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Craft Awards and Fashion Show
The countdown is on! The Derry City Council Craft Development Programme Craft Awards and Fashion Show are happening this Friday night (27 Feb) at the…
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Dr Sarah McAleer @Craft NI
Celebrating Creativity Month 2015, join Craft NI as we present a demonstration by jewellerysmith Dr Sarah McAleer of her use of 3D printing in her design…
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Craft NI Innovation Boost Exhibition
You are invited to attend the Innovation Boost end-of-project Exhibition from 7th-13th March 2015 at North Down Museum.
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Innovation Boost Seminar Programme
Running as part of the CIIF-funded Innovation Boost, Craft NI is pleased to bring you the Innovation Boost Seminar Programme…
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Export Research Travel Support
Craft Northern Ireland welcomes submissions from professional NI designer/makers who would like to be considered for the preparatory costs element of…
News
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Make your March Creative
25th February 2015
Creativity Month is NI's annual celebration of creativity and the creative industries. Make your March creative - check out Creativity Month listings for a wide range of workshops, exhibitions, talks to stimulate your creative processses. The Craft NI e-bulletin offers even more opportunities to see and try contemporary craft activity - and you are warmly invited to Craft NI events on the Creativity Month programme.
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Craft Awards and Fashion Show
24th February 2015
The countdown is on! The Derry City Council Craft Development Programme Craft Awards and Fashion Show are happening this Friday night (27 Feb) at the Guildhall in Derry~Londonderry. Hosted by Sarah Travers, 31 short-listed makers will find out who has received an award in 9 categories including a special 'People's Choice' winner decided by public vote. You can make your entry on Facebook or by calling into the exhibiton on now at 'The Social Gallery'.
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Craft NI is 10
26th January 2015
Craft NI opened in June and was officially launched in November 2005 - making 2015 our tenth year of operation. Over the coming months we'll be taking a look back over milestones, highlights and happenings that were part of this decade of activity.
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Opportunities for Makers
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Innovation Boost Seminar Programme
14th February 2015 - Seminars
Running as part of the CIIF-funded Innovation Boost, Craft NI is pleased to bring you the Innovation Boost Seminar Programme – a series of seminars that are open to all designer-makers that cover topics relevant to the selected makers on the Innovation Boost programme. All are free to attend, but need to be booked in advance. The next seminar ‘Going Global’ is on at the MAC, Belfast, on the 26th of February.
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Export Research Travel Support
13th February 2015 - Funding & Grants
Craft Northern Ireland welcomes submissions from professional NI designer/makers who would like to be considered for the preparatory costs element of the 15-17 Export Development Programme, supported by Invest NI. Applications are received on a rolling basis.
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Enterprise Week 2015: Derry~Londonderry
8th February 2015 - Awards & CompetitionsSeminars
While you may know that the Craft Awards hosted by the Derry City Council Craft Development Programme is a focal point of Enterprise Week 2015 (23-27 February) in Derry~Londonderry. North West craft and creative businesses be aware over the course of Entreprise Week you can avail of a magnificent events programme to support the development of all aspects of your business from design to digital media strategy.
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Events
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Dr Sarah McAleer @Craft NI
- Workshops
Celebrating Creativity Month 2015, join Craft NI as we present a demonstration by jewellerysmith Dr Sarah McAleer of her use of 3D printing in her design process. This takes place on the 5th of March (6-9pm), Late Night Art, at the Craft NI premises in Belfast. All are welcome.
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Craft NI Innovation Boost Exhibition
- Exhibitions
You are invited to attend the Innovation Boost end-of-project Exhibition from 7th-13th March 2015 at North Down Museum.
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Fragile and Fugitive States of Being @Ards Arts Centre
- Exhibitions
This exhibition features flameworked and mixed media sculpture by artist Andrea Spencer. This new body of work draws upon nature to examine form and qualities that can be associated with the human condition. It takes place at Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards from the 26th of February to the 21st of March 2015.
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Programmes
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Innovation Boost
15th February 2015 Supported by the Creative Industries Innovation Fund, Craft NI’s ‘Innovation Boost’ programme is in progress. It is designed to support mid-career designer-makers in NI whose craft businesses could do with a boost whether in their creative process, design innovation or product sales.
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Irish Design 2015
1st February 2015
Irish Design 2015 (ID2015), a year-long programme exploring, promoting and celebrating Irish design, is now well and new items are being added to the programme all the time.. ID2015 showcases the very best of Irish design; not just through signature events on the island of Ireland but also in prestigious partner venues in international capitals of design and commerce.
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August Craft Month
15th January 2015
Preliminary planning of August Craft Month 2015 is well underway now. Please note that we are now accepting August Craft Month 2015 listing submissions with a new online application system until the end of March.
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