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News and Policy Brief – June 2010
Released: 14 June 2010
1. New Government: the cultural agenda Our attention this month has inevitably been focused on the new coalition government. The shadow ministers we had been watching most closely in opposition retain their departmental briefs in government....
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Shanghai Expo competition winner
Released: 14 June 2010
Metalworker Michelle McKinney will design and make the official gifts from the UK at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. This commission includes the legacy gift for Shanghai from the UK that will be presented on UK Expo National Day on 8 September 2010 as...
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Assemble 2010
Released: 3 June 2010
Matthew B Crawford, philosopher and motorbike mechanic, will join us to support the case for work that requires mastery of real things. Matthew’s book The Case for Working with your Hands was published last month in the UK. The book has been warmly...
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Sales at COLLECT exceed expectations
Released: 28 May 2010
Established as the place to view and buy the very best in contemporary craft, a number of significant acquisitions were made by high profile national institutions including the V&A, mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), The National Museums...
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Firing Up the nation's school kilns
Released: 21 May 2010
Ceramics is a subject that is rarely taught in secondary schools despite huge benefits that children receive from learning with their hands. Firing Up will raise awareness of the importance of clay in our everyday lives, support schools to use clay...
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Response to ACE consultation
Released: 12 May 2010
Our response broadly welcomes ACE’s proposed priorities and vision for the arts and makes the following points: - We propose that ACE takes a leading role in making the link between the arts and the creative industries and also argue for it to...
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Updates from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 12 May 2010
So, we now know the outcome of the election – but we are certainly far from knowing what this will mean for the cultural sector and the creative industries in general and the craft sector in particular. With the election just days old,...
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Laurence Kavanagh new craft resident
Released: 6 May 2010
Kavanagh has been selected by the Crafts Council and the V&A for his cross-disciplinary practice that combines sculpture, installation, mobiles, film and collage and will create new work throughout his residency. Kavanagh will look at specific...
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News update, 28th April
Released: 28 April 2010
Election manifestos We have reported previously on the commitments on culture in the manifestos of the three main parties (the main policy briefing for April can be found here and last week’s briefing news can be found here ). There are...
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News update, 21st April
Released: 21 April 2010
Liberal Democrat manifesto Since our last briefing note, the Liberal Democrats have published their election manifesto, completing the line-up of manifestos from the major parties. The manifesto contains a section specifically on culture, which...
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News and Policy brief - April 2010
Released: 14 April 2010
1. Election campaign The Labour manifesto has just been published and includes policies to give the national museums operational independence (following the same promise from the Conservatives), and to investigate ways of increasing the support...
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The COLLECT Trail, 1-18 May 2010
Released: 30 March 2010
The COLLECT Trail will present new work by the very best up-and-coming artists in the windows of Designers Guild, Cath Kidston, David Mellor, Osborne & Little and TASCHEN and in the outside space of the Duke of York Square. The eight featured...
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Catch Robert Elms show on craft
Released: 24 March 2010
Robert Elms devoted a whole programme to craft on Tuesday 23 March. Catch it here on BBC i-player before 30 March. Robert talked to a variety of makers from across London including one of the last passementeries in London, a tattoo stained glass...
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COLLECT Highlights Announced
Released: 23 March 2010
The COLLECT Trail will see the windows of five high profile retailers in the area installed with site-specific work by emerging artists. There will be a programme of events including a series of talks hosted by Crafts Magazine and visitors will again...
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HEFCE Cuts - Crafts Council Response
Released: 19 March 2010
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced its funding allocations to universities in England for the academic year 2010-2011 yesterday (Thursday 18th March), with most universities seeing a real-terms reduction in their...
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Updates from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 18 March 2010
Craft Matters at the House of Lords On 9 March the Crafts Council celebrated the near 6,000 people who have so far signed up to the Craft Matters initiative with an event at the House of Lords hosted by Professor the Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey...
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Response to Arts Funding
Released: 18 March 2010
You can read the full letter and list of signatories here Rosy Greenlees, Executive Director of the Crafts Council responded with a letter published on Sunday 7 March, arguing that: “Prioritising science, technology, engineering and...
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News and Policy brief - March 2010
Released: 17 March 2010
March policy briefing 1. Political developments The Conservative party has published its plans for the arts, ahead of the General Election. The two-page document sets out policies under three headings: • Secure, long-term funding for the...
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Art Fund COLLECT 2010
Released: 15 March 2010
Independent art charity The Art Fund, and the Crafts Council, today announced the eleven curators short-listed to take part in Art Fund Collect, a nationwide initiative championing contemporary craft and increasing its presence in UK collections. Now...
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Thousands believe Craft Matters
Released: 10 March 2010
The event launched the website www.craftmatters.org.uk which provides a visual representation of Crafts Matters signatories to date with a ‘heat map’ of the UK showing signatories’ locations and a regularly updated ‘word cloud’ reflecting...
