Craft NI

What Colour is Metal: Meet the Maker Talks
2021-04-22 19:00 - 2021-05-06 20:00 (Europe/London)
The What Colour is Metal? exhibition will be at Dublin Castle October 2021 to February 2022.
Ahead of the exhibition launch the organisers invite you to join them for a series of Meet the Maker online talks, delivered in partnership by National College of Art & Design and the National Design & Craft Gallery. Each speaker will discuss their work with a focus on the relationship between colour, materials and process.
Details and Booking
Meet the Makers: Session One
Thursday 22nd April, 7pm
With John Moore + Stuart Cairns
Meet the Makers: Session Two
Thursday 29th April, 7pm
With Jessica Turrell + Rebecca de Quin
Meet the Makers: Session Three
Thursday 6th May, 7pm
With Peter Bauhuis + Roxanne Simone

Re:New Wallace #4
2021-04-17 11:00 - 2021-05-14 17:00
R-Space Gallery presents the fourth in a series of collaborative cultural projects involving a Northern Irish artist/maker and the Wallace Collection in London, thus celebrating his historical/cultural connection with Co. Antrim and Lisburn in particular.
Re:New Wallace #4 links the Wallace Collection with the historical past of the Hertford family and their strong links with Lisburn where Sir Richard Wallace was the local MP, benefactor and land-owner.
The selected artist this year is Matthew Wilson, who has developed a series of works inspired by this fascinating collection and the Rococo period.
Details here.

Horizons: Re-Imagining Cultural Sustainability
2021-03-25 12:00 - 17:00
Arts and Business invites you to a free half day conference on Thursday 25th March 2021, bringing together local and international speakers representing funders, UK trusts and arts organisations from Northern Ireland and beyond to discuss and debate how we create the change and culture shift required to build a stronger, healthier arts funding ecology for the longer term.
The NI arts sector was already financially fragile before this pandemic, but there has always been active ambition around income generation and an appetite for exploring new income streams. Consequently, over the last few years, we have been exploring and researching models that would help arts organisations to achieve long term financial sustainability.
On Thursday 25th March 2021, we are delighted to be presenting ‘Horizons: Re-Imagining Cultural Sustainability’, bringing together local and international speakers representing funders, UK trusts and arts organisations from Northern Ireland and beyond to discuss and debate how we create the change and culture shift required to build a stronger, healthier arts funding ecology for the longer term.
Throughout the half-day conference we will be hosting a number of panels, discussing a range of areas, including income sources and risk, funder practice, adapting and strengthening business models, and transformative leadership. We will also be platforming a number of NI Arts organisations through a series of interviews/talks to share how they have adapted, stayed true to their values, purpose and artistic vision, and continued to engage their communities.
Details and registration

NI Science Festival 2021 Explores Linen in Northern Ireland
2021-03-02
NI Science Festival has commissioned a series of three stunning films documenting the past, present and future of the linen industry in Northern Ireland.
Through interviews with key people working in the industry currently, they explore the richness of its heritage as well as what sort of innovative future it might hold.

Collect 2021
2021-02-26 - 2021-03-24
The 17th edition of Collect, the international art fair for contemporary craft and design takes place 26 February – 24 March 2021.
Working with its Advisory Panel, Collect brings you a stunning group of specialist international galleries, showcasing works made in the past five years by living artists.
The Collect gallerists will help you discover some of the exceptional pieces of work on display created by the highly talented artists they represent. At a time when we are unable to come together at Somerset House in London, we are working in partnership with the online art platform Artsy.net for exhibitors to showcase the works for sale online.
Works span many craft disciplines including ceramics, glass, lacquer, art jewellery, precious metalwork, textiles and fibre, wood and paper to works using non-traditional materials including resin and bone.
This year 32 international galleries will be presenting over 400 artists from 35 nations from the UK to Senegal to Japan to the USA ensuring the calibre, aesthetic and breadth of work is outstanding.
The Fair also gives access to free virtual events and talks.

Where:

Organised by Crafts Council

Early-Career Arts Network: February Coffee Morning
2021-02-24 10:30 - 23:30
Arts & Business NI are working in partnership with Young Arts Fundraisers (YAF) to establish a network of early-career cultural professionals working in Northern Ireland, creating development opportunities and hosting regional events to equip the next generation of arts managers.
If you are new to the arts or want the chance to find out more about fundraising, planning, engagement etc as well as be part of a early-career network for peer-support, you are invited to come along.
This virtual coffee morning 10.30 to 11.30 am on Wednesday 24 February will give you the chance to meet your peers, start conversations, and input into the topics we cover and skills we focus on developing over the next few months!
Details here

Where:

Organised by Arts & Business NI

China Now Conference: Cultural Exchange in the New Normal
2021-02-24 - 2021-02-26
UK-China Exchange: Arts and Culture in a Pandemic: 24-26 February 2021
During the COVID pandemic, a growing number of cultural activities in China have moved into virtual spaces, from art exhibitions, festivals and film screenings through to tours of the Palace Museum. To open the conference, we explore some of the innovative digital practices that have transformed the country’s cultural industry over the past year, and how these can empower and enrich future collaborations between China and the UK
The China Now Conference: Cultural Exchange in the New Normal will run online and is an event that will continue to explore developments, promote exchange and connect professionals in the arts and culture sector in China and the UK – you can register now for free using the below links:
https://chinanow.britishcouncil.cn/conference/
https://chinanow.britishcouncil.cn/
Overview of the Schedule:
China Now Conference:Cultural Exchange in the New Normalonline 24-26 Feb
Daily format: 0930 GMT start
• Three one hour sessions focusing on the theme of the day
Day One: Innovation, Art Practice and UK China Cultural Exchange
Arts and Culture in a Pandemic
Many Truths to Speak: Documentary Making during the Pandemic
Mixing Realities: Digital Media Creativity from China
Day Two: Creativity and Sustainability
New Generation of Sustainable Fashion
Cultural Heritage: The Art of Balancing Conservation and the Commercial
Growing Green Culture in China
Day Three: Inclusion Art for All
Art for Change: Curating for All
Living in Community: Architectural Practice in Chengdu and Guangzhou
From Access to Inclusion: Paving the Way for Greater Diversity in China
China Now is a British Council Platform designed to inform and engage UK creatives and cultural leaders by sharing information about opportunities emanating from China. We wish to use the online space to encourage dialogue and to deepen understanding of a contemporary China.
Covid-19 has changed the way we work and we wish to use the conference as an opportunity to review the way our partners are collaborating in both countries and understand what the ‘new normal’ means for international collaboration between artists and cultural organisations
Where:

Organised by British Council

Belfast City Hall Exhibition
2020-10-31 13:00 - 17:00 | Belfast City Hall, Donegall Square North, Belfast, BT1 5GS, United Kingdom

Maker Meet Up 25 June: August Craft Month
2020-09-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Craft NI, 115 - 119 Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT1 1FF, United Kingdom
August Craft Month will have a very different flavour this year. We’re working to re-open the Gallery early in July, but we realise many planned events won’t be able to go ahead. Our PR campaign will be geared to support the whole sector, so please join us for a coffee and a chat to hear about what’s planned and how you can participate remotely, or in person.
Due to a scheduling clash there will not be session at 10.30am on Thursday 25 June.
Our next Maker Meet-Up will be on 4 July when Suzanne Lyle, ACNI will give more info on the SIAP programme.
We will update you on August Craft Month in that session.

Where: Zoom

Maker Meet Up 2 July Suzanne Lyle SIAP
2020-09-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Craft NI, 115 - 119 Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT1 1FF, United Kingdom
ACNI’s SIAP fund is open and Suzanne Lyle, Head of Visual Arts at ACNI will be at our MAKER MEET-UP on THURSDAY 2 JULY to answer questions about the programme. This year, due to the circumstances, artists who currently hold a Support for the Individual Artists Programme (SIAP) Award, will be able to apply again. Applications can be made for project assistance, travel grants or residencies, up to a maximum award of £3,000. http://artscouncil-ni.org/funding/scheme/SIAP.
