CURRENT EXHIBITION
jUSt for US and _Between Form and Space_
The Craft & Design Collective presents jUSt for US and _Between Form and Space_ 2 exhibitions of Craft, Applied Art and Design at Space CRAFT, the group's Shop/Gallery/Exhibition Area, up the escalator at The Fountain Centre, College Street, Belfast, from Friday 7th to Saturday 29th May 2010, Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm.
The Previews takes place on Thursday 6th May 2010, 6pm to 8pm
jUSt for US is an exhibition of work by Selected Artist/Designer/Makers presented especially for the James Renwick Alliance Craft Leaders Caucus Study Tour organised by the Crafts Council of Ireland. www.jra.org www.ccoi.ie
124 pieces were submitted by 53 Artist/Designer/Makers and 37 pieces by 23 Artist/Designer/Makers were selected.
The James Renwick Alliance is an independent national (U.S.A.) nonprofit organisation dedicated to advancing scholarship and education on contemporary American craft, to supporting activities directed toward this purpose, and to encouraging connoisseurship and collecting. The Alliance assists the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in adding to its permanent collection of American craft of artistic significance and superior workmanship, supports scholarly research in contemporary American craft, sponsors public educational activities, and pursues other activities in support of the studio craft movement.
_Between Form and Space_ is an exhibition of work by Claire Muckian and Evelina Wojtowicz, Visual Artists who work with ceramics and other media. Their practice falls within the context of ceramic sculpture.
For this exhibition Claire and Evelina will work with a wide range of media including ceramics, glass, metal, drawings, print-work and textiles. They will engage with and respond to the various media used and with the exhibition space resulting in an experimental, fascinating and cohesive body of work.
_Beyond Form and Space_ is a suitable title for the exhibition as it encompasses both the artwork and the space, having regard to the objects themselves and the context in which they are placed.
The underscores used in the exhibition's title _Between Form and Space_ act as agents to highlight the idea of the interval between the form of the pieces and the integral and surrounding space.
Venue: Space CRAFT
9b The Fountain Centre, College Street, Belfast, BT1 6ET
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Dates: Friday 7th to Saturday 29th May 2010
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm
INSPIRED BY...
The Craft & Design Collective's Annual Exhibition 2010
The Craft & Design Collective presents Inspired by..., an exhibition of Craft, Applied Art and Design made by Selected Artist/Designer/Makers in response to a visit to the recently reopened Ulster Museum. The venue for the exhibition is Space CRAFT the group’s Shop/Gallery/Exhibition Area, up the escalator at The Fountain Centre, College Street, Belfast, from Friday 5th March to Saturday 1st May 2010, Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm.
The Preview took place on Thursday 4th March 2010, 6pm to 8pm when the exhibition was officially opened by Dr Jim McGreevy, Director of Collections and Interpretation, National Museums Northern Ireland
The Inspired by... exhibition is designed to celebrate the recent reopening of the Ulster Museum. Artist/Designer/Makers were invited to visit the Ulster Museum www.nmni.com/um and then to create one-off or limited edition pieces inspired by an object or objects within the museum’s collections or to submit an existing piece or pieces that show an affinity with an object or objects within the museum’s collections. A catalogue has been published to coincide with the exhibition complete with images of the selected Artist/Designer/Makers pieces. The exhibition is supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Selection Panel
Kim Mawhinney was appointed Head of Art at the National Museums Northern Ireland last year. She was Curator of Applied Art at the Ulster Museum for 15 years with responsibility for the glass, ceramic and furniture collections.
Elise Taylor is Curator of Applied Art, National Museums Northern Ireland. Elise has been a Curator of Applied Art at the Ulster Museum since 1979, responsible for the curation and exhibition of the costume and textile collections and the metalwork, silver and jewellery collections.
The Ulster Museum reopened on 22nd October 2009 after a 3 year £17million redevelopment project designed to increase the museum’s capacity to meet the needs of visitors and the challenges of the 21st century and to ensure its continued success as one of Northern Ireland’s best loved and most highly respected cultural institutions.
The Ulster Museum is Northern Ireland’s treasure house of the past and present and it is free to all visitors. The Craft & Design Collective would like to encourage you to visit the museum and be inspired by its treasures yourself. Perhaps you could take the exhibition catalogue with you and seek out the pieces that inspired the Artist/Designer/Makers whose work is represented in it…
Venue: Space CRAFT
9b The Fountain Centre, College Street, Belfast, BT1 6ET
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Dates: Friday 5th March to Saturday 1st May 2010
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm
A CHRISTMAS TRILOGY
The Craft & Design Collective presents A CHRISTMAS TRILOGY, an Exhibition incorporating 3 Exhibitions of Craft, Applied Art & Design, at Space CRAFT the group’s Shop/Gallery/Exhibition Area, up the escalator at The Fountain Centre, College Street, Belfast, from Friday 5th December 2008 to Saturday 31st January 2009. The Preview takes place on Thursday 4th December 2008, 6pm to 8pm.
WHO FRAMED CHRISTMAS? An Exhibition of framed pieces in many different media.
FESTIVE FOREST An Exhibition of decorated miniature tabletop Christmas Trees. The Craft & Design Collective will revive the custom, which started in Germany in the 16th Century, of decorating small evergreen trees with home-made (hand-made) decorations/ornaments and/or gifts for Christmas.
CHRISTMAS BOXED An Exhibition of boxed pieces in different media.
All work will be for sale and will be most suitable for purchase as Christmas gifts.
Venue: Space CRAFT
9b The Fountain Centre, College Street, Belfast, BT1 6ET
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Dates: Friday 5th December 2008 to Saturday 31st January 2009
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm
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