2011
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Over 400,000 embrace craft in 2011
Released: 21 December 2011
The Power of Making, a joint exhibition with the V&A was the highlight of a busy year attracting 300,000 in the first three months of its four-month run. Many critics have called it one of the exhibitions of the year and it sparked debate in the...
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40:40 forty objects for forty years
Released: 19 December 2011
www.4040.org.uk features forty objects from the Crafts Council Collection have been selected by makers, writers and curators. The objects are presented with a personal response from their selector alongside a range of archive material including...
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News & Policy Briefing / Dec 2011
Released: 19 December 2011
Printable version available here . Contents: 1) Crafts Council Briefings and Events 2) Sector News 3) Education and Training 4) Innovation 5) In Parliament 6) Publications As we approach the end of 2011 the Crafts Council...
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Craft at the House of Commons
Released: 1 December 2011
Our Chair for the morning was Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, an eloquent and enthusiastic champion for British design, craft and manufacturing. The event built upon conversations and presentations that started at Watershed in Bristol earlier...
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Crafting Capital
Released: 29 November 2011
For scientists, engineers and technologists, collaboration with artists and other creative professionals brings particular benefits, capable of producing new scientific thinking. These benefits can be summarised in a three-part model: Thinking...
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Lost in Lace app launched
Released: 22 November 2011
The Lost in Lace app encourages users to be creative by enabling them to produce lace-inspired images on their iPhones. Once downloaded the app enables people to take photos of anything and create an altered image that can be figurative or completely...
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Block Party launches at Smiths Row
Released: 15 November 2011
Block Party explores the alchemy of the centuries-old skill of tailoring by presenting work by 15 UK and international artists who push pattern-cutting beyond the fashion garment. Artists include Yinka Shonibare MBE, Shelley Fox, Charlotte Hodes, Dai...
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Updates from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 15 November 2011
Looking back to my last update, we were getting into the swing of an autumn packed with events to celebrate our 40th anniversary. The Power of Making exhibition had just opened at the V&A and we were looking forward to Lost in Lace in Birmingham...
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Further Education Consultation
Released: 14 November 2011
The Crafts Council has responded to selected questions from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills consultation ‘New Challenges, New Chances: Next Steps in Implementing the Further Education Reform Programme’. Read our comments below and...
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Lost in Lace opens in Birmingham
Released: 11 November 2011
Lost in Lace explores the relationship between textiles – specifically lace – and space through a series of dramatic and ambitious new site-sensitive installations. Produced in partnership by BMAG and the Crafts Council, in association...
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Craft Club film
Released: 11 November 2011
We would like images (and the real thing if you can lend it to us for a while) of the knitted and crocheted objects that are particularly treasured or mark significant times in your life. So the knitted monster you couldn’t live without as a child, a...
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National Planning Policy Framework
Released: 11 November 2011
The Crafts Council responded to selected questions from the Department for Communities and Local Government consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework. Read our comments below and for more information on the consultation click here ....
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News and Policy Brief September 2011
Released: 7 October 2011
Amongst other issues, we also report on the current consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework and announcements on the changes to Local Authorities’ spend on cultural services. Parliament is still in recess with the Party Conference...
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Making Futures II Reviewed
Released: 4 October 2011
Making Futures is an academic conference drawing together makers, educators, theorists and craft support agencies for two days of networking and debate on the themes of sustainability and the environment First convened by Plymouth College of Art...
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Skills Set Consultation
Released: 29 September 2011
1) Is school-based education providing young people with the right understanding, knowledge and aptitudes for the Creative Industries? Teaching in schools is an important driver for take-up at HE and ultimately for professional practice. The Crafts...
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Firing Up Year 2 Launches
Released: 26 September 2011
Firing Up aims to re-invigorate the teaching of ceramics in secondary schools across the UK. The scheme, supported by funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, launched in 2010 and enjoyed a successful first year....
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Hothouse 2011 makers selected
Released: 14 September 2011
Makers have to be within two years of setting up their business to be eligible for Hothouse and all those selected already display a high level of technical craftsmanship and creative energy. In a marketplace where the bespoke and handmade is being...
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Updates from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 12 September 2011
The weeks since my last update should, by virtue of the holiday season, have been quieter than those before them. But the whirlwind of activity as we built up to our autumn 40th anniversary events means that they have been anything but peaceful, with...
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September Conferences
Released: 6 September 2011
Crafts Council Research Associate Dr Karen Yair will present papers at both conferences drawing on the Crafts Council report Making Value: craft & the economic and social contribution of makers published in 2010 and co-authored by Mary Schwarz and...
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Craft Club connects communities
Released: 26 August 2011
Following a successful first year of activity the Craft Club scheme now has 350 active clubs in primary schools across the UK teaching children craft skills with the help of local volunteers via lunchtime or after-school clubs. Craft Club will...
