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Craftspeople invited to submit entries for August Craft Month Unlocked exhibition

Kim Mawhinney, senior curator of art at National Museums NI and a board member of Craft NI
Kim Mawhinney, senior curator of art at National Museums NI and a board member of Craft NI Kim Mawhinney, senior curator of art at National Museums NI and a board member of Craft NI

TALENTED craft makers from across Northern Ireland are being invited to submit creative pieces of work for a new ‘Unlocked’ exhibition which is being curated for August Craft Month.

The exhibition is part of this year’s celebration of craftspeople working in Northern Ireland and will relate to work created during the lockdown period.

“The pandemic and lockdown has been an incredibly difficult time for everyone, both personally and in business, and the craft community has not been immune to it," Kim Mawhinney, senior curator of art at National Museums NI and board member of Craft NI, says. "We want our talented local craft makers to share their work from this strange moment in our history, or perhaps a piece reflecting on their personal interpretation of the ‘Unlocked’ theme as we start to cautiously reopen."

Katherine McDonald, Director of Craft NI, said: "We are really looking forward to August Craft Month which this year will be a more online celebration of local and international craft.”

The selected ‘Unlocked’ works will be exhibited at the Craft NI Gallery on Royal Avenue, Belfast, during August and September.

For more information on the exhibition, to submit your pieces and for the launch of the full August Craft Month 2020 programme, keep an eye on http://www.craftni.org/ or follow Craft NI on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.