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Craft UK

Craft UK is a network for organisations from across the craft sector. Facilitated by the Crafts Council, it is free to join



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    As a network we aim to promote opportunities, encourage partnerships, and provide regular insight and analysis – we are a community that share ideas and undertake conversations.

    Alongside holding bi-annual networking events and opportunities, Craft UK has regular digital catch ups ensuring that we are discussing issues as they arise. Craft UK also facilitates focus groups to encourage learning and experience sharing within the network on specific topics of interest to the network.

    If you are interested in joining the Craft UK network, please email Amelia Lawrence, relationships manager.

    As a member of Craft UK, Applied Arts Scotland gains a broader perspective of activity, opportunity, best practice and leadership in the craft sector and making community across UK


    Helen Voce, Advisor at Applied Arts Scotland

    'Bluecoat Display Centre are delighted to be a member of the Craft UK network which we’ve found a really useful way of meeting and connecting with other craft based organisations from across the country. I’ve appreciated the way network meetings have been scheduled to link in with key events like the British Ceramics Biennial and Collect as well as the pertinent themes and focus of the discussions. I feel sure that the Craft UK network will become increasingly relevant over the coming months as our sector starts to recover and rebuild from the affects of the coronavirus.' Samantha Rhodes, Director at Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool

    Craft UK members

    Ireland

    • Craft NI
    • Design & Crafts Council Ireland

    London

    • Association for Contemporary Jewellery
    • Contemporary Applied Arts
    • Contemporary British Silversmiths
    • Craft Potters Association & Ceramic Review
    • Cockpit Arts | Excelsior
    • Future Icons
    • Goldsmiths’ Company
    • Handmade in Britain
    • Just Got Made
    • Kiln Rooms
    • London Metropolitan University
    • Intoart
    • Radcliffe Trust
    • Richmond Art School
    • Seekd
    • Shape Arts
    • Society of Designer Craftsmen
    • St Martin-in-the-Fields
    • STORE Projects
    • The Basketmakers' Association
    • The Black Artisans
    • The Design Trust
    • The Exchange Erith
    • The Goldsmiths’ Centre
    • The Institute of Conservation
    • The New Craftsmen
    • The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST)
    • Vessel Gallery
    • Yodomo

    Midlands

    • Arnolfini
    • Banks Mill Studios
    • Birmingham Institute of Jewellery, Fashion and Textiles
    • British Ceramics Biennial
    • Crafty Fox Market & Shopping With Soul
    • Craftspace
    • Creative Lancashire
    • Design-Nation
    • Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair
    • Guild of Glass Engravers
    • Hub Sleaford
    • Manchester Craft and Design Centre
    • Manchester School of Art
    • Maokwo
    • National Centre for Craft and Design
    • Stitches and Hos
    • Stock Creates
    • Wedgwood V&A

    North

    • Banks Mill Studios
    • Bluecoat Display Centre
    • Bolton University
    • Folksy
    • Gawthorpe Textiles Collection
    • Great Northern Events
    • Harewood House
    • Hopeful & Glorious
    • Lakeland Arts
    • Leeds Museums and Galleries
    • Manchester Art Gallery
    • Manchester Craft and Design Centre
    • Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Museums Sheffield
    • National Festival of Making
    • National Glass Centre
    • Nottingham Museums and Galleries
    • NW Craft Network
    • Sheffield Halam University
    • Sheffield Institute of Arts
    • The Bowes Museum
    • The Hepworth Wakefield
    • Tees Valley Arts
    • Towneley Hall Museum
    • UCEN Manchester
    • University of Bolton
    • Walker Art Gallery
    • Williamson Art Gallery
    • Yorkshire Artspace

    Scotland

    • Applied Art Scotland
    • Creative Lives
    • Craft Scotland

    Southeast

    • Art in Clay
    • Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
    • Craft in Focus
    • Craft Town England, Farnham
    • Farnham Maltings
    • Fitzwilliam Museum
    • Huguenot Museum
    • New Ashgate Gallery
    • Norfolk County Council
    • Royal School of Needlework
    • Suffolk Craft Society
    • Tutton & Young
    • University for the Creative Arts, Farnham
    • Watts Gallery
    • West Dean

    Southwest

    • Aspex
    • Austell Project
    • Bristol Creatives
    • Craft Festival
    • Devon Guild
    • Heritage Crafts Association
    • @jamlist
    • Libraries Unlimited
    • The Textile Society
    • UWE Bristol

    Wales

    • Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
    • Makers Guild Wales

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