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2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival Program
2026 Craft + Design Canberra Open Studios + Organisations Open Day Program
7 + 8 November 2026 | Various Locations
Step inside the studios of Canberra’s makers and discover the creative practices of local craftspeople, designers, artists and arts organisations. Proudly supported by home.by.holly.
2026 Craft + Design Canberra Undercurrent Design Market
13 - 15 November 2026 | Ainslie Arts Centre
The Undercurrent Design Market brings together over 50 accomplished makers from across Australia, showcasing contemporary work in jewellery, glass, ceramics, textiles and diverse creative mediums.
Craft Australia Film Screenings
13 November 2026 | National Film and Sound Archive
Join the new Craft Australia for a screening of the classic documentaries on Australian craft by Peter Rushforth and Gillian Armstrong, followed by drinks with the new board.
Dissent through Decal | Ceramic Decoration Workshop
10 November 2026 | Craft + Design Canberra
Explore Art Deco design with artist Sarit Cohen. Decorate a ceramic bisque-fired cup using geometric decals and clear glaze, experimenting with colour, pattern and composition to reflect your personal perspective on place.
Enough? Enough! ENOUGH
6 November – 29 November 2026 | Canberra Potters
When does patience run out? When does silence become complicity? When is enough finally enough? This powerful exhibition brings together three nationally recognised artists to explore the nature of labour, activism and social commentary through the intersecting practices of contemporary ceramics, art and design.
Exhibition Opening & Artists Talk | Enough? Enough! ENOUGH
8 November 2026 | Canberra Potters
Come along and celebrate the opening of Enough? Enough! ENOUGH and to hear from artists Kara Wood, Raquel Ormella and Zoe Brand, as they discuss their practices and reflect on the nature of personal, social and political dissent in their work and in the exhibition.
Reflective Clay
14 November 2026 | Ainslie Arts Centre
Slow down with clay. Use a mindful approach to make an unfired 'thought bubble' vessel. Watch it decay in nature over time when you are ready.
Soft Matter
5 November – 12 December 2026 | Craft + Design Canberra
A quiet act of dissent against the conventions that have long diminished craft, Soft Matter presents ceramic sculptures that challenge social and material hierarchies, embracing softness as a site of strength, complexity and possibility across the boundaries of craft, sculpture and still life.
Tuggeranong Arts Centre Exhibitions
23 October – 12 December 2026 | Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Dissenting the trend of mass manufactured consumer goods, Tuggeranong Arts Centre presents outstanding craft and design in three exhibitions that privilege slow craft to refute disposable consumerism in favour of intergenerational investment in quality crafted and designed objects.