Above: Midland Atelier, workshop
Located in the old Foundry Building and Pattern Shop of the former Government Railway Workshop site in the historic Perth suburb of Midland.
Banner image: Trades project
(Left to right) Hugh Gooden, Deb Jones, Monty Clements, Gabriella Bisetto and Kirsten Tibballs.
Mentoring may not always be overtly referred to as 'mentoring' but it is an essential component to any sector because it enables skills, experience and knowledge to be exchanged, thus keeping these valuable elements alive and active from one person to another, one generation to the next.
» A Mentoring/Networking Ecology by Elisha Buttler
Developing curatorial practice for the craft and design sector is an essential role of the Australian Craft and Design Centres network, which in turn compliments and strengthens the outcomes of the artist's mentorship program.
» Learning the ropes by Barbara McConchie
Trades is a Craftsouth project linking craft, design and visual arts practitioners with tradespeople. The project was developed from an interest to experience a genuine exchange based on mutual professional interest and respect.
» Trades by Niki Vious
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In this issue of 716 craft·design we draw specific attention to mentorships and their central role for craft·design.
You will read about a range of programs from across the country including Western Australia, South Australia and the ACT. You will find new solutions to engaging with the creative sector.
If you have recently graduated from university, or are about to complete your studies, you will find this issue a helpful resource with thought provoking examples.
Mentorships are an established way for makers to gain practical skills to develop their practice. It is learning by example while working with someone who has acquired a high level of expertise in their field.
On a personal level, these links are very rewarding and establish life long networks within the professional craft and design sector. For the industry, it ensures a continuum of knowledge and skills that elaborate on academic training in a practical sense.
Mentorships are as diverse as there are artists wanting to undertake them. They are a vital professional development component in the career trajectory of the craft·design artist.
Over the past ten years there has been a specific allocation of resources from the Australia Council for the Arts for mentorships that have been devolved through the network of Australian Craft and Design Centres. This support has seen a resurgence of interest in the process of mentoring.
Mentorships provide a vital career pathway for the craft·design sector. There is no singular road to a sustainable practice. The career is solitary and the choices and outcomes are particular to each individual. However, there are ways to assist individuals become significant participants in the cultural framework.
Mentorships and internships provide such frameworks. Organisations like the JamFactory in Adelaide have successfully demonstrated the achievements of this engagement through their career development schemes in the areas of ceramics, jewellery design, glass making and furniture design.
FORM in Western Australia is about to launch the Midland Atelier, a creative industries precinct developed with the Midland Redevelopment Authority. continued ...
A rare chance to see inside the lives of the Arrernte people of the Alice Springs region and gain an insight into their cultural and artistic practices will be one of many opportunities open to delegates at art at the heart. More
Hot off the press: Launceston has been announced as the 2010 Regional Arts Australia conference host community.
After thirteen years at the Australia Council and an extraordinary contribution to the visual arts sector in this country over two decades, Anna Waldmann has left the Council. Laura McLeod takes on the role of Manager in Visual Arts in the transition to new visual arts leadership.
The University of South Australia has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Milton Moon in recognition of his past teaching at the South Australian School of Art and his assistance with emerging artists as already recognised by his Iconic Masters Award, Master of Australian Craft.
CHASS has announced that its inaugural Executive Director, Toss Gascoigne, has stepped down. Media release
Craftsouth members, Ebony Addinsell and Cathy Brooks were among eight Helpmann Academy Ashington Mentorships announced last week.
KT Doyle is the recipient of the Brisbane City Council's Creative Sparks Program Award.
Finalist for the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award Exhibition at Object have been announced. Congratulations to Bridget Bodenham, Matthew Conway, Ilias Fotopoulos, John Hoogendoorn, Trent Jansen, Stuart McFarlane, John Quan , Oliver Smith, Christina Waterson and Henry Wilson.
Studio Hacienda has received a State of Design 2008 Premier's Design Award for their collaborative project 'General Assembly'. Judge's comment
Midland Atlier is located in Western Australia within the old Foundry Building and original Pattern Shop of the former Government Railway Workshop site. Visit the newly launched Midland Atelier website.
Following extensive public debate about issues arising from the censorship of Bill Henson's artwork the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) will produce an Art Censorship Guide. Guide 
A new Fact Sheet to assist you with promoting an exhibition overseas. Fact sheet
Sarah Tutton, Melbourne Editor for Art & Australia and Pacific Editor for ArtAsiaPacific Alamanac and Charlotte Day, Associate Curator, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, have been appointed joint curators by The Art Gallery of South Australia of the Adelaide 2010 Biennale of Australian Art.
Museums & Galleries NSW has announced that applications for the Incoming Touring Exhibition Grant (ITEG) program are now open. More
Craft Australia gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance it receives from the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian government's arts funding and advisory body. Craft Australia is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all state and territory governments
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