Last month saw the latest Michael Aldrich Foundation x Drug of Art workshops run with charity Allsorts Youth in Worthing. Craftsperson Elbie Owens facilitated two ‘Queer Joy’ workshops supported by Molly Aldrich-Wincer from MAF. The session involved reflecting on what queer joy means, how it feels and what it looks like. Says Elbie : "Queer
Great to see the first of these new workshops, from Michael Aldrich Foundation artist, Eleanor Owens (Owens Outdoors) who has worked with us for a number of years. Eleanor will be sharing the therapeutic nature of traditional wood carving in the beautiful workshop space of Steyning based community organisation, In Her Hands. Participants will have
I have been very fortunate over the years to meet and work with the talented students from the University of Brighton’s excellent 3D Design & Craft and product design degrees. The first ever winner of the Designing for the Future competition in 2010 was Harry Trimble. Then a second year student, Harry was immediately impressive
After what has been a most extraordinary 12 months, Christmas is almost upon us and we wanted to share with you some of our top picks for unique and beautiful gifts from the Michael Aldrich Foundation network of artists and makers. Eleanor Owens was pivotal to our recent Image of the Week project and
Our Designing for the Future and Michael Aldrich Foundation artists and makers had an exceptional year in 2019: Brighton artist and ceramist Jack Durling, has had work stocked at galleries in Hove and London, completed an amazing collaborative art project with Blind Veterans UK, exhibited at Designer | Maker | Artist | Poet and at
It's always exciting to see how the careers of our Designing for the Future students evolve. Last week I was delighted to be invited to attend the opening of Hanna Mawbey's new shop in Worthing, West Sussex. Heavy Gretel is a new gallery shop selling Craft, Design and Art by independent makers, several of whom are
Last month, arts education charity, the Michael Aldrich Foundation, ran its first community event at Grand Parade, University of Brighton with a focus on creative careers. Beginning with a specially curated exhibition of the Aldrich Collection of art and design, the event showcased the work of four emerging creatives - Artist Jack Durling, Maker Eleanor
