In this webinar Anne Kiely and Carmel Creaner will share with you the fascinating history they have uncovered of the Cork textile industry over the past two centuries. This research was carried out as background to a substantial installation commissioned by Cork City Libraries. Carmel Creaner & Ann Kiely will discuss The Woven History of Douglas, textile artist Caroline Schofield will highlight her familial history of woollen mills in Kilkenny, the Arts & Craft Movement and more. Free Zoom event.

On the day of the event you will receive a zoom link to join your online workshop. If you have any questions please email events@ndcg.ie.

Please note that this event will be recorded. GDPR: The recording and your details will be held securely for the purposes of the project in line with Design & Crafts Council Ireland policy, and will not be shared with any other person/agency.

KEEP WELL

The “Keep Well” campaign is part of the Government’s Plan for Living with COVID-19 to promote individual and community resilience.

DCCI & NDCG will focus on the campaign’s strand ‘Switching off and Being Creative’.

This programme encourages people at home to ‘switch off, be creative, and to learn something new’. It offers people of all ages and abilities an opportunity to engage with a series of online creative activities, and onsite activities at public locations (where possible within COVID-19 guidelines) all designed to promote wellbeing and resilience during COVID-19.

EUROPEAN ARTISTIC CRAFT DAYS

6th - 11th April 2021

European Artistic Crafts Days (EACD) were created in 2002 upon the request of the French government to derive value from the nation’s enormous intangible assets as a way to highlight its living heritage.They are organised by the National Institute of Arts and Crafts (INMA) in France.

Due to the success of these days in France, they now take place across Europe on the first weekend in April.

Watch a video HERE on how to highlight our European cultural heritage.