The Crafts Council of Ireland, (CCoI), are currently seeking applications from craftspeople interested in delivering education workshops to people of all ages during 2010 and 2011. The workshops may take place on site at the National Craft Gallery (NCG), in schools both primary and post-primary or at a variety of locations throughout Ireland.
The Craft Education [...]

The 2010 RDS National Crafts Competition, in partnership with the Crafts Council of Ireland, has been launched. Regarded as one of the largest competitive platforms for Craft in Europe, the Competition’s 20 categories are adjudicated by an independent, international panel of judges that the RDS brings to Ireland each year.
Open to craft workers and designers [...]

Thanks to everyone who submitted work for the Future Makers judging process. Geoffrey Mann, Lesley MIllar and I had a tough time making decisions! You can expect to hear by the end of this week or early next week!!

A quick update for all of those who applied to Future Makers! We had an increase of over 60% in our applications compared to last year. We are currently going through the internal shortlisting process and hope to notify people by the end of next week! Fingers crossed and good luck to all!!!

We have started to receive applications and have noticed the following recurring errors that could make your application INELIGIBLE:
C.V. Is not attached
Budget information for grants is not completed – both the expenditure and income sections need to be completed and totals should balance.  View the explanation on completing the budget section on our blog posts
Supporting [...]