Active practice
Making, production, repair or conservation takes place regularly.
A working place of practice.
A Centre for Craftsmanship is an existing working site in which craft is regularly practised and taught. Recognition follows demonstrated function, continuing activity and capability—not a particular building type.
Working place / practice / transmission
06.1What a Centre does
Practice, transmission and public connection.
A Centre can be an independent studio, guild, workshop, forge, farm, mill, production enterprise, conservation practice, museum with active making, TAFE, university or research and teaching facility.
Recognition describes the capability already held and provides a route into the national network, directories, referrals, skills pathways and collaborative projects.
Report basisMapping Australia’s Crafts Sector 2026 · Sections 6.9 and 8; Recommendation 13.
Transmission
People can learn, mentor, demonstrate or gain structured access.
Findable
The Centre maintains a reliable public point of contact and participation route.