Tag: Meath MADE

Events: Butler Gallery Craft Fair 2024 and Meath Made at the Venue

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Feltmakers Ireland aims to share our members’ events: Here is the first of the ‘craft fair season’. Please email your events to feltmakersie@gmail.com

Butler Gallery Craft Fair

This weekend, Feltmakers Ireland Guild member Emily Thompson is participating in the Butler Gallery‘s Craft Fair in Kilkenny, which showcases 30 Irish makers.

Butler Gallery will be filled with handmade, quality Irish craft from makers of ceramics, jewellery, and glass, as well as textiles, wood, metals, and precious metals, along with paper, leatherwork, and mixed media.

CRAFT FAIR WEEKEND OPENING TIMES

Friday, 1st November, 2 PM – 8 PM
Saturday, 2nd November, 10 AM – 5 PM
Sunday, 3rd November, 11 AM – 5 PM

For more information, visit the Gallery’s website – https://www.butlergallery.ie/whats-on/butler-gallery-craft-fair

Meath Made Exhibition at the Venue

Guild member Lucia Errity has artwork in a group show with five other members of the Meath Made collective. The exhibition is at the Venue Theatre in Ratoath, Co Meath, from the 1st of November to the 3rd.

For more information about the exhibition, visit the Meath Made’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/meathmade/

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Education: MeathMade Craft Workshops – Includes Felting

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Two guild members of Feltmakers Ireland will teach at Meath Made Creates, which is part of this year’s celebration of August Craft Month.

The Meath Made Creative Collective will be at the Swift Cultural Centre for a two-day event. They will take over the entire building with demonstrations, workshops, talks, a craft fair, an exhibition, and live music.

Caoimhe Tuthill of Boann Irish Felt Designs is teaching how to make wet felted flowers on Saturday, the 17th of August, at 2:30 PM – https://swiftculturalcentre.ie/event/meath-made-wet-felt-workshop-with-boann-irish-felt-designs

Lucia Errity will teach how to make a needle-felted landscape on Sunday, the 18th of August, at 10:00 AM. – https://swiftculturalcentre.ie/event/meath-made-felting-the-landscape-with-lucia-errity

For more information on the overall event, visit the Swift Cultural Centre – https://swiftculturalcentre.ie/event/meath-made-creates

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

Opportunity: MEATH MADE Applications Open

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Sorry to send out two posts in one day, but this opportunity has an upcoming deadline!

Membership of Meath Made is open to craft designers/makers living and working in County Meath. Feltmakers Ireland member Caoimhe Tuthill, with her business Boann Irish Felt, is a member of Meath Made.

Benefits Include:

  • Direct selling opportunities through network events — locally and nationally.
  • Publicity and promotion through media releases and photo calls throughout the year.
  • Online promotion on the network website and social media accounts.
  • Access to an annual network photography scheme, offering subsidised sessions with a professional photographer.
  • Networking and collaboration opportunities with other members.

Deadline: this Wednesday, the 31st of January, before 5 PM.

To see the members’ inspiring and useful website, visit here – https://www.meathmade.com/

For more information on the application, visit the LEO Meath website – https://www.localenterprise.ie/Meath/Training-Events/Networks/Craft-Collective-County-Meath/