Join the conversation. Hear from leading artists, designers and creative thinkers as they unpack the ideas and processes behind their work. Explore contemporary craft, design, visual art and performance, and the questions shaping what comes next.
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.
6 November 2026 | Royal Australian Mint
2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Decimal Currency, designed by Australian industrial designer Stuart Devlin and minted here in Canberra at the Royal Australian Mint. To mark the year, the Mint presents an in-conversation event with coin designers Neve Foxcroft and Lydia Ashe.
7 November 2026 | National Film and Sound Archive
Digital Dissent in Discussion brings together local game developers to reflect on the evolution of Canberra's game design scene, dissecting the innovative microgames presented in Digital Dissent and exploring how Canberra's games industry continues to blaze a trail and break the mould.
10 November 2026 | Reconciliation Place
Presented by Architectus in partnership with SONA and EmAGN, Dissent: Opposition/Proposition brings together emerging thought leaders from architecture, urban design and adjacent fields to interrogate the role of sanctioned and unsanctioned design in the city and explore how opposition can become a proposition for change.
14 November 2026 | ANU School of Medicine and Psychology
How do we view, hear and learn from the human corpse? Artists and anatomists from the Australian National University School of Medicine come together to explore how art and narrative can protect and preserve the humanity of the human body.
7 November 2026 | Craft + Design Canberra
Join curator Stacy Jewell and exhibiting artists from EMERGENCY | Signal, Repair, Adapt for a shared conversation exploring resilience, transformation and repair.
7 + 14 November 2026 | Lakeside + City
In a spirited act of dissent against the boundaries of public space, Localjinni presents two projected night walks through Canberra’s Civic Centre. Led by local artists these saunters reclaim the right to roam and creatively reimagine the city after dark.
7 November 2026 | Craft + Design Canberra
Explore the 2026 Robert Foster Metal Prize with Craft + Design Canberra’s Exhibition Coordinator Stacy Jewell for an exhibition talk reflecting on the ideas, materials and making practices behind this year’s finalists.
12 November 2026 | Civic Square
Explore NEST | Design for the Displaced Future, featuring site-responsive installations that reflect on gathering, belonging and place.
7 November 2026 | Canberra Spinners and Weavers
Join Rebecca Mayo and Canberra Spinners and Weavers for a special collaborative event as part of Living City: People, Plants and Place, supported by artsACT and the Australian National University School of Art and Design. Experience the Plant Sensibilia Machine, a large-scale, hand-operated textile dyeing device that brings the creative process from the studio to the public realm.
7 November 2026 | Canberra Contemporary
Join Canberra Contemporary for a panel discussion on the theme of this year’s Craft + Design Canberra Festival, Dissent, featuring exhibiting feminist artist and craftivist Dr Tal Fitzpatrick, MoAD curator Stephanie Pfennigwerth and moderated by artist Raquel Ormella.
