Public Programs

Our public programs offer professional development opportunities and forums for thinking about the practical and conceptual challenges of contemporary craft.

What's On

Advice Clinic

June Advice Clinic: Innovation Through Collaboration

June 20, 2023

Explore the innovative potential creative collaborations can offer for business development with designer Dale Hardiman.

Advice Clinic

July Advice Clinic: Business Bookkeeping Basics

July 18, 2023

Start the new financial year right with this 1h bookkeeping basics lecture presented by financial expert John Paxinos.

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Advice Clinic

August Advice Clinic: Institutions & Collections

August 22, 2023

NGV curator Simone LeAmon unpacks how public collections acquire works and the value of this for artists developing professional practices.

Advice Clinics

The Advice Clinic Program presents monthly online professional development sessions as an exclusive membership offering to Craft Members.

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Past events

Talks and seminars, Free

NGV x Craft: Craft Now for Melbourne Design Week

May 27, 2023

Craft Victoria and NGV come together to present an afternoon celebrating contemporary craft practice in our community.

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Workshop

Copper Foiling with Dan Bowran

May 25, 2023

Join local glass artist Dan Bowran for an evening of copper foiling and discovering archaeological materials from the Metro Tunnel dig.

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Advice Clinic, Free

May Advice Clinic: Copyright Your Craft Pt. 2

May 18, 2023

Join Lachlan Freemantle of IP Australia and learn about registering designs and trademarks during this free Victorian Law Week Advice Clinic

Advice Clinic, Free

May Advice Clinic: Copyright Your Craft Pt. 1

May 16, 2023

Join Alana Kushnir to unpack the basics of copyright law and intellectual property in this free Victorian Law Week edition Advice Clinic.

Workshop

Mosaics with Tantri Mustika

May 13, 2023

Join Tantri Mustika and learn how to create your very own mosaic artworks with archeological fragments from the heart of Melbourne.

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Workshop

Setting with Anna Varendorff

May 13, 2023

Join maker Anna Varendorff to learn the jewellery technique of claw setting and create an accessory with a piece of Melbourne's history.

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Advice Clinic

April Advice Clinic: Visual Identity

April 18, 2023

Discover the power of art direction and visual identity for strategically communicating your practice with Nat Turnbull.

Advice Clinic

March Advice Clinic: Communicating Your Practice

March 21, 2023

Learn how to make writing about your practice authentic, effective and fun with established arts writer and editor Tiarney Miekus.

Workshop

Paper/Cloth Making Workshop with DNJ Paper

March 4, 2023

Join DNJ Paper in their studio to discover how they turn a sheet of paper into a luxurious dyed cloth using natural dyes.

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Advice Clinic

February Advice Clinic: Business Planning

February 28, 2023

Mud Australia founder Shelley Simpson shares her top tips for strategically building a thriving business from your creative practice.

Workshop

Love and Cocktails with Craft

February 14, 2023

Treat your Valentine to a special pre-dinner cocktail class and exclusive intentional gifting event at Craft.

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Talks and seminars

Futures Past: Talking Glass

February 2, 2023

Glass artists exhibiting across both 'Interior Landscapes' and 'Morph' in conversation with curator Margaret Hancock Davis.