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Craft + Design Week 2026

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Ballarat Craft + Design Week is full of activities for all ages - with ticketed workshops, talks and discussions alongside free exhibitions and retail opportunities.

 

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OPEN STUDIO: Steph Wallace in collaboration

  • Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades 389 Bradshaw Street Golden Point, VIC, 3350 Australia (map)

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.

Using the people and places of the Ballarat Goldfields as her inspiration, Steph Wallace reveals new ceramic works and pulls back the curtain on the journey through their creation.

SEE behind the scenes insights into the making process
WATCH demonstrations of techniques
MEET and chat with the artist and centre staff
LEARN how research become artworks
TOUCH native clays of the Goldfields in their raw state
UNCOVER the hidden experiments and preliminary works behind the art
VISIT the world-class studios of the centre
DISCOVER the Goldrush Collections.