2009
Read moreTransformations
Released: 18 December 2009
Flow Gallery’s latest exhibition looks at how artists transform old, found objects into new works (until 5 February)
Read moreMackintosh celebrations
Released: 17 December 2009
The Glasgow School of Art is celebrating the centenary of its Mackintosh Building with an exhibition looking at its early 20th century (until 6 February)
Read moreBright/Light
Released: 16 December 2009
A new exhibition at Kath Libbert Jewellery in Saltaire showcases work by ten graduates (until 31 January)
Read moreMystery, Magic and Merriment
Released: 15 December 2009
Contemporary Applied Arts is celebrating the festive season with a good, old-fashioned Christmas selling show (until 29 January)
Read morePig in Red Shoes
Released: 14 December 2009
Meri Wells and Anna Noel have just been awarded the inaugural Elizabeth Wait Purchase prize for ceramics by Newport Museum and Art Gallery, and their work can be seen at the museum until 16 January
Read moreAshmolean Museum re-opens
Released: 11 December 2009
England’s oldest museum, The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, was officially re-opened by the Queen last week after an spectacular £61 million re-vamp
Read moreWorld Crafts Council prize
Released: 10 December 2009
The winners of the European Prize for Fine Arts, organised by the World Crafts Council have just been announced
Read moreNew Galleries open at V&A
Released: 9 December 2009
The V&A’s long-awaited new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries opened on 2 December and prove to have been well worth the wait
Read moreTurner Prize winner announced
Released: 8 December 2009
Richard Wright had been awarded the 2009 Turner Prize. He received his prize last night from Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Other artists nominated this year were Enrico David, Roger Hiorns and Lucy Skaer.
Read moreAll The Things I Love...
Released: 8 December 2009
Work by Su Blackwell goes on show at Edinburgh’s Scottish Gallery this December (until 24 December)
Read moreShirley Craven & Hull Traders
Released: 7 December 2009
A colourful touring exhibition opening at Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery looks at the textile designs of Shirley Craven (until 3 January)
Read moreCharlotte Hodes exhibition
Released: 4 December 2009
A new exhibition at London’s Marlborough Fine Arts showcases Charlotte Hodes’ latest body of work (1 December – 1 January)
Read moreCatching the Light
Released: 3 December 2009
The Lake District’s Arts and Crafts gem, Blackwell, finishes the year off with an exhibition of contemporary glass (until 3 January)
Read moreBookbinding exhibition
Released: 2 December 2009
The Bookbinders Collective is holding its inaugural exhibition at South Kensington bookseller Robert Frew’s shop from 3 December – 12 December
Read moreEast London Design Show
Released: 1 December 2009
Now an annual, pre-Christmas shopping fixture, The East London Design Show takes place this weekend at Shoreditch Town Hall (4-6 December)
Read moreCrafts Council competition
Released: 27 November 2009
The Crafts Council has just launched a competition to find a maker to create the official gifts for the Shanghai Expo 2010
Read moreOn the Edge
Released: 25 November 2009
Work by textile artist Muriel Clement goes on show at Swansea’s Mission Gallery until 3 January
Read moreCut & Fold
Released: 25 November 2009
The latest exhibition at New Brewery Arts focuses on the different ways makers use paper as a craft material (until 3 January)
Read moreOpen Studios
Released: 24 November 2009
Enjoy Christmas shopping with a difference this weekend and check out the open studio events at several of London’s leading crafts organisations
