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Art and Craft Groups in Brisbane and Queensland

• Access Arts Inc - Creating Diversity in the Arts
• Art Access for Ipswich is a platform for enabling artists with an impairment to showcase their art on the World Wide Web
• Arts Queensland - part of the Queensland Department of Education and the Arts, develops and implements cultural policy and administers cultural funding and capital works programs that support arts and cultural development for the benefit of the community.
• Artworkers exists to support the people working in the visual art, craft and design industries in Queensland.
• Brisbane Institute of Art
• Craft Queensland - Artisan
• Creative Glass Guild - small but enthusiastic group of people who enjoy improving and developing skills and are keen to share knowledge about this beautiful craft.
• The Decorative Folk Artists of Queensland share ideas and painting techniques through newsletters, workshops, meetings and Annual Convention.
• The Embroiderers' Guild Queensland is a home for beginners as well as the advanced.
• Flying Arts provides visual arts workshops and exhibiting opportunities for regional and remote communities and, more recently, online training and special residencies for artists of all ages, including young people.
• Gatton Lapidary Club - Lapidary is the art of selecting stones, shaping and polishing them and using them in decorative ways.
• Hands On Art is primarily a children's organisation, specifically for ages 4 - 12 years, providing workshop activities in the areas of art, craft, music and performance. Funded by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and are funded for projects through Brisbane City Council and South Bank Corporation.
• Impress Print-maker’s Studio Brisbane Inc
• The Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of Queensland
• Photographic Society of Queensland promotes the art of photography, in all its forms, throughout Queensland.
• Q.L.A.C.C.A. Groups and Clubs lists clubs around Queensland connected with Fossicking, Lapidary, Mineralology and Jewellery.
• Qld Lace Guild has a number of groups who meet throughout the State on a regular basis.
• Queensland Bookbinders Guild aims to promote, foster and practise the art of bookbinding in its traditional form, and to embrace the related graphic arts and kindred arts.
• Queensland Egg Decorators Club meet every 2nd Thursday of each Month at Clayfield.
• Queensland Spinners Weavers and Fibre Artists
• Queensland Quilters is a non-profit organisation with the objective of promoting the art and craft of patchwork and quilting.
• Southside Spinners Weavers and Dyers Group located just south of Brisbane.
• Toowoomba Embroiderer's Guild - 'keeping the art of embroidery alive'.
• Watercolour Society of Queensland
• West End Community Storytelling Group - Fortnightly group. Stories about living in the general West End area.
• The Woodturners Society of Queensland membership is open to all persons 14 years of age or over.
• Youth Arts Queensland
   
• see also
  • Brisbane Exhibitions and Galleries
  • North Queensland Art and Craft Groups
  • Sunshine Coast Art and Craft Groups
  • Gold Coast Art and Craft Groups
     
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National (and International!) Groups

• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to claim, control and enhance their cultural inheritance.
• The Australian Association of Glass Artists
• The Australian Barbie Club
• Australian Ceramics
• Australian Costumers Guild
• The Australian Forum for Textile Arts (TAFTA)
• Australian Knifemakers Guild has members in each state and territory of Australia as well as overseas.
• Australian Lace Guild
• Australian Miniature Enthusiasts Association
• Australian Network for Art and Technology supports emerging and established artists in the fields of new media arts, internet, video, sound and performance to develop new work and create national and international networks. ANAT is a not for profit organisation based in Adelaide, South Australia.
• Australian Photographic Society
• Australian Sewing Guild is a national non-profit organisation for people who regard sewing as a creative and rewarding activity.
• The Australian Society of Calligraphers
• Bookbinding Exhibitions Australia is Australia's only national organisation dedicated to promoting bookbinding as an art form.
• Craft Australia
• Decoupage Guild Australia
• Folk Decorative Artists Association of Australia
• The Gold and Silversmiths' Guild of Australia is a professional organization in Australia with a traditional and comprehensive system of marking precious metal items.
• The International Cake Exploration Societe
• The International Feltmakers Association
• The International Guild of Glass Artists
• Object passionately supports and promotes contemporary craft and design by showcasing the work of hundreds of talented Australian designers and makers every year
• Ozquilt Network is a national organisation for art quilters and those interested in art quilts. Its members include many quilters who have achieved national and international success as well as many promising emerging artists.
• Print Australia is an online community for printmakers, book artists and papermakers
• Potters Online - Australian Ceramic Art & Pottery Resource Network
• Precious Metal Clay Guild is a membership-based educational organisation that promotes instruction, research, teaching and exhibition of Precious Metal Clay.
• Regional Arts Online contains helpful information and tools for people involved as artists and arts workers in regional Australia.
• Visual Arts.net created by National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is an online meeting place for everyone involved or interested in Australian visual arts and craft.

Information Websites

• The Association of Stained Glass Lamp Artists - based in Washington, their website has a great amount of useful information about everything to do with this amazing craft.
• Australian Copyright Council provides information, advice and training about copyright in Australia.
• Doll Facts
• Fiber Arts Links is a wealth of information related to fiber arts.
• How to Make Felt step by step instructions.
• The International Cake Exploration Societe has deliciously helpful links to Tips, Tricks, Recipes and Patterns
• My Miniatures has an enormous list of miniature enthusiast clubs from all over the world (including Australia, Canada, the UK and USA).
• Paper Clay Art - where artists share hands-on experience about this medium.
• Sew-What's-New.com has plenty of sewing tips and projects.
• The Stained Glass Museum

Art Supplies

• Scrapbook and Craft Superstore Find everything you need for your craft and scrapbooking projects from over 18,000 scrapbook and craft supplies The extensive range of products includes Albums, Alphabets, Beads, Books, Borders, Buttons, Cardmaking, Chalks, Die Cuts, Embellishments, Eyelets & Brads, Fibres & Ribbons, Kits, Papers, Pens, Punches, Rub ons, Stamping, Stickers, Tags, Templates, Stencils, Titles, Quotes, Tools, Vellum & more... Australia Wide Delivery with most orders shipped within 48 hours and then delivery to most capitals in 3-5 days and to most regional areas within 5-7 days.
  

Books on Art, Craft and Scrapbooking

• NEW! Craft Book Store - Have a great collection of craft books to chose from. They have guides suitable for the beginner and advanced. Topics include cardmaking, scrapbooking, knitting, kid's craft, embroidery, felting, quilling, Christmas, jewellery, candlemaking, cooking, weddings and much more. Craft Book Store are based in Brisbane and they deliver throughout Australia.
   
•  BCL Books - Check out our new Australian online bookshop with over 1.5 million titles powered by seekbooks. Craft & Hobbies categories includes:

Applique Baskets Beads & Beading Candlemaking Carving Clay Crafts for Children Crocheting Cross-Stitch Decorating Dried Flowers Dye Embroidery Fashion Flower Arranging Framing General Crafts Glass & Glassware

Jewelry Knitting Lace Leathercraft Metal Work Miniatures Models Model Railroading Needlepoint Needlework Origami Painting Papercrafts Patchwork Pottery & Ceramics Printmaking Puppets & Puppetry Quilts & Quilting

Reference Ribbon Rubber Stamping Rugs Sewing Scrapbooks, Memory Books Stenciling Stuffed Animals Textile Arts Toymaking Seasonal Weaving Wood Toys Woodwork Wreathmaking

More Shopping for Art and Craft

• iSUBSCRIBE - Search all the latest Australian craft magazines for Embroidery, General Crafts, Patchwork & Quilting and Sewing magazines
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