2009
Read moreRSN at Dover Castle
Released: 13 August 2009
The Royal School of Needlework has joined forces with English Heritage to bring medieval Dover Castle back to life.
Read moreVenini at Sebastian + Barquet
Released: 13 August 2009
A selection of glass by Italian manufacturer Venini goes on show at London’s Sebastian + Barquet gallery until 26 August
Read moreHouse of Bling
Released: 10 August 2009
Five artists have been let loose in the National Trust’s Tattershall Castle to make a body of work inspired by the building’s history. House of Bling is on show from 8 – 23 August
Read moreJane Dorner at Zest
Released: 7 August 2009
Glass artist Jane Dorner will be exhibiting her colourful glass at London’s Zest gallery from 16 July – 29 August
Read moreDorothy Hogg selects at CAA
Released: 31 July 2009
Inner Voices, a new jewellery exhibition curated by Dorothy Hogg, is on at Contemporary Applied Arts from 26 June – 22 August
Read moreWhitefriars Glass at Backwell
Released: 31 July 2009
A new exhibition at Blackwell, The Lake District Arts and Crafts House, throws light on a little-known Victorian glass-making company (17 July – 1 November)
Read moreBilston Craft Gallery is ten
Released: 29 July 2009
Bilston Craft Gallery celebrates its tenth anniversary with an exhibition of specially commissioned work (until 26 August)
Read moreRobert Race automata show
Released: 28 July 2009
An exhibition of Robert Race’s automata and driftwood sculptures is on at Frome’s Black Swan Arts from 18 July -14 August
Read moreThe V&A tells tales
Released: 27 July 2009
An exhibition looking at narrative in contemporary design makes up part of the V&A’s summer offering (until 18 October)
Read moreTextile Biennial in the Netherlands
Released: 23 July 2009
The Rijswijk Museum in the Netherlands is holding its first Textile Biennial from 27 June – 13 September
Read moreWiener Werkstätte show
Released: 23 July 2009
Middlesbrough’s Dorman Museum is hosting an exhibition on the Wiener Werkstätte from 1 July – 4 October
Read moreJohn Allen in Farnham
Released: 22 July 2009
The touring exhibition of John Allen’s carpets and mixed media pictures is currently on show at the James Hockey and Foyer Galleries at UCA Farnham (29 June – 8 August)
Read moreBotanic Gardens at Platform
Released: 21 July 2009
The Platform Gallery is bringing the outside inside this summer with a new exhibition focusing on all things green (27 June – 22 August)
Read moreLaura Thomas's Ashes commission
Released: 20 July 2009
Welsh textile artist Laura Thomas has just finished a new work commissioned to commemorate the Ashes test match held in Cardiff early this month
Read moreJameel Prize announcement
Released: 16 July 2009
The winner of the Jameel Prize, a brand new £25,000 award for artists and designers inspired by Islamic culture, has been announced by the V&A
Read moreNew commission in Northampton
Released: 16 July 2009
Jeweller Laura Baxter has recently finished a new £12,000 commission for Northampton’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh Museum at 78 Derngate
Read morePulp Fictions in Rochester
Released: 15 July 2009
Rochester Art Gallery relaunches its crafts gallery with Pulp Fictions, an exhibition looking at how makers use paper in their work (20 June – 30 August)
Read moreVanguard Court goes to Edinburgh
Released: 14 July 2009
Camberwell comes to Edinburgh this summer during an exhibition of ceramics at the Scottish Gallery (8 July – 1 August)
Read moreArt in Action this weekend
Released: 13 July 2009
The 32nd Art in Action takes place this year from 16-19 July at Waterperry House in Oxfordshire
Read moreSusan Stockwell show
Released: 13 July 2009
The results of textile artist Susan Stockwell’s three-month residency at the Florence Nightingale Museum are currently on show throughout the Museum (until end of August)
