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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…

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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 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…

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Australian Design Centre's closure confirmed, leaves NSW without craft and design platform

Thanks to reduced government funding, the Australian Design Centre has been forced to close its doors in 2026.

stacked bowls with green and natural glazes. Craft.
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Australian Pacific Craft Alliance: new organisation launches

Dedicated to advocacy, and the promotion of crafts in the Asia Pacific, a new alliance heads up in Perth.

A makers market with a woman selling a ceramic pot to a buyer. Sydney Craft Week
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ArtsHub's 10 picks for Sydney Craft Week

Get hands on and find your craft mojo, or just leave it to the master and see them at work…

The 2025 Telstra Art Award winner, Gaypalani Waṉambi, 'Burwu, blossom', 2025, at the 2025 Telstra NATSIAA. The front of the artwork, showing the intricately etched and painted honey bees and stringybark blossoms are shown; the second part of the photograph shows the found road signs which comprise the canvas for the work.
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Gaypalani Waṉambi wins the Telstra Art Award at the 2025 Telstra NATSIAA

The Yirrkala artist won the $100,000 award for a monumental etched metal work, now showing at MAGNT in Darwin.

Defunding success in the arts. Crowd gathered at exhibition opening. ADC
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Belly punch to craft sector lacks respect: ADC in potential freefall

The CEO of the 61-year-old craft peak body speaks out about being stripped of federal and state operational funding.

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Australian Design Centre loses state and federal funding, faces uncertain future

‘Without core operational funding it is difficult to see how ADC can continue in its current form,’ the organisation warned.

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