Past Present future: Celebrating Craft is a series of curated displays highlighting the diverse, emerging and established makers working in studios across the North West.
The event programme links regional displays, festivals and events presented by craft organisations, museums and galleries from the North West Craft Network throughout 2022.
From January - May 2022, the Bluecoat Display Centre (Bdc) will present selling displays including new ceramics by Jacob Chan, a two-man show featuring ceramics by Stephen Dixon and Paul Scott together for the first time and metalwork by Francisca Onumah.
Bdc will also feature ceramics by Attila Olah, Emma Rodgers, Halima Cassell, David & Margaret Frith, wood and furniture by Hugh Miller and glass by Verity Pulford in a retail showcase throughout the year.
These makers’ work is currently on display now at the Walker Art Gallery. The exhibition draws on the Gallery’s outstanding collections of late 20th-century craft and combines these with new work inspired by the historic collections. It demonstrates how established and emerging makers are inspired by the past, combining traditional skills with ideas for the future.