ArtsFest 2009
Detail of work made for Jubilee Baths
By Jennifer Collier for our Making Moves project.
The Shape of Things
Mother Tongue by Alinah Azadeh
Mother Tongue, part of The Gifts by Alinah Azadeh
About Us
Team
Director, Deirdre Figueiredo
Operations and Development Manager, Linda Strain (part time)
Administrative Assistant, Emma Syer (full time)
Marketing, Lisa Falaschi (part time)
Exhibitions and Projects Development Manager, Emma Daker (full time)
Education and Community Coordinator, Stuart Shotton (part time)
Education and Community Coordinator, Deirdre Buckley (part time)
Clerical Assistant, Emma Freake (part time)
The Shape of Things project administrator, Emma Syer
Deirdre Figueiredo is awarded an MBE
Deirdre Figueiredo, Director of Craftspace, has received an MBE in the 2010 New Year Honours list for services to the Visual Arts
"I am proud and privileged to be in a position to promote the ingenuity of artists and craftspeople as well as devising initiatives that enable diverse people of all ages to engage, collaborate and explore their creativity and personal development through making.
Craft is not just a commodity. I believe the crafts also have an important role to play in building social and cultural capital as well as strengthening and revitalising communities.”
Deirdre Figueiredo.
Photographs © : Jonathon Bosworth, Richard Battye, Anand Chhabra, Xavier Young
Developing people, ideas and opportunities through contemporary craft.
