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Creative Exchange Residency for Craft Practitioners 2023-25

Creative Exchange Residency for Craft Practitioners 2023-25 World Craft Council Europe “The Creative Exchange Residency for Craft Practitioners is Back! Now extended and more flexible, building on the experiences of over 20 previous exchanges.” The  Creative Exchange Residency for Craft Practitioners  aims to foster a collaborative and open learning environment, encouraging craft practitioners to apply their unique skills and perspectives. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful exchanges, contributing to the rich tapestry of European craft knowledge and practice. The call is open to  professional craft practitioners of all levels  from diverse regions across Europe, facilitating exchanges

Hosking Houses Trust Residency 2025

Active since 2002, we support recognised women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40, who face some kind of need in the continued development of their work. This need might be personal, domestic, financial or political.   We provide this support primarily, but not exclusively, through short-term residencies and, when needed and viable, bursaries. Since our inception we have hosted, on average, nine women residents a year at Church Cottage, our small eighteenth-century cottage in the peaceful village of Clifford Chambers, two miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. The cottage is comfortable, private and well-appointed and includes a small well-lit

London Treasures - Silvia Weidenbach Residency At The V&A

City Lit Jewellery Tutor Silvia Weidenbach has been announced as the first Resident for the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Rosalind and Arthur Gilbert Collection. The Gilbert Collection holds a renowned selection of British and European gold and silverware, considered masterpieces of craftsmanship.  The V&A’s website describes it as containing ‘some of the most beautiful objects ever made, many in precious materials, and often on a small scale’. It is famed for the selection of snuffboxes made of gold and silver, highly decorated with precious stones, enamels and mosaics; these intricately detail objects have been providing inspiration for artists and designers

Makers-in-Residence Blackhorse Workshop

Call for Applications: Makers-in-Residence  Blackhorse Workshops Walthamstow, London Are you an artist or maker with a strong connection to Waltham Forest, or an interest in our local area, looking to develop your practice? We would love to hear from you.   We are offering a creative practitioner with an interest in our local area and community the opportunity to grow their skills and practice with a three month residency at Blackhorse Workshop. This includes access to our shared studios, free use of our wood and metal workshops, guidance, and skill development with our specialist technicians.  The Blackhorse Makers-in-Residence are creative practitioners

International Fashion Showcase: Part of London Fashion Week 2019

International Fashion Showcase: Part of London Fashion Week Brave New Worlds: The changing landscape of fashion 11- 24 February 2019 Somerset House, London The International Fashion Showcase The International Fashion Showcase (IFS) nurtures and presents work from the most exciting fashion talent from around the world. Working in partnership, British Council, British Fashion Council, London College of Fashion and Somerset House provide a tailored programme for 16 emerging international designers, including a business development programme lead by London College of Fashion and a creative residency within Somerset House Studios in London. IFS will culminate with a free public exhibition during

Rebecca Hannon: Contemporary Camouflage

Contemporary Camouflage is Rebecca Hannon’s latest project, one she has developed during two months residency at Studio Rian de Jong, in Amsterdam. Interested in the concepts of concealing and revealing, which stem from the notion of camoiuflage, the artist presents a series of brooches, chignon covers, earrings and necklaces, the result of a paradoxical exploration in the field of contemporary jewellery.  Camouflage means “to blend into”, to conceal oneself in one’s surroundings so as to protect oneself, to go unnoticed, or to become a predator in order to survive. Coloration is the principal form camouflage takes in nature. Adapted by