A Place for Craft - the HCA Conference 9th May 2015

A Place for Craft is the theme for this year’s Heritage Crafts Association conference - on Saturday 9th May at the V&A Museum – which will place makers and craftspeople at the heart of the conference and the discussions.

The conference will highlight the relationship between crafts and location – focusing on those crafts which have developed in particular regions or locations, and why craftspeople have chosen to live and work in areas with a special tie to their craft. Speakers include Sir Christopher Frayling and Genevieve Sioka, artisan buyer for the National Trust, and makers and craftspeople will again be able to bring and exhibit the tools of their trade at the conference.

The conference falls during London Craft Week, 6-10 May. The HCA is a strategic partner for London Craft. This inaugural festival will celebrate traditional skills and new talent, and showcase the work and expertise of craftspeople in major galleries and individual workspaces across London. During the festival, the HCA will hold the first HCA craft photography exhibition, featuring finalists of a competition run by the HCA and sponsored by Furniture Village, at the Prince’s Foundation in Shoreditch.

Tickets are selling fast so do book your place now!
http://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/index.php/upcoming-events/upcoming-events-1/item/185-conference2015


If you’re attending, do post below and maybe you can organise to meet up with other Folksy makers while you’re there!