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On the first weekend in October in over thirty venues across the London Borough of Lambeth, artists are opening their work spaces to the public.

An international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition, the Jameel Prize aims to explore the relationship between Islamic traditions of art, craft and design and contemporary work as part of a wider debate about Islamic culture and its role today.

The annual Craft Curators Forum, a networking and discussion event from the Crafts Council, was held in London 23-24 September.

A National Trust and Arts Council England partnership will build links between the Trust and contemporary arts and craft sector.

Alinah Azadeh and Rosa Nguyen are the latest artists to exhibit new work as part of The shape of things initiative, which has awarded bursaries to nine artists to create new work for display at public museums and galleries.

The Crafts Council celebrated the 6,000 people who’ve so far signed up to the Craft Matters initiative with March’s event at the House of Lords that also launched www.craftmatters.org.uk.

‘Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution’, an exhibition from Craftspace curated with maker Helen Carnac, tours from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in January to Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh.

The Crafts Council has announced the five new recipients of its Spark Plug Curator Awards. The award of

‘The Ceramic City – Design for Public Space’ conference, held on 9 and 10 October 2009 at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery and organised by Art&Architecture Journal Conferences in partnership with the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB), coincided with the BCB Festival held throughout the city of Stoke-on-Trent from 3 October – 13 December 2009.

Led by artistic director Lizzi Walton, the 2009 Stroud International Textiles Festival showcases established international textile and applied artists and thinkers alongside emerging new talent.