New features announced for COLLECT
Monsieur Gaston neckpiece, 2010, by Eugenia Ingegno, Alternatives Gallery
With COLLECT the international art fair for contemporary objects just weeks away, the Crafts Council unveils plans for a supporting programme of displays and film screenings and the launch of the first ever COLLECT app (available end of April).
Alongside museum quality objects by over 500 artists from across the globe will be:
On Screen, a film programme exploring the mediation between craft and moving image
On View, a showcase of cutting-edge textiles presented in partnership with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Collection, a display of 11 objects from the Crafts Council’s permanent collection.
COLLECT 2011 will also be the home of the first – and only – public showing of West Dean Tapestry Studio’s woven interpretation of Tracey Emin’s painting ‘Black Cat’, which has been created in collaboration with the artist.
For On Screen, four organisations – Animate Projects, Ateliers d’Art, Crafts magazine, and onedotzero – will present a daily programme of films that document skills and processes, makers and their working environments and explore how craft skills contribute to the making of film and animation.
Collection is a selection of 11 objects from the Crafts Council’s Collection including recent acquisitions. The display includes Tomoko Azumi’s ‘Table=Chest’, Geoffrey Mann’s ‘Crossfire Teapot’ and Michael Eden’s ‘Wedgwoodn’t Tureen’.
COLLECT, Europe’s premier annual fair for museum quality contemporary craft, has attracted over 10,000 international collectors and visitors each year since its launch in 2004. COLLECT 2011 brings together 37 of the finest craft galleries from across the globe displaying the very best ceramic, glass, jewellery, textile, wood, furniture, silver and fine metal work. A first for COLLECT 2011, a project space will also exhibit new site-specific artist installations and works to commission.
Moira Sinclair, London Executive Director of Arts Council England said:
‘COLLECT champions craft makers from across the world and presents their talents, enterprise and innovation under one roof over four days. It provides important new opportunities for makers, as well as giving members of the public a chance to see and own something unique, beautiful and perfectly crafted. We know that a thriving contemporary arts and cultural offer is critical to London’s success as a world city. Events such as COLLECT are an important contributor to this and we are delighted to support the event.’
Events and talks for COLLECT 2011 will be taking a new, more intimate turn, with a series of tours and talks taking place on different gallery stands each day.
For more information visit www.craftscouncil.org.uk/collect
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Notes to editors
COLLECT 2011 exhibitors
Blås&Knåda, Sweden
Bluecoat Display Centre, UK
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, UK
Collection Ateliers d’Art de France, France
Contemporary Applied Arts, UK
craftscotland, UK
Cultural Connections CC Gallery, UK
Electrum Gallery, UK
Flow, UK
Galerie Besson, UK
Galerie Louise Smit, The Netherlands
Galerie Marzee, The Netherlands
Galerie Ra, The Netherlands
Galerie Rob Koudijs, The Netherlands
Galerie Rosemarie Jäger, Germany
Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Belgium
Galleria Norsu, Finland
Galleri Format, Norway
Gallery Kunst1, Norway
Glass Artists’ Gallery, Australia
Joanna Bird Pottery, UK
Katie Jones, UK
Lesley Craze Gallery, UK
National Craft Gallery of Ireland, Ireland
New Brewery Arts, UK
Pärson Livén Gallery, Sweden
Ruthin Craft Centre, UK
Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, UK
Terra Delft Gallery, The Netherlands
The Scottish Gallery, UK
Tyger Glyn Gallery, UK
West Dean Tapestry Studio, UK
World Crafts Council-Belgium WCC- BF Gallery, Belgium
Yufuku Gallery, Japan
About the Crafts Council
• The Crafts Council’s goal is to make the UK the best place to make, see, collect and learn about contemporary craft.
o We believe that craft plays a dynamic and vigorous role in the UK’s social, economic and cultural life.
o We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to make, see, collect and learn about craft.
o We believe that the strength of craft lies in its use of traditional and contemporary techniques, ideas and materials to make extraordinary new work.
o 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.
• 12% of the UK population visited a craft exhibition in 2009/10, and 18% participated in craft activity in the same year (DCMS/ACE Taking Part data update August 2010). (Taking Part is an ongoing survey being carried out by Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England (ACE).
• 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 and follow us on Facebook and Twitter
• Crafts Council Craft Champions are all active supporters of contemporary craft who signed up to the Craft Matters campaign at www.craftmatters.org.uk to say that craft matters to them. Current Craft Champions are; Linda Barker, Priscilla Carluccio, Sir Terence Conran, Siobhan Davies CBE, Duke of Devonshire, Norman Foster, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Tricia Guild OBE, Sir Mark Jones, Jude Kelly OBE, Cath Kidston, Corin Mellor, Michelle Ogundehin, Grayson Perry, Jon Snow, Sheila Teague, Sandi Toksvig, Sir John Tusa and Jeanette Winterson OBE and Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE.
• Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people’s lives. It supports a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art, and carnival to crafts. Great art inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves, and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2011 and 2015, Arts Council England will invest £1.4 billion of public money from government and a further £0.85 billion from the National Lottery to create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.
