News
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Local Goldsmiths commissioned to make Allianz Arts & Business N.I Awards.
20-Jan-2020Read this article →
Local Goldsmiths, Cameron & Breen were commissioned to make this years Allianz Arts & Business N.I Awards.
Based in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, Martin Cameron and Laura Breen's combined interest in sculptural Silversmithing has influenced their joint transition into Couture Jewellery.
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Survey for Craft Makers in Northern Ireland
13-Jan-2020Read this article →
The appetite for buying craft has increased dramatically over the past ten years, and we want to see the market grow even further. To this end, the Crafts Council and eight national partners*, including Craft NI, have already surveyed thousands of consumers - now we want to understand makers’ side of the story.
The closing date is Friday 31 January 2020.
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Craft NI hosts exhibition of works from the Arts Council’s Contemporary Art Collection
25-Nov-2019Read this article →
A special exhibition at Craft NI’s new Royal Avenue premises featuring selected works from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s contemporary art collection is now open. The exhibition has come about as part of the Arts Council’s new Art Lending Scheme, a free scheme which is open to curators, galleries, and organisations interested in putting works from the Collection on public display.
Opportunities for Makers
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Call For Facilitators For The Bushmills Courthouse Creative Programme
17-Jan-2020 - Calls for MakersView this opportunity →
Enterprise Causeway wishes to receive Expressions of Interest from enthusiastic, freelance creative facilitators to join our workshop facilitator panel to deliver engaging arts and creative workshops.
Deadline: Friday, 31 January 2020
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Call for Applications: Goldsmiths’ Fair 2020
13-Jan-2020 - Calls for MakersView this opportunity →
Are you an independent contemporary jeweller or silversmith with no more than six people at the bench?
Would you like the opportunity to present your collections to the most discerning buyers and collectors, at the most prestigious fine jewellery and contemporary silver Fair in the UK?
Applications for Goldsmiths’ Fair 2020 are now open!
Deadline: Thursday, 27 February, 12 noon.
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Open Call: Materials Messages and Meaning #8
09-Jan-2020 - Calls for MakersView this opportunity →
Open call for Artists and Makers whose work responds to the theme: Obvious
Artists / makers based in Northern Ireland, at any stage of their career, working in any media, will be selected from an open call as part of our Materials, Messages and Meaning series, and will receive a fee for a talk and exhibiting work.
Deadline for submissions: Thursday, 6 February, 4pm
Exhibition Dates: 28 March – 24 April 2020
Events
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Belfast's Great Pottery Throw Down
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Sign up for Belfast's first Great Pottery Throw Down here at Baltic's Pottery Barn at Bullitt Belfast for a mini Throw down day with Master Potter David McComiskey
Throw some pots on the wheels and move on to pulling handles and other such pottery techniques to see who wins the coveted Belfast Master of the Wheel Title and YES beer is allowed!
Date: Sunday, 9 February 2020
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Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop
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Hosted by Claire of NodoKnots, this workshop will teach you how to make a beautiful macramé hanger and add more plants to your home!
Date: Sunday, 1 March 2020
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Generation Exhibition - National Design and Craft Gallery
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This exhibition invites us to consider the unique perspective of a group of Irish based designer-makers who are custodians of a familial tradition of making and creativity, continuing and/or reinventing the work begun by previous generations of their family.
Dates:12 March 2020 - 21 June 2020
Programmes
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August Craft Month | Audience Experience Survey
29-Aug-2019View this programme →
If you have attended an August Craft Month Event, please complete the Audience Experience Survey by clicking the survey link above.
It will take less than 2 minutes of your time, but will be priceless to us in terms of learning lessons for next year, and persuading potential funders of the value that August Craft Month brings to the craft sector and to Northern Ireland.
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Call for Applications: August Craft Month 2019
20-May-2019View this programme →
CRAFT NI invites you to register a Craft-related event for August Craft Month 2019.
August Craft Month is Northern Ireland's Annual Celebration of all things Craft.
August Craft Month is a series of events (Craft exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations, fairs, festivals and more...) delivered by a partnership of individuals and organisations across Northern Ireland. It is co-ordinated by CRAFT NI on behalf of the Craft sector and is funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland through the National Lottery.
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Call for Applications: NI Assembly Gift and Coffee Shop Retail Opportunity
18-Oct-2018View this programme →
Call for Applications: Northern Ireland Assembly Gift and Coffee Shop – Retail Opportunity.
Deadline: Thursday, 8 November 2018, 5pm
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