Scottish development agency creates role to advocate for contemporary craft
Craft Scotland’s newest recruit will champion the place of “contemporary craft”, in a freshly-created position as a creative direc…
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Craft and design expert to head up Festival of Making
A festival that celebrates British craft production “from the kitchen table to the factory floor” has named ROSY GREENLEES OBE as…
Arts centre warns of closure due to ‘stubborn deficit’
A Cirencester arts centre which has been offering creative workshops and craft courses for nearly half a century is at risk of clo…
Bradford lantern celebration fails to secure funds to go ahead
An annual showcase celebrating the artistry of lanterns and puppets has been forced to cancel this year’s festivities, after faili…
Welsh arts centre director retires after three decades
PHILIP HUGHES will step down from his role as director of Ruthin Craft Centre in Wales at the end of this month after 33 years in…
Heritage museum names boss to guide it through ‘transition’
A museum that recreates rural life between the 12th and 20th centuries has appointed an interim director, following the departure…
National Glass Centre row ignoring local views, suspended politician claims
A councillor suspended by his local party amid a dispute over the proposed closure of Sunderland’s National Glass Centre (NGC) h…
Growing number of craft skills could be lost in a generation, charity warns
A growing range of traditional craft skills in the UK are under threat of disappearing within a generation, according to a new rep…
Crafts charity names chair
The London-based charity Work and Play Scrapstore, which repurposes waste and surplus goods as arts and crafts materials, has…
Sheffield community festival cancelled due to lack of funding
An annual community festival in Sheffield has cancelled this year’s event due to a lack of funding. The Sharrow Festival, which us…
Crafts Council magazine closes after more than 50 years
The Crafts Council has closed its twice-yearly Crafts magazine due to “ever-rising costs” and declining advertising revenue. T…
West Dean College appoints new CEO
ANNA GOUGH-YATES has been named the new CEO of West Dean College. She succeeds ALEXANDER BARRON at the West Sussex-based scho…
Stoke-on-Trent awarded World Craft City status
Stoke-on-Trent has been named a World Craft City, a status granted to areas with excellent social, cultural and economic cont…
Campaign for free craft workshops reaches fundraising target
A charity’s campaign to raise money to pay for vulnerable and disadvantaged people to attend creative classes has hit its &p…
Craft Central to close due to financial pressures
East London-based charity Craft Central will close its doors at the end of the month, citing financial pressures including high re…
Jobs go at Crafts Council as revenue shrinks
National Portfolio Organisation says cultural sector 'faces one of its most testing moments in recent history'.
Funding for traditional heritage crafts project in Rochdale
A heritage project to explore, celebrate and preserve the heritage crafts of refugee and asylum seeker communities in Rochdale wil…
English Heritage launches £11m apprenticeship programme
The charity aims to train a new generation in vanishing heritage skills needed to preserve endangered historic properties, includi…
York Minster in £4m appeal for heritage craft skills centre
Cathedral York Minster has launched an appeal to raise £4m towards a new centre for ancient craft skills. The Centre o…
Growing number of craft skills ‘under threat’
Traditional craft skills are "on the verge of extinction" in the UK, according to new research. Five new skills have bee…
Lottery support for forestry arts projects in Scotland
Two arts projects focusing on forestry and sustainability in Scotland have received National Lottery support in the recent round o…
Crafts Council reports first financial loss in four years
Effects of pandemic and inability to attract tenants for spare office space see Crafts Council record financial loss.
Funding boost for arts and culture activities in deprived areas
A £29m government fund includes ringfenced support to increase volunteering and arts, culture and heritage offers in 27 targ…
Safeguarding heritage craft skills for the future
Are the UK's traditional craft skills in danger? Mary Lewis explains what’s being done to safeguard and celebrate herita…
