2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival Launch + Exhibition Openings

Overview

Join them to formally launch the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival and celebrate the opening of four exciting exhibitions in the Craft + Design Canberra Gallery and Civic Square.

Opening | 6pm
Official Speeches | 6:30pm

Exhibition openings include

Exhibition | NEST | Design for a Displaced Future | Multiple Artists

Exhibition | EMERGENCY | Signal, Adapt, Repair | Multiple Artists

Exhibition | ROBERT FOSTER METAL PRIZE | Multiple Artists

Exhibition | SMALL RITUALS | Hand Carved, Handheld | Senden Blackwood

Exhibition | SOFT MATTER | Isabelle Mackay-Sim

The 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival runs from 5 - 15 November. Presenting an innovative program of exhibitions and events responding to the theme of Dissent, the Festival celebrates Canberra as a creative capital and a global city of design.

Connecting Canberra's community with over 500 artists, craftspeople and designers, the 2026 Festival advocates for creativity as a powerful tool for questioning, challenging and reshaping societal norms.