Highlights
Read moreDCMS classification update
Released: 22 May 2013
The DCMS is proposing that they omit crafts as a category on which they collate data.
Read moreArtfund COLLECT winners announced
Released: 14 May 2013
The Art Fund and the Crafts Council today announced the nine museums which have won a share of £75,000
Read moreCraft Skills Awards winners
Released: 2 May 2013
Craft Skills Awards winners announced as UK craft industry tops £4.4bn
Read moreWestminster Abbey commission
Released: 9 May 2013
Two new stained glass windows will be installed in time for the service marking the 60th anniversary of Queen’s coronation on 4 June
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DCMS classification update
Released: 22 May 2013
22 May Here are some useful recent posts on the proposed DCMS classification; Clarifying our approach DCMS Geoff Mulgan blog NESTA Craft confirmed as a creative industry by DCMS Creative & Cultural Skills 15 May The...
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Craft and Education Briefing
Released: 17 May 2013
In this briefing we address the following questions on craft based education…
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DCMS classification update
Released: 15 May 2013
15 May The DCMS consultation ‘Classifying and measuring the creative industries’ has resulted in much interest from the craft sector. Further to our initial statement from 22 April (see below) – it’s important to note that DCMS...
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Artfund COLLECT winners announced
Released: 14 May 2013
The winning museums were each represented by curatorial experts who successfully pitched to a panel of judges to secure the funds to purchase their chosen piece from the exhibiting galleries at COLLECT, the international art fair for contemporary...
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COLLECT talks and events programme
Released: 2 May 2013
Leading the line-up on Friday 10 May at 1.30pm is Fielding Talk: Lives in Craft, launched in memory of Amanda Fielding, the writer and curator who died in 2012. This event, a collaboration between her former colleagues from the Crafts Council, V&A...
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Craft Skills Awards winners
Released: 2 May 2013
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, awarded prizes today (2 May 2013) to a range of British craftspeople for their contribution to the UK crafts industry. The inaugural Craft Skills Awards 2013 were set up by Creative & Cultural Skills and...
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Art Fund Collect shortlist announced
Released: 25 April 2013
The Art Fund and the Crafts Council today announced the 12 museums shortlisted for Art Fund Collect, a £75,000 scheme which offers UK museums the chance to develop their contemporary craft collections. The representative curators will have the...
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DCMS classification review
Released: 22 April 2013
The consultation on a revised classification of the creative industries will close on 14 June. Owing to the difficulty in capturing an accurate picture of the craft sector through the methods of data collection and classification proposed by DCMS...
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Craft Skills Awards 2013 short list
Released: 8 April 2013
Judges and ambassadors including Sir Christopher Frayling and Paul Martin will present the awards, which have been created to celebrate the passing on of craft skills. Craft skills have played a key part in in the heritage of our nation, and this...
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Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize 2013
Released: 4 April 2013
Celebrating its distinctive Art Nouveau heritage and continuing its longstanding association with the Arts, Champagne Perrier-Jouët is proud to announce the inaugural winner of the Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize, Hitomi Hosono. Hitomi is a London...
