{"id":3142,"date":"2020-11-30T12:06:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T01:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2021-10-01T10:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T00:29:34","slug":"a-forum-on-the-crisis-in-australian-craft-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/news-events\/a-forum-on-the-crisis-in-australian-craft-education\/","title":{"rendered":"A forum on the crisis in Australian craft education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Monday 30 November 5pm (AEDT)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>World Crafts Council Australia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;A forum on the crisis in Australian craft education&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Register:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wccaustralia.org.au\/a-forum-on-the-crisis-in-australian-craft-education\/\">https:\/\/wccaustralia.org.au\/a-forum-on-the-crisis-in-australian-craft-education\/&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The strength of a culture depends on a diversity of stories and skills that are sustained over generations. Civilisations develop institutions to help preserve and develop those skills, including musicianship, dance, drama, art and craft. Craft has a particular value in the way it engages a full range of senses and gives meaning to everyday life. Without institutional support, Australia risks losing its capacity to make useful objects of beauty and meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Being a manual skill, the teaching of craft can be more intensive than abstract knowledge work. Thus it is often targeted by managers of large institutions who seek to apply a standardised funding formula. But in no longer passing on that skill, we will have seriously diminished our culture.<\/p>\n<p>There are recent proposals to cut tertiary craft courses at Griffith University and the Australian National University.&nbsp;If successful, others might be encouraged to follow.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this threat to Australian culture, WoCCA has organised a forum to develop a collective plan to support craft education in the face of this challenge.<\/p>\n<p>This is a public meeting. A wide range of perspectives is encouraged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 30 November 5pm (AEDT) World Crafts Council Australia &#8220;A forum on the crisis in Australian craft education&#8221; Register:&nbsp;https:\/\/wccaustralia.org.au\/a-forum-on-the-crisis-in-australian-craft-education\/&nbsp; &nbsp; The strength of a culture depends on a diversity of stories and skills that are sustained over generations. Civilisations develop institutions to help preserve and develop those skills, including musicianship, dance, drama, art and craft. Craft has a particular value in the way it engages a full range of senses and gives meaning to everyday life. Without institutional support, Australia risks losing its capacity to make useful objects of beauty and meaning. Being a manual skill, the teaching of craft\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-presentations"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[]}},"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o.jpg",1386,924,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o.jpg",1386,924,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o.jpg",1386,924,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-140x100.jpg",140,100,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Monday 30 November 5pm (AEDT) World Crafts Council Australia &#8220;A forum on the crisis in Australian craft education&#8221; Register:&nbsp;https:\/\/wccaustralia.org.au\/a-forum-on-the-crisis-in-australian-craft-education\/&nbsp; &nbsp; The strength of a culture depends on a diversity of stories and skills that are sustained over generations. Civilisations develop institutions to help preserve and develop those skills, including musicianship, dance, drama, art and craft. Craft has a particular value in the way it engages a full range of senses and gives meaning to everyday life. Without institutional support, Australia risks losing its capacity to make useful objects of beauty and meaning. Being a manual skill, the teaching of craft&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/news-events\/category\/advocacy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Advocacy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/news-events\/category\/presentations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Presentations<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"ACUADS","url":"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/news-events\/author\/acuads\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o.jpg",1386,924,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"portraits":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o.jpg",1386,924,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o.jpg",1386,924,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/12671640_527159290796918_54222326288862925_o-140x100.jpg",140,100,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"ACUADS","author_link":"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/news-events\/author\/acuads\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/news-events\/category\/advocacy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Advocacy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/acuads.com.au\/news-events\/category\/presentations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Presentations<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Monday 30 November 5pm (AEDT) World Crafts Council Australia &#8220;A forum on the crisis in Australian craft education&#8221; Register:&nbsp;https:\/\/wccaustralia.org.au\/a-forum-on-the-crisis-in-australian-craft-education\/&nbsp; &nbsp; The strength of a culture depends on a diversity of stories and skills that are sustained over generations. 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