A new exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery opens on April 13 2022 exploring craft as a form of living knowledge that shapes global cultures and our relationship to nature.
Curated by Ligaya Salazar, Gaining Ground foregrounds global craft practices that value soil, biodiversity, local materials and production systems. Nine making projects will be highlighted in this exhibition through a display of films, photography, audio, handbooks, raw materials, and craft objects.
The Crafts Council Gallery will be transformed into a site for learning, where visitors can engage with craft processes from across the globe that are non-extractive and that work in symbiosis with nature. Each project, although geographically and socially distinct, questions what we can learn from craft to inform climate action and in our quest to build a more sustainable future.
This exhibition draws on and has been developed in partnership with the British Council’s Crafting Futures programme: https://design.britishcouncil.org/projects/crafting-futures/
Gaining Ground is a Crafts Council exhibition, curated by Ligaya Salazar, in partnership with the British Council’s Crafting Futures initiative.
Crafting Futures is a global initiative supporting research for a sustainable future through making and collaboration. The programme provides education and training opportunities, connects artisans from rural communities with international designers, creates international partnerships and increases access to new markets and audiences.
The Crafts Council Gallery is free to visit. We recommend you book in advance, but walk-ins are welcome if space is available. The gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday from 11am – 5pm.
Latea Hendricks and Timmy Hendricks, Macushi potters from Fly Hill Village, building cups from local clay. Photograph by Jay Mistry