Craft Rally

Craft Rally is an inclusive, dynamic and inspirational opportunity for makers to exchange information and ideas delivered via a physical and virtual network. Craft Rally is open to all makers at any stage in their career, wherever they are based. It is designed by makers, for makers and with makers.

Join us for the first Craft Rally event:
a programme of talks, seminars, screenings, discussions, performances, networking and socialising, taking place over two days.

Part 1 of Craft Rally is being held in London on Thursday 25th March 2010 at Number 45 Millbank, Chelsea College of Art & Design. The day’s event runs between 10am – 5pm with an evening event running between 5 – 7pm. Ticket prices are £40.00 per place.

Part 2 of Craft Rally is being held in Sheffield on Friday 23rd April 2010 at Museums Sheffield; Millennium Galleries Learning Centre. The day’s event runs between 1.30pm -5.00pm. Ticket prices are £20.00 per place.

Attend both events in London and Sheffield for £50!

Participate, investigate and celebrate the breadth of approaches within contemporary craft at this inaugural Craft Rally!

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  Where are we? ... Where are we going from here?

  How has the meaning of craft changed and developed through time?
  How can our current landscape offer new and exciting ways of thinking and making today?
  
  

• Do you want to…
  ... exchange ideas and experiences with craft makers from around the country?
  … explore and articulate ways of thinking and working that are inspirational and engaging, challenging and involving, participatory and revelatory, unexpected and surprising?
  ... be challenged and inspired to develop your own thinking and practice?
  … reflect, assess or embrace your future practice?
  … create your space for collaborative thinking, making and action?

• If so, come and bring your voice to the Craft Rally. Find further details of the programme and how to book here. Please note that the closing date for booking is Friday 12th March 2010 for the London event and Friday 9th April for the Sheffield event.
  
  This first Craft Rally is presented by the Crafts Council in partnership with Artquest and Yorkshire Artspace. Maker Helen Carnac has worked with Artquest to provide advice to develop the content and structure of the event.
  
  Artquest website
  Yorkshire Artspace website
  
  Craft Rally is part of Crafts Council Collective, a new programme of CPD provision for makers enabling them to take control of their own professional development throughout their careers. Read more about Collective here.

The aims of Craft Rally are:

- To develop a national network of knowledge transfer for makers across all career points and disciplines

- To provide a critical mass of inspirational makers who can demonstrate and share innovative and aspiring models of practice

- To profile new and challenging projects or models of best practice for further support

-To encourage debate around, and the setting of, new agendas and directions for contemporary craft practice in the 21st Century

- To develop a sustainable community of practice at a national and in time, international level

- To develop a virtual network to encourage debate and discussion beyond and around the events

- To provide opportunities for cross discipline/cross sector/peer group discussion between makers, CPD providers, and other relevant and interested organisations.