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Crafts Council

Gallery

Our gallery celebrates the best in contemporary craft and is also home to our library. We currently open for planned exhibitions and workshops. Click here to find out how to hire our gallery space.

Our next public exhibition is Covered. Discovered, presented by Designer Bookbinders Society and Society of Scribes & Illuminators, 13 March - 13 April 2024. Find out more here

Opening hours

Check our website and social media channels for details of planned exhibitions and workshops

Getting here

Find us on Pentonville Road between King’s Cross and Angel.

The following buses stop near the gallery: 19, 30, 73, 189, 205, 214, 394, 476

44a Pentonville Road London N1 9BY

Accessibility

Facilities are wheelchair accessible and limited parking is available. Please contact us in advance to discuss access requirements and to book parking.

We provide exhibition text in large format print.

Our lift is currently out of service awaiting repair. We’re sorry for the inconvenience this might cause to your visit. If you want to visit a planned exhibition or event in the gallery and you have access needs arising from our lift being out of service, please call our gallery desk on 020 7806 2500 10am-5pm, Wednesday to Saturday only. A member of staff will come to meet you and accompany you to the gallery using an alternative entrance.

About the gallery

  • A new home for craft

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Exhibitions

Past events in the Crafts Council Gallery

  • Stone: Ten bindings

    Step into the world of esteemed bookbinder and artist Faith Shannon MBE in a new exhibition, curated by Designer Bookbinders.
    15 March - 15 April 2023

  • Cotton: labour, land and body

    Four artists explore how one of the world's most ubiquitous materials has shaped the relationship between Britain and South Asia
    21 September 2022 – 4 March 2023

  • Craft School: a summer of playful making

    Get making and be inspired by the Crafts Council Collection and brilliant creations made by school students from across the UK
    9 July - 3 September 2022

  • Gaining Ground

    Discover craft as a form of living knowledge that shapes global cultures and our relationship to nature
    13 April – 25 June 2022

  • We Gather

    Five female artists of Black and Asian heritage explore craft, its cultural value and social justice
    21 November 2021 – 12 March 2022

  • Maker's Eye: Stories of Craft

    13 leading makers answer the question "What does craft mean to you?" with more than 150 objects on display
    7 July – 9 October 2021

Getting here

Crafts Council,
44a Pentonville Road,
Islington,
London N1 9BY

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Crafts Council
44a Pentonville Road
London N1 9BY

hello@craftscouncil.org.uk
+44 (0)20 7806 2500

Reg. charity no. 280956

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