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Bilston Craft Gallery Call for exhibitors - Drawn to Craft more Cove Park Crafts Residency Programme 2012 more British Glass Biennale 2012 Call for Entries more Bursaries for creative professionals at West Dean College more One Year On 2012 exhibition opportunity more Parkside Federation Academies Public Art Commission more The Goldsmith’s Competition more Call for expressions of interest - A major new commission for the Parkland of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire more Exhibition opportunity for disabled artists working with new technologies more Free jewellery/small metal workshop space for recent graduates more AHRC Doctoral Award 2012/13 more Call for exhibitors - International tapestry exhibition more Broadfield House Glass Museum exhibition opportunity more Designer/maker market at Old Spitalfields market more Workshop to let at Ruskin Glass Centre more Qualification: Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector more The Staffordshire Arts & Crafts Gallery, call for local Artists & Makers more Craft retail opportunity at Rugby Museum & Art Gallery more |
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New Contexts: Contemporary craft in historic settingsOn Thursday the 19th January 2012 DMWM ran the event New Contexts: Contemporary craft in historic settings. The seminar explored ways in which makers can work within historical contexts through a range of invited speakers who discussed their experiences and highlighted the variety of opportunities for makers within the heritage sector.
For an overview of the event and some useful resources click here
‘Leading through Making’ seminar and articleIn June 2011 DMWM organised in collaboration with CraftNet a successful seminar for craft sector professionals called ‘Leading through Making’. The aim of the event was to explore the potential of leading through practice and different ways of moving practice forward.
Following on from the presentations and discussions of the day, DMWM has commissioned Kate Stoddart to write an article about the recent experiences of the five designer maker guest speakers and to explore the different interpretations of leadership within the context of craft practice.
The article is now available in full on our website and also on Interface http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/1689044
Welcome to Designer Maker West Midlands (DMWM)Our aim is to provide information and signpost regional, national and international opportunities which will support makers to develop their practices.
The advocate for the designer maker sector in the West MidlandsDesigner Maker West Midlands represents the sector, initiating activities, fundraising and adding value and support to activities generated by individual makers and makers’ groups /guilds.
DMWM resource handbooksDMWM has commissioned several resource handbooks for makers, including New Routes a publication on market opportunities for designer makers in the West Midlands and Successful Fundraising a valuable guide to funding your practice.
Images on the DMWM website by regional designer makers: Ranbir Kaur, Sian Fletcher, Anna Lorenz, Shivani Patel, Claire Malet, Sheldon Cooney, Ruth Spaak, Dennis Farrell, Clare Henshaw, Ros Ingram, Melanie Tomlinson, Emma Welsh, Jo Newman (photograph Simon Bruntnell), Cathy Miles, Rajesh Gogna, Kathryn Partington, Esther Lord, Karina Thompson
Designer Maker West Midlands is a Limited Company by Guarantee not for profit Registered in England and Wales number: 6529943 Registered address: Suite 77, 27 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2EW |
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