Founding membership closes 31 December 2026.
Twelve months free, then $99 a year — locked permanently. After 31 December the standard rate is $169. Accreditation verifies your studio, lists it publicly, and enters it into the national provenance register.
Three things change the moment you join.
Verified
Your studio is checked and confirmed as a genuine, working craft space — not simply signed up. Verification is what makes the accreditation worth holding.
Listed
You appear on the Which Craft? map, where people search to find and book a class, carrying Centre for Craftsmanship status.
Recorded
You enter the register connecting place, materials and skill — the foundation of provenance, Geographical Indications and Digital Product Passport readiness.
Working studios, teaching regularly.
Accreditation is for organisations already teaching craft, every week, to real students.
Weaving and textile guilds
Hand-weaving guilds, spinning groups, fibre-arts organisations and textile studios running regular member sessions. The primary pathway to collective provenance registration for Australian cloth.
Craft teaching organisations
Studios, schools and community organisations delivering regular instruction in ceramics, leather, glass, metalwork, jewellery, paper, wood, furniture, instrument making and allied craft and industrial fields.
Living practice organisations
Organisations engaged in the production, documentation and transmission of living practice. First Nations organisations engage through an invitation pathway with dedicated consent and cultural governance protocols.
An individual maker? Accreditation is for organisations. Individual practitioners register separately for a Unique Provenance Identifier, which gives you a permanent entry in the national register, a verified provenance badge, and Digital Product Passport readiness. Get your UPI →
Founding, and three standing tiers.
Every tier carries verification, public listing and entry into the national provenance register. They differ in visibility, hands-on support, and how closely your Centre works with the Alliance.
Founding — closes 31 December 2026
Founding Accredited Centre
Free for 12 months
Then $99/year, locked permanently. New Centres joining after 31 December pay $169.
- Everything in the Accredited tier
- Founding rate held for the life of your membership
- Longest continuous entry in the provenance record
- Share the Founding Practitioner rate with your members
Standard
Accredited Centre
$169/year
First three months free.
- Verified listing with Centre for Craftsmanship status
- Entry into the national provenance register
- Badge and decal kit with usage guide
- Newsletter mention
- Discounted supplier network access
Tier 2
Featured Centre
$550/year
First three months free. For high-activity, multi-class studios ready for greater visibility.
- Everything in Accredited
- Priority placement on the Which Craft? map
- Featured rotation in Alliance social media
- Hands-on Marketplace shopfront setup
- Priority Digital Product Passport support
- Referral credits toward renewal
Tier 3
Flagship Centre
$1,650/year
Billed from day one. For major multi-discipline institutions anchoring a state or regional sector.
- Everything in Featured
- Named partnership and co-branded campaigns
- First access to Open Commissions
- Direct line for joint grant applications
- White-glove Digital Product Passport and CIGI onboarding
- Case study in Mapping Australia's Crafts Sector
Stocking, or supplying, Australian craft.
Two partner registrations sit alongside accreditation. Neither costs anything, and both connect you to verified practitioners.
Stockist Partner
For galleries, museum shops, tourist and airport retail, cultural institutions and government buyers who need verified provenance documentation.
- Directory of verified practitioners, filterable by discipline, state and availability
- Wholesale pricing across listed products
- Provenance documentation for every piece, suitable for institutional compliance
- The Southern Cross Mark on purchases
Affiliate & Supplier Partner
For businesses supplying materials, tools and equipment — yarn, clay, leather, timber, glass, looms, kilns — to Australia's craft and industrial producers.
- Listing searchable by makers nationwide
- Direct exposure to a verified network actively sourcing supplies
- Inclusion in newsletters and social content
- Requires a genuine trade discount for verified members
Four steps.
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Register and receive your login
Complete registration and your login details arrive by email. A credit card is required to register; nothing is charged during the free period.
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Build your Centre profile
Add your location, disciplines, session schedule and photos. For Featured and Flagship Centres we do this with you, including Marketplace shopfront setup.
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Your badge and listing go live
Badge and decal kit arrive with a usage guide, and your verified listing activates on the Which Craft? map.
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Your provenance record begins
Your Centre enters the national register, your practitioners can be issued Unique Provenance Identifiers, and Digital Product Passport readiness work begins.
The record's value is a function of its age.
Geographical Indication applications rest on demonstrated continuity — this method, in this place, by these makers, sustained over time.
A register running six years is a materially stronger foundation than one that started last month, and no amount of later effort creates that history retrospectively. The same holds for Digital Product Passport compliance in 2028: the producers who can supply verified data immediately are the ones who began recording years earlier.
Founding membership closes 31 December 2026. Centres accrediting before then hold the founding rate permanently and the longest continuous entry in the national record.
Talk to us first.
Most guilds and studios need to take this to a committee before signing up, and we can give you what you need for that conversation — a written summary, a call, or a visit. Tell us where you are and we will come back within five business days.