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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.
Delightly
5 – 25 November 2026 | Canberra Glassworks
Delightly revives endangered scientific glassblowing skills, transforming salvaged laboratory glass into plasma-illuminated vessels. Harriet Schwarzrock creates objects whose luminous behaviour shifts with viewer proximity, taking science out of the museum. Darkened, subtly interactive installations offer multi-sensory wonder, merging curiosity with playful public engagement in glass and light.
NEST | Design for a Displaced Future
5 November – 6 December 2026 | Civic Square
NEST | Design for the Displaced Future is a major public art commission for the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival, responding to the theme of Dissent. Located in Civic Square, the temporary public art installation brings together sculptural works exploring the universal instinct to nest and belong in a changing world.
NEST | Design for a Displaced Future TALK
12 November 2026 | Civic Square
Explore NEST | Design for the Displaced Future, featuring site-responsive installations that reflect on gathering, belonging and place.
Revitrification
5 – 15 November 2026 | Australian National Botanic Gardens
Revitrification is Matthew Curtis's exploration of salvaged toughened window glass, destined for landfill, remelted and tinted, reformed in response to his visits to the Seedbank at the ANBG.