exhibitions

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.

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.

Nathan Nhan's work draws on the material history of ceramics, where vessel forms are imbued with stories as powerful narrative devices.

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 of work by Jeffrey Sarmiento at Canberra Glassworks exploring the potential of 3D printing and other glass making technologies.

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.

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.

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.

An exhibition of a unique collection of jewellery from Uruguayan design house Ipora Artesanos that is committed to promoting sustainable consumption and production.

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.

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.

Designcraft’s cabinet makers have regenerated factory offcuts into new and unique designs.

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.

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.

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.