Wed 13th January 2010

Craft Town Scotland Features on Newsnight Scotland

West Kilbride's role as Craft Town Scotland was once again highlighted on national television. Maggie Broadley, Craft Development Manager, was interviewed by Ian Hamilton for Newsnight Scotland as part of his investigation into the current status of the  Scottish craft sector. The programme focused on four people representative of those organisations and individuals working to  safeguard craft skills and also active in the promotion of  Scottish craft, both at home and internationally.

Ian also interviewed Michael McManus, a craft worker who describes himself as working with wood in a sculptural way; Richard Green, Mananging Director of 3D/2D, an organisation which selects, presents and promotes a national programme of quality craft fairs; and Emma Walker, Chief Executive of Craftscotland and responisble for developing and delivering the highly influential  The C Word campaign. (Featured on our Newspage last Autumn )

The feature is available on the BBC iPlayer until 21st January 2010 (UK only).

The Crafts item is 12 mins into the programme.

Website Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007rhvm

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