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Amazing lace: Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland teams up with RDS

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2021 0

The Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland has teamed up with the RDS to launch  a new bursary to support contemporary lacemakers. The RDS Branchardière Lace Bursary 2021 celebrates Ireland’s rich history of needlework and is valued at €8,000 in its first year to mark the DCCI’s 50th anniversary. From 2022 the bursary will be […]

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Kilkenny-based design agency hosts first Irish events of landmark EU project

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Industry webinars hosted by the Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) are taking place to explore how Ireland can benefit from a landmark new initiative that will shape the future of Europe. The New European Bauhaus project by the European Commission is a cultural movement that aims to make Europe carbon neutral by 2050 and to […]

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Kilkenny agency gives Ireland’s top designers chance to shine on international stage

By Kilkenny Now 12th March 2021 0

A Kilkenny-based agency is inviting Ireland’s leading designers and craftspeople to join an innovative programme that will showcase their work on a global stage. Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI), which is based in the Castle Yard, today announced an open call for applications to the PORTFOLIO programme 2021-2022. PORTFOLIO has been instrumental in promoting […]

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Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland unveils exciting new projects to help people ‘get creative’ under Covid

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2021 Post a comment

Many of Ireland’s craftspeople and makers are bringing their talents into homes and communities across the country as part of an inspirational nationwide campaign unveiled by Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI). A giant glass quilt ‘sewn together’ by makers across the country, community benches forged by blacksmiths and online workshops for children

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Kilkenny to host landmark new exhibition celebrating Ireland’s ‘craft heroes’

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2021 0

Ireland’s inspirational craftspeople and makers will be celebrated in a landmark new exhibition in Kilkenny charting the evolution of the crafts and design sector in Ireland over the last 50 years. The 50 Makers: 50 Years exhibition will take place at the Natonal Design & Craft Gallery in the Castle Yard in July. The initiative […]

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Switch off and get creative: Kilkenny-based Design and Crafts Council Ireland launches ‘Keep Well’ campaign

By Kilkenny Now 24th December 2020 Post a comment

The Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) has launched an innovative new drive to bring the skills and talents of Ireland’s craftspeople into homes and communities across the country. A series of online videos, workshops and activities, involving Ireland’s designers, makers and member organisations – Guilds, Associations, Networks and Societies