2009
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Hand Built at London Design Festival
Released: 21 August 2009
Hand Built is a Crafts Council presentation of work by five established, UK-based craft makers with extensive experience of fulfilling commissions in the architectural and public realm. Showcasing examples of their previous and current commissions,...
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Have your say
Released: 13 August 2009
Creative & Cultural Skills, in partnership with associations, guilds, livery companies, and individual crafts makers and designers, is developing Standards for Craft. These Standards will inform training and qualifications. The need for...
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Primary Curriculum Review
Released: 3 August 2009
The consultation ran from Thursday, 30th April 2009 until 5pm Friday, 24th July 2009. The Crafts Council has responded to the review of the primary curriculum below. Read more about the Review and the National Curriculum July 2009 1....
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Crafts Council acquire new work
Released: 16 July 2009
There are currently 99 objects from the Collection on long and short term loan to museums, galleries and hospitals in the UK. In addition to this there are 30 objects currently on tour in Crafts Council exhibitions. The 11 pieces were selected by the...
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Craft Sector Profile and Analysis
Released: 14 July 2009
This briefing note distils information from several sources, to summarise the craft sector’s current economic impact and business profile, updating the Craft Today context section of the Crafts Council’s Strategy and Plan with new information from...
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Craft hits the Fourth Plinth
Released: 9 July 2009
Like many people across the country, we were excited to hear about Antony Gormley’s One and Other project for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, and for the potential for craft to be represented as part of this celebration of ‘the...
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News from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 8 July 2009
And Chief Executive Rosy Greenlees has continued the Crafts Council’s dialogue with Government about the importance of craft to its broader agendas for culture and the creative industries. Collect Months of hard work by exhibitors and Crafts...
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Crafts Council launches Take Stock
Released: 3 July 2009
Take Stock will encourage retailers to experiment with their current model of retailing and work on innovative and forward-thinking projects that will develop new ways in which to engage consumers in contemporary craft. The scheme is an annual...
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Online exhibitions launched
Released: 24 June 2009
The online programme will consist of two new exhibitions every six months that will explore significant pieces in the Crafts Council Collection. The programme launches with two exhibitions; Object in Focus: Chain & Red Chain by Christoph...
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Guide to public craft collections
Released: 24 June 2009
The guide is still growing and ultimately aims to include information on every publicly accessible collection of contemporary craft in the country. The resource is a useful and easy way to find out more about some of the treasures held in...
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Craft Blueprint response
Released: 10 June 2009
We believe that the continual development of skills is vital to enable the wide range of businesses making up the sector to thrive, and much of our work already reflects the emphasis that we place on this. We have run successful programmes to enable...
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Craft Blueprint launched
Released: 10 June 2009
This is the first time a skills audit of the craft sector has been undertaken, and the majority of craft employers across the UK were unanimously agreed on a series of actions that can address skills issues. New research undertaken by Creative &...
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‘Pop-up shops’
Released: 4 June 2009
Several initiatives have now been announced helping makers and supporting craft retail during the credit crunch, with specific measures earmarked for ‘pop-up shops’. The Government has unveiled new measures – and up to £3million – to encourage...
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Contemporary Craft Market Flourishes
Released: 28 May 2009
Collect 2009, the Crafts Council’s international art fair for contemporary objects, enjoyed high visitor figures and strong sales. In its sixth year, the fair relaunched at a new venue, exhibiting over three floors of the Saatchi Gallery, from 15 –...
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Crafts Council summer round-up
Released: 21 May 2009
Exhibitions include three current partnerships with museums (with mima in Middlesbrough, the Crafts Study Centre in Farnham and the V&A), four touring exhibitions and a new online exhibitions initiative. Exhibitions opening over the next three...
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Professor Sir Christopher Frayling
Released: 20 May 2009
Professor Sir Christopher Frayling spoke at the launch of the Three By One publication at Crafts Study Centre on 7 May. Read highlights from his speech on the state of contemporary craft. I was at a seminar the other day – at no. 11 Downing...
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Craft and Education - recent reports
Released: 8 May 2009
It has been a busy couple of weeks for major reports about education with no fewer than four published recently. Ofsted published a new report on art, craft and design in schools, Drawing Together: art, craft and design in schools . It acknowledges...
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Craft and Enterprise Response
Released: 8 May 2009
Subscribers to Arts Professional can read the editorials online in issues 191 and 192, and non-subscribers can sign up for a free 4-issue trial of the magazine and gain access to the online archive for a limited period. Read Rosy’s response to...
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Possibilities and Losses
Released: 1 May 2009
Clare Twoney’s work is featured in the exhibition alongside works by Keith Harrison, Linda Sormin and Neil Brownsword. Major new commissions will be included in the exhibition, in direct response to mima’s gallery spaces. Together they will...
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Possibilities and Losses
Released: 30 April 2009
Possibilities and Losses will feature work by Clare Twomey, Keith Harrison, Linda Sormin and Neil Brownsword. Major new commissions will be included in the exhibition, in direct response to mima’s gallery spaces. Together they will offer an insight...
