Leeds College of Art - specialist Art, Design & Crafts college in West Yorkshire. Teaching across Further and Higher Education.
Our strongly vocational approach means students' creativity will be channelled towards future success. Students benefit from opportunities and challenges like live briefs, work placements, competitions, exhibitions and awards.
The Company: Cass Art is an art supplies retailer which currently has fourteen shops throughout the UK as well as a website which ships to customers nationally.
We believe in creative activities for all, aged between 3 –103. We are dedicated to promoting these activities for the benefit of everyone. Cass Art has a loyal and extensive customer base: Professional Artists, Designers, Students, Families, Hobbyists and Beginners. All are attracted to our comprehensive range of materials, the brand’s passion in promoting creativity as well as our knowledgeable staff, many of whom are artists themselves.
The Mission: Let’s Fill this Town with Artists
We are the national charity for craft.
We inspire making, empower learning, and nurture businesses.
We believe that craft skills and knowledge enrich and uplift us as individuals and in doing so will change our world for the better.
Established by Royal Charter in 1971, we are funded by Arts Council England as well as through fund raising and earned income activities.
Society has faced unprecedented challenges in recent times and craft has shown its value; from the many volunteers making scrubs for the NHS through to the rise in craft making at home during lockdown. Yet many craft businesses have suffered a drastic loss of income and need our support.
Our goal is to be an impactful organisation that can:
• champion craft and its positive impact on society
• increase levels of craft education at all ages
• grow the market for craft
With our new public space for craft recently opened and our fiftieth anniversary to celebrate, there’s never been a more exciting time to work at the Crafts Council.