7th Jun 2010 ⁄ In East London a beast is stirring... Craft Guerilla is rearing its beautifully hand stitched head, and is on the hunt for new members. I caught up with Deborah Daniel to find out how you can get involved, and how they are making craft accessible for the masses!
1st Jan 2010 ⁄ The craft&design Selected Awards 2010 get underway today with voting ongoing until midnight on 30th April. The Awards are open to talented designer-makers and artisans featured in Selected, an online gallery...
16th Dec 2009 ⁄ The New Year is set to bring new opportunities for all those resolved to get creative in 2010 with a brand new programme of courses from MINISTRY OF CRAFT – Manchester’s popular enterprise which offers people the chance to learn an exciting range of craft skills...
23rd Nov 2009 ⁄ A group of Manchester artists will be hosting their Christmas arts and crafts fair at the Islington Mill on James Street in Salford on Sunday 6th December. The group, called Cheap-zine, was founded by creators and artists Tommy Eugene Higson and Nikki Marie Jackson...
12th Nov 2009 ⁄ To set Christmas parties aglow this season and really get guests talking, the festive party essential has arrived. This year’s new Christmas must buy, illooms, the world’s first illuminated balloons, has hit stores and are guaranteed to light up any night time party...
9th Sep 2009 ⁄ Two enterprising students at the University of Warwick have launched their own company to support creative undergraduates and create a network of artists throughout the UK. Jennytha Raj and Verity Scott have set up ‘B-Side Empire’ to give artistic students...
8th Sep 2009 ⁄ Eight talented graduates of Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art and Design have been given the chance to exhibit their work alongside some of Europe’s finest young artists.
The team are among 15 artists representing the UK at the XIV Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean...
15th Aug 2009 ⁄ Design experts at Birmingham City University have launched a website to make thousands of rare and unique ‘zoomable’ artworks from galleries across the West Midlands freely accessible to schools, creative businesses and the general public.
The ground-breaking new website, called Inspiration Bank, has been created by Media Content Lab, part o...
12th Aug 2009 ⁄ If you happen to spot a Gauguin, Turner or Picasso masterpiece the next time you’re out and about in Manchester, there’s no need to do a double take!
Exact-size reproductions of work from the internationally renowned Whitworth Art Gallery collection are now on display at a number of schools, colleges, community centres and meeting places in...
7th Aug 2009 ⁄ Continuing on their mission to champion grass-roots talent, Momiji has launched its latest venture with up-and-coming designers.
The team behind the cult brand of oddly-addictive message dolls work with the freshest talent around the globe and this year they’re turning their sights towards the world of textiles and fashion with the Momiji Cout...
5th Aug 2009 ⁄ The Northern Art Prize 2009 has announced a short-list of four artists, three of whom work in collaboration, and whose work represents a growing movement towards art that is participatory, social, or driven by collective thinking.
The shortlist can be seen to represent an ongoing shift towards social and participatory forms of art, where the art...
3rd Aug 2009 ⁄ After a ten-week campaign, over 250 entries and a judging panel that includes some of the biggest names in British art, music and fashion, Urbis is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Best of Manchester Awards.
Organised by Urbis, the annual awards celebrate innovation in art, music and fashion and are open to anyone that lives o...
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tui...
