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The list is designed to be a resource and jumping-off point for information to assist you on your way to a successful practice. Also see the Craft Australia website resource list.
Pathways
- Mentorship
- The Craft Mentorship Program is supported by the Visual Arts Craft Board of the Australia Council and is offered annually to support emerging practitioners under the age of 30. The funds for these programs are devolved to the network of craft organisations all over the country and are designed specifically to assist the transition from emerging practice to sustainable career paths.
Youth@craft·design Mentorship blog - Phoebe Porter and Blanche Tilden
716 craft·design Issue#33 August 2008 draws specific attention to mentorships.
CraftACT Mentorship program by Sean Booth
Generation NEXT by Mel Robson
Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) Network of craft organisations that administer the mentorship program. - Associate Program
- The JamFactory Associate Program is a two-year studio based Career Development Scheme. This practical studio based program provides emerging craftspeople and designer-makers with professional and creative development opportunities.
Associate Program JamFactory - Exhibition and retail
- The October issue of
716 craft·design, Craft Australia's monthly online news, focuses on the significant role commercial galleries and retail outlets play in the sustainability of the craft and design sector.
Anna Grigson's pertinent views reflect her gallery's focus on studio glass; however the points she makes are equally relevant to craft artists working in all mediums.
Representation: The artist and gallery relationship by Anna Grigson
Jenny Deves gives an overview of the retail sector and how it effectively increases makers' capacity for a sustainable livelihood.
Working with retail by Jenny Deves
Also featured are two articles by artists who have embraced entrepreneurship along with the creative habit and have established unique retail environments for their own work and that of their colleagues.
Contemporary Jewellery Online by Alice Whish
Playing Shop by High Tea with Mrs Woo. - Artistic practice
- Launched in November 2005, the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian craft series is an initiative of Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design. The series acknowledges the wealth and dynamism of the Australian studio craft movement. Each year, through the combination of a national touring exhibition and a major monograph publication, the Living Treasures celebrates the achievements of Australia's iconic and influential crafts practitioners.
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft Index of Award recipients, videos, related articles and information about the series.
Manufacturing
- Smart works: design and the handmade
- Smart Works symposium and exhibition explored the effects of shifts in the West away from large manufacturing industries and towards 'creative industries', high-cost commodities and tourist economies.
Craft·design and the creative industries: An Australian perspective by Catrina Vignando
Apples, oranges and your grandmother's lemon squeezer by Rigel Sorzano
Smartworks website - Maker to Manufacture to Market
- Maker to Manufacture to Market, MMM, was established in 2005 as a strategic initiative by the Australia Council's Visual Arts Board. Based on findings from the Throsby/Hollister report, Don't give up your day job, the program encouraged Australian designers to commercialise a prototype product, take it to market and earn income. Six Australian craft.design makers received $30,000 each to develop their design prototype and take it to market.
MMM recipient Manufacturing blog - Bianca Looney
MMM recipient Manufacturing blog - Oliver Smith - Australian Design Platform
- In 2007 the Maker to Manufacture to Market program was successful in receiving AusIndustry funding to develop the Australian Design Platform - a designer and industry mentoring program. The program will enable designers to develop their ideas on the factory floor and manufacturers to have access to new ideas from contemporary designers. This new platform will replace the MMM program.
Object design, a business approach to the creative process by Lou Weis
Australian Design Unit website - AusIndustry
- AusIndustry is the Australian Government's agency for delivering products, services and information that support industry, research and innovation.
Marketing
- 716 craft·design
- 716 craft·design is Craft Australia's electronic newsletter. It is a free publication and is sent to subscribers monthly. 716 communicates with the sector through feature articles, opportunities and exhibitions and markets Australian contemporary craft and design nationally and overseas. Subscribe
- Australia Craft and Design Centres
- Australia Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) is a network of peak organisations from all states and territories of Australia. The network represents and promotes the professional craft and design sector through exhibition programs, festivals, events and projects.
- fuel4arts
- fuel4arts is a professional development website for arts marketers and artists.
- Promote
- promotecraft.com.au provides a promotional tool for craft practitioners, curators, gallery workers, retail outlets, hotel chains, architects and the broader market place. promotecraft.com.au is a 'one-stop' site presenting the work and experiences of a wide range of Australian craft practitioners.
- CraftACT Accredited Professional Membership
- CraftACT Accredited Professional Membership has been developed in recognition of professional craft and designers who have made outstanding contributions in their field and whose work demonstrates a high standard of artistic merit and technical still.
- My Space
- myspace.com is an online network that allows you to share photos, journals and interests.
- Noise
- NOISE is an international media-based arts initiative that profiles artists - 25 and under, and their creative works across the media.
Also see www.abc.net.au/noise - Catapult
- Catapult is the ABC Online's website about good ideas, invention and innovation - and they look for the next wave of new and exciting ideas among the ranks of Australia's young up and comers.
Export
- Craft Australia Export mailing list
- Craft Australia's Export mailing list has been established to disseminate information about, and discuss, opportunities for the export of Australian contemporary craft and design. Craft Australia export Mailing List Subscribe
- Austrade
- Austrade and TradeStart offer a package of free services, designed to assist small and medium-sized Australian enterprises to develop their business overseas, and to make their first export sale. They provide a wide range of services to new exporters including advice and information about getting into export, export coaching, and assistance on the ground in foreign markets.
- NSW Business Chamber
- NSW Business Chamber, through the Australian Business International Trade Services, assists business to successfully export, establish an on-the-ground presence overseas and source products internationally.
- Australian Institute of Export
- The Australian Institute of Export assists Australian exporters and export service providers by providing a range of highly focused skills development programs and supports potential and established exporters by providing representation, resources, guidance and recognition.
- GrantsLINK
- GrantsLINK makes it easy to find suitable and relevant grants for your community projects and helps you find the best source of funding from the many Commonwealth grants that are available.
- Small Business Website
- The Small Business Website offers you simple and convenient access to all the government information, transactions and services you need and provides essential information on planning, starting and running your own business.
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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