> I am a knowledge worker for the crafts. I advocate for those who keep our craft traditions alive through creativity and skill. Culture is a preciously living entity. We are all responsible for its flourishing. Dr Kevin Murray is the editor of [Garland Magazine](http://garlandmag.com/). He is also Vice-President of World Crafts Council - International, coordinating editor of the [Online Encyclopedia of Crafts in the Asia Pacific Region](https://craftencyclopediahub.wordpress.com/) and the [Encyclopedia of Crafts in Latin America](https://craftencyclopedia.com/) (the next volume about African crafts is in development). He is co-founder of the [Knowledge House for Craft ](https://knowledgehouseforcraft.org/ ), Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT University and International Adviser for the Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2023. In 2000-2007 he was Director of Craft Victoria where he developed the Scarf Festival and the South Project, a four-year program of exchange involving Melbourne, Wellington, Santiago and Johannesburg.  He has curated many exhibitions, including 'Symmetry: Crafts Meet Kindred Trades and Professions'; 'Water Medicine: Precious Works for an Arid Continent'; and 'Seven Sisters: Fibre Works from the West'. His books include *Craft Unbound: Make the Common Precious* (Thames & Hudson, 2005) and with Damian Skinner, *Place and Adornment: A History of Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand* (Bateman, 2014). Email: kevindsmurray(at)gmail.com Curriculum Vitae: [[CV Kevin Murray 2025.pdf]] ![[Pasted image 20221201053713.png|300]] ### Channels - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevindsmurray/ - Substack: https://culturemakers.substack.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmaustral/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevindsmurray - Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmaustral - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kmaustral.bsky.social #### About Garland magazine Glenn Adamson >Garland provides such a wonderful opportunity for artisans far and wide to connect with those we may never meet but may share what means so much to us through our various forms of making, forming relationships we might not otherwise have had to opportunity to develop. Tanya Harrod > "As the conversation about craft becomes increasingly vital, and globally connected, Garland is a welcome addition - a lively forum concerning creative life in the wide." Grace Cochrane > "Garland looks at the made world in a new way. The beauty and intelligence of this journal is inspiring."