Craft Northern Ireland

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Craft NI is a regional development agency for the craft sector in Northern Ireland.

In 2000, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland took formal steps to establish "an organisation to help shape and define the craft sector in Northern Ireland".[1] Craft NI was set up in 2004 and is located in Cotton Court, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.


"As the lead agency for the development of the sector, Craft NI will deliver a range of projects and initiatives designed to impact across the craft sector in Northern Ireland, develop and disseminate models of best practice and broker inter-agency intervention".[2]


Craft NI produces information and publicity about the craft sector. It represents Northern Ireland on national and international bodies including the UK National Advisory Panel for Craft, World Crafts Council, NI Employers Panel for Creative and Cultural Sector Skills Council. It develops partnerships with other agencies for strategic investment in the sector including the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Invest NI.


In 2007, Craft NI hosted its first exhibition of contemporary craft from Northern Ireland. The work represented gave the very first multi-disciplinary overview of craft in the region in the period from the 1980s to the first few years after 2000.[3] In May 2007, the exhibition travelled to the S Dillon Ripley Centre, Smithsonian Institution as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure's Rediscover Northern Ireland programme.

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  1. ^ Arts Council of Northern Ireland (2000), Review of the Crafts Sector in Northern Ireland: A Consultation Document.
  2. ^ Arts Council of Northern Ireland (2007), Art form and specialist area policy 2007-2012: Crafts & applied arts.
  3. ^ McBrinn, J. (2007), making changes: contemporary craft in Northern Ireland.

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