What's on

Making Connections

Until 27th July 2013

The exhibition explores connections between near and far...between makers and teachers...between colleagues and friends, through  the display of the unrivalled collections of the Crafts Study Centre.

Making Connections: Curator's Talk
Wednesday 20th February 2013
5.30-7.00pm
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Craft History: using the Crafts Study Centre's archives

Working class, middle class, upper class, evening class

A lecture and discussion by Dr Stephen Knott

Wednesday 6th March 2013
5.00-7.00pm
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Head, Hand, Heart: reflections on a practice

12 March to 18 May 2013

There is a line of practice in contemporary calligraphy (now four generations deep) that connects the work of the leading exponents Ann Hechle and Ewan Clayton with the influential practice of Edward Johnston and Irene Wellington.  This exhibition makes explicit some of these connecting threads.

Artists Talk
Wednesday 10th April 2013
5.30-7.00pm
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Commissioning craft: the home and the homelike

A lecture by Professor Simon Olding, Director of the Crafts Study Centre. 

Wednesday 15th May 2013
5.30-7.00pm
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Raw Craft: fine thinking in contemporary furniture

28 May to 13 July 2013

Raw Craft captures a contemporary craft movement, presenting works characterised by a deliberate transparency of technique, materiality and process, evident in their look and feel.
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How to write about craft - a workshop

Thursday 6 June 2013
2.30-4.00pm

Tickets (limited to 10) for the workshop are £10.00 and must be booked in advance.

A workshop hosted by Professor Simon Olding, Director of the Crafts Study Centre and the independent curator and writer Sara Roberts. 
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