PILCHUCK EMERGING ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME The EAiR program at Pilchuck supports artists who are making a transition in their professional lives. Whether moving from academia to a professional studio…

FUTURE MAKERS AWARD 2012 All students undertaking a fulltime craft course or apprenticeship and anyone who graduated from a full time course in craft or established a craft enterprise in…

CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND 2012 The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) Fund for Continued Professional Development is an important opportunity for established Craft Enterprises. This fund covers attendance at workshops,…

ARTS COUNCIL PARTICIPATION PROECT AWARD The arts participation project award supports initiatives in the field of arts participation commencing in 2012. Group (community group), individual artists or organisations may apply…

TALLINN 6TH APPLIED ART TRIENNIAL 2012 The theme for the 2012 Tallinn Applied Art Triennial is ‘The Art of Collecting’.The Triennial welcomes entries that in any form deal with themes…

TALK ON CONTEMPORARY IRISH CRAFT, GLASNEVIN MUSEUM, DUBLIN This talk will give an interesting insight on contemporary craft practices. It will be followed by a Q&A session with the full…

LECTURE BY MARY MACKEY, DUBLIN Mary Mackey, curator of Elements exhibition of contemporary Irish glass and ceramics opening in Shanghai next month, will be giving a talk at the National…

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF GLASS 2012, STOURBRIDGE, UK The International Festival of Glass is a festival that takes place every two years across Stourbridge’s Glass Quarter. It is now a firmly…