Events across city to mark craft month

The Culture of Making is the special theme of this year’s August Craft Month, which features a packed programme of events in Lisburn throughout the month.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Aug 2013, 13:00 BST

The seventh annual celebration of craft, co-ordinated by Craft NI, will focus on designers and craft-makers living and working in Northern Ireland and how they have been influenced by the rich and diverse culture of the place they live and work in.

Events are being held in the Island Arts Centre, Hillsborough Village Centre and R-Space Gallery. Lisburn is also featured on the new interactive ‘craft map’, which highlights R-Space and Relatively Ceramics Studio plus craft-maker Jude Cassidy and Top Floor Art both in nearby Saintfield.

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Events taking place include: ‘From the Start & Back to the Beginning: An invitation into the Mind of Dr Sarah McAleer’ at R-Space Gallery from July 27 to August 10.

Dr McAleer – jeweller, historian, researcher, lecturer, curator and writer – will install a challenging solo show in the gallery.

Introduction to Patchworking and quilting at the Island Arts Centre on August 31. Stitch – an exhibition of the textile art of Naomi Whan at Hillsborough Village Centre.

Map Butterflies and Time Bugs @ Top Floor Art in Saintfield August 6-31. Artist Emma Whitehead has a passion for bugs, butterflies, maps and watches and has created hand-sewn, mixed media textiles for this exhibition.

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The work of Naomi Whan will be displayed at the Hillsborough Village Centre and she will be giving a workshop at the Island Arts Centre while ‘From the Start & Back to the Beginning: An invitation into the Mind of Dr Sarah McAleer’ will be at R Space in Lisburn.

Head of Visual Arts at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Suzanne Lyle said: “We have been supporting the wonderful work of Craft NI for a number of years through a variety of different funding programmes. We are delighted to see the festival spreading its wings and encompassing the work of makers and artists from across Northern Ireland. The month-long festival beautifully showcases the talent of our makers, many of whom incorporate cultural references and indigenous materials into their work.

“What a fitting and exciting way to represent local artistic talent and imagination.’

During August Craft Month there are events around Lisburn and further afield throughout the month.

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