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Spend the afternoon meeting the makers and teachers from Sydney's small creative studios and makerspaces. Meet the makers to find out what's involved and how you can be part of Sydney Craft Week's fifth annual festival in October.

Read ADC's Annual Report of activities in 2020. Whether working remotely or reconfiguring programs to be Covid- safe or digital, the ADC team worked tirelessly to change up the way we worked to create new initiatives, support makers and designers and connect with our audience across multiple platforms.

Last week in the NSW mid-north coast town of Bowraville, Australian Design Centre partnered with the Indigenous Jewellery Project’s Emily McCulloch Childs and contemporary jeweller Melinda Young, for a week of professional development workshops with Gumbayngirr artists.

We are calling for applications from New South Wales designers and makers to exhibit in Object Space in 2021. There are three exhibition opportunities available this year. Expressions of interest close 19 February.

Listed here are the highlights in contemporary craft and design exhibitions, festivals and events happening across Australia in 2021. There is so much happening! Use this ready reference to find the best craft and design experiences across the year.

There is also a list of state based organisations in the Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) national network and national craft guilds.

We are following the NSW Health COVID-19 Safety Industry Guidelines for museums and galleries to keep our guests and staff safe.  Find out what you need to know before visiting the Centre.

In 2021, we present the work of over 700+ artists in 13 exhibitions, and 100+ events, 14 ADC On Tour openings and 150+ citywide festival events for Sydney Craft Week.

In the lead up to Christmas, ADC's retail space, Object Shop has taken over the whole lower gallery. Featuring limited edition jewellery, ceramics, textiles, glass and cards, all hand crafted by over 100 leading Australian makers and emerging talent new stock is arriving daily.

Taking inspiration from the work of OzHarvest to feed people in need, we challenged the Object Shop makers to make a Christmas decoration using OzHarvest’s signature yellow.