Exhibition | Hannah Gason | Shades of Shadows
In the exhibition Shades of Shadows, contemporary glass artist Hannah Gason continues her exploration of light and its ability to both articulate and create an illusion of space.
Exhibition | Nathan Nhan | That All Just Happened
Nathan Nhan's work draws on the material history of ceramics, where vessel forms are imbued with stories as powerful narrative devices.
Exhibition | Mythica Ignota, Artefacts of the Oscillocene and Warawana Mythologies | Elliat Rich
Elliat Rich at Canberra Glassworks. Curated by Aimee Frodsham. Discover the rich material culture of this earth-orientated and relational society. A curated selection of everyday, iconographic and curious objects that provide insights into the other-ways of life on planet Earth. Mythica Ignota is on loan through the generous support of the The Rupertsberg Institute of Social Science.
Exhibition | Island Hopping | Jeffrey Sarmiento
Exhibition of work by Jeffrey Sarmiento at Canberra Glassworks exploring the potential of 3D printing and other glass making technologies.
Exhibition | Hiroe and Cornell Swen: Making a Creative Life
This exhibition celebrates two of Canberra's most influential ceramic and textiles artists, Hiroe Swen and the late Cornell Swen who, together, led a uniquely creative life in this region.
Exhibition | So-sei: glass installations | Akie Haga and Justine McLaren
In the installation, So-sei, artists Akie Haga and Justine McLaren present flameworked glass habitats for native Australian plants as if in the aftermath of bushfire.
Exhibition | Ikebana at CMAG | Multiple Artists
Joining Hiroe Swen, six contemporary artists, Annie Parnell, Lea Durie, Mahala Hill, Nathan Nhan, Isabelle Mackay-Sim and Cathy Zhang each create a group of ceramic vessels that can display flowers but challenge the idea of a vase. Sachie Terasaki, a skilled Ikebana artist and instructor will make Ikebana arrangements in direct response to the ceramic works.
Exhibition | How Soon is Now? | Bruce Reynolds
How Soon is Now? showcases contemporary artist and ANU alumnus, Bruce Reynolds and the evolution of his practice from collage to relief and sculpture over a number of decades, as well as his ongoing interest in the relationship between pattern, history and the built environment. Presented by Museums & Galleries Queensland.
Exhibition | Consolidate | Designcraft with Steve Van Ewyk
Designcraft’s cabinet makers have regenerated factory offcuts into new and unique designs.
Exhibition | Brutal Transformations | Lymesmith
Brutal Transformations: Regenerating Canberra’s Concrete Legacy by Lymesmith champions adaptive re-use of brutalist architecture, flipping the typically grey raw concrete into colour-saturated vibrant art works.
Exhibition | Above/Below | curated by Julie Ryder
Above/Below is a group exhibition by artists who are inspired by their love of ferns, fungi, lichens, liverworts, moss, hornworts and algae. The 30 works are a diverse range of media from textile art, botanical illustration, jewellery, photography, ceramics and mixed media. Each artist has studied and then interpreted a cryptogam for this exhibition.
CAPO | 2024 Art Auction + Gala
The 2024 CAPO Gala Auction is a highly anticipated annual Canberra art event featuring a silent auction, live auction, and raffle, where funds raised support local artists and organizations through the CAPO Awards program.
Exhibition | Second Skin | University of Canberra
An exhibition of models and visualisations based on physical prototypes made from upcycled, bio-based, and low-carbon materials responding to the theme of Regenerate. With the anticipated rise in global temperatures and the increased risk of extreme climatic events, there is an urgent need to consider ways of making residential buildings more responsive and resilient towards climate change.
Exhibition | Re-imagine: Proposals for New Ways of Living from Old Objects | The Auction Barn
This exhibition takes the theme of Craft + Design Canberra Festival ‘Regenerate’ to go a step further and support new material propositions for new ways of living, new relationships with the material world, and demonstrations of design thinking through making and remaking objects.
Exhibition | Growing up Modern | Alex Jelinek and Canberra's Round House
Growing up Modern: Alex Jelinek and Canberra's Round House is a first-hand account of living in 1960s Canberra and the story of how one of Canberra's best loved examples of mid-century modern architecture, the Round House came to be designed, built and made into a home.