News
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Bank Holiday Opening Hours
02-May-2018Read this article →
Opening Hours for Bank Holidays in May 2018
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Deborah Toner selected to make award pieces for Voluntary Arts Epic Awards
25-Apr-2018Read this article →.jpg?Action=thumbnail&Width=104&Height=104&algorithm=fill_proportional)
Belfast based artist, Deborah Toner has been selected to create award pieces for the Voluntary Arts Epic Awards, due to be held in Dublin on 3 May 2018.
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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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A Good Age: Change in my Time – 5 craft commissions
13-Jun-2018 - CommissionsView this opportunity →
A Good Age: Change in my Time – 5 Craft
Devon Guild of Craftsmen and Libraries Unlimited are seeking to commission five UK based, professional older artists (born before 1948) to make new contemporary craft work responding to a theme of age and change within the artist’s lifetime. The commissioned works will be shown alongside craftwork made in local community workshops, in a celebratory exhibition ‘A Good Age’ at Devon Guild of Craftsmen in the autumn 2019.
Deadline: 3 September 2018, 9am
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Call for Makers: GROW South Antrim
11-Jun-2018 - Calls for MakersView this opportunity →
Following the successful initial meeting in April and a busy Partners meeting in May in Finland, GROW South Antrim would like to invite makers to a further craft meeting on Thursday 28th June at 7pm in Antrim Civic Centre.
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Open Call: Exhibitions at Ards Arts Centre 2018/19
12-Jun-2018 - Calls for MakersView this opportunity →
Ards and North Down Borough Council invite professional practicing artists (solo artists as well as group shows), recent graduates, arts organisations and community groups to apply to exhibit their artwork at Ards Arts Centre.
Deadline: 9 July 2018, 12 noon
Events
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UUB 2nd Year Ceramics, Jewellery and Silversmithing Exhibition
- ExhibitionsView this event →
The Ulster University Second Year Ceramics, Jewellery and Silversmithing Exhibition at the The Duncairn.
Exhibition preview tonight: Thursday 24th May from 6pm to 8pm.
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Bladesmithing workshop in the Mournes
- WorkshopsView this event →
This basic bladesmithing or knife making workshop covers the fundamentals of forging, grinding and heat-treating a blade. No experience is needed and the class will guide you through:
- Using a gas forge
- Forging the blade to shape
- Blade shaping, using grinder file and abrasive paper
- Heat treating
- Blade finishing, sharpening, and edge testingDate & Time: 29 July 2018, 10am to 4pm.
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Spinning Yarns Festival, at Antrim Castle Gardens
- Exhibitions,Fairs,WorkshopsView this event →
A Festival of Colour Creativity and Craft – Set in the stunning ANTRIM CASTLE GARDENS & CLOTWORTHY HOUSE Spinning Yarns is a ‘must do’ event for those passionate about yarn or simply seeking a great day out. Spinning Yarns is a two day festival celebrating the wonderful world of all things associated with wool & linen where we will showcase the colour, creativity and craft associated with these homespun yarns in all their forms.
Dates: 1-2 September 2018, 10am-6pm.
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.
