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Art Fund Collect 2013 winners announced!

The Art Fund and the Crafts Council have announced the nine museums which have won a share of £75,000 and each acquired an outstanding work of contemporary craft through Art Fund Collect, the scheme which offers UK museums the chance to enhance their contemporary craft collections.

The winning museums were each represented by curatorial experts who successfully pitched to a panel of judges to secure the funds to purchase their chosen piece from the exhibiting galleries at COLLECT, the international art fair for contemporary objects.

The successful museums are:

Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust

Gillian Crumpton from Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, with Grand Galibier by Drummond Masterton, represented at COLLECT by The Wills Lane Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
Birmingham Museums Trust

Martin Ellis and Rebecca Bridgman from Birmingham Museums Trust, with Caliope by Halima Cassell, represented at COLLECT by Joanna Bird Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Kate Newnham from Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives, with Forms in succession by Nagi Shigekazu, represented at COLLECT by Yufuku Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
Harris Museum and Art Gallery

Caroline Alexander from Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, with Forms in succession by Nagi Shigekazu, represented at COLLECT by Yufuku Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
Durham University Oriental Museum

Craig Barclay and Lauren Barnes from Durham University Oriental Museum, with -+, by Min Soo Lee, represented at COLLECT by Gallery LVS. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery

Jane May, Hugo Worthy and Lisa Jacques from New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, with Prtlnd Vase by Michael Eden, represented at COLLECT by Adrian Sasson Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
Lakeland Arts Trust

Beth Hughes from Lakeland Arts Trust, Cumbria, with Composition in Yellow and Red by Bodil Manz, represented at COLLECT by Adrian Sassson Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
British Museum

Nicole Rousmaniere from the British Museum, with Large Feather Leaves Bowl by Hitomi Hosono, represented at COLLECT by Adrian Sasson Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian
Gallery Oldham

Dinah Winch from Gallery Oldham, with Blue Loop by Merete Rasmussen, represented at COLLECT by Sarah Myerscough Gallery. Photo: Sophie Mutevelian