Apply: 2025 Beanie Festival x Central Craft Workshop Proposal

Application close: 25th April, 2025 

Apply now via our online form: CLICK HERE TO FILL IN

Please allow 2-3 weeks from close date for our team to process applications.

What we're looking for in 2025

We're looking for a range of crafters interested in facilitating Central Craft workshops around the Beanie Festival period: 
  • Time: 2-6hrs in length
  • Participants: Different age / skill suitability 
  • Tutors: established & emerging, local & interstate
Crafts:
  • Textile & Fiber Arts; Weaving (looms), Knitting, Crochet, Embroidery, Quilting, Macramé, Felting, Tapestry, natural dyeing techniques
  • Glass Arts; copper foiling, fused glass, etching
  • Paper; Papermaking, Bookbinding
  • Mixed Media; Collage, Mosaic, weaving, sustainable & recycled 
  • Printmaking & Painting; Block printing, Screen printing, Calligraphy, Batik, marbling, Papier-mâché

What Central Craft Provides:

Studio

Access to our well-equipped studio including pottery equipment with a gas and electric kiln, glass kiln, printing press, screen printing equipment, weaving looms (floor and table), spinning wheels, sewing machines and overlockers, jewellery making equipment, dye lab with gas burners and a lapidary/gem club.

Tables & Chairs
  • Access to our workshop tables & chairs:
    • 2 x long tables (18-20 pax seated)
    • 1 x medium table (8 pax standing, fabric cutting)
  • **Option for portable outdoor tables to be arranged on request**
Workshop Management
  • Marketing & Promo (Online + Print)
  • Ticketing Management
  • Staff / volunteers to assist (subject to availability & must be arranged in advance)

Payment

For full details on payment and materials, please see a copy of our Tutor Agreement T&C's. Tutor fees include teaching, preparation, bump-in/bump-out, and material fees as outlined below:

  • Teaching Fee: $70 per hour of the workshop session
  • Preparation Fee: 2 hours at $40 per hour ($80 total)
  • Bump-In/Bump-Out Fee: $50 flat rate for setup and breakdown (1 hour maximum)
  • Materials Fee: As detailed in Schedule A – Workshops, the materials fee for each participant will be reimbursed based on actual ticket sales (not estimated sales). Material costs per person will be agreed upon by the tutor and Central Craft prior to the workshop.

All tutors must have an ABN or complete a Statement by Supplier form.

 For more details, or to discuss

If you'd like to discuss your workshop idea with a staff member from Central Craft:

  • Email: directors@centralcraft.org.au (Zoë, Director)
  • Phone: 8952 4417

 

Each year in our store...

  • 7,600 Visitors

    Each year we have over 7,600 visitors to our store.

  • Over 2,800 Artworks Sold

    In 2024, we sold 2,833 artworks on behalf of 75 artists

  • Over $61,200 income generated

    Artworks sold each year generates over $61,200 in income for our makers.

About

Located alongside the Central Craft studios, our Craft Maker Store showcases and promotes high-quality craft and design within the Central Desert region. Works in the store are made by members, artists-in-residence, and others with long-standing ties to our community and region. 

As a member-run Not-for-profit organisation, our store is proudly maintained by our amazing team of member-volunteers and is open Monday to Saturday, 10am–2pm. To keep our store open, our Craft Sellers are expected to assist in staffing the retail outlet for 2 (two) x 2 (two) hour shifts each calendar month in exchange for a 25% commission. If Craft Sellers are unable to do this, a 35% commission is applied.

What We Accept

  • Mediums

    • Textiles
    • Ceramics
    • Glass, metal & wood
    • Paper-based
    • Jewellery
    • Mixed-Media

  • The works must

    • Be handmade, or original in concept
    • Not in breach of said copyright laws
    • Must come with relevant care instructions or warnings (if applicable)

  • From

    1. A Current Central Craft Members OR
    2. A Central Craft Artist in Residence OR
    3. Have a strong connection to Central Craft and / or the Central Desert Region

How to get stocked:

We accept applications from those who wish to sell their handmade works through our store—it's a great opportunity to reach new audiences and be part of a thriving local creative community. 

For Craft Sellers submitting work to Central Craft for the first time (or introducing a new style of work), Please email admin@centralcraft.org.au with the following:

  1. Images of items you'd like to stock
  2. Titles & Descriptions of items (mediums)
  3. Sales price for each item
  4. Your contact details (email + phone number)

Once accepted, you'll be emailed a Craft Sellers Agreement Form to complete.

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