COLLECT 2010 Exhibitors announced
COLLECT; The international art fair for contemporary objects returns to the Saatchi Gallery, 14 - 17 May 2010 (13 May by invitation only)
The Crafts Council is delighted to announce that COLLECT 2010, the leading international art fair for contemporary objects, will return to the Saatchi Gallery on London’s Kings Road from 14 – 17 May 2010. Now in its seventh year, COLLECT has established itself as the event to view and buy the best in contemporary craft. Over 10,000 visitors attended COLLECT 2009, with international private collectors and public institutions, including the V&A and the National Museums of Scotland, making significant acquisitions.
Following on from last year’s success, COLLECT has seen a significant increase in the number of exhibitor applicants for the fair in 2010, making this year’s selection process fiercely competitive. This year some 300 artists will exhibit work at COLLECT, representing 36 galleries from the UK and Ireland, Central Europe and Scandinavia as well as the United States, Japan and Australia. First-time exhibitors for 2010 include the Netherland’s Flatland Gallery and London’s Galerie Besson. COLLECT 2010 is also delighted to welcome back Swedish gallery blås&knåda, London-based Cockpit Arts, Ruthin Craft Centre from Wales and Liverpool’s Bluecoat Display Centre.
COLLECT 2010 will present both established artists and new talent, covering all disciplines: ceramics, glass, jewellery, silver and fine metalwork, textiles, and wood and furniture.
COLLECT 2010 will also feature an exciting programme of events and activities, details of which will be announced in late March 2010.
Art Fund Collect
COLLECT 2010 also sees the return of Art Fund Collect, an initiative launched by the Crafts Council and The Art Fund, the UK’s leading independent art charity, in 2008 and now in its third year. For 2010 the fund will again be £75,000, allowing a shortlist of curators to select significant works by artists and makers of international status, taking the total over its three years to £200,000. The successful applicants will be announced at the private view on Thursday 13 May 2010.
Exhibiting Galleries 2010
Alternatives Gallery, Italy
blås&knåda, Sweden
Bluecoat Display Centre, UK
Bullseye Gallery, USA
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, UK
Cockpit Arts, UK
Collection Ateliers d’Art De France, France
Contemporary Applied Arts, UK
craftscotland, UK
Cultural Connections CC, UK
Dovecot Studios, UK
Electrum Gallery, UK
Flatland Gallery, Netherlands
Flow, UK
Galerie Besson, UK
Galleri Format, Norway
Gallery Kunst1, Norway
Galerie Louise Smit, Netherlands
Galerie Marzee, Netherlands
Galleria Norsu, Finland
Galerie Ra, Netherlands
Galerie Rob Koudijs, Netherlands
Galerie Rosemarie Jäger, Germany
Galerie S O, Switzerland
Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Belgium
Glass Artists’ Gallery, Australia
Joanna Bird Pottery, UK
Katie Jones, UK
Lesley Craze Gallery, UK
Marsden Woo Gallery, UK
National Craft Gallery, Ireland
Ruthin Craft Centre, UK
Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, UK
Terra Delft Gallery, Netherlands
The Scottish Gallery, UK
Yufuku Gallery, Japan
Participating Territories 2010
Australia Japan
Belgium Netherlands
Finland Norway
France Sweden
Germany Switzerland
Ireland UK
Italy USA
Images
Publicity images for COLLECT 2010 can be obtained from Calum Sutton PR. Please contact info@suttonpr.com / +44 (0)20 7183 3577
Press Contact
For further press information about COLLECT 2010 please contact Catherine Mason or Charley Andrews at Calum Sutton PR: +44 (0)20 7183 3577 / catherine@suttonpr.com; charley@suttonpr.com
For further press information about the Crafts Council please contact Jill Read:
+44 (0)20 7806 2526 / j_read@craftscouncil.org.uk
COLLECT 2010 Information
Ticketing information will be announced in early 2010
Notes to Editors
The Crafts Council’s goal is to make the UK the best place to make, see, collect and learn about contemporary craft.
We believe that craft plays a dynamic and vigorous role in the UK’s social, economic and cultural life.
We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to make, see, collect and learn about craft.
We believe that the strength of craft lies in its use of traditional and contemporary techniques, ideas and materials to make extraordinary new work.
We believe that the future of craft lies in nurturing talent; children and young people must be able to learn about craft at school and have access to excellent teaching throughout their education.
11% of the UK population visited a craft exhibition in 2008/09, and 17% participated in craft activity in the same year (DCMS/ACE Taking Part data update August 2009).
More than 2.8 million visits were made to the Crafts Council website in 2009. To find out everything you need to know about where to make, see, collect and learn about contemporary craft visit www.craftscouncil.org.uk
The Crafts Council is supported by Arts Council England. Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people’s lives. As the national development agency for the arts, it supports a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art, and carnival to crafts. Between 2008 and 2011, Arts Council England will invest £1.3 billion of public money from government and a further £0.3 billion from the National Lottery to create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.
The Art Fund is the UK’s leading independent art charity. It offers grants to help UK museums and galleries enrich their collections; campaigns on behalf of museums and their visitors; and promotes the enjoyment of art. It is entirely funded from public donations and has 80,000 members. Since 1903 the charity has helped museums and galleries all over the UK secure 860,000 works of art for their collections. Recent achievements include: helping secure Titian’s Diana and Actaeon for the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Gallery, London in February 2009 with a grant of £1 million; helping secure Anthony d’Offay’s collection, ARTIST ROOMS, for Tate and National Galleries of Scotland in February 2008 with a grant of £1million; and running the ‘Buy a Brushstroke’ public appeal which raised over £550,000 to keep Turner’s Blue Rigi watercolour in the UK. For more information contact the Art Fund Press Office on +44 (0)20 7225 4888 or visit www.artfund.org
