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| The Drayton Egg, James Maskrey |
10.30am – 6.30pm followed by Thursday late at the Whitworth
Join us for a day of talks, workshops, 1:1 enterprise surgeries and networking
Fee: £10
Open to: makers in the first few years of launching or revisiting their contemporary craft practice who are based in the North West of England.
To book your place, click here
Come and hear top speakers addressing what it means to make a living in the craft sector; network with other makers and craft professionals from across the North West; answer questions relating to your creative business and get support to shape your craft future.
Organised by the North West Craft Network in partnership with the Whitworth and Manchester Craft and Design Centre, the day will take place in magnificent setting of the Grand Hall in the newly refurbished Whitworth Art Gallery.
Speakers Halima Cassell, Rachel Kelly and James Maskrey will address what it means to make a living as a creative practitioner, bringing insights from their own creative and business journeys.
Respected maker, educator and thinker in the field of ceramics, CJ O'Neill, will guide you through a reflection on your own practice and create space for relating the information and experiences of the day to your own plans. And Katia Stewart, Talent Development Manager for the Crafts Council Talent Development Team will give her insights from many years supporting and promoting artists in the North.
For more information about the speakers, click here.
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| Graffiti-d Installation, CJ O'Neill |
Craft professionals from all walks of North West life will be on hand to chat and advise both informally, and also via two 1:1 surgeries. You'll be able to sign up to put your pressing craft questions to any of these advisors on the day.
1:1 surgery advisors include makers Jane Dzisiewski, Eve Redmond, Nell Smith, Clare Knox-Bentham, Harriet Lawton, Emma Blackburn and Jo Hartley; Beth Hughes, Curator at Lakeland Arts in Cumbria; Sam Rhodes, deputy director at the Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool and Ann Marie Franey, co-director and founder of the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair.
To find out more about the 1:1 surgeries and the advisors, click here.
Finish it all off with a glass of wine and conversation at the same time as taking inspiration from the collections as part of the Whitworth's Thursday Late programme.
To book your place, click here
Questions? Contact Victoria Scholes at craftnorthwest@gmail.com
For an outline of the day, click here.
Organised by the North West Craft Network in partnership with the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Craft and Design Centre
