Free event. Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Free event. Cameo is an exhibition what walks the bridge connecting artisan with artist, function with expression. Betty Bossy Boots couture shoemaker, Betty Ennis has invited eight artists to make art on cameo shaped leather. Their drawings and paintings acted as muse, inspiring Betty to design and hand-stitch shoes that frame each unique artwork.

Ticketed event. Learn to construct a traditional lined and covered box used by conservators and collectors to store precious books, papers, and memories

Ticketed event. Hand Carved Letters in Stone with Greg Hanlon. Explore the aesthetic beauty of classic letter forms and learn how to impose their fluid lines and volume for posterity into stone

Free event. Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Free event. Wootten’s small team of highly skilled leather craftspeople are renowned for their timeless and considered approach to design, craft and construction. Creating every item, including shoes, bags, aprons and accessories, from their workshop in Ballarat by hand.

An invitation to meet the maker and view works from the inaugural artist in residence at the Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades. Artist Steph Wallace will be showcasing ceramic works in progress, demonstrating techniques and speaking about her craft-based research in her role as artist in residence at the centre conducted in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Goldrush Collections.

Visit the home studio of multi-disciplinary artists and designers, Rob and Terttu Mancini. They both work professionally as graphic designers, and Rob is also a practicing visual artist, while Terttu is a versatile textile artist. On display will be artwork, original painting, illustration, art lamps and crafted items. Meet and discuss what inspires and informs their work. Works will be available for sale

Free Event. Five ‘rooms’. Five experiences. Five collaborations. A large scale exhibition at the heart of Ballarat Craft and Design Week. Free entry. Held in the historic Ballarat Mining Exchange you can immerse yourself in the creative journeys of some of Ballarat’s best. Don’t forget to Exit Retail - the collections compiled by the Ballarat Clay Collective. Food and drink available.

Free Event. Amanda Western will open her Central Ballarat studio as a drop-in experience combining live demonstration, hands-on making and direct access to finished works. Visitors can move through the space at their own pace, encountering the process of large-scale linocut printmaking from drawing through to carving and printing.

Free event. Out of town. This inaugural exhibition brings together six Ballarat-based artists both emerging and established to showcase the diversity, skill and vitality of contemporary printmaking in the region.

Free event.Cameo is an exhibition what walks the bridge connecting artisan with artist, function with expression. Betty Bossy Boots couture shoemaker, Betty Ennis has invited eight artists to make art on cameo shaped leather. Their drawings and paintings acted as muse, inspiring Betty to design and hand-stitch shoes that frame each unique artwork.

Out of town. Free event. Visit Catherine in her studio situated in her garden in Linton where she creates beautiful clothing, accessories and soft sculpture using pre-loved table linen, tea towels and second hand materials. You will enter a functioning studio with work in progress and finished items, you can do some stitching or purchase pieces.

Ticketed event. Make a chapbook which is a distinct response to place, theme, and the hands that made it. At each workshop, participants will use three different materials, metal type, graphic wooden blocks and printable LEGO elements to create a shared letterpress artefact: a printed 16-page octavo chapbook.

Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Visit the home studio of multi-disciplinary artists and designers, Rob and Terttu Mancini. They both work professionally as graphic designers, and Rob is also a practicing visual artist, while Terttu is a versatile textile artist. On display will be artwork, original painting, illustration, art lamps and crafted items. Meet and discuss what inspires and informs their work. Works will be available for sale.

Free Event. During this special open studio, visitors are invited to see the Jacquard loom up close, explore intricate woven samples, and learn the history of our loom through collected footage and photographs. You’ll have the chance to chat with a passionate community of weavers, artisanal coders, engineers, and educators — a cross-disciplinary group that reflects the rich complexity of this craft.

Free Event. Why Are You Here? is a community led art installation. Three artists are creating a large-scale installation weaving together responses through film, sound, photography, and textiles, community participation being at the heart of the work. The final installation will be exhibited at the Unicorn Collection in May 2026, during Ballarat Craft & Design Week.

Free Event. Five ‘rooms’. Five experiences. Five collaborations. A large scale exhibition at the heart of Ballarat Craft and Design Week. Free entry. Held in the historic Ballarat Mining Exchange you can immerse yourself in the creative journeys of some of Ballarat’s best. Don’t forget to Exit Retail - the collections compiled by the Ballarat Clay Collective. Food and drink available.

Free event.Cameo is an exhibition what walks the bridge connecting artisan with artist, function with expression. Betty Bossy Boots couture shoemaker, Betty Ennis has invited eight artists to make art on cameo shaped leather. Their drawings and paintings acted as muse, inspiring Betty to design and hand-stitch shoes that frame each unique artwork.

Free event. Out of town. This inaugural exhibition brings together six Ballarat-based artists both emerging and established to showcase the diversity, skill and vitality of contemporary printmaking in the region.

Free Event. Visitors are invited to attend an open studio day at the working studio of Ballarat based sculptor and stone carver Tas Wansbrough. Tas’ studio will be open for the public to experience how contemporary stone carving is practiced in a real working environment. Guests will be able to walk through the outdoor carving yard where large stone blocks and sculptures in progress are actively being worked on. Visitors will see traditional hand carving tools alongside modern equipment used to shape and finish stone.

Ticketed Event. The Jacquard Loom Network is hosting an In Conversation event on the practices of repair, maintenance, and community. The speakers — key members of the Jacquard Network — will discuss what it means to maintain 18th century logic and 20-year-old circuitry as an act of collective care: reconnecting people to production, cultivating respect for materials, and building a resilient knowledge network in the face of generational and industry contraction. Image credit - Spencer Harrison.

Ticketed Workshop. Do you have a sewing machine that you aren’t sure how to use? This 2-hour workshop will teach you to fill a bobbin, thread your machine, understand the stitches and settings, good techniques and habits to set you up for success. Tickets to participate are $59 per person.

Join a curated participatory moonlight walk through Ballarat’s CBD with Amy Tsilemanis of the Australian Walking Artists and exclusive access to the Bound Exhibition in conversation with the artists of one of the exhibits 'Cucoloris'.

Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Free Event. Why Are You Here? is a community led art installation. Three artists are creating a large-scale installation weaving together responses through film, sound, photography, and textiles, community participation being at the heart of the work. The final installation will be exhibited at the Unicorn Collection in May 2026, during Ballarat Craft & Design Week.

Free event.Cameo is an exhibition what walks the bridge connecting artisan with artist, function with expression. Betty Bossy Boots couture shoemaker, Betty Ennis has invited eight artists to make art on cameo shaped leather. Their drawings and paintings acted as muse, inspiring Betty to design and hand-stitch shoes that frame each unique artwork.

Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Free event.Cameo is an exhibition what walks the bridge connecting artisan with artist, function with expression. Betty Bossy Boots couture shoemaker, Betty Ennis has invited eight artists to make art on cameo shaped leather. Their drawings and paintings acted as muse, inspiring Betty to design and hand-stitch shoes that frame each unique artwork.

Ticketed event. Pecha Kucha (or ‘chit chat’) is a tightly delivered set of talks around a creative theme. Join experts and enthusiastic amateurs for a night of talk, discussion and great food. Find out more at the Rare Trades Centre.

A special edition of Crafting Conversation features ceramic artist Shelby Sherritt in conversation with curator and creative producer Angela D’Alton. Known for her ceramics practice and her thoughtful approach to business, Shelby has built a distinctive career that bridges studio practice, retail, and community engagement. As the founder of The Pottage, she has created a space that showcases craft while fostering connections within the community.

A live chiptune music night powered by code, colour and play. Inspired by the glowing palettes and looping rhythms of early 90s games that influence Afterglow, this event brings together sound and light in one immersive evening.

Ticketed event. Explore the skills and tools of traditional locksmithing to create a working padlock in brass - a symbol of devotion and connection between people.

Ticketed event. An introduction to the basics of creating textile items and opportunity to apply those skills to fashion a durable carry-all from exclusive designer fabric.

Free event. Claire performs making jewellery in the alleyways around the Mining Exchange. Neckpieces will be impressed with a pattern through a device built into her shoe. The act of walking will form the neckpieces. Each neckpiece will be placed into an envelope with Pick Me Up written on the front. The Pick Me Ups will be wedged into available spaces in the laneways, awaiting a curious person to find them and take them home.

Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Free Event. Five ‘rooms’. Five experiences. Five collaborations. A large scale exhibition at the heart of Ballarat Craft and Design Week. Free entry. Held in the historic Ballarat Mining Exchange you can immerse yourself in the creative journeys of some of Ballarat’s best. Don’t forget to Exit Retail - the collections compiled by the Ballarat Clay Collective. Food and drink available.

Visit the home studio of multi-disciplinary artists and designers, Rob and Terttu Mancini. They both work professionally as graphic designers, and Rob is also a practicing visual artist, while Terttu is a versatile textile artist. On display will be artwork, original painting, illustration, art lamps and crafted items. Meet and discuss what inspires and informs their work. Works will be available for sale.

An invitation to meet the maker and view works from the inaugural artist in residence at the Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades. Artist Steph Wallace will be showcasing ceramic works in progress, demonstrating techniques and speaking about her craft-based research in her role as artist in residence at the centre conducted in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Goldrush Collections.

Free Event. Why Are You Here? is a community led art installation. Three artists are creating a large-scale installation weaving together responses through film, sound, photography, and textiles, community participation being at the heart of the work. The final installation will be exhibited at the Unicorn Collection in May 2026, during Ballarat Craft & Design Week.

Free event. Out of town. This inaugural exhibition brings together six Ballarat-based artists both emerging and established to showcase the diversity, skill and vitality of contemporary printmaking in the region.

Ticketed event. Anyone can learn to screen print in this introductory course. Transform your very own drawn design into a stencil that can be printed onto paper and fabric.

Ticketed event. Make a chapbook which is a distinct response to place, theme, and the hands that made it. At each workshop, participants will use three different materials, metal type, graphic wooden blocks and printable LEGO elements to create a shared letterpress artefact: a printed 16-page octavo chapbook.

Through temporal awareness, personal symbolism, and sensory inquiry, Meaghan traces connections between craft, ecology, memory, and the feminine imaginary in an exhibition/ installation of woven sculptural works for the duration of Ballarat Craft + Design Week. They are shimmering objects that are cocoon-like, pod-like, and organic in shape, ranging from 30cm to 100cm in scale.

Free Event. Why Are You Here? is a community led art installation. Three artists are creating a large-scale installation weaving together responses through film, sound, photography, and textiles, community participation being at the heart of the work. The final installation will be exhibited at the Unicorn Collection in May 2026, during Ballarat Craft & Design Week.

Free Event. Five ‘rooms’. Five experiences. Five collaborations. A large scale exhibition at the heart of Ballarat Craft and Design Week. Free entry. Held in the historic Ballarat Mining Exchange you can immerse yourself in the creative journeys of some of Ballarat’s best. Don’t forget to Exit Retail - the collections compiled by the Ballarat Clay Collective. Food and drink available.

Visit the home studio of multi-disciplinary artists and designers, Rob and Terttu Mancini. They both work professionally as graphic designers, and Rob is also a practicing visual artist, while Terttu is a versatile textile artist. On display will be artwork, original painting, illustration, art lamps and crafted items. Meet and discuss what inspires and informs their work. Works will be available for sale

Free event. Out of town. This inaugural exhibition brings together six Ballarat-based artists both emerging and established to showcase the diversity, skill and vitality of contemporary printmaking in the region.

Free event.Cameo is an exhibition what walks the bridge connecting artisan with artist, function with expression. Betty Bossy Boots couture shoemaker, Betty Ennis has invited eight artists to make art on cameo shaped leather. Their drawings and paintings acted as muse, inspiring Betty to design and hand-stitch shoes that frame each unique artwork.