Meltdown at the crafts council?

Apollo;  March 1, 2006 ;   Hall, Michael;   558 words ......The two events have in common the Crafts Council, a government-funded body that exists...If so, you would be very wrong. The Crafts Council is in apparent meltdown. Its director...Trustees effectively to render the Crafts Council invisible'. They are objecting to the...

ENGLAND'S NEW SPIRIT IN CRAFTS

The Boston Globe;  December 13, 1987 ;   Christine Temin, Globe Staff;   787 words ......of thing that is on view at London's Crafts Council Gallery frequently does not. Take...weeks ago. The show was then at the Crafts Council Gallery, 12 Waterloo Place, Lower Regent...Wolverhampton and Old Portsmouth. The Crafts Council Gallery is the first stop in England...

culture: Crafts on the rise in North; An important craft exhibition opens...

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  February 16, 2008 ;     580 words ...Byline: David Whetstone THE Crafts Council has a collection of 1,400 objects dating...Stafford, exhibitions officer at the Crafts Council, says I must see A Sensual Shiver by...Turner, head of exhibitions at the Crafts Council from 1974 to 1989 and now a renowned...

UK GOVERNEMNT: A new framework for crafts.

M2 Presswire;  April 6, 1999 ;     787 words ......boundaries between the Arts Council and the Crafts Council, by uniting strategic policy and funding...confirmed the continued existence of the Crafts Council as an independent Royal Charter body...target funding accordingly, enable the Crafts Council to focus on the provision of ...

Crafty St. Kate's fair turns 25.(VARIETY)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 27, 1997 ;   Abbe, Mary;   787 words ......helped start the Minnesota Crafts Council, which runs the festival. Mondale...was a founding member of the Crafts Council and has given so much back...profession, said Dave Glenn, the Crafts Council's executive director. He's...

You can judge these books by their covers

Winnipeg Free Press;  August 29, 2008 ;   Mayes, Alison;   762 words ......exhibition presented by the Manitoba Crafts Council offers a chance to curl up and intimately...their own right. Bound, curated for the Crafts Council by Stacey Abramson, showcases about...of three presented by the Manitoba Crafts Council this year. The organization, founded...

Not so degenerate

The Spectator;  January 30, 1999 ;   Harrod, Tanya;   787 words ......Views from the Edge of the Century (Crafts Council Gallery, 44A Pentonville Road, London...recycled'. Nature is safe with the Crafts Council's version of decadence. Just to resolve...look lost and out of place at the Crafts Council. This is because the true decadent...

Cringe factor zero

The Independent - London;  December 17, 1996 ;   John Windsor;   587 words ......But craftspeople and (whisper it) the Crafts Council, which is holding the exhibition, nevertheless...without fear of censure. And so the Crafts Council, swaying from definition to definition...or chromium plate reflects less the Crafts Council's attempt to bootstrap the handmade...

UK GOVERNMENT: Professor James More and Dr Alan Borg re re-appointed to...

M2 Presswire;  October 20, 1999 ;     490 words ......and Dr Alan Borg re-appointed to the Crafts Council (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...Borg have been re-appointed to the Crafts Council for a further three years, Arts Minister...five years. Notes for Editors 1. The Crafts Council exists to advance and encourage the...

Ideas on the table; Two new shows explore traditional British table...

The Evening Standard (London, England);  September 8, 2004 ;     745 words ......contemporary craft, was asked by the Crafts Council to find a way to mark 30 years of its...Makkum. This is an unusual choice for a Crafts Council shop as the china is not one-off or...from 23 September to 7 November at the Crafts Council Shop at the V&A (020 7589 5070...

Design: Don't put your eggs in one When is a basket not a basket? When...

The Independent - London;  July 24, 1999 ;   Fiona MacLeod;   787 words ......baskets. The newly opened show at the Crafts Council explodes this preconception for any...another screen has taken form outside the Crafts Council building, constructed of woven balls...and Dail Behennah - available in the Crafts Council shop. Contemporary International ...

Subversive needles

The Spectator;  March 19, 2005 ;   Harrod, Tanya;   726 words ......Knit 2 Together: Concepts in Knitting Crafts Council, 44a Pentonville Road, London N1, until...become worryingly fashionable, hence the Crafts Council's delightful exhibition Knit 2 Together...objects and craft processes. Maybe the Crafts Council should have looked at this ...

TOUR VERMONT'S STUDIOS ON MEMORIAL WEEKEND

The Boston Globe;  May 21, 2006 ;   JAN SHEPHERD;   276 words ......made for short hops around the Vermont Crafts Council's 14th annual statewide Studio Tour...executive director of the Vermont Crafts Council, recalled the first event had 112 craftspeople...Vermont Studio Tour presented by Vermont Crafts Council. 802-223-3380. www.vermontcrafts.com...

Crafts Council folds, taking 2 art fairs with it; The 35-year-old group...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 20, 2007 ;   Abbe, Mary;   346 words ......fairs are kaput because the Minnesota Crafts Council, the organization that sponsored them...2003. Both shows were sponsored by the Crafts Council, which dismissed its director in August...Twin Cities arts community. Former Crafts Council officials could not be reached for...

WEAVING A SPELL OF THEIR OWN At a Crafts Council selling exhibition you...

Evening Standard - London;  July 14, 1999 ;   Corinne Julius;   787 words ......made and just plain gorgeous. This Crafts Council selling exhibition challenges all you...even the garden. Rush along to the Crafts Council and become a basket case. Contemporary...Admission is free. BASKET INFORMATION The Crafts Council, 44a Pentonville Road, London, N1 9BY...