About Us
Craft
31 Flinders Lane Melbourne VIC 3000 (map)
Phone +61 3 9650 7775
Fax +61 3 9650 5688
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Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm
Closed public holidays
About Craft
Craft fosters creativity, experimentation and professionalism in contemporary craft and design. The organisation enhances awareness of Australian craft and design at state, national and international levels. We present craft and design to a wide range of audiences and promote craft values through exhibitions, commercial opportunities and public programs. As a membership based organisation, Craft provides support for established and emerging practitioners through professional development and promotional services. Craft is a carbon neutral business.
Download our Constitution here
Mission
To bring together a vibrant and sustainable contemporary craft and design community in Victoria and nationally, which represents, promotes and celebrates all craft practitioners.
Vision
To be recognised as the voice of craft.
Craft's history
The Crafts Council of Victoria was established in 1970 and grew out of a world wide interest in the crafts. In Australia it was a mixture of the counter culture and high art, as espoused by teachers, environmentalists and a wide range of people.
Over the past 40 years it has shifted from an East meets West scenario to a focus on the individual in society. The Crafts Council of Victoria was one of the founding tenants of the Meat Market Craft Centre, then moved to Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, and is now part of the Flinders Lane craft and design precinct.
Craft officially shortened its name from Craft Victoria in 2012.
To learn more about Craft, and its rich and important history, read on...
Craft Victoria 40th Anniversary Image Gallery
Travel through time with Craft Victoria’s pictorial history. Assembled by Beth McKinnon in celebration of Craft Victoria’s 40th Anniversary in 2010.
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