2009
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News from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 24 April 2009
COLLECT 2009 We are greatly looking forward to the relaunch of Collect which takes place from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 May over all three floors of the Saatchi Gallery’s beautiful new space on the King’s Road. Collect is a truly...
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Trustee appointments
Released: 24 April 2009
Joanna Foster, CBE, Chair of the Crafts Council said about these appointments; “Our four new Trustees all bring to the Crafts Council outstanding records of achievement in their own careers and they all share a passion for contemporary craft and...
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Craft in the Current Climate
Released: 23 April 2009
Visitor numbers have been down at recent crafts events, but sales seem to be holding their own. We look at the impact of the economic downturn on the sector as a whole, and how the demographics of consumption may be shifting. This has various possible...
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Mary Butcher new maker-in-residence
Released: 9 April 2009
Basketmaker Mary Butcher will be the next maker to take up a six-month craft residency at the Sackler Centre for arts education at the V&A from July to December 2009. Selected by the Crafts Council and the V&A for her expertise in the rare...
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Out of the Ordinary in Sheffield
Released: 2 April 2009
Time-honoured techniques. Exquisite craft. Spectacular contemporary art. This summer, Museums Sheffield will reveal the extraordinary in the everyday with a new free exhibition featuring meticulous workmanship and skill at the heart of every work....
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Collecting a Kaleidoscope, artsdepot
Released: 26 March 2009
Collecting a Kaleidoscope is an exhibition of 19 objects from the Crafts Council Collection selected by Ralph Turner, renowned curator, writer and former Head of Exhibitions at the Crafts Council from 1979-1989. Ralph Turner’s love of craft started...
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Deviants at Hove
Released: 16 March 2009
Deviants is an exhibition of 16 curious pieces from the Crafts Council’s Collection that deviate wildly from what we think of as traditional craft. These pieces are by ten of the UK’s leading craft makers, including Jill Crowley, Carol McNicoll,...
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News from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 25 February 2009
BROADFIELD HOUSE GLASS MUSEUM Following on from our last update, it is good to note that the Wedgwood Museum in Stoke-on-Trent, which is managed by an independent trust, is not endangered by the commercial company’s problems. However,...
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Object as Muse in Kirkcaldy
Released: 24 February 2009
Object as Muse is an exhibition that presents six different artist responses to the Asentamiento Dress by textile artist Julie Cook, part of the Crafts Council Collection. Instructions for the Asentamiento Dress by Julie Cook; 1. lift over the...
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Re-Route exhibition
Released: 23 February 2009
The Contemporary Craft Fellowship Scheme (CCFS) was a pilot project supporting growth in the size and the economy of the contemporary craft sector in the South West of England. The scheme was supported by the Crafts Council, the Esmée Fairbairn...
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Creative Industries Economic Status
Released: 18 February 2009
DCMS Economic Estimates under-represent Crafts Sector Growth: Crafts Council Response to the DCMS Creative Industries Economic Estimates Statistical Bulletin The most recent creative industries economic bulletin from the DCMS shows the crafts...
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Craft Course Closures
Released: 18 February 2009
Debate around the possible closure of the University of Westminster ceramics course has prompted an assessment of undergraduate and other tertiary level course closures over the past 10 – 15 years. There is no single information resource...
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Crafts Council support flameworkers
Released: 19 January 2009
Flameworking, also known as lampworking, is a method of producing glass that uses a gas-fuelled torch to melt glass that is then blown and shaped by hand and using a variety of tools. It can be developed in low-tech studios (even in a kitchen!) without...
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News from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 9 January 2009
Dear all, Welcome to my first update as part of our regular email bulletin. From now on, I will be taking this opportunity to include some of our views on current events and to update you on some of the “quieter” work that we do at the Crafts...
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London On Tap
Released: 8 January 2009
Boris Johnson and Thames Water unveil London’s water carafe A new, sustainable, glass carafe for tap water, to be used by London’s bars, hotels and restaurants, has been unveiled by the Mayor of London and Thames Water at City Hall today....
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Three by One
Released: 5 January 2009
The Crafts Council together with the Crafts Study Centre and the British Council present Three by One, a major new exhibition of modern and contemporary craft, at the Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, from 13 January to 19...
