The Embassy of Finland presents a celebration of Finnish Design in Australia.

In this On Country tour with Dhawura Tours you will follow the tracks and service trails of Black Mountain, with your guide, Tyronne Bell (Ngunawal) who will interpret the mountain's changing landscape since ancient times.

This tour features Aboriginal interpretation of the landscape, bush foods, artefacts, stone tools and their traditional uses as well as the beautiful bushland of Black Mountain and panoramic views of Canberra.

Join the creative team behind the Urban Biome installation in Civic Square for a discussion about the regenerative elements and collaborative process behind this work. Supported by City Renewal Authority.

 Join First Nations artist Harry’s Clarry (Kamilaroi) to make your own personal Yarn Stick.

Bring your lunch and get creative with Canberra artist Sally Black in Civic Square to sketch the public artwork Urban Biome with watercolours.

Regenerate your soul and have fun making by hand in this reflective clay workshop with local ceramicist Fran Romano

Join artist Mariana del Castillo to create poetic relief sculptures with tin and fabric that are inspired by the macro, quiet and regenerated natural world, visually exploring the anthropomorphic transformation of arthropods.

Join international visiting Finnish artist Siru Tuomisto in a fun sculpture workshop that explores the value of everyday objects. Bring in an old object that has significance to you and learn how to regenerate it into a new, playful and exciting work of art.

Canberra Modern is excited to present the publication – The Architecture of Iwan Iwanoff in this book launch and talk by author Warren Andersen.

Join artist Minka Gillian to explore the transformative power of recycled materials. In this workshop you will discover how to regenerate rubbish into a small, Chrysalis netted sculpture, turning waste into art. This hands-on experience invites you to weave personal stories and creativity while highlighting the potential for beauty in everyday materials.

Join Canberra Modern and The Mill Architecture & Design at Manning Clark House for an architectural model building workshop for kids using found and recycled materials.

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of one of the award-winning houses from the 2024 Australian Institute of Architects, ACT Architecture Awards. Hyde Place Modern is an example of the joy that can happen when clients who fell in love with a piece of Canberra’s modernist soul collaborate with architects who love it as much as they do. The finished house presents as a standout example of how our modernist homes can be brought up to modern standards through highly considered intervention and care.

Join artists Ximena Natanya Briceño, Oliver Smith, David Walker as they discuss their work in the Robert Foster Metal Prize exhibition at Craft + Design Canberra.

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of one of the award-winning houses from the 2024 Australian Institute of Architects, ACT Architecture Awards, Bookend Addition. Bookending the front and rear of an existing mid century Seidler-inspired dwelling are 2 interventions that respect the original design. 

Join artists Minka Gillian and Alexi Freeman as they discuss their work in the Speculative Materialism exhibition at Craft + Design Canberra.

Join Ronnie Jordan (Pitta Pitta Wangkamahdla) and make a bush animal using natural fibres.

Join Canberra Modern for a bus tour of some of Canberra’s most used, but least understood places – the mid-century designed sites which make the city work, support residents and link its disparate parts together.

Make your own little environment out of clay to take home.

Join regenerative designer and artisanal jeweller Alexi Freeman for a hands-on, family-friendly workshop exploring the creative potential of repurposed materials, transforming discarded domestic household recycling into unique, eco-conscious and wearable art.

Visit the 2024 Craft + Design Canberra Festival Design Markets, buy unique and handmade objects directly from Canberra's best makers, participate in drop-in family workshops, enjoy local food and see the amazing Urban Biome sculpture in Civic Square.

Join the artists from Pattern Recognition at Canberra Contemporary Art Space and hear them talk about their work in this exhibition. This will be followed by the official exhibition opening featuring a performance by vocalist Shikara Ringdahl in collaboration with the work by artist Hannah Quinlivan.

Overlayed on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people was a city planned by the Griffins using Garden City principles. As our ‘bush capital’ evolves, we continue to be influenced and guided by its landscape setting. It was with respect for the landscape that Romaldo Giurgola crafted our most significant public building on Capital Hill, and it is with respect for the landscape that we reimagine our urban fabric to support a growing population.