Join the Creative Women’s Association
Three ways to be part of what we are building.
For Australian Makers
Australian Practitioner
Already have your Unique Provenance Identifier (UPI)? You’re ready to start selling.
Free
6 months free — then $39/month
Your Marketplace
✓Your own branded shop page with a unique URL — your name, your brand, your presence
✓List your work for fixed price or auction — ideal for one-of-a-kind pieces, heritage textiles, and limited editions
✓Apply for paid commission briefs posted by designers, labels, and cultural buyers
✓Opt in to CWA’s curated distribution network and let CWA place your work across Australia without managing the relationships yourself
Your Pathway to International Markets
✓Meet verified Australian provenance standards that open doors to EU and international buyers
✓CWA supports you to obtain your Digital Product Passport (DPP) and QR code — the global standard for verified product origin
✓Your Southern Cross Registry listing signals authenticity to export buyers before they place an order
Your Community and Development
✓Expert workshops, masterclasses, and supplier discounts available only to registered practitioners
✓A private network of verified Australian makers
✓CWA’s ongoing program of cultural and professional development
For women ready to make
Connected Member
Begin your journey into making — weaving, textile arts, sewing, patchwork, ceramics, or any discipline where Australian hands create something from the land. Community, learning, and a pathway to practice await you here.
Free
6 months free — then $10/month or $120/year
Community
✓Matched to your nearest Gathering Circle — a local group of women making together, whatever their discipline
✓Private CWA Facebook Group — ask questions, share work, find encouragement
✓Events calendar and community programs throughout the year
Learning
✓Online workshop library from beginner to intermediate — learn at your own pace
✓Recorded expert classes at member rates — taught by verified practitioners
✓Equipment and materials at member pricing — we’ve negotiated it so you don’t have to
✓Maker supplier discounts
Your Pathway
✓Progress tracker toward Practitioner registration — know where you are and what’s next
✓At the 6-month milestone, begin your Unique Provenance Identifier (UPI) registration when you’re ready to trade
For women who believe in what CWA is building
Community Foundation Member
You don’t need to be a maker to be part of this. If you believe Australian cultural work deserves recognition, this is your place.
Free
6 months free — then $100/year
What You’re Part Of
✓Invitations to CWA events, launches, and programs
✓Monthly newsletter — what’s happening, what’s changing, what matters
✓Early access to selected CWA initiatives before they go public
✓Behind-the-scenes updates on CWA’s policy, advocacy, and platform work
✓Recognition as a CWA Foundation supporter on our website
✓Direct contribution to building Australia’s first cultural provenance sector
Not sure where to start? Get in touch →
By invitation and application
The Leadership Circle
Leadership Circle members are the founding backbone of CWA. This is for women who are ready to invest in building something that will last — and to be recognised for doing so.
$400 per year. No free trial.
What’s included
✓Monthly Leadership Sync — intimate small group sessions with expert speakers across culture, arts, women’s economics, and research
✓Behind-the-scenes access to CWA projects and strategy
✓Priority speaking and leadership opportunities
✓Founding member recognition on the CWA website
✓Everything in Community Foundation membership
✓Direct input into CWA’s policy and advocacy work
Join the Leadership Circle →For all Australian Producers — in the field, the studio, the mill, and the workshop
Register for your Unique Provenance Identifier (UPI)
Are you an Australian producer — a farmer, grower, processor, or mill — who wants your provenance recorded but does not need to sell on the Southern Cross Marketplace? Simply register for your UPI here. It is free, it is permanent, and it is yours. No marketplace account required.
Every product tells a story. The wool grown on a farm in Ararat. The hands that spun it in a studio in Ballarat. The weaver in Geelong who turned it into cloth. The designer in Melbourne who made it into something a woman will wear for twenty years.
The Southern Cross Registry exists so that story is never lost.
Your Unique Provenance Identifier (UPI) is your permanent place in that chain. When a buyer anywhere in the world scans a QR code on a product that passed through your hands, your name, your place, and your practice is part of what they find.
If you are ready to sell as well as register, your UPI is the first step toward becoming an Australian Practitioner on the Southern Cross Marketplace.
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