Seattle curator and art historian Vicki Halper specialises in American craft and art of the Pacific Northwest. She will discuss the relationship of studio craft and design as seen through the eyes of American practitioners after World War II. Vicki is visiting Australia for the symposium DesignPlan ACT – a conversation about the evolution of design education, which will held in the ANU School of Art lecture theatre all day on Thursday 7 April. Please check / for further details. The 2011 Designing a Capital: Creating a City program continues with City of design talkfest 8 April 2011 @ Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre. http://www.craftact.org.au