You can view all Made in the Middle events on the Craftspace website.
The National Centre for Craft and Design, Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7TW
Made in the Middle Mindfulness
Monday 12th June and 19th June
11.30am – 12pm
Join NCCD for a guided relaxation session for beginners in their inspiring gallery. The session, led by Sleaford Chan Group, focuses on letting go of tension and enhancing your awareness of the present moment.
Free, everyone welcome
Curator event: Access and Inclusion in Visual Art and Applied Art exhibitions
Monday 19th June
1 – 4pm
Devised by Craftspace and hosted by the National Centre for Craft & Design, this event is an opportunity for exhibition managers and curators to network and hear about recent projects which support access to exhibitions.
Made in the Middle – Teachers, Artists and educational professionals event
‘A response to the crisis in craft education’
Monday 26th June 2017
4:30PM – 6.30PM
Brewhouse Arts Centre, Union Street, Burton on Trent DE14 1EB
Hear about a practical response to the crisis in craft education and in particular the fall in student participation in craft related learning.
Past events
Private View
National Centre for Craft & Design
Friday 12th May
6 – 8pm
Free
Everyone welcome.
Meet the Maker
Thursday 6th April, 5-7pm
Vittoria Street Gallery, B1 3PA
You are welcome to join us for an evening event in the Vittoria Street Gallery in association with Talking Practice. You will have the opportunity to meet Made in the Middle makers, have a chat and a glass of wine, and to purchase work from the exhibition. The event begins at 5pm and concludes at 7pm.
We will be joined by exhibitors: Chloe Smith, Clare Pentlow, Dauvit Alexander, Emily- Kriste Wilcox, Michala Gyetvai, Rachel Butlin, Zoe Hillyard, Melanie Tomlinson, Zoe Robertson
Business Breakfast
Friday 21st April, 8 – 9.45am
Parkside Gallery, Birmingham City University, B4 7BD
Please join us, Steve Hollis Chair of Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership and members of the business community to celebrate the strength and quality of creative talent, skills and making in a region renowned for its manufacturing history. To book a free place: mitmbusiness.eventbrite.com
We will be joined by exhibitors: Chloe Smith, Clare Pentlow, Dauvit Alexander, Emily- Kriste Wilcox, Michala Gyetvai, Rachel Butlin, Zoe Hillyard, Melanie Tomlinson, Zoe Robertson
Meet the Maker
Thursday 23rd March
Vittoria Street Gallery, B1 3PA
The first of two events at Vittoria Street Gallery, visitors chatted with makers listening to their quick-fire 1 minute talks before browsing the shop and purchasing a couple of items!
Past events at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Workshop: Precious Jewels
Saturday 14 January 2017
10.00am to 3.00pm
£26, booking required
Dauvit Alexander takes his inspiration from the Renaissance, an era that he considers was the last time it was the norm for men to wear jewellery. Through this one day workshop, he’ll teach you how to make a sterling silver ring using traditional jewellery-making skills.
Herbert Illumination: When Waves Collide – weaving meets mathematics
Tuesday 17 January 2017
12.30pm to 1.30pm
Free
Theo Wright, a Coventry-based textile designer and weaver, will talk about his latest project When Waves Collide, included within the exhibition Made in The Middle. He will show examples from this project and others that interpret mathematical ideas in textiles.
Workshop: You Can’t Wear That!
Saturday 21 January 2017
10.00am to 3.00pm
£26, booking required
The things that some see as rubbish can often be turned into something beautiful if you have the right skills. Using traditional techniques, Dauvit Alexander will show you how to turn the bits and bobs most would throw away into pieces of jewellery.
Workshop: Paper Cutting with Clare Pentlow
Saturday 18 February 2017
10.00am – 3.00pm
£26, booking required
Come and explore the technique of paper cutting. In this full day workshop you will have the opportunity to create your own unique designs out of paper using the same skills Clare uses to produce her beautiful pieces.