‘Reaction’

This year’s August Craft Month Exhibition, ‘Reaction’, opens at Craft NI Gallery on August 1st!  The event is a highlight of the much anticipated month-long celebration of craft which takes place across the island of Ireland in August, an exhibition that seeks to celebrate and profile excellence in the NI craft sector.

The exhibition will welcome audiences with exciting work by talented local designer-makers, who have responded to this year’s theme, Reaction. Find out what reactions between materials made it possible for their body of work to come to life – was it a particular technique? Or was the makers’ response found in exploring their own creative process, ‘reacting’ to events and influences in the environment?

Viewers are invited to follow striking trains of thought, and glimpse into the makers’ journey – from the creative spark to the finished piece.

The works seen in the exhibition are bound to raise reactions in the viewer, whether these are consensus, discomfort, an inward smile – perhaps the recall of a similar experience or memory. We are looking forward to sharing this year’s August Craft Month exhibition with you and seeing what conversations around craft and its purpose emerge from this year’s theme!

Exhibiting makers: Anne Butler, Caitlin Murphy, Cara Murphy, Carla Pennie McBride, Celine Traynor, Cora Cummins, Corinne Price, Eleanor Wheeler, Fang Zhao, Hugh Cummins, Irene McBride, Jackie McMaster, Janice Gilmore, Joel Smyth, Karena Ryan, Karl Harron, Kathleen Walsh, Maya Todd, Natasha Rollinson, Pennie Metcalfe, Claire and Karen Gibson from Red Earth Designs, Ruth Osborne, Sarah Cathers, Stuart Cairns and Sue Cathcart.