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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.
Bespoke Utopia
23 October – 15 November 2026 | M16 Artspace
Bespoke Utopia presents Canberra artists whose practices embrace the principles of slow design that is grounded in care, material knowledge and long-term thinking. Linking global conversations around sustainable design with Canberra’s rich craft history, the exhibition invites audiences to consider how design shapes everyday life and how thoughtful creative practices can challenge fast, disposable production models.
Celebrating Raw and Refined
12 November 2026 | Canberra Airport
Join acclaimed contemporary jeweller Phoebe Porter and craft writer and curator Kevin Murray for an in conversation event at Canberra Airport, surrounded by Phoebe's new exhibition Raw and Refined.
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.
Raw and Refined
5 – 22 November 2026 | Canberra Airport
Raw and Refined is an exhibition of new work by established contemporary jeweller Phoebe Porter exploring the dualities of raw and worked, natural and cultural, and material and meaning. The project explores refinement both as an artistic act, distilling ideas and forms to their essence, and as a material process in which raw elements are transformed to become workable.