2022 Craft ACT Annual Report

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
2022.
DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail
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
2022.
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
2022.
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
2022.
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
September 2022.
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
August 2022.
Indigenous Artists-in-Residence,
Krystal Hurst and Jessika Spencer,
conducted research at the
National Library of Australia, 22-26
August 2022.
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