Cork Craft & Design presents the launch of our 16th year of Cork Craft Month Festival. Cork Craft Month has launched its most ambitious programme yet — featuring 99 events, including 80 hands-on workshops — as Cork Craft & Design marks?20 years?as one of Ireland’s leading craft organisations. The full schedule is now available to view and book at?now!
Organised by Cork Craft & Design, a social enterprise representing over 110 professional makers and artists, this milestone year sees the festival expand in both scale and ambition. Cork Craft Month, in association with the all-island August Cork Craft, kicks off on 1st August at Fota House with?Echoes of the Makers, a special members showcase exhibition celebrating two decades of Cork Craft & Design. For the first time, key exhibitions will run in both the city and county as the Voice of the Craft opens?14 August at St. Peter’s, North Main Street.
Also returning is the ?EMERGE New Makers Exhibition?at? The Gallery at No. 46, Grand Parade ?(31 July – 21 August), spotlighting the creativity of Ireland’s newest generation of makers.
Craft events will run across? 12 venues?throughout Cork city and county, including Greywood Arts (Killeagh), Kilcoe Studios (Ballydehob), Blackwater Valley Makers (Fermoy), and Benchspace (Cork city).
For more information on the events and workshops happening throughout August, visit www.corkcraftanddesign.ie.
Visit our Cork Craft and Design shops at St. Patrick's Woollen Mills and Douglas Court Shopping Centre.
