Bristol Photo Festival is a new and innovative festival that celebrates the power and diversity of photography. We commission and produce national, international solo and group exhibitions in a biannual festival across the city of Bristol. We also run an ongoing national and international programme of talks, events, workshops and training through a partnership model ... Read more
This exhibition explores the historical lives of five historical females, who all worked in the travelling steam fairgrounds of the West Country, mostly since forgotten, and is on show at Cecil Sharp House, the London home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, in June. Through a series of visual installations, traditional signwriter, fairground ... Read more
The Forces of Nature group show is Glyndebourne’s first all-women exhibition. Bringing together new works on paper and paintings, the show explores wo(man’s) relationship with nature, our fascination with its beauty and forms, its power and our fears about its current degradation. The exhibiting artists are Lesley Birch, QEST Scholar Kate Boucher, Katie Brookes, Morag ... Read more
The National Sculpture Prize (NSP) for emerging outdoor artists was founded by Rinus and Aniet Van de Sande in 2009 to inspire, motivate and support emerging artists living in the UK. Eleven years on the prize continues to represent the UK’s premier platform for emerging sculptors to showcase their talents by having their work publicly ... Read more
The UK is at risk of losing a quarter of its mammal species according to a new report authored by 70 British wildlife charities. The Wild Cat, common Dormouse and the Greater Mouse-eared Bat are among those species teetering on the edge of disappearing. In the State of Nature Report 2019, the first of its ... Read more
The ‘Egham Visions’ project, funded by the Arts Council of England, draws on the Egham Museum’s John Hassell watercolour collection, painted in the 1820s, as a backdrop for exploring hidden stories. As well as placing these pictures in the wider context of contemporary political, agricultural, industrial and social lives, there are relevant local stories which display humour, ... Read more
Haf || Summer at Gallery Ten The gallery’s celebrated annual summer exhibition welcomes two new artists to the gallery - photographer Jon Pountney and painter Annie Morgan Suganami. Pountney’s documentation of nostalgia-tinged social history and Suganami’s vibrant and energetic still-life paintings will hang along side new and recent work by Helen Booth, André Stitt, Sue ... Read more
Paintings and metal sculptural works by Newlyn-based Shelley Anderson. Born and brought up in the creative environment of West Cornwall, artist and craftsman Shelley Anderson first started toying with metal in his dad’s garage. This led him to train in Silversmithing and Metal Fabrication at Falmouth College of Art. He uses new and innovative techniques ... Read more
QEST Scholars Hazel Thorn, Megan Falconer and Anna Lorenz, along with QEST Skills Assessor Ndidi Ekubia, all have work featured in Mastery, the first exhibition to focus on the UK’s exceptionally talented contemporary women designer silversmiths. Fifty years ago, it would have been impossible to assemble an exhibition like this, as there were so few ... Read more
You are invited to join QEST Eranda Foundation Scholar Scott Benefield and Andrea Spencer for a day of glassblowing demonstrations in their studio, located 2 miles outside of Ballintoy, Co. Antrim. There will be ongoing narrated demonstrations throughout the day, as well as a large selection of unique pieces, prototypes and good quality seconds for ... Read more
This intermediate / advanced level course covers various ways of creating pattern through mixed-metal fusing, by a lateral layering of wires, rods or pieces of sheet. The possibilities of these techniques can lend themselves to many different styles, whether geometric or organic, abstract or representational. Hazel developed this fusing technique after learning Mokume Gane at ... Read more
Learn about this traditional Japanese artform that is spreading around the world, and being appreciated for its versatility & eco qualities. You’ll design, carve & print your own block on handmade Japanese paper and all materials are provided.
Grant McCaig presents Ovalis, a new series of brooches where he explores the notion of wholeness and clarity. For Grant, working in silver is an inspiring, creative, technical and expressive process. Using traditional silversmith techniques as his foundation, he creates pieces which explore the relationship between functionality and self-expression. "I have created a series of ... Read more
Work by the 45 shortlisted artists of Officine Saffi Award 4 will be on show from 7 September to 7 November 2021, in Milan, and include pieces by ceramicist and QEST Scholar Elly Glossop. Installations, objects, sculptures, and research projects will be on display at an exhibition where the world of contemporary art meets collectible ... Read more
Bringing together key elements from both artists’ varied practices, they have created an immersive experience for the viewer. Williams’ presence is powerfully felt through mark making, touch and gestural exertions. While Price leaves traces of themselves through text, confessions and schizophrenic excretions that pool like phantoms on Williams’ rich painted surfaces. The multi layered wall ... Read more
To mark the occasion of London Glassblowing’s 45th anniversary, many leading British glass artists have been invited to come together for a special celebratory exhibition. This promises to be a truly exceptional show, with many of the participants making new artworks especially. Included in the show will be work by the late Sam Herman, who ... Read more
British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) is the UK’s premiere contemporary ceramics festival that takes place in Stoke-on-Trent. BCB presents art-works from the UK’s leading ceramicists alongside international artists, in exhibitions and special events held across the city. BCB is underpinned by an exciting year-round programme of artists’ commissions, education and community engagement projects. British Ceramics Biennial ... Read more
We are excited to be getting our weekend stone carving courses up and running again this summer. We provide the stone, tools and teach the traditional techniques you need to carve a piece with us, giving you the foundational knowledge and skills to allow you to start working pieces of your own. The course is ... Read more
A selected exhibition of works by 33 glass makers inspired by form and evolution in the natural world, including pieces by QEST Company of Arts Scholars' Scholar Katherine Huskie. The show has been organised by the Contemporary Glass Society. Katherine's featured pieces are from her Echinus Series. This range is designed with her love of ... Read more
This is the first part of a two part beginner's course designed to provide an introduction to furniture making. The course covers: Use of hand planes Sharpening and tuning of hand planes Characteristics of timber and working with it Achieving flat, straight and square with a hand plane Marking tools Advanced sharpening of planes and ... Read more
During this weekend woodblock printmaking course in Herefordshire you will learn about this traditional Japanese artform that is getting more popular all over the world and is appreciated for its versatility, low tech, non-toxic and eco qualities. You’ll design, carve and print your own block on handmade Japanese paper and all materials will be provided. ... Read more
Join artist and QEST Scholar Kerry Lemon in conversation with Rowan Bain, Principal Curator of the William Morris Gallery, to explore the role of May Morris in Lemon's latest eco sculptural commission in Walthamstow and a wider discussion on art in the public realm. This event is part of the London Open House Festival 2021.
Over six days, professional chair maker Jason Mosseri will teach you all the elements of chair-making and you will leave with a strong, elegant chair made by your own fair hand. You will learn how to select a suitable green ash log, cleave it into parts, and, using a wooden spring pole lathe, “turn” these ... Read more
In this live session, as part of the Handmade Oxford Online Craft Fair, Effie Burns discusses the intriguing technique of lost organic casting she utilises to create her breathtaking glass sculptures. Register to attend the free event by using the link below.
Harvest, an online talk with Hilary Burns, Felicity Irons, Nathalie Seiller Dejean, QEST Scholar Veronica Main and Karolina Merska September is the month when the summers harvest is gathered, organised and processed. Harvest has long been a pivotal time of year. Although we may now be more removed from the cycles of harvest, our speakers ... Read more
This is beginners/intermediate workshop for people to learn how to create pleated flowers like the ones Lora makes in her work. Although Lora uses a pleating machine to make her pleats, for this class she will teach you how to create those pleats by hand, without a machine and attach them to a flat fabric. ... Read more
A celebration of contemporary art and architecture, the 253rd Royal Academy Summer Exhibition features work by icons and up and coming artists - there are over 1,000 pieces selected by coordinator Yinka Shonibare and a panel of artists, under the theme of Reclaiming Magic. Exhibiting artists include QEST Finnis Scott Foundation Scholar and hand embroiderer ... Read more
London is and always has been a city of makers. Explore their stories in this new free display at the Museum of London, including work by QEST Turners' Company Scholar Eleanor Lakelin. London has always been a city where creativity and craft can flourish. For hundreds of years, London’s economy and culture have been linked ... Read more
Art has many different branches, but what holds them together - what all art has in common - are two elements that must always be present: poetry - there has to be some kind of poetry - and a healthy dose of construction. Without the two, there is no art. This musing, by twentieth-century sculptor Eduardo Chillida, ... Read more
‘The exhibition Basketry: Rhythm, Renewal & Reinvention is a visual slice across contemporary UK basket making. There are some 35 maker’s work spilling over all three galleries at Ruthin Craft Centre. The exhibition shows what is being made today – and by whom – across basketry’s beautiful variety of shapes, materials and weaves.’ Jane Audas, August 2021 Alongside ... Read more
Jo Sealy’s new photography project The Black Artisans will showcase and celebrate established UK based Black Artisans through a travelling photography exhibition, launching at the William Morris Gallery before moving to central London and then the Midlands. Featured artisans include QEST Scholar and stone carver Marcia Bennett Male. This project will include a series of ... Read more
Goldsmiths’ Fair is an annual selling event and exhibition showcasing a curated selection of work by some of the best fine jewellers and contemporary silversmiths creating and making in the UK today. It is widely regarded as an essential stop in the international fine jewellery and contemporary silver events calendar. The Fair has taken place ... Read more
Tidelines’ is a collaborative exhibition by wood artist and QEST Turners' Company Scholar Eleanor Lakelin and silversmith Adele Brereton. The exhibition explores a mutual interest in the fragments of eroded objects and material they find on the Thames foreshore near their studios. As low tide reveals the layers of time, remnants of material connect us ... Read more
Something completely different for October! Introducing Jaxx Waygood - 'The Fine Art of Blacksmithing' The Art & Craft Collective is delighted to present their first artistic/sculptural blacksmithing exhibition, showcasing the work of QEST Radcliffe Trust Scholar Jaxx Waygood in his first solo exhibition since finishing his MA degree at Edinburgh College of Art. It features ... Read more
Outside In presents exceptional works of crafted art and design by international artist - designer - makers who define their practice through their ethical and emotional decisions to use organic, sustainable materials. These ancient materials; wood, willow, and grasses, are reimagined for the contemporary world as the makers express their devotion, both political and personal, ... Read more
This course is held over two days and is for those wanting more time to really learn the skills involved in greenwood spoon carving. You’ll have plenty of time to practise each of the techniques and gain a deeper understanding of working with the tools and timber. This will allow you to carve more easily ... Read more
QEST Sanderson Rising Star Craft Award
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