News
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Help Fund Ulster University Students for New Designers
17-Apr-2018Read this article →
Ulster University - New Designers 2018.
Fourteen final-year students from Ulster University are fund raising to attend this year’s New Designers Show.
Find out how you can support this group of upcoming designer/makers and receive some lovely rewards in return.
Opportunities for Makers
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Call for Dry Craft Freelance Tutors - Ards and North Down
11-Oct-2018 - Calls for MakersView this opportunity →
Terra Nova Productions, Northern Ireland’s professional intercultural theatre company, is seeking up to 3 Freelance Craft Workshop Leaders to join our pool of Craft People working on the DREAM project.
Deadline: Friday 19th October 2018.
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Open Call: Flowerfield's Christmas Craft Market
08-Oct-2018 - Calls for MakersView this opportunity →Open Call: Invitation to Makers to apply for Flowerfield's Christmas Craft Market
As Northern Ireland’s foremost Arts Centre synonymous with craft, we invite makers/artists to join our successful Christmas Craft Market this December 2018.
Deadline: 29 October 2018, 5pm -
Seminar: National Women's Enterprise Day - Local to Global
18-Oct-2018 - SeminarsView this opportunity →
Inspiration from the Fashion and Textile industry to help you grow your business from Local to Global. Following a morning of talks and discussion and the opportunity for one-to-one business meetings.
Location: An Grianan Hotel, Burt, Co. Donegal
Date and Time: Thursday 18 October 2018, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Events
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Tapesty Weaving Workshop
- WorkshopsView this event →
Learn the heritage craft of frame weaving, under the expert guidance of weaver Karolina Lisek.
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Suki Tea Talks
- TalksView this event →
Visual Artists Ireland have a number of upcoming talks as a free bonus to their annual programme.
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Fine and Dandy Markets
- FairsView this event →
The Fine & Dandy Market, founded in May 2013, is a monthly market, showcasing the work of independent artists, designers, illustrators, craftspeople and food producers.
Upcoming markets:
Saturday 20 October 2018 - City Church, University Avenue, Belfast
Saturday 3 November 2018, City Church, University Avenue, Belfast
Sunday 25 November 2018, Elmwood Hall, opposite Queens University, Belfast
Programmes
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August Craft Month 2018 – Call for Event Registration
08-Jun-2018View this programme →
CRAFT NI invites you to register a craft-related event for August Craft Month 2018.
August Craft Month is ‘An Annual Celebration of Craft in Northern Ireland’.
For the past 11 years Craft Northern Ireland invited artist/designer/makers, craft organisations, craft retail outlets, galleries, museums, local councils, arts centres, cultural venues, further education colleges, universities, heritage organisations, amongst others, to consider putting on craft-related events and activities, during August Craft Month, which support and promote themselves and/or artist/designer/makers and of course Craft.
Deadline: 5pm, Friday 30 March 2018
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NI Assembly Gift Shop
08-Jun-2018View this programme →
Call for Applications Northern Ireland Assembly Gift and Coffee Shop - Retail Opportunity
Continuing the successful collaboration between CRAFT NI and the Northern Ireland Assembly Gift and Coffee Shop at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, the initiative now invites applications from Northern Ireland based Artist/Designer/Makers for the period 1 June 2018 to 1 December 2018.
This is an opportunity not only for sales but to raise the profile of selected Artist/Designer/Makers and Craft in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly Gift and Coffee Shop is located in Parliament Buildings, Stormont. It is open to members of the public from Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm.
Deadline - Tuesday 8 May 2018, 5pm
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CRAFT NI: The Art of Presenting Craft
23-Sep-2016View this programme →
The Art of Presenting Craft is a bespoke workshop programme aimed at mid-career designer-makers. It consists of four workshops focusing on personal and
professional development as well as business development issues pertinent to more established craftspeople. The workshops will take place fortnightly in
February and March 2017. Book in now.
