Made in the West - Craft in the Digital Age

Made in the West - Craft in the Digital Age is a Mayo Craft Event which will be held on June 12th in Ballina Arts Centre.


Mayo County Council, Department of Community & Integrated Development and WESTBIC, the Irish partners in the CISNET project are offering an opportunity for interested Craft Businesses and artists to attend a FREE event which is designed to give:

• Practical information and inputs for the craft sector locally and regionally. These include marketing, exploring new markets, e-commerce, information and networking opportunities.
• There will also be inputs from 2 craft artists
• outlining thier experiences in using the web to market their products
• experience of an artist who participated in the Irishg Pavillion @ the Fule International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, China

Speakers will include:

• Orla Casey, Momentum Consulting
• Alan Ardiff, Craft Artist & Siobhan Riordan, Business Partner
• Emma McGrath, Trade Development Manager, Crafts Council of Ireland
• James Burke, James Burke & Associated
• Tina Byrne, Craft Artist

In the afternoon there will be a Networking and Information Event which will be attended by The Crafts Council of Ireland, Mayo County Enterprise Boar, Mayo Ideas Lab, WESTBIC, Moy Valley Resources, The Creative State North West, 4CNW Programme, CISNET, South West Mayo Development Company.

There will also be a pop up exhitibition by artists from Mayo Craft Works in Ballina Arts Centre on the day.

If you would like to reserve a place at this seminar, please email Neil Sheridan, nsheridan@mayococo.ie or phone 094 90 47556 before Friday June 8th. 

Crafty News Desk

Greetings from the Crafty News Desk on a sunny but frosty morning here in Dublin.

As promised this week I am starting a look at the provinces with a visit to Connaught. 

Connaught>  Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo
According to ETSY there are 44 active Etsy shops in the area 
Galway:  15   Leitrim:  6   Mayo:  10  Roscommon:  3  Sligo:  10
Hello to all in Connaught.  Give us a wave in the comments below!!!!!!!

Items of interest for Connaught
Galway:  Check out the Galway market here >>> market
Galway:  A Festival of Art, Craft & Music coming up in Spidal >>>spidal
Leitrim:  The Essence of Craft in Carrick-on-Shannon >>>craft
Leitrim:  Ballinamore Knit and Crochet Club -  Tuesdays in the library at 11.00  Mayo:  Westport food and craft fair >>>  westport
Mayo:  A Case for Craft exhibition on Castlebar from March >>> castlebar
Mayo:  National Museum of Country Life in Castlebar >>> museum
Roscommon:  Guinness world knitting record attempt in Roscommon  >>>guinness
Sligo:  check out the Sligo craft trail>>> crafttrail
Sligo:  Food Festival in March  >>>festival

I am sure there are lots more happening in Connaught over the coming months.  If you have any items you would like included in this list please get in touch.  Check out the comments below for the new market coming soon to Carrick....... Sounds great......

Other news.
A reminder to those of you living in Belfast - the Home Souk is coming up on 5 March and the Fashion Souk on 13 March as part of Belfast Fashion week, 9-13 March.  More details here >>>souk

Items from the Blog

• Monster St. Patrick's Day giveaway from the Crafty Ireland Team coming soon....keep an eye on the blog.  If you are an Irish Etsy member and would like to be involved  check this out >>>giveaway
• Dublin Meet up next Saturday >>>Dublin meet

If I have forgotten anything just get in touch here>>> Mo or add it as a comment at the end of this bulletin

NEXT WEEK    LEINSTER ----- GET YOUR INFO IN BY SUNDAY EVENING HERE>>>  Mo

Cheers for now
Mo
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