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Crafts Council at 50


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The Crafts Council launches Make! Craft! Live! to celebrate its 50th anniversary


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  • Crafts Council exhibition
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  • Craft innovation
  • Social justice

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As the Crafts Council turns 50, we launch Make! Craft! Live! - a year-long programme of nationwide exhibitions, learning events, fairs, and digital activities that celebrates the value of craft to empower, enrich and connect our society.

From October 2021 to October 2022 we will be working with partners up and down the country to present 50 craft activities at venues across the UK, including craft studios, museums, galleries, cultural venues, schools, community centres and online.

Subscribe to our newsletters and follow Crafts Council on social media to stay informed of activity in your area. We will also be amplifying the work of historically underserved and underrepresented communities in the cultural sector on the website.

Whether you’re a craft enthusiast, maker, or business — everyone's invited.

Scroll to see what's coming up and check out some recent highlights.

#craftscouncilat50 #makecraftlive


Yinka Ilori and children who participated in our nationwide schools competition 'Craft School: Yinka's Challenge' gather around student work in the Crafts Council Gallery.

Past events

  • What's on

    Women and Domesticity talk and workshop


    Online
    29 September

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Explore Paperclay


    Downham Heritage Centre, Norfolk
    1 October

    • 50th anniversary
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    Craft School: a summer of playful making


    Crafts Council Gallery, London
    9 July – 3 September 2022

    • 50th anniversary
    • Crafts Council collection
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    The Bodging Project


    The Hive, Birmingham
    22 August – 26 August 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    Stories From The Woods


    The Whitworth, Manchester
    2 July

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    National Festival of Making


    Blackburn, Lancashire
    11 June – 12 June 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    Joyful Reflections


    New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
    30 April – 12 June 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    The Experimental Weave Lab at London Craft Week


    Multiple venues, London
    11 May – 15 May 2022

    • Weaving
    • 50th anniversary
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    We Gather


    Crafts Council Gallery, London
    12 January – 12 March 2022

    • 50th anniversary
    • Social justice
  • What's on

    Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open


    Jerwood Space, London
    28 January – 9 April 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Design-Nation: Neurodiversity as a Superpower


    Online
    14 March

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Melting Pot: Hot Glass Gathering


    Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth
    18 March – 19 March 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Queer + Metals at Ferrous Festival


    Ferrous Festival, Hereford
    25 March – 3 April 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Flock Together


    ACEArts, Somerton
    8 January – 31 January 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    What are we wearing? Children's Workshop


    Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
    18 February – 19 February 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    The Show Windows: Reflections


    City Arcade, Coventry
    1 March – 1 April 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art


    Two Temple Place, London
    29 January – 24 April 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Creative Share: Excellent, Exciting, Endless Possibilities


    Manchester Craft and Design Centre, Manchester
    27 November – 15 January 2022

    • 50th anniversary
  • Crafts Council event

    What's on

    Online talk: Colonial Impacts on Material Cultures of the Africa Diaspora


    • Textiles
    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    The Halloween Crafternoon Tea Party


    Blackpool Central Library, Blackpool
    30 October

    • 50th anniversary
    • Social practice
  • What's on

    A Bug's Life Workshop


    MIMA, Middlesborough
    30 October

    • 50th anniversary
    • Social practice
  • What's on

    Feeling Form Workshop


    Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
    30 October

    • Social practice
    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Green Willow Weaving Workshop


    Devon Guild of Crafts, Bovey Tracey
    30 October

    • Social practice
    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Digging Deep: Stories in Clay with Zeba Imam


    British Ceramics Biennial Studio at Spode Works, Stoke-on-Trent
    30 October

    • Social practice
    • 50th anniversary
  • What's on

    Dream Weave Workshop


    Bureau Centre for the Arts, Blackburn
    30 October – 30 October 2021

    • 50th anniversary
    • Social practice
  • What's on

    Knit and Weave with Black Girl Knit Club


    Crafts Council Gallery, Islington
    30 October

    • 50th anniversary
    • Knitting
  • What's on

    Printmaking with Niallycat


    Crafts Council Gallery, Islington
    30 October

    • 50th anniversary
    • Printmaking
  • What's on

    3D Design with Sam Brown


    Crafts Council Gallery, Islington
    28 October

    • 50th anniversary
    • Crafts Council Gallery
  • What's on

    Cardboard Ceramics with Ray G Brown


    Crafts Council Gallery, Islington
    27 October

    • 50th anniversary
    • Ceramics
  • What's on

    Empowering Crafts Workshop


    Fargo Village, Coventry
    30 October

    • 50th anniversary
    • Social practice

We Gather at the Crafts Council Gallery, featuring works by five female artists of Black and Asian heritage

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    • Crafts Council exhibition
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    • Crafts Council exhibition

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