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Jon Goulder, winner of the 2026 Melbourne Design Week Award, with his works on display at Chapter House, presented by Alpha60. Photo: Eugene Hyland.
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In the limelight: latest arts prize winners and career milestones

We all need some good news but luckily there's been plenty to celebrate this past month, with the announcement of…

Jeweller Sophie Carnell in her studio. Photo: Supplied.
Features

Will material costs kill my practice as a jeweller?

Five jewellers share the creative strategies helping them adapt to rising material costs.

I’m a maker, not a factory. Photo: Bob van Aubel / Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

Makers are not factories, so stop treating us like one

In the rush to scale up, many makers lose sight of the value of slow making.

Liam Fleming with his Loewe Craft Prize finalist work, Patterns of Pressure, 2025. Photo: Grant Hancock.
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What I learnt as an artist judging an international craft prize

In a major coup, two Australians made the cut in the international Loewe Craft Prize. We speak to one of…

Photo: Anna Shvets / Pexels. Best grants and opportunities for Australian visual artists in 2026
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Best grants and opportunities for visual artists in 2026

Here are the best grants and opportunities for emerging and established visual artists in 2026.

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Times of precarity require bold change, and Queensland's artisan shows how

Artisan, Queensland’s peak organisation for craft and design, is restructuring and many small arts organisations will be watching closely.

Exhibition space with designed household objects in subtle tones. Design Craft Victoria
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Does a design exhibition look different when you hand your gallery over to Vogue’s style editor?

Reinventing how to work across sectors, Craft invited Joseph Gardner to centre makers in the design landscape.

Exhibition space with furniture on display. Sturt
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Sturt Gallery & Studios has become an independent entity, assuring its future

After a prolonged closure for review, Sturt Gallery & Studios is geared to reopen in 2026 as a new entity.

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6 cool exhibitions to make you think this month

From pool culture to reconstructed t-shirts, coral health and AI’s take on individualism, these exhibitions promise to get you thinking…

woman with dark hair in black dress, smiling and giving speech in gallery. ADC
Opinions & Analysis

With ADC’s forced closure, CEO reflects on ambition and legacy

CEO Lisa Cahill reflects on Australian Design Centre in the wake of the organisation’s announced 2026 closure.

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