2012
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Raw Craft launches at COLLECT
Released: 9 May 2012
Raw Craft will present furniture in the form of one-off’s, limited editions and prototypes by seven makers and designers. These 21 pieces exemplify a type of furniture-making that celebrates craft processes, materiality and the small workshop...
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Art Fund Collect shortlist announced
Released: 11 April 2012
Each museum is represented by a curator or curatorial team, who will attend a special preview of COLLECT, Europe’s leading fair for international contemporary objects on Thursday 10 May. In just one hour each curator must explore the fair and select...
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The Yellow Wallpaper at Danson House
Released: 27 March 2012
The Yellow Wallpaper explores the inspiration and influences that led to the creation of Dress 09 by presenting a range of pieces including furniture, photography and film, within the historic setting of the 18th century Danson House. In 2011 the...
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Call for Fifty:Fifty applications
Released: 21 March 2012
The Fifty:Fifty Programme is a collaborative scheme. The Crafts Council and the selected partner each contribute £50,000 to the development and delivery of an exhibition. The funds, ideas and resources are shared equally, harnessing both skills and...
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Updates from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 14 March 2012
Craft in an Age of Change We all know that we are living in changing times. Technology is having a radical impact on the way we work and the way we live, and it is likely that the recent banking crisis in the west will cause just as radical a...
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Place Making residency
Released: 13 March 2012
Six teams each comprising of a maker and an architect will work on an open brief that asks the teams to work on a proposal for the last major undeveloped site in the former Royal Naval Dockyard. Each will be joined by a student from the Fine Art course...
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CC Skills Craft Award
Released: 2 March 2012
The aim of the new awards scheme is to raise the craft sector’s ownership of, and involvement in, the teaching and learning of craft skills. Awards will be granted to practitioners and learners of all ages in a number of areas. They will be judged by...
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Craft in an Age of Change - England
Released: 15 February 2012
Craft in an Age of Change examines the place of contemporary craft at the beginning of the 21st century. This survey of over 2,000 makers, retailers, educators, writers and curators is the first of its kind to be conducted simultaneously in England,...
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Craft in an Age of Change Launched
Released: 14 February 2012
Craft in an Age of Change examines the place of contemporary craft at the beginning of the 21st century. This survey of over 2,000 makers, retailers, educators, writers and curators is the first of its kind to be conducted simultaneously in England,...
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News and Policy Brief / Jan 12
Released: 6 February 2012
Printable version available here . January Policy Briefing Last year the Crafts Council’s wide-ranging programme of work engaged thousands of people nationwide as we celebrated our 40th anniversary. In total 400,000 visitors saw our five...
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Start Imagining launch
Released: 31 January 2012
Mister Maker was perhaps unsurprisingly the star of the show for the 16 primary school pupils that were at today’s launch of Start Imagining’s ‘From Tip to Ship’ competition. The Discover Greenwich visitor centre at the Old Royal Naval College...
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Craft Club hits the big screen
Released: 27 January 2012
The events are for families who want to learn more about knitting – a skill which has been proven to enhance cognitive development in children, and well-being in both children and adults. The events will start with a viewing of a short film on...
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Art Fund Collect 2012
Released: 23 January 2012
The Art Fund and the Crafts Council have launched the fifth Art Fund Collect, the £75,000 scheme which offers UK museums the chance to add an outstanding work of new international contemporary craft to their collections. Art Fund Collect was set...
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Emmanuel Cooper OBE
Released: 23 January 2012
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing away of Emmanuel Cooper OBE. Not least an extremely accomplished potter, whose work we have in the Crafts Council Collection, Emmanuel’s huge impact and influence in the craft world included...
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COLLECT 2012: line-up announced
Released: 13 January 2012
A stellar line-up of artists will be represented by 31 galleries, six of whom are new to the fair, from 11 countries around the world, including Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and China. These galleries will occupy the ground and first...
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New Event to Promote Makers
Released: 11 January 2012
The event will form a key part of the next phase of the Crafts Council’s work to support the growth of a robust craft sector in a global marketplace. “Makers are working in new ways and need new and diverse platforms through which to promote...
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Updates from Rosy Greenlees
Released: 10 January 2012
Our 40th anniversary year has come to an end and we are delighted that we have been able to take the opportunity to engage so many people with contemporary craft. Over 400,000 people saw our five Crafts Council exhibitions in 2011, a further...
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News & Policy Briefing / Dec 2011
Released: 1 January 2012
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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Over 400,000 embrace craft in 2011
Released: 1 January 2012
The Power of Making, a joint exhibition with the V&A was the highlight of a busy year attracting 265,000 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: 1 January 2012
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...
