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Annual Report 2019

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Government Partners

Major Partners Trusts and Foundations Event Partner

Australian Design Centre101-115 William StreetDarlinghurst, Sydney, NSWaustraliandesigncentre.com

ContactGallery: 02 8599 7999 Office: 02 9361 [email protected]

Opening hoursTuesday - Saturday11am - 4pm

Publisher

Australian Design Centre

Graphic design Anne Lillie, Sarah Alsaimery and Sabrina Luo

PrintingDigital Press

Cover imagePrue Venables, Installation view from ADC exhibition, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley

ABN 42 002 037 881

Australian Design Centre is proud to be a creative place located on Gadigal Land. We acknowledge with respect the traditional owners the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

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Contents

CEO’s Message

Chair’s Message

Vision and Values

2019 Achievements

Board and Committees

ADC Team

Creative Collaborators

2019 in Review

Exhibitions

Object Space

Sydney Craft Week Festival

Indigenous Programs

International Focus

Object Shop

ADC on Tour

Events and Learning

Object Platform

Digital Programs

Award Winners

Research and Development

Creative Program 2020

Partners and Donors

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“ADC has done the Australian public the great service of showcasing our important craftspeople, celebrating their work and honouring their place in our cultural landscape … this organisation, this venue and this magnificent exhibition embody that capacity for arts and culture to bring people together.”

- Adrian Collette AM,

CEO of the Australia Council

Opening remarks at launch of Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables 2019

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This year Australian Design Centre marked five years in Darlinghurst. Delivering programs locally and touring nationally to connect artists, designers and makers with audiences is what we do – promoting Australian craft and design globally across our multitude of platforms. The impact we generate is huge – working with over 1000 artists across our programs; generating direct income for artists of $250,000 in 2019 and indirectly much more; 81 creative partnerships with other organisations; 22 exhibitions; 396 events; an audience of over 225,000 people – for an organisation with just seven full time equivalent positions. This is only possible through the many, many collaborations we forge with creative practitioners, partners, donors, audiences and the local community.

A standout project in 2019 was the launch of the next edition of our major series of ADC On Tour exhibition projects Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft with acclaimed ceramic artist and potter Prue Venables. Working with Prue to bring this project to fruition was a joy and I know that many people who have seen the exhibition on tour have thoroughly enjoyed connecting with Prue and seeing her magnificent work. Five different ADC on Tour projects landed in 15 different regional and metropolitan locations across Australia in 2019 with some fabulous outcomes. We thank Visions of Australia, the Australia Council for the Arts, Create NSW and our venue partners for their ongoing support for our touring program.

CEO’s messageLisa Cahill

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Opening the exhibition Living Treasures Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables, Adrian Collette AM, CEO of the Australia Council said: “ For 15 years since the launch of the Living Treasures series, the ADC has done the Australian public the great service of showcasing our important craftspeople, celebrating their work and honouring their place in our cultural landscape … this organisation, this venue and this magnificent exhibition embody that capacity for arts and culture to bring people together … I’d especially like to acknowledge the work of ADC to champion the vital role of Aboriginal craft and design in our culture.”

Here in Sydney our First Nations Creative producers and artist Jason Wing brought to life a collaboration with the City of Sydney, the Art and About project Gadigal Mural. Painted by the team at Cracknell Lonergan Architects Gadigal Mural stretches across the back of our building in Barnett Lane connecting ADC as a contemporary place of making with the first makers on this land. Featuring in our 2019 Sydney program were exhibitions and events that traversed many of the disciplines of contemporary craft and design including industrial design, architecture, furniture, lighting, jewellery, textiles, hybrid practice, ceramics, technology and the impact of design on the future of work.

For our first exhibition for the year we presented STEEL: art design architecture curated by our partners at JamFactory and presented in collaboration with our William Street neighbours Stylecraft. It was a privilege to bring such a fine exhibition to Sydney. Similarly, in April we presented Island Welcome, an exhibition, curated and toured by Belinda Newick, that focused on contemporary jewellery as a gesture of welcome and commentary on refugee and immigration policy.

The Teapot Project had its inaugural presentation with us in April. The project encapsulates what Australian Design Centre is about – a collision of craft and design; and the innovation and industry that is created when collaboration is central to the process.

Other collaborative exhibition projects included WORKSHOPPED19, Small Tapestries from the Australian Tapestry Workshop, new design by students from UNSW Art and Design and the inaugural partnership exhibition with the Jewellery and Metalsmiths Group of NSW, Profile. Sydney Craft Week, the annual festival we produce for the whole of Sydney, was held for the third year running with substantial support from the City of Sydney and various community and corporate partners. Embraced by professional makers and the community the festival continues to go from success to success.

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Our retail platforms Object Shop and Makers Markets enable us to support hundreds of artists each year selling their unique, handmade, collectible work to enthusiastic collectors.

In 2019 we also undertook our strategic planning for the next four years, this is the centrepiece for making our case to our funding partners to continue support for the organisation into the future. As part of this work many people wrote letters of support for us including these generous words from jeweller, educator, writer and curator Melinda Young,

“As a crafts practitioner, the Australian Design Centre has played a formative and crucial role in the development of my creative and professional practice over the 20 years that I have been working in the field. Over the past 3 years I have been delighted to observe and engage with the ADC in an increasingly meaningful way. The ADC, under the dynamic, community facing steerage of Lisa Cahill and her excellent team, has blossomed into an inclusive, generously supportive organisation that reflects and represents the craft and design community of Sydney (and beyond). In addition to delivering a consistently dynamic and thoughtfully curated in-house exhibition program, the ADC presents touring exhibitions from around Australia and overseas in its exhibition spaces, all of which are supported by a broad range of outstanding public programs and education resources. However perhaps the most significant achievement of this dynamic, forward-facing organisation is the inception in 2017 of Sydney Craft Week, deftly filling a space in the cultural calendar of Sydney. As a maker I cannot begin to express the importance of this event. I wonder what we did before? Through Sydney Craft Week, the ADC has provided an umbrella for a community to come together; links have been forged between disciplines, collaborations, conversations; a sense of revival and value have been established.”

Huge thanks to everyone who has supported ADC in 2019, from our team to our volunteer board of directors, the many and varied partners across all of our activities, the artists who are at the core of what we do and the community who connects and engages with us across the year – your support for creative practice is essential for a creative Australia.

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Chair’s message

Australian Design Centre is a key contributor to growing Australia’s creative economy. Our vision is to lead the development of robust platforms that ignite creativity and ideas in the best of craft and design. Through our exhibition, touring and learning programs ADC brings the power of making to new audiences and inspires us to use design to transform our lives. At the same time, we are nurturing and helping artists develop their full potential. On behalf of the ADC Board I am very proud to report a year of strong growth in the level of activity and support for Australian Design Centre. The number of artists that participate in our programs grew over 1000 in 2019 with over $250,000 generated in income directly for artists. Audiences visiting the Centre and touring exhibitions around the country doubled in 2019 on the previous year and digital engagement is growing exponentially across all our platforms. This is a major feat for the small team of seven led by CEO Lisa Cahill. The Board thank our staff, creative collaborators, partners, donors, volunteers and audiences who made 2019 a great year in contemporary craft and design.

Diana D’Ambra

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Vision and values

Our Vision Australian Design Centre is a major contemporary craft and design organisation igniting creative ideas and building cultural vibrancy. We take a lead role developing and supporting Australia’s craftspeople and designers to build audiences for their work globally. We do this through our extensive exhibition, festival, touring, retail, publishing and learning platforms.

Our Values

• We are an ethical organisation committed to contributing to the creative lives of all Australians.

• Our platforms provide opportunities for creative practitioners to experiment, test new ideas and push the boundaries of innovation across design and contemporary craft to build a better Australia.

• We champion Australian Indigenous makers and designers, offering spaces for learning, dialogue and storytelling – places to make and share culture.

• We connect and build audiences across Australia in cities and regional centres and globally by sharing our content.

• We support and nurture diversity across age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race and religion.

• We foster connection and collaboration within our team and with our stakeholders so that collectively we can grow our contribution to Australian culture.

• We take pride in our history and ensure that our governance and operations are robust and financially sustainable for the future.

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2019 Achievements

374artists

182 exhibiting artists

104 makers in Object Shop

40 market stall holders

70 artists participating in Sydney Craft Week

Artist Participation

225,592audience

224,652 exhibition

attendance Sydney

70,927 ADC on Tour

audiences

69,000 Sydney Craft Week

Audience Attendance

4,939 event

attendance

15 ADC Sydney exhibitions

62 ADC Sydney events

150+ Sydney Craft Week events

4 ADC on Tour exhibitions

Exhibitions and Events

374artists

225,592audience

4,939event

attendance

1821044070

Exhibiting artistsMakers in Object ShopMarket stall holdersArtists participating in Sydney Craft Week

224,65269,931

69,000

Exhibition attendance SydneyADC On Tour audiencesSydney Craft Week

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ADC Sydney exhibitionsADC Sydney events Sydney Craft Week eventsADC On Tour exhibitions

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Income Generated for Artists

Communications

$38,000$17,000$73,500$51,500

Object Shop revenue for artistsExhibition salesExhibition artist feesSales by artists at ADC Makers Markets

$180,500

ADC website page viewsADC eDM subscribersFacebook followersADC Instagram followersADC Twitter followersViews of ADC films watched onlineSydney Craft Week website page viewsSydney Craft Week eDM subscribersSydney Craft Week social media followers

144,18710,00010,00013,000

75007389

81,00080005000

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Board and Committees

Board of Directors 2019

Diana D’Ambra (Chair), Shannon Davis Jenny Green, Frank Howarth, Bridget Kennedy, and Andrew Simpson.

The Observership Program

ADC participates in The Observership Program where participants complete a year long program and observe a not-for- profit Board.

Sophie Robertson continued in 2019.

ADC Advisers

Many people have given us invaluable advice about aspects of programming across the year. We thank them and the many others who provide us with their time and expertise.

ADC on Tour Advisory Group

Deborah Abrahams, Andrew Glassop, Kingsley Mundey and Brian Parkes.

Sydney Craft Week Advisory Group

Sky Carter, Liza Feeney, Felix Gill, Bridget Kennedy, Deb McDonald and Janine Smith.

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ADC Team

CEO and Artistic Director

Lisa Cahill

Strategy, Partnerships and Communications

Penny CraswellCreative Strategy Associate

Alix FiveashPartnerships and Communications Manager

Program Delivery

Rhadi BryantPrograms Manager

Fiona PulfordPrograms Manager

Hana HoogedeurePrograms Coordinator

Anna May KirkPrograms Assistant

Lucy SimpsonAustralian First Nations Creative Producer

Dennis Golding Australian First Nations Creative Producer

Finance and Operations

Meghan HayFinancial Controller and Company Secretary

Kylie WalshAdministration and Event Coordinator

Installers

Justin Henderson, Robert Pulie, Jesse Rye, and Tom Thorby Lister.

Professional Experience Program Interns

Lora AdzicSarah AlsaimeryLeila FrijatMutiara Nada MayraHana RobinsonLiam Wheatley

Volunteers

Rachel BickovskyAmy GeYuyang Qin

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A Handmade Life CollectiveAGDAAlexander GhentAlexis EclecticAlice WhishAlisa NeweyAlison BrittonAlison JacksonAlison ThompsonAM PM CeramicsAmy Jones StudioAmy TamblynAmy Ranck and Stephanie Chambers Anna DavernAndrea BandoniAndrew CooksAndrew SimpsonAnnette Huston & familyAnnabel StevensAnnie Rofe DesignsAnthony BrinkAngela PorrittAngus EasthopeAngus Lee ForbesAnthill ConstructionAphra CheesmanArlene TextaqueenArt & AboutArt MonthArterie at LifehouseArthur KoutoulasArtist Profile MagazineArtshubArtspace MackayASRCAyako Niki

Baluk ArtsBarry GardnerBasketry NSW Beers & Balls Crochet ClubBelinda NewickBenconservatoBen EdolsBen StylesBenja HarneyBenjamin Jay ShandBianca PapadopoulosBic TieuBlue Mountains Cultural Centre BoConceptBoya YuBradley FlemingBradley PikeBridget BodenhamBridget KennedyBritish Council BOKORBrodie NeillBurnie Regional Art GalleryBVNByrnt Ceramics

Calum HurleyCarlo GiannascaCarola Akindele-Obe Catherine LargeCATO LogisticsCatia SingleCathy CaoCentral Coast CouncilChauvel CinemaChelsea Lemon

Cheree EdwardsChris MeredithChristian HallChristina McLeanChristopher de la MotteCity of SydneyClare HooperClare MazitelliClassBentoCleonie QuayleCODAColin Hopkins and Ilona TopolcsanyiCollins & TurnerCOMMUNECorban and BlairCorr Blimey (Louisa de Smet and Steven Wright)COX ArchitectureCracknell & LonerganCraft Council UK Craft NSWCraft VictoriaCraig Donarski Craig HironCreative JiveCurious Tales

Dale Hardiman Dan Lorimer Daniel Emma (Daniel To Emma Aiston)Daniela WalderDanielle BarrieDanielle LoDanni XuDavid BeckDavid Mennie

2019 Creative Collaborators

We have the honour of working with so many talented people. Whether they be makers, designers, architects, visual artists, writers, filmmakers, art workers or performers crossing the divide, each and every one of them contribute to our diverse creative program offering.

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The Deaf SocietyDenise McDonaldDesignByThemDiane ConnalDianne BeeversDigital PressDinosaur DesignsDennis GoldingDM PotteryDoodad and FandangoDora FerencziDylan Martorell

E.Lulu HandmadeEden GardensEggpicnicElla WilliamsElbowrkshp (Elliat Rich and James B. Young)Ellie Tessa GodworthElisa BartelsElise CakebreadElizabeth Curryelph storeEmbroiderers’ Guild NSWEmma SulzerEmi CeramicsEmil and NomelEmily BesserEmily CoppEmily MuCulloch ChildsEmily Valentine BullockEmma FieldEmma GreenwoodEnd2End Events Erin KeysEvangeline-Lulu Ropert

FBi RadioFelix GillFinnoula Marcoolyn-LindsayFiona MellerFoundation and Friends of the Botanic GardensFourtynine StudioForough NajarbehbahaniFranchesca Cubillo

Francisca Rendic

Gabriella BisettoGaffa Creative PrecinctGary WarnerGeoff NeesGeorge ShviliGill BrooksGillian HodesGirl Nomad CeramicsGlasshouse Port MacquarieGrace CochranGreen FixGretal FergusonGunybi GanambarrGuy Keulemans

Halie RubenisHamilton GalleryHannah Rother Hannaneh QiumarsiHaozhe WangHarriet SchwarzrockHayden Youlley DesignHazelhurst Arts CentreHeidi McKenzie Helen ChenHelen EarlHelen WyattHendrik ForsterHenry WilsonHerbert and FriendsHilary GreenHonor FreemanHum Design StudioHusque

Ian BromleyIan RobertsonIncinerator Art SpaceIndesignMediaAsiaPacificInhnen Atelier JewelleryIrene BarberisIsabel Avendano HazbunIsabella LoweIsabelle Aileen Toland

JamFactory

Jane BowdenJane ReynoldsJane TheauJanine CombesJanos KorbanThe Japan Foundation, Sydney Jason WingJeanie MulliganJeff McCannJennifer Newton CeramicsJennifer Robertson Jess DareJess ScullyJessika DawnnJessthechenJewels on Queen Jude LoveJudi SingletonJulie PatersonJMGA-NSWJohn DicksJournal of Australian CeramicsJulie PenningtonJon CattapanJon GoulderJordan FlemingJordan Leeflang

Karin HuchatzKarmmeDr Kate DunnKate Rohde Kate Sale Kate SwinsonKath InglisKatherine HubbleKatherine MahoneyKathleen PrenticeKeiko MatsuiKenan WangKenji UranishiKenny SonKensuke TodoKerrie Lowe GalleryKevin MurrayKieran Cato

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Kil.n.t experimental ceramics studio Kim MorrellKirralee & CoKirsten JunorKnitters Guild NSW inc Korban/ FlaubertKorean Cultural CentreKristi Pupo & Anna Battersby Kristina NeumannKylie WalshKyoko Hashimoto

Larah NottLaura McCuskerLauren SimeoniLaurie AznavoorianLeanne GibsonLeo and Ramona MonkLeonie SimpsonLiam MugavinLinda BlairLisa Holzl Lisa ScottLise AndersonLismore Regional Gallery Little Rowan RedheadLiv BoyleLiz WilliamsonLiza BahamodesLiza FeeneyLittle Rowan RedheadLiz WilliamsonLizzy MedynskyjLola GreenoLorraine Connelly-NortheyLouise WeaverLove and WestLucy MortonLucy SimpsonLuke AbbotLuna & Co DesignsLy Dinu Lyn Balzer and Tony PerkinsMacquarie Hills PottersMade By Me WorkshopMamma Creatives

Manning Regional Art GalleryManon van KouswijkMarcia SwabyMargaret Hancock DavisMargot Design Margot WarreMari Funaki Marika StrohschniederMarika SvikisMarissa ZiesingMark Elliot GlassMatthew DegenMatthew HardingMaunsell Wickes GalleryMaureen Faye-ChauhanMegan TurtonMelanie IhnenMelinda McMahonMelinda YoungMilly DentMilly FormbyMin-Jung KimMichael HoppeMichaela PegumMichelle CangianoMichelle StemmMinji HanMio KuhnenMisho+AssociatesMitchell MooneymodernmurriModfabMonique Van NieuwlandMonster Mouse StudiosMornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Nadya van EwykNaomi TaplinNardi SimpsonNatalie RosinNative SwinsonNellie PeoplesNeshmART Ceramic Gallery & StudioNeville French The New Artisans Gallery

Nicholas Tay Meng-KiatNicky HepburnNicola CoadyNicolas LocaneNicole RobinsNicolette AureliNiklavs Rubenis North Sydney Community CentreNorthern Beaches CouncilNuts n Bolts Design

OdeeOFFICE & the Culpra Milli Aboriginal CorporationOlaf SialkowskiOliver SmithOuter Island

Paula do PradoPennie JagielloDr Peter EmmettPeter LonerganPeter McCarthyPhillipa Cowdrey Pia LarsenPierre CavalanPittwater Artists TrailProvince of BrittanyPrue VenablesPublic Holiday

Qiaoyi ZhangQuiltNSW

Radiant PavillionRaymond ScottReanne Chidiac Rebecca HinwoodRebecca MoultonRegina KrawetsRhett D’CostaRichard WhiteleyRichilde FlavellRita OrsiniRohan NicolRokocoRomana Toson

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Roshani ChananiRosie GunzburgRowena ChaltonRui KikuchiRumpusRhys CooperRuby Clarke

Sabbia GallerySabine PaganSaint ClocheSairi YoshizawaSamuel FarmerSarah Barlow Sarah ClarkSarah TractonSari TredinnickDr Sasha AlexanderSassy Park School of Design, UTSScoops DesignScott MitchellSean O’ConnellSeaton McKeonSeed Stitch CollectiveSew Make CreateShala Namvar Shan Shan MokShana DanonSignwave Newtown Sim LuttinSimon CottrellSimply Native Japan Skein SistersSky Carter ColourSMaRT@UNSW Sophia Emmett Sophie CooperSquarepeg StudiosStanley Street GallerySTEAMpopStephanie FlaubertStephen Goddard Studio AStudio EntiStudio OnethirtyStylecraft/Stylecraft HOMEStudio Woodworkers

AustraliaThe Sydney ConnectionSue LorraineSusannah BourkeSuzanne McRae svikisSydney Design FestivalSydney East Art WalkSylvia Riley DesignsS.Rush

TACATaerim Claire JeonTamworth Regional GalleryTania RollondTapestry GirlTara LofhelmTerence Bogue The RaconteurThe Rum ClubThought Collider (Mike Thompson and Susana Cámara Leret)Tim Ross Timna TaylorTjanpi Desert WeaversTjunkaya TapayaTom FurneauxTony Hobba ArchitectsTorunn HigginsTRADE the MARKTrent Jansen

Ulrica TrulssonUNSW Art & Design UTS

Vanessa IonVianney HunterVicki MasonVipoo SrivilasaVirginia Sprague

Waverley Makers Craft + Design ProgramWildfibresWoodfolkThe Workshops Rail

MuseumWorkshop 85Ximena Natanya BricenoXue Lun Yeong

Yi Jen ChuYiqing PeiYO.DANYutaka Ohtaki

Zara CollinsZoë PollittZoe Veness Zuku Jewellery

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STEEL: art design architecture

1 February – 3 April

The Teapot Project 11 April – 5 June

WORKSHOPPED19 14 June – 24 July

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

\ Prue Venables 1 August – 25 September

GIANTS: Isabel Avendano Hazbun 1 August – 25 September

Sydney Craft Week 11 October – 20 October

Response: Small Tapestries by Australian

Tapestry Workshop 3 October – 13 November

Designing Bright Futures 21 November –

22 January

ADC On Tour

Island Welcome 11 April – 5 June

PROFILE 2019: Contemporary Jewellery

Award 3 October – 13 November

Gadigal Mural Opening 30 May

2019 in Review

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2019 Key Activities

January

Exhibition: Designing Bright Futures 2019

February

Exhibition: STEEL: art design archi-tecture

Workshops: Korean Cultural Centre

March

Accessible tours of STEEL: Deaf and HON Tours, AUSLAN interpreted as part of Sydney Design Festival

Event: ADC Makers Market as part of Sydney Design Festival

Event: Studio A’s Lisa Scott launch

April

Exhibitions: Island Welcome and The Teapot Project

Event: Garland Sydney magazine launch

May

Event: Gadigal Mural Project officially launched by Lord Mayor Clover Moore

Australia Council for the Arts grant awarded to ADC On Tour

Event: Woodworkers Australia two day

Event: Street Signage, Design and Lived Behaviour for VIVID Ideas

June

Exhibition: WORKSHOPPED 19

ADC awarded Australia Council for the Arts grant to produce and tour new exhibition – Made/ Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery.

Event: ADC Friends & Supporters Function

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2019 Key Activities

July

Workshops: Gadigal Artefact 3D Printing workshops during NAIDOC

Exhibition: Object Space Gadigal Mural display as part of NAIDOC week celebrations

Event: My Job in 2030: Speculating on the Future of Work

August

Exhibition: Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft\ Prue Venables opened by Adrian Collette CEO Australia Council for the Arts

Exhibition: GIANTS Isabel Avandeno Hazbun

ADC hosts pop up studio as part of Australian Ceramics Open Studios

Event: ADC hosted JamFactory Fuse Glass Prize 2020 preview

September

Event: ADC presents Reel to Real: The Craft Film Festival

ADC awarded NSW Government’s My Community Project funding for Indigenous Edible Garden

October

Exhibitions: PROFILE 19: Contemporary Australian Jewellery and Response: Small Tapestries by Australian Tapestry Workshop

Event: Sydney Craft Week third annual festival launched

Event: ADC Makers Market

November

Workshops: Korean Cultural Centre Partnership: Yeomsaek Cloth Dyeing & Jogakbo

Exhibition: Designing Bright Futures 2019

December

2020 Program Launch

Event: Christmas at Object Shop

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STEEL: art design architecture

STEEL: art design architecture was a popular exhibition, demonstrating the benefits of ADC’s ongoing relationship with JamFactory in Adelaide, hosting exhibitions and partnering in the national network of Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC).

Showcasing a range of work across art, design and architecture, from fine, hand-crafted jewellery to high-tech research facilities, this exhibition illustrates the strength of contemporary practice in Australia through the 29 exhibitors. This includes outstanding work by First Nations artists including Gunybi Ganambarr, whose etched steel work Ngalkan was exhibited in Object Space during the exhibition.

ADC partnered with StylecraftHome to present a selection of works from the exhibition in the Stylecraft showroom, which is located directly opposite the Centre. STEEL: art design architecture is a major JamFactory touring exhibition.

1 February – 3 April 2019 Gallery I, Gallery II and Object Space

Artists: Dan Lorrimer | Geoff Nees | Gunybi Ganambarr | Kensuke Todo | Korban/ Flaubert | Lorraine Connelly-Northey | Mari Funaki | Matthew Harding | Sean O’Connell | Oliver Smith

Designers: Alison Jackson | Barry Gardner | Brodie Neill | Christian Hall | Craig Hiron | DesignBy Them | Maureen Faye-Chauhan | Sabine Pagan | Seaton McKeon | Simon Cottrell | Sue Lorraine | Trent Janson

Architects: Anthill Construction | BVN | CODA | Collins and Turner | COX Architecture | Misho + Associates | Tony Hobba Architects

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Island Welcome

Highlighting the power of art to address significant social issues in society, Island Welcome addresses Australia’s response to refugees and migrant groups through contemporary jewellery.

Inspired by the welcome garlands of many traditional island cultures, these contemporary jewellers each made a neckpiece, lei or garland for this exhibition, facilitating a quiet contemplative experience of adornment as a vehicle for political discourse, empathy and shared humanity.

The exhibition was first shown at Radiant Pavilion: Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial in 2017 and then Craft Victoria in 2018. Additional artists were included and made new pieces for this iteration of the exhibition.

11 April – 5 JuneGallery I

Artists: Jane Bowden | Liv Boyle | Michelle Cangiano | Jess Dare | Anna Davern | Nicky Hepburn | Kath Inglis | Pennie Jagiello | Manon van Kouswijk | Sim Luttin | Vicki Mason | Belinda Newick | Lauren Simeoni | Lucy Simpson | Alice Whish | Melinda Young

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The Teapot Project: Hendrik Forster and Kenny Son

11 April – 5 JuneGallery II

Artists: Hendrik Forster | Kenny Yong-soo Son

Showcasing excellence in design and making, The Teapot Project is a unique collaboration between master gold and silversmith Hendrik Forster and object maker and designer Kenny Yong-soo Son. The exhibition consists of a series of 30 teapots displayed alongside documentation of the production process.

Three of the exhibition works were acquired by Powerhouse Museum for the state collection.

The project encapsulates what Australian Design Centre is about – a collision of craft and design; and the innovation and industry that is created when collaboration is central to the process.

Hendrik Forster and Kenny Son fuse craftsmanship, engineering, ingenuity and creativity to create a ubiquitous domestic item that is at once functional, beautiful and completely unique. Running through the human relationships created out of this collaboration is a sense of community and a commitment to craft and cultural custodianship.

This project raises the importance and value of craft. Craft reminds us to consider what is really important and to value humanity, intimacy and quality.

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1 August – 25 September 2019Gallery I

Artist: Prue Venables

Living Treasures is a series of solo exhibitions honouring eminent Australian craftspeople, celebrating their mastery of skill, their achievements and the unique place they occupy in the national design culture.

Acclaimed ceramicist Prue Venables is the ninth artist in the Australian Design Centre’s series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft. Prue Venables’ sculptural artworks possess clarity, luminosity and a quiet beauty. The works in this exhibition explore the significance of everyday objects through multiple sequences of forms in porcelain, with additional elements in metal and wood. The forms are simple and elegant, with a minimal colour palette and create a distinctive visual language.

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables is an ADC On Tour national touring exhibition opening at fifteen locations across Australia from 2019 to 2022, accompanied by a film made by Angus Lee Forbes. An education kit was produced for this exhibition by Melinda Young. A full-length book was designed by Ian Robertson and included essays by Prue Venables, Alison Britton OBE and Neville French, supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft\ Prue Venables was researched, developed and curated by ADC under a Visions of Australia research grant and is ADC’s major national touring exhibition for 2019-2022 with the tour also supported by the Federal Government’s Visions of Australia program.

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables

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GIANTS was an exhibition focused on a feminist exploration of dress and adornment, created by textile designer, furniture and object maker Isabel Avendano Hazbun. GIANTS suggested dress as a universal, non-verbal and accessible language that can be used as a tool to subvert gender conditioning.

The diversity of these hand-made wearables and sculptures related to the multiplicity and complexity of womankind and were made from an assortment of readily available materials such as fibre, wire, recycled tyre inner tubes, yoga-mats and timber.

GIANTS:Isabel Avendano Hazbun

1 August - 25 SeptemberGallery II

Artist: Isabel Avendano Hazbun

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3 October – 13 November Gallery II

Artists: Arlene Textaqueen | Rhett D’Costa | Irene Barberis | Andrew Cooks| Judi Singleton | Jon Cattapan.

Weavers: Emma Sulzer | John Dicks | Rebecca Moulton | Milly Formby | Hilary Green | Hannah Rother.

Response: Small Tapestries, an exhibition project from the Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW), showcased a diverse range and depth of interpretive responses by ATW studio weavers to designs by contemporary Australian artists. This active collaboration between ATW and ADC helps to ensure this traditional art form is kept alive and thriving in Australia.

ADC and ATW are both members of the national network of Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC).

Response: Small Tapestries

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21 November – 22 JanuaryGallery I

This is the fourth year of ADC’s collaboration with UNSW Art & Design presenting the best work from graduating Bachelor of Design and Masters of Design students. An important launching pad for students transitioning from university into the design industry, this exhibition encompassed a range of different media, from graphics to furniture, spatial design to objects.

The exhibition is compiled from work submitted to ADC after a call for entries each year, with selected works chosen by a panel of experts – in 2019 this is Alice Springs-based designer Elliat Rich, Stephen Goddard (UNSW Art & Design) and Lisa Cahill (ADC). Awards are presented for outstanding work helping students to demonstrate design excellence in their graduating work for use in their future careers.

Designing Bright Futures 2019

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Indigenous Programs

Gadigal Mural

The City of Sydney’s Art & About Sydney program partnered with ADC to produce a new public artwork, the Gadigal Mural, which was launched by Lord Mayor Clover Moore on Thursday 30 May 2019.

The Mural was designed by Sydney artist Jason Wing, with First Nations Creative Producers Dennis Golding and Lucy Simpson for Australian Design Centre (ADC).

It features curved and circular lines referencing the geographical formations of Sydney lands and waters as well as the paths formed by Gadigal people before European Settlement.

The word ‘bangawarra’ incorporated into the mural means ‘make’ or ‘do’ in Gadigal language. The Gadigal people are the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the City of Sydney local area – Aboriginal people have always lived in Sydney.

In 1925, a stone axe was found more than five metres below the surface during construction work at the corner of William and Riley Streets in East Sydney. Almost eighty years later in 2003 the remains of an Aboriginal campsite were uncovered around the same location during archaeological excavations before the construction of an apartment building. Subsequently archaeologists working with the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, excavated an area of over 60 square metres of soil by hand in 1m x 1m squares to obtain as much information about the site as possible. Together with the initial excavations, they found around 400 stone artefacts.

This project was made possible with the support of Cracknell & Lonergan Architects, a multi-disciplinary architecture and design practice with directors Peter Lonergan and Julie Cracknell. Their mural painting team for this project included Tom Furneaux (Lead Painter) with Christopher de la Motte and Nicolette Aureli.

The Gadigal Mural project was produced in consultation with the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.

This project was curated by ADC’s First Nations Creative Producers Lucy Simpson and Dennis Golding. The First Nations Creative Producer role was supported by Create NSW.

Red Ochre Award

Living Treasure Master of Australian Craft Lola Greeno was honoured with the presti-gious Red Ochre Award, for outstanding lifetime achievement at the 12th National Indig-enous Art Awards presented by the Australia Council for the Arts at the Sydney Opera House in May.

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Indigenous Jewellery Project Walgett

In October, ADC ran workshops for the Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay communities of Walgett in collaboration with Indigenous Jewellery Project (IJP) and in association with Dharriwaa Elders Group and Walgett Community College. Through the exploration of local stories, sites and traditions of making over time, the workshops incorporated ele-ments of technique, materiality and narrative to produce and document made objects and wearable forms. ADC First Nations Creative Producer Lucy Simpson and Yuwaalaraay cultural consultant Nardi Simpson worked closely with community members and organi-sations to develop and implement the program.

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Up to 80,000 people walk, drive or cycle past ADC’s William Street location every day. This window gallery space, located in the window of the ADC Offices on William Street and accessible to view 24-hours a day, captures this audience, presenting a rotating series of exhibitions throughout the year.

Object Space

Hip Hip Decay: Suzanne McRae

11 April – 26 May 2019

Suzanne McRae’s strange and awkward creatures are immersed in sentimentality and the haunting nature of memory.

Welcome: Stephen Goddard

28 May – 26 June 2019

Welcome. by Stephen Goddard references a scene in Thomas Wirthensohn’s documentary Homme Less (2014), where a sign’s lack of punctuation leads to an ambiguous meaning in the wording. With this work, Goddard looks for optimism where it may not otherwise exist. This was presented as part of Vivid Sydney 2019 and included a Vivid Ideas talk Street Signage, Design and Lived Behaviour.

Ngalkan: Gunybi Ganambarr

1 Feb – 3 April 2019

This Object Space exhibition was part of the exhibition to STEEL: Art Design Architecture.

Ngalkan (2013) is a work by Gunybi Ganambarr. In recycling the steel of a water tank and incising it with the designs of his heartlands, Gunybi makes a strong statement about caring for environment while at the same time carrying the art traditions of the Yolngu into the future.

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Just shopping, always shopping: Jane Theau

1 August – 25 September 2019

Just shopping, always shopping is one of a series of large-scale lace drawings by Jane Théau depicting people in unexceptional, everyday moments. Jane was the Australian Design Centre Award winner of the Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Awards 2018.

Gadigal Mural Exhibition

2 July – 13 August 2019

Celebrating NAIDOC 2019 and the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Language, this display about the Gadigal Mural coincided with the display of Gadigal Mural banner poles along William St from Hyde Park corner to Kings Cross.

Intergradation: Taerim Claire Jeon

3 October – 13 November

Intergradation was an exhibition of the Jogakbo (traditional Korean patchwork) work by Sydney based artist Taerim Claire Jeon who strongly identifies with her Korean heritage. It was presented inpartnership with the Korean Cultural Centre Australia during Sydney Craft Week.

Bright Start

21 November - 22 January

Bright Start featured the work of current first year students of the Bachelor of Design degree at UNSW Art & Design. The works exhibited are creative responses to briefs from three selected disciplinary specialisations within the design program. Bright Start is part of the De-signing Bright Futures exhibition program produced by Australian Design Centre in partnership with UNSW Art & Design.

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Sydney Craft Week 2019 had a mission to recognise the exceptional quality of local craft, while also unlocking our sense of joy in making with the theme “Play”. This year marks the third year of the Festival, which is now cemented in Sydney’s annual calendar each October.

The festival’s continuing success within the craft community and beyond to a general audience is evidenced through growing audience numbers and financial support from partners including government partner City of Sydney, premium partners ClassBento and Skein Sisters, print partner Digital Press, signage partner Signwave Newtown, and media partners ArtsHub and FBi Radio.

The festival featured 156 events this year: 37 exhibitions, 6 talks, 57 workshops, 13 markets and retail events, 30 open studios and 13 live demonstrations.

In addition to the website and print program, this year’s festival expanded with advertising online and through posters distributed in cafes, bars and other relevant locations. Our digital reach for Sydney Craft Week was 764,400 people via website and social media.

This community-led program is the only festival in Sydney dedicated to making by hand.

Sydney Craft Week Festival

11 October - 20 October

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Sydney Craft Week 2019 Communications

Sydney Craft Week 2019 Achievements

69,900 estimated total audience

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353

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142,000+5,000

300150+83%

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participating venuesevents each yearonline audiencenew works made by local artistscultural workers employedeventsaccessiblesuburbs

copies of an 84 page print guidepostcardsnews stories and listicles on the SCW websiteevents on the SCW websiteevents reposted as SCW Facebook Eventsmedia articleslive radio broadcasts (Eastside Radio and ABC)events posted on City of Sydney ‘Whats On’custome instagram tiles/gifswebsite page viewseDM subscribersSydney Craft Week social media followers

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International Focus

Globally ADC focussed on our digital channels in 2019. Ensuring that the content we pro-duce was well placed to receive international attention. Exhibition programs received reviews and essays were republished in international art media and online.

As part of the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft project we invited acclaimed UK potter and writer Alison Britton to Sydney to speak in our program of events and give a series of lectures. We also welcomed a delegation from Design Singapore and from the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul during the year.

In August we presented an event in partnership with the Australian Graphic Design Asso-ciation with special guest Erik Brandt, Chair of the Design Department and Professor of Graphic Design at Minneapolis College of Graphic Design.

Internationally acclaimed UK gold embroiderer Hanny Newton visited Sydney for Sydney Craft Week delivering a series of workshops. The Korean Cultural Centre collaborated with us on an Object Space window exhibition of the work of Taerim Claire Jeon along with workshops led by Claire on jogakbo patchwork and traditional Korean yeomsaek cloth dyeing.

Our collaborations continued with the Korean Cultural Centre delivering traditional craft workshops in the Centre to accompany the exhibition A Scholar’s Feast: Old and New. This exhibition provided an opportunity to understand Korean culture by introducing artworks related to food and crafts, based on the culture of Cheongju, and the spirit of Confucian Scholars (Seonbi) and craftsmanship.

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Object Shop and Retail Events

Object Shop is increasingly seen as a destination to buy hand-made local work by designers and craftspeople. The volume of work sold and size of the retail footprint have both increased substantially year on year.

Work sold includes a mix of ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery, homewares, cards, kits and publications, including magazines such as Artist Profile and journals such as The Journal of Australian Ceramics, as well as ADC’s own publications. ADC supports a diversity of makers, stocking work by Indigenous makers and artists through the Tjanpi Desert Weavers and Baluk Arts, and stocking work by artists with an intellectual disability through Studio A. Object Shop also features work sold in collaboration with our ACDC partners JamFactory and Australian Tapestry Workshop.

Object Shop now works both as bricks-and-mortar retail space and as a digital marketplace, with those who visit the shop in person more likely to visit the website, and likewise, those who discover the Online Shop more likely to visit the retail space and gallery.

In addition to its rolling stock, which sells the work of nearly 100 Australian makers, Object Shop is also the site for events and activities, such as the Lyn and Tony Retail Installation during Sydney Craft Week, and Meet the Makers events and Makers Workshops, which give audiences a chance to meet Object Shop makers.

Object Shop’s marketing and communications now includes dedicated marketing campaigns around key gift-buying times of the year, such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas. In 2019, we decorated the Object Shop window with a Christmas display in collaboration with Studio A and held a special VIP Christmas shopping night for ADC Friends and Donors in December.

In particular, ADC has seen a substantial increase in tourists and visitors buying Australian handmade work to take home overseas.

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Makers Market

ADC holds two dedicated markets for makers each year in Palmer Street and has seen strong attendance numbers for both the March and October events in 2019. The number of stallholders has increased from 20 to 27, creating more opportunity for local makers to sell their work.

Feedback from stallholders reports good sales for both events compared to other markets in Sydney. In October’s Makers Market, ADC also sponsored a stall for a refugee maker and a stall for emerging makers (students at UNSW Art & Design).

Several of our Makers Market stallholders also sell their work in Object Shop, with the market providing additional opportunity.

Both Object Shop and the Makers Markets are important vehicles creating opportunities for artists to sell their work to audiences and opportunities to sell in the shop and have a stall are increasingly in demand from makers.

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ADC On Tour

Touring exhibitions have been a central part of ADC for over 50 years and continue to be a vital part of our activity and success. Since the 1970s, ADC has toured our shows nationally and been at the forefront of providing regional audiences in Australia with access to cutting-edge work and ideas. ADC On Tour presented the work of 53 artists across four exhibitions touring to twelve venues across Australia in 2019. Over 69,931 people visited the exhibitions with 2,997 people attending 84 public programs, workshops, tours and community events. In 2019, Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft - Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels finished its successful four-year tour and we continued the hugely successful series with our ninth Living Treasure ceramicist Prue Venables. Opening at ADC in August and continuing on to two venues, with a further twelve venues still to come over the next two years. Also on tour in 2019 was Obsessed: Compelled to make, which continues its successful fourteen venue tour with eight venues still to go between 2020 and 2022. Exploring the act of making through the framework of obsession, the exhibition includes a suite of public programs that each venue modifies, with Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie recently hosting an Obsessed Festival featuring talks with three of the artists, children’s programs and a Makers Market. Also finishing its three-year tour is Object Therapy. Object Therapy toured to eight ven-ues across regional Australia and showcased innovative design solutions while exploring the attachments we form with objects. As a project and exhibition, it encouraged us to rethink our habits of material consumption while exploring and celebrating the role and creative possibilities of repair in society. ADC is constantly looking to improve our touring program, working closely with venues to provide the best audience experience. We keep in touch with venues regularly through communications and a tour newsletter and welcome feedback from our venues to help us refine and improve outcomes.

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Obsessed: Compelled to make

Artists: Gabriella Bisetto | Lorraine Connelly-Northey | Honor Freeman | Jon Goulder | Kath Inglis | Laura McCusker | Elliat Rich and James B Young (Elbowrkshp) | Kate Rohde | Oliver Smith | Vipoo Srivilasa | Tjunkaya Tapaya | Louise Weaver | Liz Williamson

Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW 8 December 2018 - 3 February 2019Artspace Mackay, QLD 23 February - 19 May 2019 The Workshops Rail Museum, QLD 30 May - 4 August 2019Glasshouse Port Macquarie, NSW 28 September - 24 November 2019Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW 7 December 2019 - 19 January 2020

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft\ Prue Venables

Artist: Prue Venables

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC 18 October - 1 December 2019 Hamilton Gallery, VIC 16 December 2019 - 9 February 2020

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Events and Learning

Festivals, events and public programs present opportunities for audience engagement. Throughout the year we held over 200 events in Sydney and many others across Australia aligned with our touring program. In addition many school groups from across Sydney and regional NSW visited the Centre to learn about the work we do in contemporary craft and design.

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Object Platform

A digital space to test ideas, Object Platform published 21 articles and 12 films in 2019. This program is part of Australian Design Centre’s ongoing research – a place to experiment, prototype new thinking, spark physical provocations and commission new content.

In April, ADC hosted the launch of Garland #14 Safe Harbour, the Sydney issue of this online craft magazine. As part of the event, Kevin Murray, editor of Garland presented contributors with a garland made by Indigenous weaver Annette Houston.

My Job in 2030: Mapping the World of Work was a special Object Platform project that included a Think Tank session, articles and a panel discussion. The project explored how shifts in technology, society and the environment are impacting the jobs of the future. It invited the next generation to imagine their place in a future world of work where automation, AI and robots are part of everyday life. What jobs will we have in 2030 and how will they be different to the jobs of today?

Each of the members contributed a short essay to Object Platform:• Sasha Alexander, University of Western Sydney• Laurie Aznavoorian, BVN Architecture• Penny Craswell, Australian Design Centre• Kate Dunn, UNSW • Natalie Parker, undergraduate student • Jess Scully, curator, writer, elected councillor• Melissa Silk, educator• Balder Tol, WeWork Australia and New Zealand

Issues explored in Object Platform in 2019 also include: ceramics, mixed media art,contemporary jewellery, sustainable approaches to materials, migration and cultural identity, experimental communications design, design-led repair, hybrid production/handmade design, diversity and the experiences of BIPOC in craft practice, Sydney as a crafted city, installation design, and steel in art, design and architecture.

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Digital Programs

Australian Design Centre uses digital programs to extend beyond its four walls by developing and delivering a range of digital activities in 2019.

Websites

ADC’s two main websites are australiandesigncentre.com and sydneycraftweek.com, both of which are vital tools in digital content sharing information, ideas and storytelling as an integral part of our program, digitally amplifying our physical content in our exhibitions and programs.

Films

In 2019, we produced a film to accompany the major ADC On Tour exhibition Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables. The film was made by Angus Lee Forbes with music by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin through ABC Music. The film is included as part of the exhibition tour package and available on ADC’s vimeo link and the exhibition website.

As part of the Art & About collaboration for the Gadigal Mural the City of Sydney produced a short film about the mural along with ABC Arts Online.

Object Shop Online

Object Shop Online, now in its second year continues to sell the work of local makers and designers, acting as a digital sister to the physical Object Shop located in the gallery.As Object Shop, physical shop, gains in popularity, we are finding its being used digitally – the digital shop is bringing people into the shop, and people who come into the shop are also able to shop online remotely.

Sydney Craft Week

For the third year of Sydney Craft Week, ADC partnered with ClassBento to provide SCW participants a free events booking system and potential for extended audience reach through the partnership. For SCW 2019, more than 90 individual events were listed on the ADC website as well as 26 news stories reaching an online audience of over 142,000 people. 28 events were listed under the Sydney Craft Week Festival banner on City of Sydney “What’s On” website.

Social Media

ADC’s social media outreach grew across the year, ADC’s Instagram curated account reach our goal of over 13,000 followers. Facebook events across the year reached 362,900 people. Twitter remained steady with 7500+ followers.

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Award Winners

Profile: Contemporary Jewellery Award

JMGA-NSW Established Contemporary Jewellery Award $2000 General CategoryWinner: Larah NottHighly Commended: Gretal Ferguson, Samuel Farmer, Virginia Sprague

JMGA-NSW Emerging Contemporary Jewellery Award $1000 Emerging CategoryWinner: Sarah BarlowHighly Commended: Rebecca Hinwood, Rosie Gunzburg, Boya Yu

Australian Design Centre AwardWinner: Dianne Beevers


Australian Design Centre Mentorship Award 2019Yanting Zhan

WORKSHOPPED19

Workshopped19 AwardJordan Leeflang, Sunday Stool, 2019 Workshopped19 Award Michael Hoppe, UFO, 2019 UTS Award for Sustainable DesignJordan Fleming, Exhausted, 2019

Workshopped19 Mentorship Award for ProductionXue Lun Yeong, Kyto, 2018

UTS Award for Sustainable DesignJordan Fleming, Exhausted, 2019

Workshopped19 Mentorship Award for ProductionXue Lun Yeong, Kyto, 2018

Congratulations to the following designers who were winners of ADC Awards in 2019:

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Research and Development

Our rolling program of research and development delivered two major touring grants for exhibitions commencing national tours in 2019-20 as part of our ADC On Tour program. A $160,000 Visions of Australia grant for Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft\Prue Venables and a $188,000 grant from the Australia Council for the Arts to produce and tour a new exhibition Made/ Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery. This exhibition will launch at ADC in April 2020 with a multi-state tour to follow. In late 2019 we also received a Visions of Australia development grant to enable us to start work on the 10th iteration of the Living Treasures program with Northern Territory artist Mavis Ganambarr. In 2019 we also completed work on a strategic plan and forward creative program which fed into applications for multi-year forward funding and new exhibition development projects.

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Creative Program 2020

In 2020 we present 15 exhibitions and 100+ events in Sydney, 16 ADC on Tour exhibition openings across Australia and 150+ festival events happening city-wide for Sydney Craft Week.

This year, our program features Indigenous practice, contemporary jewellery, object and product design, textiles, fashion, architecture, contemporary art, glass art, ceramics, student work, craft and research projects. Exhibitions are curated by the ADC team and in collaboration with one or more organisations, individual artists, makers and/or designers.

In March, we will be showing the work of 22 contemporary jewellery artists from around Australia with MADE/ WORN: Australian Contemporary Jewellery, a touring exhibition that explores what jewellery means and how jewellery practice is changing. The project includes a documentary film and exhibition design by Garbett Design and includes a tour to 10 venues in NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.

We will also present design and craft through Object Shop, our digital publishing and communications channels including Object Platform, through our learning activities and engagement, and through Sydney Craft Week, a city-wide festival of making that returns in October.

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CONCRETE: art design architecture

31 January – 18 March

An exhibition that exlores the innovative and extraordinary ways concrete is being used in Australia today. This is a JamFactory touring exhibition.

MADE/WORN: Australian Contemporary Jewellery

26 March - 27 May

Our new ADC On Tour exhibition of outstanding work by 22 contemporary jewellery artists, explores the act of making and the creation of meaning for the wearer.

Endangered + Extinct: Natalie Rosin

26 March – 27 May

Architectural ceramic sculptures depict buildings that have either been demolished or are under threat of demolition despite human protest.

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FUSE Glass Prize

9 October - 18 November

Reflecting the importance of glass art to Australian craft and design, FUSE Glass Prize 2020 is a non-acquisitive biennial prize for outstanding Australian and New Zealand glass artists.

Open House: Tamworth Textile Triennale

4 June – 29 July

Celebrating the open-ended, porous nature of textiles practice, Open House, curated by Glenn Barkley, introduces a group of artists linked to a sense of broader engagement with the world outside of themselves and their studios.

WORKSHOPPED20

6 August - 30 September

WORKSHOPPED20 is an annual exhibition of new work by 40 object, lighting and furniture designers. Included this year is a special salon of stellar Australian designers marking the 20th anniversary.

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Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Awards2020

9 October - 18 November

Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Awards is a biannual exhibition featuring the work of NSW contemporary textile and fibre artists.

Sydney Craft Week9 October – 18 October

Sydney’s only festival dedicated to the handmade, Sydney Craft Week returns with the theme “Change Makers”. Galleries, shops, cultural centres and individual makers host events from large sale exhibitions to on-off workshops encompassing the breadthe and power of craft.


26 November 2020 – January 2021

In 2021 Australian Design Centre celebrates five years of Designing Bright Futures, an exhibition of work by graduates from UNSW Art & Design’s Bachelor and Masters of Design programs.

Object Space

A variety of objects and installations will be shown in our window gallery, Object Space, William Street in Darlinghurst. The 2020 program includes work by: Julie Paterson, Dianne Beevers, and more to be announced.

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ADC on Tour

ADC on Tour is our national exhibition touring program. In 2020, we have fourexhibitions touring to 15 locations around NSW and Australia.

• MADE/ WORN: Australian Contemporary Jewellery• Clay Intersections• Obsessed: Compelled to make• Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables

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Partners and Donors

Government PartnersNSW Government through Create NSWCity of SydneyVisions of Australia Australia Council for the Arts

We are grateful to all our partners for their generous support of Australian innovation and creativity. Whether it’s government support, or the continued patronage of our valued donors, gifts of all sizes help us to continue to deliver a diverse program that connects audiences to creative practice through showcasing the best contemporary craft and design while providing opportunities to Australian makers.

ADC Friends celebrates a community of people who support makers and designers through the work of the Australian Design Centre.

Australian Design Centre is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments, the New South Wales Government through Create NSW, the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the City of Sydney.

Australian Design Centre is a member of Australian Craft and Design Centre (ACDC) network and the Sydney Culture Network.

Major PartnersSignwave NewtownIAS Fine Art Logistics

Art MonthAustralian Ceramics TriennaleDENFAIRDesign Canberra FestivalNAIDOCReal to Reel: The Craft Film Festival MAAS/Sydney Design FestivalSydney East Art WalkSydney Living Museums/Sydney OpenVIVID Sydney

Festival Participation

Event PartnerTyrrell’s Wines

Sydney Craft Week Festival PartnersCity of SydneyDigital PressArtsHubSignwave NewtownSkein SistersClassBentoFBi Radio

Project PartnersArt & About SydneyASPECT StudiosAsylum Seekers Resource Centre (ASRC)Australian Tapestry WorkshopBoConceptCracknell & Lonergan ArchitectsCraft ACTCrafts Magazine

Trusts and FoundationsGordon Darling Foundation

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Project Partners

Craft VictoriaCrafts UKHotel HotelIndigenous Jewellery ProjectIndesign Media Asia PacificIndigiGrow – Australian BushfoodsJamFactoryJMGA - NSWKorean Cultural Centre AustraliaMaker & SmithMama CreativesModFab 3D PrintingMolonglo GroupMy Community Project – NSW GovernmentSTEAMpopStudio AStudio Woodworkers Association StylecraftThe Australian Ceramics Association (TACA)The Journal of Australian CeramicsUNSW Art & DesignUniversity of Technology, SydneyWORKSHOPPED

Individual Donors

AnonymousCarola Akindele-Obe (Maker & Smith)Lisa CahillKate CaicedoTaner CanAlexander CheekKatie ChoyMark ClarkJanine CombesRobert Costa (South House Architecture)Carol CrawfordCredit SuisseDiana D’AmbraGregory DeanHelen EarlDavid EllisAlix FiveashAlexander GhentCameron Giblin

Kylie GouldJenny GreenRebecca HinwoodColin Hopkin and Ilona Topolcsanyi (Cone 11 Ceramics and Design)Meghan HayKevin HetebryFrank Howarth and Associates Pty LtdYuri KawanabeBridget Kennedy and Luke Torrevillas (Ecomlocations)Leo KennedyGuy KeulemansRobert and Rosemary KingRegina KrawetsMichael LeungBrendan LonerganRosemary Lucas (Rosemary Lucas Interior Design)Kate McDonellFrances MahoneyRobert MiddletonLesley ParkerBradley PikeEmily Pow (Seasonal Supplies)Steven PozelStuart ReadAlan RoseSophie Robertson Marc Schamburg [Schamburg + Alvisse Design Pty Ltd]Olaf Sialkowski Andrew Simpson (Vert Design)Merryn SpencerMaisy StapletonBic Tieu DesignsMarilyn ValliLiz WilliamsonHelen Wyatt (F Tanner Baker)Melinda YoungHezhong YuZiqi YuBrian Zulaikha

Thank you

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Front Cover

Prue Venables, Installation view from ADC exhibition, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley

CEO’s Message p.5

Launch of Gadigal Mural, L-R: Lucy Simpson, Jason Wing, Lisa Cahill, Lord Mayor Clover Moore and Dennis Golding, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of City of Sydney / Art and About.

Chair’s Message p.8

Opening night of Island Welcome, 2019. Photo: Jodie Barker.

Board and Committees p.12

ADC gallery view 2020. Photo: Sabrina Luo.

Creative Collaborators p.14

ADC Makers Market, March 2019. Photo: Jodie Barker.

2019 in Review p.19

Installation view of STEEL: art design architecture, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Pennie Jagiello, Welcome warning promise of the beauty and the beast (detail) installation view, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Hendrik Forster and Kenny Son, installation view of The Teapot Project, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Dennis Golding and Jason Wing, Gadigal Mural, 2019. Photo: Mark Metcalf, courtesy of City of Sydney

WORKSHOPPED19 installation view, 2019. Photo: Boaz Nothman.

Installation view of exhibition Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables at ADC 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Installation view of exhibition GIANTS: Isabel Avendano Hazbun, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Finnoula Marcoolyn-Lindsay, Seasoned Affinity (detail) installation view, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Untitled, 2005. Designed Irene Barberis. Woven Emma Sulzer. Photo: Courtesy of Australian Tapestry Workshop.

Sydney Craft Week event, SteamPOP Workshop, 2019. Photo: Hana Hoogedeure.

Designing Bright Futures opening night, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Obsessed: Compelled to Make installed at The Workshops Rail Museum, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Queensland Museum Network.

Key Activities p.20 - 21

Installation view of STEEL: art design architecture at ADC, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Gretal Ferguson, Stitched, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist

STEEL: art design architecture p.22

Installation view of STEEL: art design architecture at ADC, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Island Welcome p.23

Installation view of Island Welcome, 2019. Photo: Jodie Barker.

The Teapot Project p.24

Installation view of The Teapot Project, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Hendrik Forster and Kenny Son at launch of The Teapot Project, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

WORKSHOPPED19 p.25

Opening night event of WORKSHOPPED19, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables p.26 - 27

Prue Venables, Betty’s Kitchen, 2017. Image: Terence Bogue

Prue Venables at opening night event ADC, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

GIANTS: Isabel Avendano Hazbun p.28

Isabel Avendano Hazbun, Goddex, installation view, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Profile 19: Contemporary Jewellery Award p.29

Opening night event Profile 19: Contemporary Jewellery Award, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Centre Fold

Gadigal Mural launch and smoking ceremony, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of City of Sydney / Art and About.

Response: Small Tapestries p.32

Blue Figures Red Outline, 2006. Designed Jon Cattapan, woven John Dicks. Photo: Courtesy of Australian Tapestry Workshop.

Images and credits

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Red Figure, 2006. Designed Jon Cattapan, woven John Dicks. Photo: Courtesy of Australian Tapestry Workshop.

Designing Bright Futures p.33

Installation view of Designing Bright Futures, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Indigenous Programs p.35

Indigenous Jewellery Project at Walgett, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the Indigenous Jewellery Project.

Object Space p.36 – 37

Gunybi Ganambarr, Ngalkan, 2013. Photo: Tom Bonthorne.

Installation view of Hip Hip Decay: Suzanne McRae, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Stephen Goddard, Installation view of Welcome. 2019, Photo: Boaz Nothman.

Jane Théau, Just shopping, always shopping, 2017 Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Gadigal Mural banners, 2019. Photo: ADC

Taerim Claire Jeon, The Flash Spectrum of Light, 2018 Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Installation view of Bright Start, featuring Tess Angel, Cast model for Esquisses of Experience, Experience 1 Design Project, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Sydney Craft Week p.38

Sydney Craft Week event, SteamPOP Workshop, 2019. Photo: Hana Hoogedeure.

International Focus p.40-41

Taerim Claire Jeon, The Flash Spectrum of Light, 2018 Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Adventures in Goldwork: Hanny Newton Workshop, 2019. Photo: Hana Hoogedeure.

Object Shop and Retail Events p.42 - 43

Object Shop installation view, 2019. Photo: Sabrina Luo.

ADC Makers Market, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

ADC On Tour p.44-47

Kate Rohde, Phoenix and Rabbit, 2017 as part of Obsessed: Compelled to Make installed at The Workshops Rail Museum, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Queensland Museum Network.

Lola Greeno, Warener Necklace (detail), 2014. Photo: John Leeming

Prue Venables, Black triangulated form and Black

pedestal bowl, 2019. Photos: Terence Bogue.

Events and Learning p.48

Gadigal Artefact 3D Printing Workshop, 2019. Photo: Hana Hoogedeure

Object Platform p.49

Helen Vo, Small World Reminiscence, 2015. Image: courtesy of the artist.

Award Winners p.51

Opening night of Profile19: Contemporary Jewellery Award, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Research and Development p.52-53

Opening night of Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft \ Prue Venables, 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Mavis Warrngilna Ganambarr, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Koskela.

Creative Program 2020 p.54-58

Jess Dare, From the series Making Time (detail), 2019. Photo: Marcus Ramsey.

Sanne Mestrom, Untitled (Self Portrait, Known), 2018. Photo: COTA and Sullivan+Strumpf

Liam Benson, Coat of Arms, 2009, C Type print, 61 x 91cm, edition of 5. Photo: Liam Benson

Natalie Rosin, Pyrmont Incinerator (detail), 2020 Photo: Courtesy of the Artist

Meredith Woolnough, The New Neighbours (detail), 2017. Photo: Meredith Woolnough

We are MAD

Clare Belfrage, Into the Deep, 2016. Photo: Pippy Mount

Julie Paterson, Imperfect Manifesto (detail). Photo: ADC

Yanting Zhan, Shanghai Nostalgia, 2019, installation view, Designing Bright Futures 2019. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Julie Paterson, Sweet Spot, 2019, Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Installation view of Obsessed: Compelled to Make at Glasshouse Regional Gallery. Photo: Courtesy of Glasshouse Regional Gallery.

ADC volunteers Amy and Rachel at opening of Profile 19: Contemporary Jewellery Award. Photo: Rhiannon Hopley.

Back Cover

Jason Wing, Dennis Golding and Lucy Simpson, Gadigal Mural, 2019 (detail). Photos: Jodie Barker

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work by Australian creators.

TouringBringing the power of making and design to new audiences across

Australia.

LearningInspiring Australians to

use design to transform their futures.

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