Join the Crafts Council and Smiths Row for a networking event focussing on new practice and partnerships in contemporary textiles.

CraftNet is an informal network of meetings, events and exchange to look at and share ways of developing and promoting contemporary craft. All are welcome – from commercial galleries to local authority museums, from organisations and trusts to individual makers, artists and curators.

Chair: Alison Plumridge, Director Smiths Row

Speakers include:
Sandy Black, Professor of Fashion & Textile Design & Technology, Centre for Sustainable Fashion
Rosy Greenlees, Crafts Council Executive Director
Richard Humphries, Richard Humphries Weaving Co.
Freddie Robins, Textiles artist and Senior Tutor at Royal College of Art

9am – 12pm: Opportunity to view Block Party: a Crafts Council Touring Exhibition and network.
Smiths Row, The Market Cross, Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1BT
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1pm – 4.30pm: Panel Discussion.
The Apex, Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3FD