Nellie Peoples and Michelle 

Stemm presented their exhibition 

6:30 Sessions, which was a result 

of joint art sessions from their 

respective homes during lock 

down. In recognition of Glass 

artist Peter Minson’s important 

contribution to glass art and craft 

in Australia we presented the 

exhibition You get a Rhythm about 

It, a retrospective of glassmaking 

through a contemporary lens. 

In March, we changed over 

exhibitions and hosted Jeremy 

Brown’s Home Grown and the 

2020 Tamworth Textiles Triennial 

touring exhibition, Tension[s]. 

Brown celebrated the street trees 

of Canberra through two threads 

of practice, furniture making and 

botanical illustrations. Tension[s] 

showcased the best contemporary 

textiles practice art from across 

the country. It acknowledged the 

tension the world has endured 

with a focus on the “future 

of people and place through 

textile as a material and human 

experience as its materiality”. 

Opening in May, the exhibitions, 

Fire Country and Collide + Divide, 

were characterised and framed 

by collaboration. Fire Country, 

featuring collaborative work from 

Rebecca Selleck and James Tylor, 

explored the physical and cultural 

significance of fire in Australia 

with the work representing our 

relationship to fire. A disciplinebending, 

object-based exhibition, 

Collide + Divide, was an 

experimental collaborative project 

within which Associates (emerging 

practitioners) from the JamFactory 

shared interdisciplinary skills to 

create powerful mixed media 

works. 

In the midst of the Canberran 

winter, BEEing and CONFLUENCE 

opened in July. Featuring the 

work of Dr. Julie Bartholomew 

and Mahala Hill, BEEing brought 

visibility to the critical discourse 

to the survival of bees as their 

current population declines. 

These ceramic works brought 

the microscopic world of Bees 

into the gallery with a close-up 

examination of how bees are 

essential to our biodiversity. 

The exhibition, CONFLUENCE, 

was the culmination of Craft 

ACT’s 2021 Artists-in-Residence 

program, showcasing the work 

of established artists Valerie Kirk 


resulting from their residency 

at Geoscience Australia and 

Namadgi National Park. After 

delving into the hidden treasures 

of Geoscience’s National Mineral 

and Fossil Collection; Valerie Kirk 


spent time in Namadgi National 

Park’s Gudgenby Ready-Cut 

Cottage, exploring and making 

art; taking with them a deeper 

understanding of the geological 

attributes of the landscape, 

which engendered new ways of 

looking and creatively engaging 

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with the environment. The 

resulting exhibition, CONFLUENCE, 

embodied the essence of the 

Artists-in-Residence program 

with Valerie and Harriet exploring 

new ideas, research, and material 

to then experiment, explore, and 

develop a deeper relationship 

with the landscape, their practice, 

and themselves. This outstanding 

exhibition was awarded a 

Canberra Critics Circle Award for 

Visual Arts at the 32nd Annual ACT 

Arts Awards in November. 

In celebration of the extraordinary 

work of our Craft ACT artist 

members, our annual members 

exhibition opened its doors in 

September. The Nurture Exhibition 

showcased contemporary 

expressions of craft and design 

uniting time-honoured techniques 

with modern interpretations. 

The works presented complex 

responses to the theme of 

nurture, the post pandemic social 

environment, the influence of the 

pandemic, the climate crisis, and 

the critical need to look after each 

other and our world. 

2022 ended with three 

exhibitions celebrating the best 

in contemporary design and 

craftmanship nationally and 

globally; the inaugural 2022 Robert 

Foster F!NK National Metal Prize, 

Home Life and Seeing Seventies. 

Honouring the late Robert Foster, 

the F!NK National Metal Prize 

celebrated the outstanding work 

of ten contemporary metalworkers, 

designers, and craftspeople 

with generous cash prizes and 

an exhibition supported by F!NK 

+ Co., the Tall Foundation, and 

Craft ACT. The selected finalists 

represented the value of highquality 

craft making skills, sound 

design, and innovation. The overall 

and emerging prize was awarded 

to Gretal Ferguson, with Larah Nott 

awarded the acquisition prize. 

Craft ACT was delighted to 

continue collaborating with the 

Embassy of Italy, a partner of 

DESIGN Canberra since 2018. 

Together with the IMF Foundation 

in Rome, we brought Home Life 

curated by Elisabetta Pisu to 

Craft ACT. This exciting exhibition 

of contemporary Italian design 

revealed how houses could 

evolve in the future and showed 

how objects can enhance our 

enjoyment of being home. 

Showcasing the photographs 

of over 40 Canberra region 

photographers, Seeing Seventies, 

was the results of the 2021 

DESIGN Canberra Festival 

photography competition. The 

theme for 2021’s competition 

was ‘Design in the 70’s’, 

encouraging professional and 

amateur photographers to take 

photos which take a closer look 

at Canberra’s iconic design and 

architecture from the 1970s. Four 

finalists were selected, Cathy 

Breen, Henry Buttriss, and Lachlan 

Herring (2 selected for the open 

category and 2 selected for the 

student category) with one overall 

winner, Aaron Puls, announced at 

the opening. 

First Nation craft and design are 

embedded in our artistic and 

public programs. During 2022, 

Craft ACT supported more 

First Nations artists than the 

previous year with 21 First Nations 

practitioners exceptional craft and 

design works from across Australia 

represented. 

This included: 

• Mitjili Napurrula (Papunya) an 

Ikuntji textile artist featured in 

the HOME:MADE exhibition. 

• Kayannie Denigan (Luritja) a 

designer and mixed media artist 

featured in the HOME:MADE 

exhibition. 

• Leonie Kumutu (Papunya) an 



• Mackenzie Saddler (Wiradjuri) 

a designer and painter of the 

graphic intervention, Geological 

Transformations. 

• Wayne Simon (Biripi) a designer 

and maker featured in the 

Golden Years exhibition. 

• Sophi Suttor a ceramist featured 

in the Nurture Member’s 

Exhibition. 

• James Tylor (Kaurna and Te 

Arawa) a designer and maker 

featured in Fire Country. 

• Leah Brideson (Kamilaroi) a 

designer and co-painter of the 

graphic intervention, Currents. 

6:30 Sessions, Emerging Contemporaries, and You get a Rhythm about It exhibition opening, 2022. Photography 5Foot 

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DESIGN Canberra 2022, Kayannie Denigan & Estelle Briedis. Photography 5foot 

• Dianne Ungukalpi Golding 

(Ngaanyatjarra) a Tjanpi Desert 

weaver featured in Tension[s]. 

• Judith Yinyika Chambers 



• Joyce James a Tjanpi Desert 


• Charlotte Golding 



• Amy Hammond (Gomeroi) 

a Yinarr Maramali Gomeroi 

Community weaver featured in 

Tension[s]. 

• Lorrelle Munro (Gomeroi) a 

Yinarr Maramali Gomeroi 


Tension[s]. 

• Bronwyn Spearim (Gomeroi) 



Tension[s]. 

• Sophie Honess (Gomeroi) 



Tension[s]. 

• Emily Honess (Gomeroi) a Yinarr 

Maramali Gomeroi Community 


• Lena Smith (Gomeroi) a Yinarr 



• Gabbi Briggs (Gomeroi) a Yinarr 



• Mona Fernando (Gomeroi) 



Tension[s]. 

• Paula Savage (Kaurareg) a MOA 

Arts weaver featured in Koskela 

x MOA Arts. 

Research 

Craft ACT is an advocate for 

practice-led research, where 

innovation and excellence in 

craft skills intersect. In 2022, 

we have continued our support 

of practitioners to explore, 

experiment, and produce a variety 

of craft and design work with a 

number of exhibitions within this 

year’s artistic program showcasing 

the results of research. These 

exhibitions included: 

Jeremy Brown’s exhibition Home 

Grown, featured the practice-led 

research of making from local 

trees, investigating the beauty 

of both the internal and external 

structures. The connection 

between the two is often lost 

when a tree is stripped down to a 

functional material. Furthermore, 

Brown explored his relationship 

with the trees of Canberra while 

simultaneously giving the audience 

a chance to reflect and submit 

their own tree story. Brown intends 

to use the submitted stories to 

research other relationships to the 

trees and how that can translate 

into furniture works. 

Rebecca Selleck and James 

Tylor's exhibition, Fire Country, 

evoked an emotional response 

in our audiences examining the 

relationship between the physical 

and cultural significance fire has 

in Australia and on our landscape. 

Following the disastrous 2019 fire 

season, Selleck and Tylor explored 

the burnt landscape and brought 

their discoveries into the gallery 

space, translating their experience 

into furniture pieces and imagery. 

Their work investigates, through a 

contemporary lens, the potential to 

engage in cultural fire practices for 

a better managed future. 

Our South Australian counterpart, 

the JamFactory, facilitates 

interdisciplinary practice among 

emerging practitioners as part 

of their Associate program. 

The exhibition, Collide + Divide, 

presented at Craft ACT in 2022 

demonstrated the results of 

a practice-led approach to 

collaboration and experimentation. 

The generation of ideas and 

production of work was executed 

by allowing their discipline and 

expertise to inform each other’s 

contributions which created 

collaborative works featuring 

hallmarks of either practice. This 

skill sharing research amongst 

fellow practitioners also creates 

new and interesting ways of 

making and viewing their work. 

During 2021 Artists-in-Residence, 

Valerie Kirk AM and Harriet 

Schwarzrock, collaborated with 

research partner Geoscience 

Australia’s world-class National 

Mineral and Fossil Collection. They 

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gained an understanding of the 

geological history of Namadgi 

National Park which represents 

a timeframe of millions of years 

in the context of significant 

recent radical transformation. The 

resultant exhibition, CONFLUENCE, 

was presented at Craft ACT, 

featuring glass, textiles, and 

mixed media work. This exhibition 

demonstrated the effects of 

having access to a cultural 

institution and time and space 

to experiment has on a visual 

practice. Both artists stepped 

out of their comfort zone and 

mobilised, their rather immobile 

practices, to explore the Namadgi 

National Park landscape with a 

deeper understanding of what 

lies beneath. The displacement 

of their practices paved way for 

new methods to experiment 

and engage in the landscape 

without their usual tools at hand. 

This resulted in a multifaceted 

approach to creating work in situ 

and returning to their studios for 

further exploration. 

Craft ACT’s CO:LAB professional 

development program was run 

for the second time in 2022. This 

program is aimed at enhancing or 

transforming a craft practitioner’s 

practice through research and 

was supported by the generous 

donations from Craft ACT's Circle 

of Hands donor circle. Two Craft 

ACT members, Lisa Cahill and 

Peter Bollington, were selected to 

conduct practice-based research 

with architecture firm Light 

House Architecture & Science 

and their clients to develop new 

lighting for a residential project in 

Canberra. This project encouraged 

the artists to embrace a spirit 

of collaboration, work across 

disciplines and gain exposure to 

commercial environments with 

other designers and clients. 

Craft ACT actively supports 

practitioners in their pursuit of 

practice-led research facilitating 

collaboration, experimentation, 

and showcasing the result of their 

artistic brilliance. These exhibitions 

evoke viewers to ask themselves 

to consider their surrounds on 

the surface as well as in the 

depths. They conjured questions 

of the physical and cultural 

significance we have with fire in 

Australia, despite the destruction, 

pain, and apprehension we 

experienced during the 2019 fire 

season. Practice-led research 

also extended practitioners to 

explore and experiment, producing 

work that has undergone rigours 

analysis and interrogation. The 

foundation of all these successful 

projects is the generous support 

of our research partners and 

sponsors, whose vision and 

encouragement continues to 

inspire us. Craft ACT and DESIGN 

Canberra are grateful for support 

from the following institutions in 

2022: 

• ACT Parks & Conservation 

• Geoscience Australia 

• Light House Architecture & 

Science 

• SKEEHAN Studios 

• Miko Design 

• Design Craft 

• National Museum of Australia 

• School of Art and Design, 

Australian National University 

• Faculty of Arts and Design, 

University of Canberra 

• The JamFactory 

Residencies 

Craft ACT continued its partnership 

with ACT Parks and Conservation 

Service and established a 

research partnership with National 

Library of Australia for the 2022 

interaction of our annual Artists-in- 

Residence program. The selected 

artists, Bev Hogg (Ceramics), 

Mel Robson (Ceramics) and Julie 

Ryder (Textiles) spent March and 

April researching at the National 

Library of Australia and living and 

making at Gudgenby Ready-Cut 

Cottage in Namadgi National Park. 

An exhibition of the artists’ work 

generated though the residency 

project will be held in the Craft 

ACT Gallery from 23 March to 13 

May 2023. 

On Saturday May 7, we held a 

public open day program as 

part of the residency project at 

Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage in 

Namadgi National Park with 2021 

artists Bev Hogg, Mel Robson, 

and Julie Ryder. The open day 

included artist demonstrations, 

workshops and talks, and a park 

Mel Robson, Artist-in-Residence, National Library of Australia, 2022. Photography 5foot 

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anger talk about the inspiration 

and interpretation of the park 

environment and its history. The 

open day was a unique chance 

for the public to engage with 

the acclaimed artists and learn 

directly from the Namadgi park 

ranger whilst immersed in beautiful 

Ngunawal country. 

We were excited to launch our first 

Indigenous Artists-in-Residence 

program in August 2022, thanks 

to the support of donor Phillip 

Kier. Selected artists Krystal 

Hurst and Jessika Spencer spent 

time conducting research at the 

National Library of Australia in 

August. Following this, Jessika 

Spencer stayed at Ready-Cut 

Cottage in Namadgi National Park 

from 1-15 September developing 

a new body of work, which will be 

exhibited at the Craft ACT Gallery 

from 23 March to 13 May 2023. 

Additionally, Jessika Spencer 

conducted two drop-in family 

weaving workshops as part of 

the DESIGN Canberra Festival 

City Sessions, in which she taught 

approximately 60 participants 

traditional Wiradjuri weaving 

techniques. 


Public programs were held for 

both community audiences and 

Craft ACT members. We presented 

a range of programs to diverse 

audiences throughout the year 

increasing our engagement to 

include children and families and 

interstate visitors. 

Craft ACT's Making by Hand 

workshops are at the heart of 

what Craft ACT delivers to our 

community; connecting artists to 

audiences, teaching people new 

skills, and enhancing wellbeing 

through making and connecting. 

We are proud to have involved 

many of our artist members in the 

execution of these programs: 

• Craft ACT at DENFAIR + Interiors 

Australia exhibition in Melbourne 

featuring members Maitlan 

Brown, Madeline Cardone, Louis 

Grant, and Sam Sheppard, 10-12 

February 2022. 

• Artists-in-Residence Bev Hogg, 

Julie Ryder, and Mel Robson 

completed their research with 

our 2022 research partner the 

National Library of Australia and 

their residency at Gudgenby 

Ready-Cut Cottage with our 

program partners ACT Parks 

and Conservation Service and 

the National Library of Australia, 

7-18 March 2022 and 25 April-15 

May 2022 respectively. 

• Craft ACT at Enlighten in the 

City, Craft After Dark with claymaking 

family programs and 

pop-up retail stall, 10 March 


• Craft ACT at Winter in the 

City: Felt Caterpillar Beads and 

Found Treasure workshop in 

partnership with Canberra 

Region Feltmakers, 9 + 16 July 


• MAKE:OVER, a styling master 

class presented by Lynsey 

Fryers—a professional 

development workshops for 

members, 26 February 2022. 

The bulk of our public programs 

occurred as part of the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival in November 

which included over 250 programs 

(full DESIGN Canberra program list 

on page 54). 

Craft ACT held artists and curator 

talks and events to complement 

the exhibition program. Full details 

are listed in the appendix, but 

highlights included: 

• Emerging contemporaries, 6:30 

Sessions, and You Get a Rhythm 

about It exhibition opening, 3 


• 6:30 Session's floor talk with 

artists Nellie Peoples and 

Michelle Stemm, 5 February 


• You Get a Rhythm about It floor 

talk with artist Peter Minson, 5 


• Home Grown and Tension[s]: 

2020 Tamworth Textiles 

Triennial exhibition opening, 24 


• Home Grown floor talk with artist 

Jeremy Brown, 2 April 2022. 

• Fire Country and Collide + Divide 

exhibition opening ,19 May 2022. 

• Collide + Divide floor talk with 

CEO + Artistic Director, Jodie 

Cunningham, in conversation 

with artist Daria Fox and Bailey 

Donovan, 21 May 2022. 

• Fire Country floor talk with artist 

Rebecca Selleck, 18 June 2022. 

• BEEing and CONFLUENCE 

exhibition opening, 7 July 2022. 

• BEEing floor talk with artists Dr. 

Julie Bartholomew and Mahala 

Hill, 30 July 2022. 

• CONFLUENCE floor talk with 

artists Valerie Kirk AM and 

Harriet Schwarzrock, 23 July 


• Nurture: Craft ACT Annual 

Members Exhibition opening, 8 


• 2022 Robert Foster F!NK 

National Metal Prize, Home Life, 

and Seeing Seventies exhibition, 

opening, 27 October 2022. 

* All floor talks were lived streamed 

via Instagram increasing our reach 

to national audiences. 

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Goal 2: Collaboration 

Ensure more local, regional, national, and global audiences have access to, and engage 

with, the Australian craft and design community. 

Dairy Road DESIGN Markets, DESIGN Canberra, 2022. Photography 5foot 

Audience 

development + 

attendance 

The DESIGN Canberra Festival 

is the primary outreach 

program of Craft ACT. It fosters 

innovation, facilitates quality 

discourse, supports professional 

development, and promotes 

social inclusion. After two years 

of the pandemic, the Festival 

made an impressive comeback— 

with the 2022 program bigger 

than ever before with over 250 

events including symposiums, 

talks, tours, exhibitions, public art 

installations, and workshops for 

audiences of all ages leading the 

community forward into a new 

level of creativity, connection, 

wellness, and urban activation. 

The results for the 2022 festival 

were impressive with significant 

increases in audience diversity, 

numbers, and satisfaction (full list 

of statical data see page 10). 

In 2022, we commissioned two 

evaluation projects to develop 

qualitative evaluation frameworks 

and methodologies to measure 

the impact of the Festival 

programming on our audiences, 

partners, and stakeholders based 

on our organisational values 

of connection, inclusivity, and 

wellbeing. We worked with DESIGN 

Canberra partners University 

of Canberra and Thinkplace in 

co-designed workshops, and 

implemented evaluation tools 

including surveys, interviews, and 

focus groups during the festival to 

inform the continuation of highquality 

audience experiences and 

inform the development of a more 

sustainable festival model based 

on quality outcomes for both 

audiences and stakeholders. 

The four main concepts selected 

to evaluate were connection, 

wellbeing, creativity, and inclusivity; 

with the results indicating that of 

these concepts, ‘inclusivity’, was 

ranked highest by our audiences. 

An encouraging outcome for 

Craft ACT—proving that the wider 

community of both members 

and participants felt welcomed 

by and included in the Festival. 

We were delighted to discover 

from the results that more than 

78% of attendees felt connected 

to a shared creative experience 

in an inclusive environment, with 

more than 70% stating that after 

engaging in a DESIGN Canberra 

program their wellbeing had 

improved. 

Online inclusivity was commended 

in relation to the Creative 

Journaling Challenge and the 

online workshops for those not 

living in Canberra. Delivering 

workshops online extended our 

audience reach, with attendees 

joining from all over the ACT 

region, Sydney, regional NSW, 

Victoria, and Queensland. 

‘Creativity’ was also readily 

recognised and powerfully felt 

through active participation in 

activities such as Nurture Making 

by Hand workshops and the 

Creative Journaling Challenge. We 

were excited to find that other 

kinds of participation were also 

seen as creative, in a more passive 

way, such as attending artists talks 

or producing events as a member 

of a cross promoted organisation. 

A sense of connection; sense of 

wellbeing; creative experiences; 

and inclusive experiences are 

what Craft ACT aims to continue 

to focus on with our community. 

Through these guiding values we 

will continue to grow and maintain 

our audiences with integrity and 

depth. 

DESIGN Canberra audience 

development and attendance 

snap shot: 

Engaged 470,660 people 

(↑310% from 2019) 

51% new visitors to the Festival 

27% Interstate audiences 

75% new audiences online 

Enhanced creativity, inclusivity, 

and wellbeing 

78% of attendees felt 

connected to a to a shared 

creative experience in an 

inclusive environment 

70% attendees stating that 

after engaging in a DESIGN 

Canberra program their 

wellbeing had improved. 

DESIGN 

Canberra Festival 

programming 

The ninth edition of the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival asked how 

we can and should transform 

our world though design. In the 

context of the challenges our 

community and our world have 

faced over the last few years 

including the global pandemic, 

the climate emergency, the fires, 

and the floods; this year's festival 

used design thinking and creative 

enterprise to solve the big issues 

of our time, improve our wellbeing; 

and to foster a vibrant, equitable, 

sustainable, and innovative 

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society. The Festival theme arose 

from planning for Craft ACT’s 

50th—golden—anniversary which 

took place in 2021. Inspired by 

the symbolism of gold and the 

ways that artists and designers, 

like alchemists, transform raw 

materials and ideas into objects, 

spaces buildings, and concepts. 

The Festival engaged design 

thinking and creative enterprise, 

speculating on solving the big 

issues of our time, improving our 

wellbeing, connection, creativity, 

and fostering a vibrant, equitable, 

sustainable, and innovative society. 

The programs run with the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival encouraged and 

fostered connection, and a shared 

creative experience with the public 

welcomed at exhibition openings, 

panel discussions, artists talks, 

hands on workshops and festival 

‘spaces’ which promoted social 

connection with music, food, 

drinks and activities. 

The 2022 DESIGN Canberra 

Festival supported and showcased 

more First Nations craft and design 

practitioners than ever before (10 

artists). Presented in exhibitions 

and public art installations was the 

extraordinary work and talents of: 

• Mitjili Napurrula (Papunya) an 



• Kayannie Denigan (Luritja) a 

designer and mixed media artist 

featured in the HOME:MADE 

exhibition. 

• Leonie Kumutu (Papunya) an 



• Mackenzie Saddler (Wiradjuri) 

a designer and painter of the 

graphic intervention, Geological 


• Wayne Simon (Biripi) a designer 

and maker featured in the 

Golden Years exhibition. 

• Leah Brideson (Kamilaroi) a 

designer and co-painter of the 

graphic intervention, Currents. 

• Paula Savage (Kaurareg) a MOA 

Arts weaver featured in Koskela 

x MOA Arts. 

With multiple workshops run 

by the talented First Nations 

practitioners Ronnie Jordan, Colin 

Jordan, and Jessika Spencer— 

sharing weaving techniques to 

create bush animals and wearable 

pieces. 

For the first time in DESIGN 

Canberra programming, 

workshops were hosted for 

children through our Creative 

Kids program, developing new 

family audiences for the Festival 

and Craft ACT. The program 

included design thinking, weaving, 

and ceramics workshops. The 

Designing Futures workshops 

developed by artist and educator 

Naomi Zouwer utilized creative 

thinking techniques to imagine 

Canberra futures by creating paper 

components for a collaborative 

sculptural installation that was on 

display in our Festival Hub for the 

duration of the Festival. 

Week 2 Open Studio - Estelle Briedis, DESIGN Canberra Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

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Culture on the Move director, 

Ronnie Jordan (Kalkadoon Pitta 

Pitta), and her son, Colin Jordan, 

taught bush animal weaving to 

children of all ages at the Canberra 

Centre. Ceramic artist, Fran 

Romano, taught ceramic vessel 

making at the Canberra Centre to 

an enthusiastic group of under 12s. 

In addition to these workshops, 

DESIGN Canberra ran drop-in 

craft sessions at the Friday City 

Sessions at the Festival Hub. These 

featured clay hand building with 

Craft ACT staff and weaving with 

Wiradjuri artist, Jessika Spencer. 

The Nurture Making by Hand 

workshops were held in the 

Festival Hub Shop workshop 

space, Civic Square, and Canberra 

Centre by Craft ACT member 

artists across a variety of mediums 

and employed craft and design 

techniques to promote wellbeing. 

Wellbeing activities included 

textiles, silk painting, clay making, 

felting, stitching, spoon making, 

and spatial weaving. The adult 

and kids’ creative workshops 

raised $11,475 for our artists and 

attracted 566 participants, with 

126 participants in our Creative 

Kids program. 


featured 31 exhibitions across 

multiple venues. These exhibitions 

showcased Craft ACT artist 

members as well as local, national, 

and international practitioners. The 

diversity on show demonstrated 

the breadth and depth of which 

craft and design is the fore front 

of our everyday lives. The Festival 

kicked off early with: 

• the inaugural 2022 Robert 

Foster F!NK National Metal Prize, 

honouring the late Robert Foster 

by celebrating ten contemporary 

metalworkers, designers, and 

craftspeople. 

• Home Life curated by Elisabetta 

Pisu, with DESIGN Canberra 

partners the Embassy of Italy 

and IMF Foundation in Rome, 

an exhibition speculating how 

household objects will evolve. 

• Seeing Seventies, showcasing 

the results of the 2021 DESIGN 

Canberra Festival photography 

competition with the theme, 

‘Design in the 70’s. 

In addition, the Canberra 

Contemporary Art Space hosted 

a number of the Festival’s 

exhibitions. This included: 

• New Zealand artist, Tyler 

Jackson and his exhibition 

Aurora—a light bathed 

installation designed with 

influence from the Bauhaus; 

• Designer-in-Residence Lucy 

Irvine’s The Stills, the signature 

work of the Festival. 

• A collaborative work, 

Roguetopia, by Lucy Irvine and 

Davey Barbar, of an invading 

contemporary weaving 

infiltrating iconic 1970’s Canberra 

architecture. 

• HOME:MADE, a curated 

Eggpicnic Canberra Airport Installation, DESIGN Canberra, 2022. Photography 5foot 

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selection of new furniture and 

homewares by some of the 

most exciting early career 

designers and makers from 

across Australia. 


exhibitions were also on display 

at the Canberra Museum and 

Gallery, the Canberra Centre, the 

Canberra International Airport, 

and the Canberra Theatre Centre, 

with Golden Years, Shift, Koskela 

x MOA, Abundant Wonder, Ripple 

Effect, Dovetail, Shadow Lines, 

CTRL.ALT.DESIGN, the Australia 

x Uruguay Craft Exchange, 

Friends in High Places, and Brutal 


In activating public spaces 

across the city and beside Lake 

Burley Griffin, six outdoor public 

art installations were installed 

at Commonwealth Place, Civic 

Square, Knowles Place, and across 

City West: 

• Mackenzie Saddler’s (Wiradjuri) 

Geological Transformations 

reflected on the layers of 

changes on site. 

• Lucy Irvine’s Given Conditions 

considered the sweet spot 

between organisational forces 

allowing emergent phenomena. 

• Julie Monro-Allison’s Becoming 

explored biological organisms 

and their entangled web. 

• Leah Brideson’s (Kamilaroi) 

Currents represented the shift 

in rediscovering First Nations 

culture. 

• Lymesmiths’s Along Civic Lines, 

referenced Canberra Heritage 

buildings using geometry 

and colour and provided a 

‘directional pull to the heart of 

the city’. 

• DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail 

featured artworks by Hannah 

Quinlivan, Lan Nguyen-hoan, 

Rosie Armstrong, S.A. Adair, 

Sam Sheppard, and Tony Burke 

(details available on page 39). 

The featured public programs 

of talks and symposiums saw 

robust discourse with artists, 

designers, architects, curators, 

academics, journalists, authors, 

and government representatives 

talking about public art, urban 

design, and architecture. Highlights 

included: 

• DISCOVER: Public Art in 

Canberra Symposium in 

partnership with Canberra Art 

Biennial and Canberra Museum 

+ Gallery, with guest speakers 

Kauri Hawkins, Elanor Clayton, 

Virginia Rigney, Neil Hobbs, and 

Rosie Armstrong, Kambri @ANU, 

29 October 2022. 

• Design Thinking, Learning and 

Making in Canberra: Legacies 

and New Initiatives with 

Nationally renowned glass and 

Jewellery artists, Tom Moore 

and Blanche Tilden, Canberra 

Museum + Gallery, 4 November 


• Art and Creativity-Within and 

Beyond Urban Public Spaces 

Symposium, The Link, 4 

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November 2022. 

• Transforming Canberra 

symposium, with keynote 

speakers author Elizabeth 

Farrelly, Shine Dome, 5 


• Medium Density Housing 

symposium, with keynote 

author Tony Fry. Shine Dome, 13 


The series of artist talks gave 

audiences deeper insight into 

the artwork on display during 

the Festival including the Design 

Revisited series featuring Marita 

Leuver in conversation with 

Graham Rendoth reflecting on 

graphic design of the 1970’s, and 

architect Roger Pegrum discussing 

his legacy of achievements in 

Canberra housing design with 

Phillip Goad, Head of Architecture, 

Royal Melbourne Institute of 

Technology. 

The tours of DESIGN Canberra 

were very popular with attendees 

exploring local homes with 

extraordinary design and 

features, commercial properties 

re-imagined and new builds reenergising 

the city, and discovery 

of the art, design, and craft around 

the city. The DISCOVER: Craft + 

Design Trail public art tour hosted 

by freelance curator Deborah 

Clark featured the artwork of Fran 

Romano, Hannah Quinlivan, Lan 

Nguyen-hoan, Rosie Armstrong, 

S.A. Adair, Sam Sheppard, and 

Tony Burke. This professional 

development program was 

launched earlier in the year with 

Craft ACT members selected 

to create public art installations 

with mentorship offered by 

senior practitioners Nick Stranks 

(Casting), Sam Tompkins (Digital 

Fabrication), Valerie Kirk AM 

(Textile) and Thor Diesendorf 

(Wood). 

For the second year running, the 

Creative Journaling Challenge 

(supported by Eckersley’s Art and 

Craft) provided a daily prompt 

word based on the theme of 

transformation for participants to 

respond to. These responses were 

then shared online via Instagram 

by the artists creating a dynamic 

online community for the duration 

of the Festival. The journal entries 

were shortlisted, with the main 

prize to be judged and awarded, 

and an online exhibition of finalists 

to be published in March 2023. 

This year the challenge was 

launched at a public program 

with two Craft ACT members 

demonstrating watercolour 

sketching by Sally Black and 

collage techniques by Dr. Llewellyn 

McGarry. It was also supported by 

two online Daily Creative Practice 

workshops run by Craft ACT artist 

members, Sally Black and Tom 

Skeehan. 

More than 45 open studios and 

seven arts organisation open 

days showcasing the work of 

235 artists as part of the Festival 

with Craft ACT artist members 

and organisational members 

welcoming the public into their 

spaces. Through these visits, 

attendees gained an insight 

into the behind-the-scenes of 

practitioners, purchased objects of 

beautiful design and craftmanship, 

and got to know the artists behind 

the thriving craft and design scene 

in Canberra. The open studios 

program enjoyed over 5,000 

attendees and raised $119,314 

income for artists. 

A highlight was our celebration 

event for Craft ACT’s belated 50th 

birthday which included the annual 

Craft + Design Auction Party, with 

food, drinks, music, and dancing. 

As a part of the celebrations, 

Geneviève Jacobs conducted 

interviews with representatives 

from the Craft ACT community 

over the past 50 years—Craft 

ACT practitioners, supporters, 

and CEO’s past and present 

such as Jodie Cunningham, Ian 

Young, Tom Skeehan, Rachael 

Coghlan, Avi Amesbury, and Holly 

Komorowski, to discuss Craft 

ACT’s significant contribution to 

the craft and design in Australia 

since 1970. The annual Craft + 

Design Auction gave design-lovers 

the opportunity to bid on pieces 

of contemporary design work by 

Craft ACT members. The auction 

raised $5,269, with a portion of the 

objects going under the hammer 

in a live auction held at the closing 

party and the remaining items sold 

online. We thank Bianca Way and 

Jenna Dunley, from our Platinum 

Partner Home by Holly, for expertly 

running the live auction and 

encouraging spirited bidding. 

Partnering with Molonglo, the Dairy 

Road DESIGN Market was held 

on 6 November and presented 

a unique selection of stalls by 

11 Craft ACT members in the 

distinctive designed environment. 

Complementing our members 

wares were wine tastings by Cellar 

Door, works from the Molonglo 

Art and Object Collection, freshly 

prepared food, live jazz, and allages 

play activities by Green Hat 

Workshop. With over 2,000 people 

in attendance, it was a wonderful 

day for our members to engage 

with the wider community. 

Furthermore, after a two-year 

break, we welcomed the return of 

the Undercurrent Design Market 

with 21 of our members taking 

part in the three-day event at the 

National Portrait Gallery. 

In 2022, we were excited to 

partner with the Forage Street 

Food Festival as part of our 

audience development activities. 

The Forage attracted over 2,000 

visitors to Civic Square and the 

Festival Hub. Many of these visitors 

being family groups, who enjoyed 

the sunshine, food, music, and the 

many public artworks Civic Square. 

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Local, national, 

+ global 

collaborations 

We were delighted to continue 

our long standing partnership 

with the Embassy of Italy (since 

2018) to bring the exhibition Home 

Life from the IMF Foundation 

in Rome to DESIGN Canberra. 

This was also supported by the 

Institute of Italian Culture and the 

Prosecco Consortium. Curator 

Elisabetta Pisu of Ep Studios, 

curated an exciting display of 

contemporary Italian design 

revealing the potential for how 

houses can evolve in the future 

and demonstrate how objects can 

enhance our enjoyment of being 

at home. These objects were 

beautifully crafted and allowed our 

audiences to see the best in Italian 

design first-hand and imagine 

the objects of the future which 

boasted sustainable, functional, 

and beautiful designs of everyday 

objects. 

We also partnered with the 

Embassy of Italy to present a panel 

discussion and cocktail event, 

Design Diplomacy - Conviviality + 

Innovation, reflecting on design as 

a part of inter-cultural exchange at 

the residence of the Ambassador 

of Italy. This year’s discussion 

included speakers, Paolo Crudele 

His Excellency the Ambassador 

for Italy in Australia, ceramic artist 

and Craft ACT member Moraig 

McKenna, chef Danny Russo, 

Derek Lath from Ferrero Food 

Service Australia, and Gabriele Flisi 

from Smeg Australia. 

In 2022, Craft ACT was excited 

to initiate a partnership with the 

Embassy of Finland in Australia 

to present two programs that 

celebrated architecture and 

creative thinking processes in 

education. We worked together 

to celebrate the 20th Anniversary 

of the architectural significant 

Finnish chancery building with 

a public event including talks 

by the architects and a music 

performance. 

Our second Festival program at 

the Embassy of Finland was an 

exhibition and talk about Beyond 

the Verbal, an inter-cultural 

education research project for 

using creativity in education. 

Speakers included artist and Craft 

ACT member Dr. Naomi Zouwer, 

in her role as Lecturer at the 

University of Canberra, Finnish 

artists Samuli Heimonen, Dr Tiina 

Lämsä from University of Jyväskylä, 

Finland, and indigenous artist 

Adam Duncan (Biripi). 

For the first time Craft ACT 

partnered with the Embassy 

of Uruguay to host a travelling 

exhibition of high quality craft 

and design for Uruguay at the 

Craft ACT Gallery and at the 

Canberra Airport (thanks to the 

generous support of the Capital 

Airport Group). The cross-cultural 

exchange was an exciting way to 

build a global collaboration around 

our shared values of innovation, 

craft, design, and cultural 

importance. We are working with 

the Embassy of Uruguay towards 

an exciting cross cultural exchange 

program for Australian and 

Uruguayan artists for 2024. 

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Goal 3: Value 

Educate the community about the potential of contemporary craft and design to 

inform public agendas, promote wellbeing and community cohesion, and forge viable 

commercial pathways. 

Weaving City Sessions with Jessika Spencer, DESIGN Canberra Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

Effective 

communications 

Our Craft ACT and DESIGN 

Canberra Festival activities 

continue to be well-supported 

by the local media. The power 

of our contemporary craft and 

design has been effectively 

communicated to inform public 

agendas, promote wellbeing, and 

our continuous efforts in forging 

viable commercial pathways. 

Craft ACT engaged the digital 

marketing agency, Tilt, to 

advertise the DESIGN Canberra 

Festival programs to regional and 

interstate audiences and raise 

brand awareness of Canberra as a 

global city of design. This resulted 

in a significant increase of 95% 

in new audiences engaging with 

the Festival website with interstate 

visitors to the Festival increasing 

by 35% from 2019. 

Sydney-based creative media 

public relations specialists, 

Articulate, were engaged 

to provide a strategic 

communications campaign 

designed to support the objectives 

of DESIGN Canberra with particular 

focus on expanding the national 

profile of the Festival in published 

media articles nationally. The 

results of this were articles and 

interviews with highlights such 

as; Australian Financial Review’s 

Life & Leisure, The Australian 

Design Review, Architecture & 

Design, Concrete Playground, 

The Canberra Times: Panorama, 

and the Canberra Weekly; and 

radio interviews with ABC Radio 

Canberra. 

Effective communications 

snapshot: 

247,517 DESIGN Canberra 

website visits (↑21%) 

157,983 Craft ACT website visits 

(↑84%) 

14,922 social media followers 

(↑ 65%) 

85 media articles 

7 radio interviews 

4 video interviews 

Enhanced digital 

presence + 

engagement 

Craft ACT is dedicated to 

engaging its community of 

artists and supporters in as 

many ways possible. During 

the COVID-19 pandemic, we 

provided opportunities for digital 

engagement with our Artists' 

Studios Stories videos, Nurture 

online workshop programs, and 

the DESIGN Canberra Creative 

Journalling Challenge. 

In 2022 we continued to grow on 

this foundation of digital offerings 

with an online exhibition, online 

workshops, Meet the Maker videos 

(supported by Home by Holly), and 

live streaming of all openings and 

public talks via Instagram. This 

resulted in an expansion of the 

reach in the types of audiences 

we connected with online. Our 

DESIGN Canberra Instagram page 

grew its following to 10,178 people 

and our Craft ACT page grew its 

followers to over 8,075 people— 

demonstrating the success in our 

digital engagement strategies. 

The 2021 Creative Journalling 

Challenge online exhibition was 

made available online early in the 

year to coincide with the beginning 

of the 2022 Artistic Program. The 

online platform enabled the online 

community to have an intimate 

look into the submitted and 

winning journals with 1,382 page 

views. 

As part of DESIGN Canberra 

Festival we held two online Daily 

Creative Practice workshops, Pen 

and Watercolour with Sally Black 

and Ideation and Sketching with 

Tom Skeehan. With 82 participants 

across both workshops, we were 

able to involve a new and wider 

audience that otherwise could not 

engage with the Festival. 

Expanding our reach, Craft ACT 

live streamed all exhibition opening 

speeches, artists talks, launches, 

and parts of symposiums via 

the Craft ACT and DESIGN 

Canberra Instagram pages. 

Improving accessibility using new 

technologies available through 

social media platforms has been a 

game changer in how audiences 

participate in our creative spaces. 

In addition, it has not only 

increased our reach, but made it 

accessible to those who cannot or 

could not attend. 

Membership 

Our membership of craft 

practitioners, artists, designers, 

and makers at all career stages 

is at the heart of Craft ACT. Our 

members give us purpose; bring a 

regional, national, and international 

perspective and expertise to our 

artistic programs; and inspire 

us consistently. It is an honour 

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to support such a thriving and 

creative community. 

Accredited Professional 

Membership (APM) is the highest 

tier of membership at Craft ACT. 

APMs are professional craft 

practitioners and designers 

whose outstanding contributions 

demonstrate a high standard of 

artistic merit and technical skill 

and who have local, national and/ 

or international experience and 

standing. This respected level of 

membership is attained through 

a peer assessed application 

process. Successful artists 

demonstrate a practice of artistic 

excellence and strong local 

and/or regional experience and 

engagement. 

Associate Membership of Craft 

ACT is by application and suitable 

for emerging and established 

professional craft practitioners 

and designers who demonstrate 

commitment to their practice and 

require the benefit of insurance 

that comes with this level of 

membership. 

General Maker Membership 

of Craft ACT is our entry level 

membership aimed at practicing 

craft and design practitioners who 

wish to keep informed and help 

grow their profession. 

Our Craft and Design Lover 

Membership category (established 

in 2021) is designed for friends 

and supporters who want to 

engage with local craft and design 

communities, enjoy discounts at 

the Craft ACT shop, and special 

invitations to events. This category 

of membership saw significant 

growth in 2022 to 44 Craft and 

Design Lover Members ensuring 

more sales of our artists work 

though our retail space and 

attendances at programs. 

Our Student Membership category 

continues to grow each year. This 

membership is for high school, 

tertiary, and mature-age students 

interested in joining the Craft ACT 

community and developing their 

interest in craft and design. We 

aim to make this membership 

as accessible as possible, with 

the membership being free to all 

eligible concession card holders. 

This aim of accessibility flows into 

our public program with DESIGN 

Canberra 2022 supporting free 

tickets to our student members 

for many events including the 

DISCOVER: Public Art in Canberra 

and Medium Density Housing 

symposiums. We see this 

membership as the first step their 

craft and design careers. 

Inclusivity Membership—as part of 

our inclusivity initiative in 2022— 

we supported artists identifying 

as First Nations, LGBTQI+, and 

disabled with a free yearly General 

Maker Membership. 

Craft ACT keeps in regular contact 

with members via the Craft 

ACT website, email newsletters 

(including a dedicated membersonly 

newsletter), and social media. 

The social media platforms we use 

to connect with our members are 

Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. 

This includes a public facing 

Craft ACT page and the private 

Craft ACT Member group where 

members can communicate and 

collaborate with each other. 

Our public programs include 

professional development 

opportunities for our members and 

connect them with new audiences 

and new sources of income, 

especially through our Nurture 

Making by Hand workshops, in 

which they are engaged to teach, 

and the DESIGN Canberra Festival 

which included opportunities for 

members to be commissioned 

for public art and exhibitions; host 

open studios and artists talks, and 

participate in our Craft + Design 

auction. This year our members 

generated $485,153 income 

across all of our activities in 2022, 

a 44% increase on from 2019. 

Left: City Session Artist Talk with Leah Brideson, Julie Monro-Allison, + Lymesmith, DESIGN Canberra Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

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Goal 4: Security 

Support professionalisation, entrepreneurship and enterprise development to build 

capacity, skills and security for artists and the sector. 

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Design Thinking, Learning and Making in Canberra: Legacies and New Initiatives, DESIGN Canberra, 2022. Photography Tim Ngo 

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Megalo Open Day, DESIGN Canberra Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

Income 

Craft ACT is committed to 

supporting artists to generate 

income to ensure sustainable 

professional careers, aiming to 

connect them to wider audiences 

and income sources. We are 

committed to growing our 

activities to ensure we can support 

more creatives and innovation in 

craft and design across the sector. 

In 2022 we increased artists fees 

by 100%, expanded the number 

of workshops delivered by artists 

and expanded our retail operations 

though the establishment of 

a pop-up Festival Hub shop 

which quadrupled our sales of 

artists work during the Festival in 

November. Total income generated 

directly by artists and designers 

as a result of Craft ACT and 

DESIGN Canberra was $485,153, 

approximately three quarters of 

this income was the result of the 

DESIGN Canberra Festival, $327, 

443. 

Income snapshot: 

Total Income $485,153 (↑45% 

2019) 

Exhibition sales $20,944 (↓68% 

2019) 

Retail shop sales $117,141 (↑57% 

2019) 

DESIGN Canberra $327,443 

(↑71%) 

During 2022, we saw an overall 

drop in exhibition sales and an 

increase in retail sales which 

has reflected the economic and 

political climate of 2022—the 2022 

Federal Election, employment 

uncertainties with returning to 

work post-pandemic, increased 

living costs, and supplier and 

manufacturing shortages and cost 

increases. 

The exhibition sales mirrored the 

ups and downs of last year, but 

on a smaller scale. In the first 

quarter we saw our second largest 

income yield for the year, with a 

downturn in the second quarter 

around the time the Federal 

Election was called and the lead 

up to the establishment of the new 

Government. The third quarter 

reflected the relief of the political 

and economic climate calming 

with the highest yielding income. 

However, in the fourth quarter, 

cost of living rose, and the sales 

dropped to our second lowest 

yield of the year. 

The retail sales mimicked the ebb 

and flow of last year’s figures, 

ending 2022 with a bang. The first 

quarter there was steady growth 

which exceeded the previous year. 

However, into the second and third 

quarter the sales flatlined, only 

recovering in time to have the best 

quarter of the year and a 75% 

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Retail sellers, F!NK, Annette Blaire, Harriet Schwarzrock, Jeremy Brown, Christopher Plumridge + Tjanpi Dessert Weavers, 2022. Photography Tim Bean 

increase in sales for November 

2022 in comparison to 2021. This 

increase reflects the opening of 

our Festival Hub shop, providing 

two locations for shoppers to 

purchase from with an increase in 

craft and design products on offer 

with 15 new stockists, and benefits 

from the effects of the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival marketing 

campaign. 

New retail stockists include 

• Kellie MacFarlane Studio 

• Days of August 

• Carol Cooke 

• Cheryl J Studios 

• Wendy Dawes 

• Adam Dossetor 

• Made by Pen 

• Moraig McKenna 

The dedicated staff and sector 

commitment from artsACT (ACT 

Government) and the Australia 

Council for the Arts (Federal 

Government) elevates the work of 

Craft ACT, as does funding from 

the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy 

which is delivered by the Territory 

and Federal Government arts 

bodies. We are grateful for the 

security that this public funding 

• Ian Jones 

• Tamara Schneider 

• Adam Dossetor 

• Jaqueline Calvert-Lane 

• Caslake and Pedler 

• Merchants of Nonsense 

• Phoebe Porter 

brings to our organisation and our 

major public program, the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival. 

2022 has seen Craft ACT work 

closely with the ACT Government 

on the implementation of the 

strategy to create Canberra as 

Australia’s arts capital—from the 

release of Canberra: Australia's Art 

Captial—Arts, Culture, and Creative 

Policy 2022-2026. This bold 

declaration aligns with our strong 

commitment to nurture a thriving 

community of artistic excellence. 

Additionally, our strong relationship 

with the ACT Government—City 

Renewal Authority (CRA)—has 

demonstrated the powerful 

result of an aligned partnership. 


would not have been possible 

without the CRA, and this year 

our festival was bigger and more 

impactful than any previous 

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festival—showing the vital role 

the CRA plays in not only DESIGN 

Canberra but in shaping our 

cultural landscape and community 

connection. 

In 2022 Craft ACT continued 

with the successes of the donor 

category, the Circle of Hands. This 

category is directly associated 

with the CO:LAB project which 

is a culmination of professional 

development, high-quality studio 

practice, and a cross-collaboration 

between industry and craft. This 

project started in April 2022 and 

will be exhibited in May 2023. We 

thank the Circle of Hands donors, 

Jenny Edwards, Peta Furnell, 

Design Craft and the Humphries 

Family Fund, for their continued 

support of this project. 

DESIGN Canberra 

growth 


continued to grow in 2022; 

expanding our audiences— 

nationally and internationally— 

providing meaningful experiences; 

expanding on opportunities for 

Craft ACT practitioners, and 

contributing to the branding 

of Canberra as a global city of 

design. The Festival has been 

on a growth trajectory since its 

inception in 2014 and incurred 

a practicable dip during the 

pandemic in 2020 and 2021. In 

2022, we recovered magnificently, 

building on a strong foundation of 

collaboration and innovative new 

projects. 

2022 saw the largest increase 

across the board in the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival history. The total 

number of attendees increased 

310% since 2019, with a 35% 

increase in interstate visitors. More 

than 1,061 artists and creatives 

participated which is an increase 

of 108% from previous years. 

The Festival generated more 

than $327,000 income for these 

creatives with a 71% increase on 

previous years. 


continues to thrive thanks to 

the generosity of our artists, our 

supportive sponsors and partners 

who have demonstrated their 

commitment to our organisation 

and the celebration of Canberra as 

a global city of design. We thank 

all of our sponsors at all levels 

for their loyalty and contribution 

to Craft ACT and the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival to execute a 

world class festival in 2022. 

Sponsorship and self-generated 

income accounts for 70% of the 

Festival budget. Due to the support 

from our partners, we were able 

to deliver the DESIGN Canberra 

Festival which contributes so 

much to the future of our creative 

industries. We extend our sincerest 

gratitude to the following sponsors 

who supported us in 2022 

(outlined on page 64). 

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Member + staff 

professional 

development 

Craft ACT’s CO:LAB professional 

development program ran for 

the second time in 2022. This 

program is aimed at enhancing or 

transforming a craft practitioner’s 

practice and was supported by 

the generous donations from Craft 

ACT’s Circle of Hands donor circle. 

Two Craft ACT members, Lisa 

Cahill and Peter Bollington, were 

selected to work with architecture 

firm Light House Architecture 

& Science and their clients 

to develop new lighting for a 

residential project in Canberra. This 

project encouraged the artists to 

embrace a spirit of collaboration, 

work across disciplines and 

gain exposure to commercial 

environments with other designers 

and clients. 

The artists each received a 

$5,000 artists fee, an exhibition, 

mentoring, sustainability advice, 

professional photography, and 

technical support. The artists 

consulted with the clients, started 

designing and prototyping, and 

have commenced working with 

designer Tom Skeehan who will 

mentor the artists in the next 

phase of their design process. The 

2022 CO:LAB project will culminate 

in an exhibition at the Craft ACT 

Gallery in May 2023. 

This year we delivered an innovate 

new professional development 

program for our member artists, 

the DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail, 

supported by the City Renewal 

Authority was presented during 

the Canberra Art Biennial and the 

DESIGN Canberra Festival and was 

developed to support craftspeople 

and designers to develop their 

skills in public art. The DISCOVER: 

Craft + Design Trail, featured 

Craft ACT member artists Fran 

Romano, Hannah Quinlivan, Lan 

Nguyen-hoan, Rosie Armstrong, 

S.A. Adair, Sam Sheppard, and 

Tony Burke. This program began 

earlier in the year with Craft ACT 

members selected to create public 

art installations with mentorship 

offered by senior practitioners Nick 

Stranks (Casting), Sam Tompkins 

(Digital Fabrication), Valerie Kirk 

AM (Textile), and Thor Diesendorf 

(Wood). 

Craft ACT continued to offer the 

Artists-in-Residence program 

as professional development 

for our members. This program 

enables members to apply for 

the opportunity to experience, 

research, and collaborate with 

a partner cultural institution and 

the ACT Parks and Conservation 

Service, receive funds to assist in 

the generation of exhibition work, 

and an exhibition at the Craft ACT 

Gallery. The selected members 

also facilitate and promote their 

practice through the popular 

Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage 

Open day, the exhibition opening 

and talks, and exhibition. This 

year, Bev Hogg (Ceramics), Mel 

Robson (Ceramics), and Julie 

Ryder (Textiles) were selected to 

spend time at the National Library 

of Australia and at Gudgenby 

Ready-Cut Cottage in Namadgi 

National Park. The results from 

this residence will be showcased 

at the Craft ACT Gallery from 23 

March to 13 May 2023. 

We were excited to launch our first 

Indigenous Artists-in-Residence 

program in August 2022 with First 

Nations artists Krystal Hurst and 

Jessika Spencer; thanks to the 

support of donor Phillip Kier. Both 

artists spent time at the National 

Library of Australia followed by 

a stay at Ready-Cut Cottage 

in Namadgi National Park. The 

new body of work from Jessika’s 

research which will be exhibited 

at the Craft ACT Gallery from 23 

March to 13 May 2023. 

In 2022 Craft ACT staff 

participated in professional 

development and training 

opportunities to build their 

knowledge and skills, these 

included attending and presenting 

at forums and conferences and 

operational training (full list of 

programs on page 53). 

At Craft ACT we are committed 

to the right for every person to 

fully experience and contribute 

to the creative and cultural life of 

Canberra. We have endeavoured 

to create a culture and practice 

that recognises, respects, values, 

and celebrates people with 

disabilities. Our new Disability 

Inclusion Action Plan will be 

released in 2023 with updates to 

the Craft ACT website highlighting 

accessibility and inclusion, 

supporting disabled members 

with inclusivity membership, and 

adjusting public programming 

to accommodate disabled 

participants. Accessibility and 

inclusion is a core principle at Craft 

ACT and we desire to be a leader 

in normalising accessibility and 

inclusion with all opportunities. 

Acquittals, 

reporting, + 

governance 

The Craft ACT team, both staff 

and Board, have gone through 

significant renewal in 2022. With 

a vibrant new team on the job, 

we hit the ground running and 

look forward to contributing to the 

growth of the organisation in 2023. 

Craft ACT is supported by a 

diverse community of over 

1600 collaborators, sponsors, 

donors, and more than 576 (and 

growing) members. Craft ACT has 

established strong sustainable 

relationships with government, 

universities, retail, business, 

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education, and philanthropic 

sectors and proven itself a strong 

contributor to the sector. 

With the success of the DESIGN 

Canberra Festival, we have seen 

the benefits of these wellestablished 

relationships through 

the successful roll-over of funding 

from 2021 to 2022, which was 

required due to the effects of 

the pandemic. All our generous 

sponsors and partners adjusted 

to the flexible terms demanded 

by COVID-19 restrictions to move 

their support to the 2022 festival. 

Following a time of constant 

adaptation, the security of the 

strong partnerships that Craft ACT 

has established over the years has 

contributed to the sustainability 

and growth of Craft ACT. 

Craft ACT is partially supported by 

the ACT Government, the Australia 

Council for the Arts (four-year 

funding 2021-2024) and the 

Visual Arts and Craft Strategy. In 

2022, Craft ACT was successful 

in securing four-year funding from 

the ACT Government for 2023- 

2026. 

Our valued collaboration with 

the ACT Parks and Conservation 

Service on the Artist-in-Residence 

program continues to be a 

highly valued partnership for our 

artists. Aligning with The National 

Library of Australia as the 2022 

research partner, our Artists-in- 

Residence program is extensive 

and well supported by our partner 

organisations. 

Left: Tension[s] and Home Grown exhibition opening event, 2022. Photography 5foot 

Right: Lucy Irvine + Davey Barber, Roguetopia, Margel Hinder sculpture, 1970., DESIGN Canberra Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

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Board, staff, committees, volunteers, and interns 

Board of Management 

Rebecca Coronel | President 

(2017-2023) | Senior 

Manager, Strategy, National 

Film and Sound Archive 

Rebecca is a strategic leader in national cultural institutions with a 

wealth of experience in the museums sector and arts administration. 

In her current role at the National Film and Sound Archive, she is 

working on a range of projects, including property strategy. She was 

previously Assistant Manager, Collections Access, at the Department 

of Communications and the Arts, and managed a range of funding 

programs. Prior to 2017, Rebecca was the Manager, Exhibition Projects 

and Interpretation at the National Museum of Australia and was the 

President of Museums Galleries Australia ACT branch. 

Sam Bryant | Former 

Treasurer (2016-2022) | 

Business owner, Pack & 

Send Fyshwick 

Sam is a certified practising accountant with extensive experience 

in financial management from grass roots accounts payable and 

receivable through to high-level financial policy development, as well as 

financial reporting, asset accounting, management accounting, general 

finance and management consulting. Sam is skilled in the preparation 

of risk management and compliance audits. He holds an MBA and has 

demonstrated experience with governance requirements of the Financial 

Management and Accountability Act 1997. 

Charles Brewer | Treasurer 

(2022 – ongoing) | 

Corporate and policy 

manager at Australian 

Department of Foreign 

Affairs and Trade 

Charles is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years corporate 

management experience in private and public sectors. He has led policy 

development, stakeholder engagement and change activities in his 

current work at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia 

and overseas. He has expertise in financial and budget management, 

procurement, HR, ICT, property, security, and project management and 

has previously been treasurer for not-for-profit organisations in the 

education and community sectors. 

Jennifer Kemarre 

Martiniello OAM | 

Member representative 

(2021-ongoing) |Award 

winning visual artist, 

Accredited Professional 

Member Craft ACT 

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello in an Award-winning visual artist, poet, writer, 

and photographer of Arrernte, Chinese and Anglo-Celtic descent. Jenni’s 

glass works have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions, including 

solo exhibitions at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Belconnen Arts 

Centre, Canberra Glassworks and Sabbia Gallery in Sydney. She was 

awarded Canberra Critics Circle Awards for Visual Arts in 2011 and 2013. 

Jenni is an ACT Creative Arts Fellow (2003) and is the recipient of a 

2-year Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts Fellowship from 

the Australia Council for the Arts for 2013/2014. In 2013 she won the 

prestigious Telstra Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. 

Isabelle Mackay-Sim | 

Member representative 

(2021 – ongoing) | Emerging 

ceramic artist, Associate 

Member Craft ACT 

Isabelle Mackay-Sim is an emerging Australian ceramic artist and 2018 

graduate from the Australian National University Ceramics Department. 

Since graduating she has participated in numerous exhibitions and 

residencies in Australia and Internationally. In 2019, Mackay-Sim’s work 

was included in the online exhibition for the Gyeonggi International 

Korean Ceramics Biennial, and she went on to receive the Talent Award 

from the Munich International Craft Fair in 2020. Mackay-Sim’s sculptural 

ceramic practice centres around a passion for exploring inter-sectional 

feminist issues, featuring the body as a pivotal motif. Mackay-Sim 

uses the figure in her work as a tool for communicating emotion and 

vulnerability. 

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Laura Crick | Secretary and 

public officer (2020-2023 | 

Senior Lawyer, Norton Rose 

Fulbright 

Laura is an experienced public law litigator who acts for government and 

private clients in relation to disputes involving administrative decisions, 

disciplinary proceedings, environment and planning, contracts and 

employment law. She regularly appears as a solicitor advocate in federal 

courts and tribunals and provides advice to the Australian Government 

in relation to regulatory compliance and program administration. Laura 

studied art history as part of a Bachelor of Arts/Laws at ANU and tutors 

there in litigation and dispute management. 

Jenny Edwards | Deputy 

President and sustainability 

advocate (2020 – ongoing) 

| Owner, Managing Director 

and Lead Scientist, Light 

House Architecture & 

Science 

Jenny has a Master's degree in science and is an ACT-licensed Building 

Energy Efficiency Assessor. In 2010, Jenny established an energy 

efficiency consulting business, Scinergy, which won the ACT Sustainable 

Cities Energy Innovation Award in 2010 for its innovative, scientific 

approach to improving energy efficiency in the residential construction 

sector. Since 2011, Jenny has been a director of the award-winning 

company Jigsaw Housing Pty Ltd, which has traded as the business Light 

House Architecture & Science since the end of 2015. In 2015 Jenny won 

the ‘Outstanding in Industry’ award from the ACT branch of the National 

Association of Women in Construction. 

Rod Bobeldjik | Board 

Member (2022-ongoing) 

| Complete Constructions 

(Aust) 

Rod Bobeldijk is the Director and co-founder of Complete Constructions 

(Aust) Pty Ltd, (Est. 1998), specialising in commercial construction and 

project management. Rod has significant experience working in the 

Commercial Construction Industry, where he has been involved in 

Building & Civil projects within the ACT, surrounding NSW and Sydney 

since 1993. 

As a Director, Rod has been instrumental in developing Complete 

Constructions (Aust), which has built a reputation in the industry as a 

highly regarded, professional and innovative organisation. A younger 

Rod was awarded MAB ACT Young Commercial Builder of the Year 

(2012) based on his “knowledge of his craft and his ability to work in 

cooperative arrangements with both his clients and designers”. 

Carolyn Forster OAM | 

Previous Board Member 

(March-July 2022) 

Carolyn is vice-president of the Children’s Medical Research Institute 

board and a member of their Canberra committee since 1973, serving 

three times as its president. She worked in the federal parliament, as 

many of you know. She has chaired the ACT Heritage Festival for 11 years. 

She was chair of the board of Phillip College and is a past president of 

the Women’s International Club in the ACT. She also serves as chair of 

the Church of St Andrew Conservation and Restoration Foundation and is 

a very active council member of the Australiana Fund. 

Committee member and a former president of the Friends of the National 

Museum of Australia. She is the delegate also to the World Federation 

of Friends of Museums and is about to head off on a trip to Berlin and 

a member of the Australian Committee of the International Council of 

Museums. 

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Jodie Cunningham | 

Ex officio (non-voting) 

(2021-ongoing) | CEO, 

Craft ACT: Craft + Design 

Centre and Artistic Director, 

DESIGN Canberra 

Jodie Cunningham is CEO + Artistic Director of Craft ACT: Craft + 

Design Centre, one of Australia’s leading creative centres for the 

development of visual art, craft and design. Jodie manages the overall 

operations and resources, acting as the main point of communication 

between the board of directors, staff, members, sponsors, and 

government bodies. She is the public face of the organisation, 

curating a vibrant program of exhibitions, residencies and crossdisciplinary 

collaborations including the DESIGN Canberra Festival. 

Cunningham is a highly creative arts leader, visual artist, and educator 

with extensive experience in developing and delivering innovative 

exhibitions, public programs in museums, galleries, and art contexts. 

She also has an extensive background in visual art and design 

education and a commitment to mentoring developing artists and 

fostering collaboration. 

Cunningham advocates for the power of creativity, the arts and 

cultural activity to provide hope to our communities, strengthen our 

local and national cultural identities, and facilitate social change. 

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Staff 

In addition to full-time arts workers, Craft ACT engages designers, craft practitioners, and artists as casual and 

part-time staff members to further support the Canberra arts community. The total value of this support to arts 

workers and artists was $218,489.46 in 2022. 

CEO + Artistic Director Jodie Cunningham (from July 2021) 

Assistant Director (Communications) Megan Jones (left February 2022) 

Marketing Manager Rachel Skeehan (from February 2022) 

Gallery Manager Christian Sirois (from October 2022) 

Gallery + Retail Manager Welly McGarry (October 2021-October 2022) 

Project Manager Welly McGarry (from June 2022) 

Justine Merrony (April 2021-May 2022) 

Development Manager Travis Bullock (October 2021-Feburary 2023) 

Membership + Development Manager Frances Spurgin (From May 2022) 

Public Programs Manager Moraig McKenna (from October 2021) 

Retail Manager Oli Narayanan (March 2022-November 2022) 

Events Manager Belinda Neame (from September 2022) 

Marketing + Digital Content Assistant Georgia Arndell (October 2021-December 2022) 

Gallery + Retail Assistant Bethany Brewsher (July 2021 – March 2022) 

Oli Narayanan (October 2021 – March 2022) 

Mary Monro-Allison (April 2022 – June 2022) 

Victoria Byron (from October 2022) 

Daniel Margules (from March 2022) 

Melissa Hammond (from June 2022) 

Ella Myer (from September 2022) 

Elmi Slater (from September 2022) 

Eve Fairhall (from September 2022) 

Maree McGarry (October-November 2022) 

Dotty Berryman (October – November 2022) 

Sincere thanks to the former staff of Craft ACT, who made valuable contributions to the work and 

achievements of Craft ACT during 2022. Your contributions continue to strengthen and support the work that 

we do, and we appreciate your ongoing support within the sector. 

Craft ACT artistic 

program committee 

Ann McMahon (Textiles, APM) 

Anne Masters (Ceramic, APM) 

Caren Florance (Paper, APM) 

Sean Booth (Metal, APM) 

Nikki Main (Glass, APM) 

Kirandeep Grewal (Textiles, APM) 

Patsy Hely (Ceramics, APM) 

Jodie Cunningham (Craft ACT) 

Volunteers 

Central to our work is our community engagement and help from 

volunteers including artists, recent graduates, retirees, high school 

students, and people in our local community. Craft ACT enjoyed over 255 

hours in volunteer support in 2022, to a value of $7,000.* 

We are especially grateful to all our volunteers, interns, and supporters. 

*Applying national $27.45/hour rate method (see www. 

volunteeringaustralia.org). 

Interns 

Angus Macoun 

Miranda Williams 

Craft ACT thanks the community for its ongoing support of our programs. 

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Appendices: 2022 Craft ACT activity 

Membership 

Life members 

Beverly Wood | Bill Wood | David Williams | F!NK Design | Gene Willsford | Meredith Hinchliffe | Michelle Frost 

Accredited professional members 

Anita McIntyre | Annie Trevillian | Annette Blair | Ann McMahon | Avi Amesbury | Barbara Rogers | Belinda Jessup 

| Belinda Toll | Bev Hogg | Caren Florance | Cathy Franzi | Dianne Firth | Dimity Kidston | Elizabeth Kelly | Elizabeth 

Paterson | Eugenie Keefer Bell | Gail Nichols | Harriet Schwarzrock | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Ian Jones | Jacqueline 

Knight | Janet DeBoos | Jennifer Robertson | Jenni Kemarre Martiniello | Joanne Searle | Jonathan Everett | Judi Elliott 

| Julie Bradley | Julie Bartholomew | Julie Ryder | Kaye Pemberton | Keiko Amenomori-Schmeisser | Kirstie Rea | Lisa 

Cahill | Lissa-Jane de Sailles | Lucy Irvine | Luna Ryan | Mark Eliott | Margaret Brown | Melanie Olde | Mel Douglas | 

Monique van Nieuwland | Moraig McKenna | Nikki Main | Pamela Irving | Phoebe Porter | Rozlyn de Bussey | Ruth 

Allen | Ruth Hingston | Sally Blake | Sarit Cohen | Scott Chaseling | Sean Booth | Sharon Peoples | Simon Cottrell | 

Susan Wiscombe | Valerie Kirk AM | Will Maguire | Ximena Briceño | Zeljko Markov 

Associate members 

Abbey Jamieson | Adam Dossetor | Adina Leigh-Fitzsimons | Akie Haga | Alice Sutton (van Meurs) | Angela Bakker 

| Anne Masters | Benedict Laffan | Brenda Runnegar | Bronwyn Sargeson | Camelia Smith | Cam Michael | Carol 

Cooke | Cassandra Layne | Catherine Newton | Chelsea Lemon | Chin-Jie Melodie Liu | Daniel Margules | Daniel 

Venables | David Liu | Debra Jurss | Edward Collett | Elizabeth Curry | Emilie Patteson | Emina Adriaans | Estelle 

Briedis | Fiona Hooton | Fran Romano | Isabelle Mackay-Sim | Isobel Waters | Galia Shy | Gerhard Herbst | Grace 

Blake | Hannah Gason | Helen Keogh | Jacqui Keogh | Janet Meaney | Jennifer King | Jenny Harris | Jenny Manning | 

Jeremy Brown | Jochen Heinzmann | Jodie Cunningham | Josephine Townsend | Jo Victoria | Julie Pennington | Kate 

McKay | Kerry Johns | Kirandeep Grewal | Lea Durie | Lee Leibrandt | Leonie Andrews | Lex Sorrentino | Louis Grant 

| Lucy Palmer | Olinda Narayanan | Olivia Gates | Madisyn Zabel | Mahnie Blakey | Maricelle Olivier | Marie Barincou | 

Michele Grimston | Minqi Gu | Nadina Geary | Nick Adams | Nichola Leeming | Nicola Knackstredt | Pamela McGrath 

| Patricia Hely | Peter Bollington | Pinal Maniar | Rene Linssen | Rob Schwartz | Robyn Campbell | Rodger Sutherland 

| Rolf Barfoed | Rose-Mary Faulkner | Rosie Armstrong | Roz Hall | Sam Sheppard | Saskia den Brinker | Sarah 

Murphy | Sara Wurcker | Sean Morris | Sinead Woods | Sue Hewat | Sue Peachey | Sophi Suttor | Tamara Schneider 

| Tania Vrancic | Tanya Taglietti | Tony Burke | Victoria Cotton | Virginia Sprague | Wayne Creaser | Zoe Brand 

The work of Craft ACT is also supported by 207 general maker members, 44 craft + design lover members, and 

161 student members in 2022. 

Exhibitions 

Block 1: 3 February-19 March 2022 

Emerging contemporaries 

Sarah Barlow | Elliane Boulton | Noel Davar | Solomon Gates | Dom Gowans | Roz Hall | Brandon Harrison | Adeline 

Higgins | Abbie Holbrook | Tessa Hoser | Shen-Ju Hsieh | Ronnie Jordan | Alex Khoo | Daniel Licastro | Oliver Owens 

| Sue Peachey | Ailish Power | Kate Rice | Bronwyn Sargeson | Lucy Stackpool | Eliza Styles | Moea Vonsy | Cathy 

Zhang 

Emerging Contemporaries is the Craft ACT National Award Exhibition for early career artists. This exhibition plays a 

pivotal role in supporting and transitioning artists into professional practice and placing Australian artists in view of 

the national cultural collecting institutions, industry, and audience. 

Craft ACT prides itself on nurturing emerging artists and welcoming them into our growing community. For 

Emerging Contemporaries, we select emerging designers and makers from numerous local institutions including 

the Sturt School for Wood, Canberra Potters Society, Canberra Institute of Technology, University of Canberra, the 

ANU School of Art + Design, University of New South Wales, and the CAPO Craft ACT Emerging Artist award. 

Exhibition launched by Rod Bamford, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University. 

6:30 Sessions 

Nellie Peoples | Michelle Stemm 

This exhibition featured the work of Brisbane-based designer-makers, Michelle Stemm and Nellie Peoples. The 

6:30 Sessions concept evolved out of the Covid-19 lockdowns, which cancelled the pairs income streams and 

creative deadlines, and more impactfully, crushed their motivation to make. By taking a small step to hold each 

other to account, a new home-bound schedule was developed; they decided to ‘meet’ each morning at 6:30 

am, in their respective backyards, to observe and draw the outside world. The exhibition is a result of the original 

process led, object making. 

Exhibition launched by Rod Bamford, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University. 

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You get a Rhythm about It 

Peter Minson 

In recognition of his important contribution to glass art and craft in Australia, Craft ACT presented the work of 

Peter Minson spanning his 60-year career as a lampworker. Coinciding with Craft ACT’s 50th Anniversary, in 

2021, the exhibition pays respect to the history of glassmaking in Australia and examines Minson’s work through a 

contemporary lens. 

Exhibition launched by Jodie Cunningham, CEO + Artistic Director, Craft ACT on behalf of Nola Anderson. 

Block 2: 24 March-14 May 2022 

Home Grown 

Jeremy Brown 

Home Grown presented new body of work by Jeremy Brown, in celebration of the beautiful street trees of 

Canberra, the city he was born and raised in. This exhibition invited viewers to wander the streets of our garden 

city and allows appreciation of some of the more hidden aspects of its natural beauty. By combining two main 

threads of practice, furniture making and botanical illustration, these works created a juxtaposition between the 

natural and built environments, bridging the disconnect between the origins of raw materials and a final product. 

Exhibition launched by Ashley Eriksmoen, Head of Furniture, Australian National University. 

Tension[s] 2020: Tamworth Textile Triennial 

Soraya Abidin | Mark Smith | Arts Project Australia | Del Stewart | Australian Tapestry Workshop | Gillian Bencke 

| Julie Briggs and Kelly Leonard | Armando Chant | Georgia Chapman | Linda Erceg | Anne Ferran | Dianne Firth | 

Sai-Wai Foo | Tina Fox | Erica Gray | Garth Knight | Yinarr Maramali | Julie Montgarrett | Deborah Prior | Margarita 

Sampson | Jane Theau | Tjanpi Desert Weavers | Elisa Markes-Young 

Tamworth Textile Triennial, held every three years, showcased the best of textile art from across the country, 

attracting artist participation from all states in Australia. The Triennial acknowledged that the world has long been 

a place under various Tension[s], both harmonious and dissonant. In order to bear witness to contribute to and 

respond to these tensions, the triennial artworks focused on the future of people and place through textile as a 

material and human experience as materiality. 

Exhibition launched by Vic McEwan, Curator, Artist, + Writer. 

Block 3: 19 May-2 July 2022 

Fire Country 

Rebecca Selleck | James Tylor 

Fire Country was a furniture and photography installation addressing the physical and cultural significance of 

fire in Australia. It drew the burnt landscape into the domestic space, revealing its intrinsic beauty as part of key 

environmental mechanisms. These works were representative of our contemporary relationship with fire and 

potential for better engagement in the future. 

Exhibition launched by Dr. Amanda Stuart, Curator, Writer, + Artist. 

Collide + Divide 

Erin Daniell | Mirjana Dobson | Bailey Donovan | Polly Dymond | Daria Fox | Sam Gold | Alex Hirst | David Liu | 

Francesca Sykes | Eloise White | Duncan Young 

Collide + Divide was a discipline-bending object-based exhibition featuring eleven emerging Jam Factory 

associates who work in various mediums. Artists collaborated in small groups on creating a body of work that 

celebrated interdisciplinary skill sharing, merging both contemporary art and craftsmanship. 

Exhibition launched by Jodie Cunningham, CEO + Artistic Director, Craft ACT. 

Block 4: 7 July-27 August 2022 

BEEing 

Dr. Julie Bartholomew | Mahala Hill 

This exhibition featured the work of established craft-based artist Dr. Julie Bartholomew and early-career 

contemporary ceramic artist Mahala Hill. BEEing bought into visibility the challenge of survival for bees through the 

craft practices of these artists. Both artists utlised the aesthetic power of craft practice to engage audiences and 

encourage critical discourse around the significance of bees and threats to biodiversity. 

Exhibition launched by Patsy Hely, Artist + Writer. 

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CONFLUENCE: 2021 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition 

Valerie Kirk AM | Harriet Schwarzrock 

The exhibition CONFLUENCE is the culmination of Craft ACT’s 2021 Artist-in-Residence program showcasing the 

work of Valerie Kirk and Harriet Schwarzrock which is the results of their engagement in the two-part residency 

project - researching at Geoscience Australia and creating in Namadji National Park. 

Exhibition launched by Peter Cotsell, Regional Manager Southern Parks ACT, ACT Parks & Conservation. 

12 July-30 September 2022 

STORYBOX public art exhibition 

The City Renewal Authority partnered with local and national institutions in Canberra including Craft ACT and 

commissioned ESEM projects to create STORYBOX Canberra, a unique digital place-making experience, 

showcasing the creative knowledge of the city. It centred around a four-meter digital cube in Garema place 

and a series of digital plinths placed throughout city west. Craft ACT digital stories of Associate and Accredited 

Professional Members Harriet Schwarzrock, Phoebe Porter, Kirandeep Grewal, Chris Harford, and Hiroshi 

Yamaguchi was featured on Storybox. 

Block 5: 8 September-22 October 2022 

Nurture: Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre Annual Members Exhibition 

Adam Dossetor | Alice van Meurs | Anita M McIntyre | Annie Trevillian | Barbara Rogers | Brenda Runnegar | 

Bronwyn Sargeson | Cam Michael | Caren Florance | Dianne Firth | Elliott Bastianon | Galia Shy | Gerhard Herbst 

| Helen Keogh | Isobel Waters | Jennifer Robertson | Jeremy Brown | Jo Victoria | Jono Everett | Judi Elliort | Julie 

Bradley | Kate McKay | Kirandeep Grewal | Lea Durie | Lee Leibrandt | Luke Batten | Luna Ryan | Michele Grimston | 

Minqui Gu | Monique van Nieuwland | Nicola Knackstredt | NOT | Rebecca Selleck | Rene Linssen | Robyn Campbell 

| Ruth Hingston | Sally Blake | Sharon Peoples | Sophi Suttor | Sue Peachey | Tania Vrancic | Wendy Dawes | Will 

Maguire | Ximena Briceno 

The Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre annual members exhibition showcased contemporary expressions of 

craft and design uniting time-honoured techniques with modern interpretations demonstrating the trends in 

contemporary craft and design in Australia by practitioners from the ACT and surrounding region. 

Exhibition launched by Meredith Hinchcliffe AM, Writer. 

1 October-20 November 2022 


Hannah Quinlivan | Lan Nguyen-hoan | Rose Armstrong | S.A. Adair | Sam Sheppard | Tony Burke (Studio Bud) 

A public art installation in partnership with Canberra Art Biennial, in six locations across City West featuring Craft 

ACT Artist’s 

Block 6: 27 October-10 December 2022 

Seeing Seventies 

Aaron Puls | Alexa Munro | Amanda Willis | Anastasia Tzotzis | Angela McIntyre | Cathy Breen | Clare De Lune | 

Whitney | Daniel Morton Jones | Emily Leseberg | Fiona Bowring-Greer | Garth Kirwin | Graham Gall | Henry Buttriss 

| Henry Shawcross | Hilary Wardhaughl | Jakub Besedal | Jamila Gatica | Jeremy Byrnes | Kaet Lovell | Lachlan 

Herring | Liam Camilleri | Michael Oliver | Pam Saunders | Pamela Proestos | Priyanka Kaul | Rachel Ives | Rebecca 

Scouller | Richie Southerton | Sal Witchalls | Shannon Battisson | Stephen Hunter | Susanne Boag | aira Vora | Tara 

Edwards | Vanessa Smyth | Yi Xueqin 

Seeing Seventies: Photography Competition exhibition showcased the photographs of over 80 Canberra Region 

Photographers who entered DESIGN Canberra Festival’s 2021 photography competition. The theme for the 

photography Competition was ‘Design in the 70’s’, encouraging professional and amateur photographers to take 

photos which take a closer look at Canberra’s iconic design and architecture from the 1970s. The best of the 

competition, over 40 photographs, were exhibited in a signature DESIGN Canberra exhibition at Craft ACT: Craft + 

Design Centre. 

Exhibition launched by Travis Bullock, Development Manager, Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre. 

Home Life 

Acme21 | Alcarol | Alessandro Zambelli | BIG | Claudio Larcher | Deanna Comellini | Emanuele Magini | Giulia 

Piovesan + Barbara Medeot | Ludovica + Roberto Palomba |Maddalena Casadei | Mandalaki Design Studio | Maria 

Elena Bompani | Mario Cucinella | Matteo Ragni | Michele De Lucchi | Odo Fioravanti | Studio Adriano Architetti | 

Studio Natural | Yack di Maio 

We are delighted to continue collaborating with the Embassy of Italy, a partner of DESIGN Canberra since 2018 to 

bring the exhibition Home Life, curated by Elisabetta Pisu from the IMF Foundation in Rome to DESIGN Canberra. 

This exciting exhibition of contemporary design revealed how houses will evolve in the future and showed how 

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objects can enhance our enjoyment of being home. 

Supported by the Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute, and the Prosecco Consortium. 

Exhibition launched by Elisabetta Pisu, Curator, EP Studio. 

2022 Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize 

Alison Jackson | Bic Tieu | Gretal Ferguson | Johannes Kuhnen | Jonathon Zalakos | Kirsten Haydon | Larah Nott | 

Lindy McSwan | Oliver Smith | Sean Booth 

Craft ACT was honoured to present the new Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize. This award celebrated the 

outstanding work of ten emerging and established contemporary metalworkers, designers and craftspeople. 

The finalists represented the value of high-quality craft making skills, sound design and innovation that we are 

lucky to have here in Australia. From these ten finalists, judges Brian Parkes (JamFactory) Rohan Nichols (University 

of Tasmania) and Ewan McGregor (National Gallery of Victoria) awarded both the main prize ($10,000) and 

emerging award prize ($3,000) to Gretal Ferguson, and the acquisition prize ($2000) to Larah Nott. 

This program is generously supported by the Tall Foundation, F!NK + Co., and Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre. 

Exhibition launched by Gretel Harrison, Director, F!NK + Co. 

Public Programs 

Craft ACT in-gallery public programs 

• Emerging Contemporaries, 6:30 Sessions, and You Get a Rhythm about It exhibition opening, 3 February 2022. 

• 6:30 Session floor talk with artists Nellie Peoples and Michelle Stemm, 5 February 2022. 

• You Get a Rhythm about It floor talk with artist Peter Minson, 5 March 2022. 

• Home Grown and Tension[s]: 2020 Tamworth Textiles Triennial exhibition opening, 24 March 2022. 

• Home Grown floor talk with artist Jeremy Brown, 2 April 2022. 

• Fire Country and Collide + Divide exhibition opening, 19 May 2022. 

• Collide + Divide floor talk with CEO + Artistic Director Jodie Cunningham in conversation with artist Daria Fox and 

Bailey Donovan, 21 May 2022. 

• Fire Country floor talk with artist Rebecca Selleck, 18 June 2022. 

• BEEing and CONFLUENCE exhibition opening, 7 July 2022. 

• BEEing floor talk with artists Dr. Julie Bartholomew and Mahala Hill, 30 July 2022. 

• CONFLUENCE floor talk with artists Valerie Kirk AM and Harriet Schwarzrock, 23 July 2022. 

• Nurture: Craft ACT Annual Members Exhibition opening, 8 September 2022. 

• 2022 Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize, Home Life and Seeing Seventies exhibition opening, 27 October 


Craft ACT off-site public programs (not including DESIGN Canberra programming) 

• Craft ACT at DENFAIR + Interiors Australia exhibition in Melbourne featuring members Maitlan Brown, Madeline 

Cardone, Louis Grant, and Sam Sheppard, 10-12 February 2022. 

• MAKE:OVER, styling master class presented by Lynsey Fryers—a professional development workshops for 

members, 26 February 2022. 

• Artists-in-Residence Bev Hogg, Julie Ryder, and Mel Robson completed their research with our 2022 research 

partner the National Library of Australia and their residency at Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage with our program 

partners ACT Parks and Conservation Service and the National Library of Australia, 7–18 March 2022 and 25 

April-7 May 2022. 

• Craft ACT at Enlighten in the City, Craft After Dark with clay-making family programs and pop-up retail stall, Civic 

Square, 10 March 2022. 

• Craft ACT at Winter in the City: Felt Caterpillar Beads and Found Treasure workshop in partnership with Canberra 

Region Feltmakers, 9 + 16 July 2022. 

• Indigenous Artists-in-Residence, Krystal Hurst and Jessika Spencer, conducted research at the National Library 

of Australia, 22–26 August 2022. 

• Indigenous Artist-in-Residence, Jessica Spencer, conducted residency at the Ready-Cut Cottage in Namadgi 

National Park, 1-15 September 2022. 

Craft ACT participation in external public programs 

• Jodie Cunningham attended Museums and Wellbeing Digital next Conference online, 31 January-2 February 


• Megan Jones attended DENFAIR + Interiors Australia exhibition to support Craft ACT Artists in Melbourne, 10-12 


• Jodie Cunningham convened National Art, Craft and Design Network (ACDNN), Australian Museum and Galleries 

Association (AMAGA) meetings, 17 February 2022 + 18 July 2022. 

• Justine Merrony attended Melbourne Design Week, 17-24 March 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham, Frances Spurgin, Rachel Byron attended Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising Creative 

Partnerships, 19 May 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham, Frances Spurgin attended Canberra Tourism Leaders Forum Conference, 6 June 2022. 

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• Jodie Cunningham presented paper, Nurture: Making by Hand for Wellbeing Case Study, at the AMAGA 

conference, 13 June 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham convened the National Art, Craft and Design Network (AMAGA) Session ‘Freelance Curator 

as Provocateur at AMAGA conference’ and arrange conference keynote presentation Sara Raza from New York, 

16 June 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham, Frances Spurgin, Rachel Byron attended Canberra Tourism Leaders Forum, 1 July, 2 

September, 1 November, + 6 December 2022. 

• Frances Spurgin attended Aalto - Film Screening at the Embassy of Finland in Australia, 14 July 2022. 

• Frances Spurgin attended Capital Arts Patrons Organisation (CAPO) Awards launch, 1 September 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham, Frances Spurgin attended 40th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art at the Embassy of 

the United State of America, 7 October 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham presented Craft ACT Emerging Contemporaries awards at University of Canberra, Australian 

National University, and Canberra Institute of Technology, 7 November-16 December 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham presented Craft ACT CAPO Awards, 24 November 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham and Moraig Mckenna attended Cultural Leaders Collaboration Forum at Canberra Museum + 

Gallery, 6 December 2022 

Craft ACT staff training 

• Jodie Cunningham, Welly McGarry, Travis Bullock, Moraig Mckenna, Justine Merrony, Georgia Arndell, and 

Meagan Jones attend First Aid Training, 21 February 2022. 

• Welly McGarry attended Elevated Work Platform Operation training, 29 September 2022. 

• Belinda Neame attended Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) training, 6 December 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra Festival events 

• DESIGN Canberra Program Launch, Kambri @ ANU, 17 August 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra Craft + Design Auction Party, Kambri @ ANU, 19 November 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra Craft + Design Auction, Online, 2-20 November 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra VIP opening, Civic Square, 1 November 2022. 

• Abundant Wonder exhibition opening, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 3 November 2022 

• DESIGN Canberra Creative Journaling Challenge launch, Eckersley’s Art + Craft, 13 October 2022. 

• Uruguay + Australia Craft Exchange exhibition opening launch, Craft ACT Gallery, 8 December 2022. 

• Seeing Seventies exhibition opening, Craft ACT Gallery, 27 October 2022. 

• Home Life exhibition opening, Craft ACT Gallery, 27 October 2022. 

• 2022 Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize exhibition opening, Craft ACT Gallery, 27 October 2022. 

• Dovetail exhibition opening, Canberra Centre, 4 November 2022. 

• Shadow Lines exhibition opening, Canberra Centre, 4 November 2022. 

• CTRL.ALT.DESIGN exhibition opening, Canberra Centre, 4 November 2022. 

• The Stills exhibition opening, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 6 November 2022. 

• Aurora exhibition opening, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 6 November 2022. 

• HOME:MADE exhibition opening, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 6 November 2022. 

• Roguetopia exhibition opening, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 6 November 2022. 

• Friday City Session with The Pop Inn, Civic Square, 4,11, + 18 November 2022. 

• Sunday Session with The Jetty, Commonwealth Place, 12 + 19 November 2022. 

• Hive Mind Shift: Exploring Transformation through Spiritual Geometry exhibition closing, The Hive, 20 November 


• Ripple Effect exhibition opening, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 3 November 2022. 

• Ginninderry Design Library exhibition opening, The Link, 5 November 2022. 

• PixelARTed exhibition opening, The Front, 3 November 2022. 

• Open Studios, Canberra Region, 5, 12, + 19 November 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra exhibitions 

• Ginninderry Design Library, The Link, 12 October-20 November 2022. 

• Dark Matter, PhotoAccess, 13 October-12 November 2022. 

• Timber Mosaics, Australian Botanical Gardens, 14 October-21 November 2022. 

• Seeing Seventies, Craft ACT Gallery, 27 October-11 December 2022. 

• 2022 Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize, Craft ACT Gallery, 27 October-11 December 2022. 

• Home Life, Craft ACT Gallery, 27 October-11 December 2022. 

• Flowers Refashioned, Hyatt, 1-6 November 2022. 

• Dovetail, Canberra Centre, 2-20 November 2022. 

• CTRL.ALT.DESIGN, Canberra Centre, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Shadow Lines, Canberra Centre 2-13 November 2022. 

• Golden Years, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Brutal Transformation, Canberra Theatre Centre, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Brutalist Belconnen – Constructing the Cameron Offices, Online, 2-20 November 2022. 

• PixelARTed, The Front, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Canberra Low Carbon Housing, 220 London Circuit, 2-20 November 2022. 

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• BECOME, Stringworks Studio + Gallery, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Phone X Stitch, Online, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Abundant Wonder, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 3 November 2022-12 February 2023 

• Ripple Effect, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 3 November 2022-12 February 2023. 

• Hive Mind Shift - Exploring Transformational through Sacred Geometry, The Hive, 4-20 November 2022. 

• Transformation with a Twist, Chiefly Wellbeing Centre, 4-5 November 2022. 

• HOME:MADE, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 5-27 November 2022. 

• Aurora, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 5-27 November 2022. 

• The Stills, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 5-27 November 2022. 

• Roguetopia, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 5-27 November 2022. 

• Uncertain Shape of Time, M16 Artspace, 10-27 November 2022. 

• Celebration, Kambah Scout Hall, 12 November 2022. 

• Clean Slate, Cox Gallery, 14 November-16 December 2022. 

• Uruguay + Australia Craft Exchange, Canberra Airport, 14 November 2022-23 January 2023. 

• Uruguay + Australia Craft Exchange, Craft ACT Gallery, 14 November-21 December 2022. 

• Friends in High Places, Canberra airport, 14 November 2022-ongoing. 

DESIGN Canberra public art installation 

• DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail, 1 October-20 November 2022. 

• Becoming, Civic Square, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Along Civic Lines, Knowles Lane, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Geological Transformations, Commonwealth Place, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Shift, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Currents, Civic Square, 2-20 November 2022. 

• Given Conditions, Civic Square, 2-20 November 2022. 

• BMW Car Wrap, Civic Square, 8 November 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra talks + symposiums 

• DISCOVER: Public Art in Canberra Symposium in partnership with Canberra Art Biennial and Canberra Museum 

+ Gallery, Kambri @ANU, 29 October 2022. 

• Design Revisited: Roger Pegrum and Phllip Goad, Shine Dome, 3 November 2022. 

• Design Thinking, Learning and Making in Canberra: Legacies and New Initiatives, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 4 


• Art and Creativity- Within and Beyond Urban Public Spaces, The Link, 4 November 2022. 

• Restoring a Palm Springs Master Work with Jessy Moss, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 4 November 2022. 

• Transforming Canberra, Shine Dome, 5 November 2022. 

• Tyler Jackson Artist Talk, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 6 November 2022. 

• Davey Barber Artist Talk, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 6 November 2022. 

• Lucy Irvine Artist Talk, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 6 November 2022. 

• From Silo to Collaboration, National Museum of Australia, 9 November 2022. 

• Intellectual Property (IP) for Designers, Discover House, 9 + 14 November 2022. 

• DIA Design Evening (Student Initiative), Kambri @ ANU, 10 November 2022. 

• Design Revisited: Marita Leuver in conversation with Graham Rendoth, Shine Dome, 10 November 2022. 

• 100 Canberra Houses Book launch, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 11 November 2022. 

• DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail Artists Talks, Canberra City, 13 November 2022. 

• Medium Density Housing, Shine Dome, 13 November 2022. 

• Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge, 220 London Circuit, 16 November 2022. 

• Julie Monro-Allison Artist Talk, Civic Square, 18 November 2022. 

• Lymesmith Artist Talk, Civic Square, 18 November 2022. 

• Leah Brideson Artist Talk, Civic Square, 18 November 2022. 

• Transforming your Home with Interior Designer Vanessa Hawes, Design Craft, 19 November 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra tours 

• Verity Lane Contemporary Architecture Tour, Canberra City, 2 November 2022. 

• Architecture Tour with Philip Vivian from Bates Smart, Canberra City, 4 November 2022. 

• Around the Block on Grey St, Deakin—Walking Tour and Recollections, Deakin, 5 November 2022. 

• Ginninderry Tracks A, Ginninderry, 5 November 2022. 

• Ginninderry Tracks B, Ginninderry, 5 November 2022. 

• The Roaring 20’s – A glimpse into Canberra’s early design aesthetic, Calthorpe House, 5 November 2022. 

• Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge: Tour of Net-Zero/Passivhaus with Michael Tolhurst, Narrabundah, 6 


• KALMA House Contemporary Architecture Tour, Kaleen, 8 November 2022. 

• Rejuvenation of a Campus: The Kambri Cultural Precinct and Hanna Neumann Building @ ANU, Australian 

National University, 9 November 2022. 

• Behind the Scenes Series: National Archive Preservation Facility (x2), Mitchell, 11 + 18 November 2022. 

• Little Loft House Contemporary Architecture Tour, Giralang, 13 November 2022. 

• Architecture Tour with Steven Cetrtek, Griffith, 16 November 2022. 

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• Art and Architecture in the Parliamentary Zone, Canberra, 19 November 2022. 

• Crace Eclectic House Contemporary Architecture Tour, Crace, 20 November 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra workshops 

• Creative Journalling Challenge, online, 22 October-20 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Shift with Mariana Del Castello, Civic Square, 2 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Tending the Inner Garden with Sharon Peoples (x3), Civic Square, 2, 9, + 16 November 


• Festival Hub Drop-In workshops (x3), Civic Square, 4, 11, + 18 November 2022. 

• Creative kids: Ephemeral Seed Pods, Canberra Centre, 4 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Silk Scarf Painting with Kirandeep Grewal, Civic Square, 5 November 2022. 

• Creative Kids: Design Futures (x3), Civic Square, 5, 12, + 19 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Design Bootcamp with Sharon Peoples, Civic Square, 8 November 2022. 

• PixelARTed: Stamp and Brushes, The Front, 9 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Ephemeral Thought Vessels, Civic Square, 9 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Chemigrams with PhotoAccess, Civic Square, 10 November 2022. 

• Creative kids: Bush Animal Weaving (x2), Canberra Centre, 11 + 18 November 2022. 

• Queering the museum, Canberra Museum + Gallery, 11 November 2022. 

• BECOME: Remake and Tell Your Story, Stringworks Studio + Gallery, 11 November 2022. 

• Make Believe with Paper Giant, Canberra City, 12 November 2022. 

• Transformation, Innovation, New from Old, Fyshwick, 12 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Spoon Carving with Fiona Glover, Civic Square, 12 November 2022. 

• Transform your Jewellery, Wild Studio, 13 November 2022. 

• PixelARTed: Photoplay, The Front, 16 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Catching with Julie Monro-Allison, Civic Square, 17 November 2022. 

• Nurture Making by Hand: Clay Hand Building with Daniel Leone, Civic Square, 19 November 2022. 

• Sip & Sketch with Sally Black, Commonwealth Place, 20 November 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra markets 

• Hive Mind Shift: Exploring Transformation through Spiritual Geometry Markets, The Hive, 5 November 2022. 

• Dairy Road Market, Dairy Road, 6 November 2022. 

• Undercurrent Design Market, National Portrait Gallery, 25-27 November 2022. 

Media 

Craft ACT media articles 

• There were many impressive craft shows in Canberra in 2021 with more to come in 2022, Canberra Times, 

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7540281/there-were-many-impressive-craft-shows-in-2021-withmore-to-come-in-2022/, 

1 January 2022. 

• 2022 arts festivals and events calendar, Arts Hub, https://www.artshub.com.au/news/calendars/2022-artsfestivals-and-events-calendar-2521849/, 


• The Canberra Times' best photos of 2021: July, Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/ 

story/7571260/year-in-pictures-july/, 6 January 2022. 

• Artsday / Corks pop for artists at the Open, CityNews, https://citynews.com.au/2022/artsday-corks-pop-forartists-at-the-australian-open/, 


• 2021 Emerging Artist Award Scheme (EASS) recipients announced, ANU SOAD, https://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/ 

news/2021-emerging-artist-award-scheme-eass-recipients-announced 20/01/2022, 20 January 2022. 

• All the Australia Day honours for the region’s finest, RiotACT, https://the-riotact.com/all-the-australia-dayhonours-for-the-regions-finest/528216, 


• 2022 design and craft calendar, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/news/calendars/2022-design-and-craftcalendar-2526477/, 

27 Janurary 2022. 

• Peter Minson and the art of lampworking | Exhibition essay, Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, https://craftact.org. 

au/blogs/news/peter-minson-exhibition-essay, 2 February 2022. 

• Emerging Contemporaries and 6:30 Sessions, Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, https://craftact.org.au/blogs/ 

news/emerging-contemporaries-and-6-30-sessions, 2 February 2022. 

• What's on in Canberra February 2022, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/whats-on-in-canberrafebruary-2022/, 

23 February 2022. 

• Lockdown jewellery shines in exhibition, CityNews, https://citynews.com.au/2022/lockdown-jewellery-shines-inexhibition/, 


• Minson, the master of lampworking, CityNews, https://citynews.com.au/2022/minson-the-master-of-lampworking/, 


• Artsday / The Yellow House celebrates women, CityNews, https://citynews.com.au/2022/artsday-the-yellowhouse-celebrates-women/, 

4 March 2022. 

• Peter Minson's glass objects shatter expectations, Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/ 

story/7634675/glass-objects-shatter-expectations/, 18 March 2022. 

• Tamworth Textile Triennial Performance, Interaction and Material Futures - Essay by Vic McEwan (supplied 

marketing material), Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, 21 March 2022. 

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• From Paint & Sip to the Canberra Comedy Festival: 15+ things to do in Canberra this week, HerCanberra, https:// 

hercanberra.com.au/city/whats-on/from-paint-sip-to-the-canberra-comedy-festival-15-things-to-do-incanberra-this-week/, 


• Home Grown, Craft ACT by Jeremy Brown Exhibition essay by Ashley Eriksmoen, Craft ACT: Craft + Design 

Centre, https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/66593194/home-grown-exhibition-catalogue, 21 March 


• Opportunities and awards wrap, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/opportunities-and-awardswrap-29-2533648/, 


• Craft ACT to launch inaugural Robert Foster F!NK national prize, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com. 

au/craft-act-launches-inaugural-robert-foster-fnk-national-prize/, 15 April 2022. 

• Craft ACT announces National Metal Prize in honour of Fink's Robert Foster, Canberra Times, https://www. 

canberratimes.com.au/story/7701014/craft-act-announces-prize-in-honour-of-finks-robert-foster/, 16 April 2022. 

• Detailed judging by Canberra's Paul Murray and Jodie Cunningham delight Merimbula and District Arts Group 

Bega, District News, https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/7702946/detailed-judging-by-canberras-paulmurray-and-jodie-cunningham-delight-merimbula-and-district-arts-group/, 

19 April 2022. 

• Homegrown and Tension(s) at Craft ACT, The Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/ 

story/7704696/socials-crafts-of-canberra/, 20 April 2022. 

• What’s on this (long) weekend in Canberra?, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/whats-on/whats-onthis-anzac-day-long-weekend-in-canberra/, 


• Review: Tension(s) at Craft ACT is thoughtful and immersive, Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com. 

au/story/7686828/textile-triennial-explores-tension/, 23 April 2022. 

• 40+ ways to spend this week in Canberra, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/family-city/40-ways-tospend-this-week-in-canberra/, 


• 80+ things to do in Canberra this May (you’re gonna need more days), HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/ 

city/whats-on/whats-on-may-2022-canberra/, 30 April 2022. 

• Mother's Day, SIX and Taste Local: 50+ things to do this week in Canberra, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra. 

com.au/city/family-city/mothers-day-six-and-taste-local-50-things-to-do-this-week-in-canberra/, 2 May 2022. 

• New National Metal Prize Honours Memory of Celebrated Designer, Living Arts Canberra, https://www. 

livingartscanberra.com.au/new-national-metal-prize-honours-memory-of-celebrated-designer/, 2 May 2022. 

• What's on in Canberra during May 2022, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/whats-on-incanberra-for-may-2022/, 

5 May 2022. 

• Everything you need to know about Canberra’s arts scene, May 14, 2022, Canberra Times, https://www. 

canberratimes.com.au/story/7737630/everything-you-need-to-know-about-canberras-arts-scene/, 21 May 


• Fire Country' at Craft ACT explores intricate beauty of fire, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/firecountry-displays-the-intricate-beauty-of-fire/, 


• Socials: Opening night, Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7753513/socials-openingnight/, 


• Queen's Birthday Honours: Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello awarded OAM for service to the creative and visual arts, 

Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7775541/honoured-for-service-to-arts-artist-justdoing-what-feels-right/, 


• Attention art lovers: Craft ACT needs your help, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/attention-artlovers-craft-act-needs-your-help/, 


• 35+ events that will have you making the most of July, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/whatson/35-events-that-will-have-you-making-the-most-of-july/, 


• Geoscience Australia collections inspire Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Miragenews, https://www.ga.gov.au/ 

news-events/news/latest-news/geoscience-australia-collections-inspire-artist-in-residence-exhibition, 8 July 


• Capital Life from July 9, 2022: From musical theatre to Messiah, Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com. 

au/story/7805558/from-musical-theatre-to-messiah/, 9 July 2022. 

• Socials: Celebration of local artists, Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7827494/socialscelebration-of-local-artists/, 


• What's on around Canberra in July 2022, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/whats-on-aroundcanberra-in-july-2022/, 


• Digital stories leave our institutions and hit the streets, RiotACT, https://the-riotact.com/digital-stories-leave-ourinstitutions-and-hit-the-streets/575015, 


• 65+ things to do in Canberra this September, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/65-things-to-do-incanberra-this-september/, 


• Discover Craft & Design Trail Launch and Artist Talks, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/event/discover-craftdesign-trail-launch-artist-talks-2583690/ 

• Opportunities and awards wrap, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/opportunities-and-awardswrap-27-2529969/, 

2 September 2022. 

• 35+ ways to spend this week in Canberra, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/film-theatre-music/35- 

ways-to-spend-this-week-in-canberra/, 5 September 2022. 

• Canberra Artists transform vacant city space into creative hub, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com. 

au/canberra-artists-transform-vacant-city-space-into-creative-hub/, 13 September 2022. 

• Swapping studios for city offices, artists come to enliven Canberra's centre in Second Place program, Canberra 

Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7901031/swapping-studios-for-city-offices-artists-come-to- 

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enliven-canberras-centre/?cs=14229, 14 September 2022. 

• About to get a whole lot more creative' - artists to transform Civic's vacant spaces, RiotACT, https://theriotact.com/about-to-get-a-whole-lot-more-creative-artists-to-transform-civics-vacant-spaces/593680, 

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• What’s on this weekend? Here are 30+ things to do in Canberra, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/ 

whats-on-this-weekend-here-are-30-things-to-do-in-canberra/, 16 September 2022. 

• Review: Nurture: Craft + Design Centre Members annual exhibition at Craft ACT is varied, Canberra Times, https:// 

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7909211/craft-act-members-show-full-of-environmental-awareness/, 27 


• Indigenous designs to invoke a connection to Country through Ginninderry's urban spaces, RiotACT, https:// 

the-riotact.com/indigenous-designs-to-invoke-a-connection-to-country-through-ginninderrys-urbanspaces/578953, 


• Opportunities and awards wrap, ArtsHub, 3 October 2022. 

• Five things to do on (surprise, surprise) another rainy weekend, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/sixthings-to-do-on-surprise-surprise-another-rainy-weekend/, 


• Spring high tea, local markets and building your own ‘air-bee-n-bee’: 40+ things to do this weekend in Canberra, 

HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/spring-high-tea-local-markets-and-building-your-own-air-bee-nbee-40-things-to-do-this-weekend-in-canberra/, 


• 45 things to do this week in Canberra (you're going to need a longer week), HerCanberra, https://hercanberra. 

com.au/city/45-things-to-do-this-week-in-canberra-youre-going-to-need-a-longer-week/, 17 October 2022. 

• What’s on this weekend? 45+ things to do in Canberra, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/whats-onthis-weekend-45-things-to-do-in-canberra/, 


• Dairy Road DESIGN Markets, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/event/dairy-road-design-markets-2584179/ 

• Art and Architecture at the Australian National University with Amy Jarvis from Canberra Modern and Deborah 

Clark Tour, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/event/art-and-architecture-at-the-australian-nationaluniversity-with-amy-jarvis-from-canberra-modern-and-deborah-clark-tour-2584188/ 

• Artist Talks with Julie Monro-Allison, Lymesmith, + Leah Brideson, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/event/ 

artist-talks-with-julie-monro-allison-lymesmith-leah-brideson-2584125/ 

• 22 winners of CAPO arts grants, City News, https://citynews.com.au/2022/22-winners-of-capo-arts-grants/, 26 


• STORYBOX Canberra brings creative knowledge of national institutions to streets of City Centre, Mirage News, 

https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/act-city-renewalauthority-media-releases/2022/storybox-canberra-brings-the-creative-knowledge-of-national-institutions-tothe-streets-of-the-city-centre, 

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Craft ACT radio 

• Block 1 exhibitions, Capital Radio, 5 February 2022. 

• Jeremy Brown Home Grown, ABC, 22 March 2022. 

• Jodie Cunnigham on Craft ACT Appeal, 2CC, 18 June 2022. 

• Moraig McKenna, Neil Doody Artsound - for annual EOFY campaign, 20 June 2022. 

• Genieve Jacobs Interview with Jodie Cunningham, RiotACT, 12 August 2022. 

• Jodie Cunnigham, Neil Doody Artsound - DESIGN Canberra Launch, Radio – Artsounds, 18 August 2022. 

• Malcolm from ABC Canberra on Civic Square Launch, ABC Radio, 13 September 2022. 

DESIGN Canberra media articles 

• Opportunities and awards wrap, ArtsHub, 16 February 2022. 

• 2022 Design Canberra festival call out, Arts Hub, 22 February 2022. 

• Opportunities and awards wrap, ArtsHub, 10 March 2022. 

• Opportunities and awards wrap, ArtsHub, 23 March 2023. 

• Announcement piece sharing highlights from the program and ticket link, Canberra Weekly, https:/ 

canberraweekly com.au/design-canberra-promises-most-ambitious-line-up-to-date/, 17 August 2022. 

• Announcement piece sharing highlights from the program and ticket link, Windobi (online), https://windobi.com 

design-canberra-festival-announces-2022-program-with-the-most-ambitious-line-up-to-date/, 17 August 


• DESIGN CANBERRA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 PROGRAM WITH ITS MOST AMBITIOUS LINE-UP TO DATE, 

Articulate Journal, 18 August 2022. 

• Link to City News announcement article, Australia News, 18 August 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra promises most ambitious line-up to date, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/ 

design-canberra-promises-most-ambitious-line-up-to-date/, 18 August 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra Festival announces 2022 program with most ambitious line-up to date, HerCanberra, https:// 

hercanberra.com.au/local-loves/design-canberra-festival-announces-2022-program-with-most-ambitious-lineup-to-date, 


• DESIGN CANBERRA FESTIVAL announces the 2022 program with the latest ambitious line-up, Tornadopix, 

https://tornadopix.com/design-canberra-festival-announces-2022-program-with-more-than-200-events/, 18 


• DESIGN Canberra Festival announces 2022 program with the most ambitious line-up to date, Windobi, https:// 

windobi.com/design-canberra-festival-announces-2022-program-with-the-most-ambitious-line-up-to-date/, 

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• Announcement piece sharing highlights from the program and ticket link, Her Canberra, https://hercanberra.com. 

au/local-loves/design-canberra-festival-announces-2022-program-with-most-ambitious-line-up-to-date/, 18 


• Announcement piece sharing highlights from the program and ticket link, Architecture & Design, https://www. 

architectureanddesign.com.au/news/design-canberra-festival-announces-2022-program, 19 August 2022. 

• Included in a round-up of “The arts news you may have missed this week”, Arts Hub, https://www.artshub.com. 

au/news/news/the-arts-news-you-may-have-missed-this-week-6-2572726/, 19 August 2022. 

• Announcement piece sharing highlights from the program and ticket link, Tornadopix, https://tornadopix.com/ 

design-canberra-festival-announces-the-2022-program-with-the-latest-ambitious-lineup/ 

• Inclusion in list of “2022 events not to miss”, highlighting the Design Bootcamp workshop, Visit Canberra, https:// 

visitcanberra.com.au/articles/2022-events-not-to-miss 

• Announcement piece on the return of the festival post-pandemic, CBR City News, https://citynews.com.au/2022/ 

design-festival-returns-to-full-potential/ 

• DESIGN Canberra Festival announces 2022 program with 200+ events, Architectureanddesign.com, https://www. 

architectureanddesign.com.au/news/design-canberra-festival-announces-2022-program, 19 August 2022. 

• Feature announcing the return of the festival and Canberra as a ‘creative capital’ and a ‘global city of design’, 

Azure Magazine, https://www.azuremagazine.com/events/design-canberra-festival-2022/ 

• Design Canberra is back, celebrating transformation, connection and the joy of making, RiotACT, https://theriotact.com/design-canberra-is-back-celebrating-transformation-connection-and-the-joy-of-making/586255, 


• Announcement piece highlighting Lucy Irvine’s signature piece and community element of the Festival, Riotact, 

https://the-riotact.com/design-canberra-is-back-celebrating-transformation-connection-and-the-joy-ofmaking/586255, 


• This week’s arts news you may have missed, ArtsHub, 26 August 2022. 

• Live your sustainable architecture dreams at Design Canberra Festival 2022, Domain, https://www.domain. 

com.au/news/cbr-live-your-sustainable-architecture-dreams-at-design-canberra-festival-2022-1169845/, 25 


• Live your sustainable architecture dreams at Design Canberra Festival, All Homes, https://www.allhomes.com. 

au/news/cbr-live-your-sustainable-architecture-dreams-at-design-canberra-festival-2022-1169845/, 25 


• Feature announcing the return of the festival, highlighting architecture tours and describing Canberra as 

Australia’s ‘capital of design’, Domain, https://www.domain.com.au/news/cbr-live-your-sustainable-architecturedreams-at-design-canberra-festival-2022-1169845/, 


• Feature announcing the return of the festival, highlighting architecture tours and describing Canberra as 

Australia’s ‘capital of design’, All Homes, https://www.allhomes.com.au/news/cbr-live-your-sustainablearchitecture-dreams-at-design-canberra-festival-2022-1169845, 


• Design Canberra relaunches in-person festival, Architecture Au, https://architectureau.com/articles/designcanberra-2022/, 


• Feature announcing the return of the festival and highlights, Architecture Au, https://architectureau.com/articles/ 

design-canberra-2022/, 27 September 2022. 

• Feature on Indigenous artists displaying work at DESIGN Canberra, Riot Act, https://the-riotact.com/indigenousdesigns-to-invoke-a-connection-to-country-through-ginninderrys-urban-spaces/578953, 


• Canberra puts on a show as 40 new works mark the NGA’s 40th, Financial Review, https://www.afr.com/life- 

and-luxury/arts-and-culture/canberra-puts-on-a-show-as-40-new-works-mark-the-nga-s-40th-20221007- 

p5bo1l, 12 October 2022. 

• Inclusion in Dezeen’s events guide, Dezeen, https://www.dezeen.com/eventsguide/2022/11/design-canberrafestival-2022/, 


• Interview with Jodie Cunningham on the festival as part of a piece on the growth of Canberra’s art scene, AFR 

Life & Leisure 

• Australian Design Review, https://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/design-canberra-announcesfive-more-exhibitions-and-a-new-collaboration/, 


• DESIGN Canberra announces five more exhibitions and a new collaboration, Australian Design Review, ttps:// 

www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/design-canberra-announces-five-more-exhibitions-and-a-newcollaboration/, 


• Design Canberra set to take over the capital, Art Collector, https://artcollector.net.au/design-canberra-set-totake-over-the-capital/, 


• Article following Rosy Leake’s trip to Canberra in October, Art Collector, https://artcollector.net.au/designcanberra-set-to-take-over-the-capital/, 


• Interview with Jodie Cunningham or Georgia Stynes’ show (listen from 02.48), ABC Radio Canberra Afternoons, 

https://www.abc.net.au/canberra/programs/afternoons/afternoons/14089130, 26 October 2022. 

• Article detailing ‘Seven Design Canberra Festival events you’ll want to book now’, Her Canberra, https:// 

hercanberra.com.au/city/seven-design-canberra-festival-events-youll-want-to-book-now/, 26 October 2022. 

• What's on around Canberra during November 2022, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/whatson-around-canberra-during-november-2022/, 


• Seven Design Canberra Festival events you'll want to know, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/sevendesign-canberra-festival-events-youll-want-to-book-now/, 


• Article announcing exhibitions and Forage Festival, Art Daily, https://artdaily.com/news/151132/DESIGN-Canberrafestival-announces-exhibition-program-and-inaugural-partnership-with-Forage-Festival#.Y23EhnZBxD9, 

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• Article announcing symposiums and talks, Australian Arts Review, https://artsreview.com.au/design-canberrafestival-announces-program-of-symposiums-and-talks-exploring-the-design-identity-of-australias-capital/, 

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• Three things you should not miss at this year's Design Canberra festival, explore, https://www.exploretravel.com. 

au/story/7960319/three-things-you-should-not-miss-at-this-years-design-canberra-festival/, 28 October 022. 

• DESIGN Canberra festival announces program of symposiums and talks exploring the design identity of 

Australia’s capital, Australian Arts Review, https://artsreview.com.au/design-canberra-festival-announcesprogram-of-symposiums-and-talks-exploring-the-design-identity-of-australias-capital/, 


• What makes good public art in Canberra? It's about more than giant sculptures, Riotact, https://the-riotact.com/ 

what-makes-good-public-art-in-canberra-its-about-more-than-giant-sculptures/607023, 28 October 2022. 

• Design Canberra, Concrete Playground, https://concreteplayground.com/canberra/event/design-canberra, 29 


• Design Canberra Festival 2022 includes public art that's right up your street, The Canberra Times, https://www. 

canberratimes.com.au/story/7955399/think-this-is-a-new-electricity-box-on-northbourne-heres-why-yourewrong/, 


• Full page feature on the DISCOVER trail, including interviews with Jodie Cunningham and Moraig McKenna, 

Canberra Times: Panorama, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7955399/think-this-is-a-new-electricitybox-on-northbourne-heres-why-youre-wrong/, 


• Online version of Panorama interview with Jodie Cunningham and Moraig McKenna on the DISCOVER Trail, 

Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7955399/think-this-is-a-new-electricity-box-onnorthbourne-heres-why-youre-wrong/, 


• Design Canberra Festival celebrates transformation (web), Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/ 

design-canberra-festival-celebrates-transformation/, 30 October 2022. 

• Full page interview with Jodie Cunningham, Canberra Weekly, 30 October 2022. 

• Online version of interview with Jodie Cunningham, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/designcanberra-festival-celebrates-transformation/, 


• Included as a weekend highlight, Out in Canberra, https://www.outincanberra.com.au/whats-on-thisweekend-153/, 

31 October 0222. 

• Included as lead event in roundup of ‘30+ things to do in Canberra’, Her Canberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/ 

city/design-canberra-southfest-and-la-grande-fete-30-things-to-do-in-canberra/, 31 October 2022. 

• Six architecture and design events in November from Dezeen Events Guide, dezeen, https://www.dezeen. 

com/2022/10/31/six-architecture-design-events-november-2022-dezeen-events-guide/, 31 October 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra, Burlesque, magic and fire, and La Grande Fete: 30+ things to do in Canberra, HerCanberra, 

https://hercanberra.com.au/city/design-canberra-southfest-and-la-grande-fete-30-things-to-do-in-canberra/, 


• Design Canberra Festival celebrates transformation (print), Canberra Weekly 

• Design Canberra Festival Listing, Common Times 

• Design Canberra Festival opens, Design Institute of Australia, https://www.design.org.au/dianews/designcanberra-festival-opens 

• DESIGN Canberra Festival Announces Exhibition Program & Partnership with Forage Festival, green, https:// 

greenmagazine.com.au/design-canberra-forage-festival/ 

• Public art: it's right up your street, Panorama 

• Preview piece shared on Concrete Playground Sydney’s Facebook page (247k followers), Concrete Playground, 

https://www.facebook.com/concreteplayground/ 

• DESIGN Canberra included as a highlight in Art Collector’s ‘Collector’s Lunch’ newsletter, linking to piece from 

Rosy Leake’s Canberra visit, Art Collector 

• Included in ABC Arts newsletter in a roundup of festivals opening this week, ABC Arts, https://view.mail-list.abc. 

net.au/ 

• Inclusion in Art Almanac newsletter, Art Almanac 

• Online version of interview with Jodie Cunningham on the festival as part of a piece on the growth of Canberra’s 

art scene, Australian Financial Review, https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/canberra-puts-ona-show-as-40-new-works-mark-the-nga-s-40th-20221007-p5bo1l 

• 60+ events for your non-stop November, HerCanberra , https://hercanberra.com.au/city/whats-on/60- 

events-for-your-non-stop-november/, 31 October 2022. 

• Design Canberra Festival, Arts Hub, https://www.artshub.com.au/event/design-canberra-festival-2588103/ 

• All About Arts, ABC Arts 

• DESIGN Canberra Festival announces exhibition program and inaugural partnership with Forage Festival, 

Art Daily, https://artdaily.com/news/151132/DESIGN-Canberra-festival-announces-exhibition-program-andinaugural-partnership-with-Forage-Festival#.Y1tnEexBxF8 

• The Forage Food Festival, ArtsHub, https://www.artshub.com.au/event/the-forage-food-festival-2589940/ 

• Design Canberra Festival 2022, Azure Magazine, https://www.azuremagazine.com/events/design-canberrafestival-2022/ 

• Write up following media briefing on 20 October on the themes of Alchemy and Transformation, with quotes 

from Jodie Cunningham, City News, https://citynews.com.au/2022/design-festival-enters-a-golden-age/, 1 


• What's on in Canberra this November, about regional, https://aboutregional.com.au/whats-on-in-canberra-thisnovember/, 


• Design festival enters a golden age, CityNews, https://citynews.com.au/2022/design-festival-enters-a-golden- 

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age/, 1 November 2022. 

• Stitching together technology and design, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/life/people/stitchingtogether-technology-and-design/, 


• Article announcing exhibition program and Forage Festival, Green Magazine, https://greenmagazine.com.au/ 

design-canberra-forage-festival/ 

• Listing of Forage Festival in partnership with DESIGN Canberra, Arts Hub, https://www.artshub.com.au/event/theforage-food-festival-2589940/ 

• Food and wine events in Canberra this week, November 1, The Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com. 

au/story/7963080/capital-brewing-turns-five-and-youre-invited-to-the-party/, 1 November 2022. 

• Roundup of ‘five things you can’t miss at the DESIGN Canberra Festival’, highlighting Forage, Dairy Road Design 

Market, The Robert Fink Prize, Shadow Lines and Seeing Seventies, Her Canberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/ 

city/five-things-you-cant-miss-this-week-at-the-design-canberra-festival/, 2 November 2022. 

• Article including overview of the festival, Art Almanac, https://www.art-almanac.com.au/design-canberra-2022/, 


• Editor's pick: Stands at Interiors Australia and Denfair, Architecture Au, https://architectureau.com/articles/ 

editors-pick-stands-at-interiors-australia-and-denfair/, 2 November 2022. 

• Design Canberra 2022, Art Alamanac, https://www.art-almanac.com.au/design-canberra-2022/, 2 November 


• Five things you can't miss this week at the DESIGN Canberra Festival, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/ 

city/five-things-you-cant-miss-this-week-at-the-design-canberra-festival/, 2 November 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra brings art and architecture to the capital, Architectureanddesign.com, https://www. 

architectureanddesign.com.au/news/design-canberra-brings-art-architecture-capital#, 3 November 2022. 

• The Forage and DESIGN Canberra Festival to combine for celebration of food and design on Saturday, The 

Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7968416/forage-design-canberra-combine-forcelebration-of-food-and-design/, 


• The Dairy Road Design Market is here, and your Sunday plans are sorted, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com. 

au/food-drink/the-dairy-road-design-market-is-here-and-your-sunday-plans-are-sorted/, 4 November 2022. 

• Six foodie events for your weekend, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/food-drink/six-foodie-events-foryour-weekend/, 


• Announcement piece on the Festival, Articulate Journal, https://articulatepr.com.au/journal/, 4 November 2022. 

• Announcement of exhibitions and Forage Festival partnership, Articulate Journal, https://articulatepr.com.au/ 

journal/, 4 November 2022. 

• Announcement of talks and symposiums, Articulate Journal, https://articulatepr.com.au/journal/, 4 November 


• Design Canberra festival launches a citywide transformation of art and ideas, RiotACT, https://the-riotact.com/ 

design-canberra-festival-launches-a-citywide-transformation-of-art-and-ideas/609485, 5 November 2022. 

• Art, jewellery, wine and something for the kids: six things you can't miss this week at the DESIGN Canberra 

Festival, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/art-jewellery-wine-and-something-for-the-kids-sixthings-you-cant-miss-this-week-at-the-design-canberra-festival/, 


• More than $9million in grants off to the arts, City News, https://citynews.com.au/2022/more-than-9million-ingrants-off-to-the-arts/, 


• The best things to do around Australia This November, Australian Traveller, https://www.australiantraveller.com/ 

australia/all-the-best-things-to-do-in-australia-this-november/, 9 November 2022. 

• What's on around Canberra this weekend 11-13 November, Canberra Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/ 

whats-on-around-canberra-this-weekend-11-13-november/, 9 November 2022. 

• Article on ‘Three things not to miss at this year’s DESIGN Canberra festival’ in online version of ‘Explore’ 

supplement, Canberra Times, 11 November 2022. 

• Eggpicnic reveals a new installation at the Canberra airport that highlights our fragile alpine ecosystem, Canberra 

Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7984566/alpine-creatures-find-a-home-at-airport/?cs=14243, 


• BMW depicting Canberra's endangered Golden Sun Moth wins car-wrap competition, RiotACT, https://www. 

youtube.com/watch?v=qnez_avL3yE,What's on around Canberra this weekend, 18-20 November, Canberra 

Weekly, https://canberraweekly.com.au/whats-on-around-canberra-this-weekend-18-20-november/, 17 


• Did someone say another 40+ things to do in Canberra this weekend?, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com. 

au/city/did-someone-say-another-40-things-to-do-in-canberra-this-weekend/, 18 November 2022. 

• 30 events for your busy week in Canberra, HerCanberra, https://hercanberra.com.au/city/30-events-for-yourbusy-week-in-canberra/, 


• BMW depicting Canberra's endangered Golden Sun Moth wins car-wrap competition, RiotACT, https://theriotact.com/bmw-depicting-canberras-endangered-golden-sun-moth-wins-car-wrap-competition/613688, 

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DESIGN Canberra radio 

• Genevieve Jacobs Interview with Jodie Cunningham, RiotACT, 12 August 2022. 

• Jodie Cunningham livestream interview, HerCanberra, 17 August 2022. 

• Canberra Weekly Interview with CEO, Canberra Weekly, October 2022. 

• ABC Radio Canberra Afternoons, ABC Radio Canberra Afternoon, 26 October 2022. 

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DESIGN Canberra livestreams 

• Creative Journalling Challenge Launch, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/event-creativejournaling-challenge-launch?, 

Instagram, 13 October 2022. 

• Opening Home Life + F!NK National Metal Prize, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/exhibitionopening-homelife-and-fink-prize, 

Instagram, 27 October 2022. 

• DISCOVER Symposium, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/symposium-discover-public-art-incanberra-presented-by-canberra-art-bienale-design-canberra-and-canberra-museum-and-gallery, 

Instagram, 


• Hub Shop/ Media FAMIL Launch, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/design-canberra-festivalpreview, 

Instagram, 1 November 2022. 

• DESIGN Canberra Festival launch, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/design-canberra-vip-launch, 

Instagram, 1 November 2021. 

• Design Revisted: Roger Pegrum + Phillip Goad, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/design-revisitedroger-pegrum-in-conversation-with-philip-goad-83uvyn6u, 


• Bates Smart Tour, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/architecture-tour-with-philip-vivian-frombates-smart, 


• Blanche Tilden + Tom Moore Symposium, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/symposium-designthinking-learning-and-making-in-canberra-legacies-and-new-initiatives, 


• CTRL.ALT.DESIGN, Dovetail + Shadow Lines Canberra centre opening, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix. 

com/exhibition-opening-ctrl-alt-design-dovetail-shadow-lines, Instagram, 4 November 2022. 

• FORAGE Festival, DESIGN Canberra, https://designcanberrafestival.com.au/highlight/the-forage-food-festival/, 

Instagram, 5 Novermber 2022. 

• Transforming Canberra: Elizabeth Farrelly, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/symposiumtransforming-canberra-with-keynote-elizabeth-farrelly, 


• BMW car wrap winner announcement, DESIGN Canberra, Instagram, 8 November 2022. 

• Talk + Workshop: University to Employment, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/workshop-diadesign-evening-with-bernadette-wilson-and-tom-skeehan, 


• Design Revisited: with designer's Marita Leuver in conversation with Graham Rendoth, DESIGN Canberra, https:// 

events.humanitix.com/design-revisited-marita-leuver-in-conversation-with-graham-rendoth, Instagram, 10 


• 100 Canberra Houses, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/100-canberra-homes, Instagram, 11 


• Medium Density Housing, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/symposium-medium-densityhousing-with-keynote-speaker-tony-fry?_instagram, 


• Talk: Panel discussion Conviviality + Innovation - Italian Embassy, the Extraordinary Italian Taste, DESIGN 

Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/talk-design-diplomacy-italian-embassy-the-extraordinary-italian-taste, 


• House tour with Steven Certeck, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/architecture-tour-with-stevencetrtek, 


• University of Canberra FADX Award ceremony, DESIGN Canberra, Instagram, 16 November 2022. 

• BMW depicting Canberra's endangered Golden Sun Moth wins car-wrap competition, RiotACT, https://www. 

youtube.com/watch?v=qnez_avL3yE, 17 November 2022. 

• Friday City Sessions, DESIGN Canberra, Instagram, 18 November 2022. 

• Civic square Artist talks, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/artist-s-talks-by-julie-monro-allisonlymesmith-and-leah-brideson, 


• Closing Party + auction, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/craft-design-auction-party, Instagram, 


• On Country Tour with Wally Bell, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/on-country-tour-of-mountmajura-with-thunderstone, 


• House tour: Mega Flora, DESIGN Canberra, https://events.humanitix.com/contemporary-architecture-tour-craceeclectic-house-by-megaflora, 


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Craft ACT supporters and funding partners 

Craft ACT is thankful for the ongoing support and funding given by the ACT and Australian governments, 

through the Australia Council for the Arts and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy 

DESIGN Canberra sponsors and partners 

DESIGN Canberra is the primary outreach activity for Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre. Craft ACT gratefully 

acknowledges the generous support of our partners and sponsors for the festival. 

Government: The Australia Council for the Arts, artsACT, City Renewal Authority, Cultural Facilities Corporation. 

Platinum: Alastair Swayn Foundation, Canberra BMW, Canberra Centre, Capital Airport Group, Embassy of Italy 

in Australia, Home by Holly, Sellecks Consultants, The Tall Foundation, University of Canberra and their Faculty of 

Arts and Design. 

Exclusive: A by Adina (Hotel), Capital Brewing (Beer), Eckersley’s Art and Craft (Art supplies), Lake George 

Winery (Wine), Prosecco Consortium (Sparkling wine). 

Media: ArtsHub, Architecture AU, Dezeen, Her Canberra, Region Media (RiotACT) 

Gold: F!NK + Co. 

Silver: Australian Academy of Science, Design Institute of Australia, Embassy of Uruguay in Australia, Embassy 

of Finland in Canberra, Institute of Italian Culture, Australian National University - Kambri, Molonglo, National 

Museum Australia, ROJO Customs. 

Bronze: Canberra Art Biennial, Complete Constructions Australia, Graham Humphries, Light House Architecture 

& Science, Meredith Hinchliffe, Norton Rose Fulbright, The Pop Inn by Wine Bar Co., Thinkplace. 

Foundation and trusts 

The Humphries Family Fund 

Circle of Hands 

Design Craft | The Humphries Family Fund | Jenny Edwards | Peta Furnell | Phillip Keir 

Future craft ($500-2,000 donations) 

David Williams | Harriet Elvin | Jenny Edwards | Rebecca Coronel | Richard Baz | Sue Ranford 

Craft family ($1-499 donations) 

Alberto Florez | Annie Trevillian | Benedict Laffan | Cat Vignando | Fiona Hooton | Frances Spurgin | Helen Ennis 

| Helen Keogh | Jodie Cunningham | Justine Merrony | Kayannie Denigan | Kerry-Anne Cousins | Laura Crick | 

Llewellyn McGarry | Madisyn Zabel | Margy Burn | Marylou Pooley | Moraig McKenna | Rachel Skeehan 

DESIGN Canberra X Forage Food Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

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Thank you 

I extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who supports Craft ACT in our mission to embed contemporary craft, 

making and design at the centre of everyday life in Australia’s capital, a global city of design and who supports 

us to embed our values of inclusivity, creativity, and wellbeing into our programming. 

I am especially grateful to our artist members who are at the heart of everything that we do. I am continually 

in awe of our member artist’s innovation, skill, and dedication to the championing of contemporary craft and 

design in Australia. With shared passion and commitment, we connect the Canberra region’s high-quality 

studio practice to the world. We foster innovation, build collaboration and champion a secure future for the 

valued, creative, and essential community of contemporary craftspeople, designers, and audiences. 

I thank the many supporters, funding partners, sponsors, members, donors, collectors, and audience members 

for their contribution to the incredible achievements of 2022 (full list of supporters at page 64). This generous 

and engaged support has ensured that Craft ACT is in a strong position artistically, financially, professionally, 

and collaboratively to continue to build our capacity into the future ensuring that the value of contemporary 

craft and design in nurturing our community, shaping our identity and touching our souls is embedded in our 

culture. 

I thank our board of management, advisory and committee group members and, especially, our hardworking 

staff for their dedication, creativity, flexibility, and tenacity. As a CEO in my second year with the organisation I 

am so grateful to work collaboratively with the Craft ACT community as we continue to grow into an optimistic 

future building on the significant legacy of 51 years of innovation and creative endeavour. 

Jodie Cunningham 

CEO + Artistic Director 


Left: Lucy Irvine + Davey Barber, Roguetopia, Clem Cummings bus shelter, 1975, DESIGN Canberra Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

Right: Gretal Ferguson, Out of Frame, 2022. Photography Tim Bean Photography. 

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Craft ACT certifies that all information provided above is true 

and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. 

All statistics compared to the pre-pandemic DESIGN Canberra 

Festival in 2019 unless otherwise stated. 

Minister for the Arts Tara Cheyne, Launching DESIGN Canberra Festival, 2022. Photography 5foot 

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