✨️ We're #hiring ! ⁠
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Are you a brilliant communicator with digital skills and experience in the arts or heritage sector? ⁠
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We’d love to hear from you!⁠
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Find the full job description and information on how to apply at the link below.
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ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/support-us/job…

🐣 The four day weekend beckons!⁠ ⁠

We're open 10:30am - 5pm all weekend, including bank holiday Monday, and with just days left of Double Weave, there's no better time to pay us a visit.⁠ ⁠

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Opening in one month's time, Bloomin’ Brilliant: The Life and Work of #RaymondBriggs will feature never-before-seen items presented alongside our touring exhibition, Raymond Briggs: A Retrospective Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft.
Read more about it in The Observer:

theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

📣 Tickets now on sale!⁠
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Head to the link to book for 'Bloomin' Brilliant: The Life and Work of Raymond Briggs'.⁠
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Opening 27 April, the exhibition features never-before-seen pieces alongside Raymond Briggs: A Retrospective from Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
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ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/event/bloomin-…

There are miles and miles of routes to cycle around the South Downs National Park 🚴

Hassocks to Lewes is a green leafy ride which takes you through some beautiful countryside.

☕️ If you need to refuel en route or fancy a cultural pit stop, why not visit our lovely award-winning museum and café?

Watching BAFTAs from the Royal Festival Hall with occasional view of the boxes and Bourne and Allen's fabulous original curtains, over 70 years old. More about them in Double Weave Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

🌧️ Run out of rainy day activities this half term?

💡DMAC to the rescue! Pick up an Activity Pack and follow the trail. They are free to use and available for the under 5s, 6-11 year olds and 12+.

Plus, admission is free for under 18s.

ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/visit/families

Partners in life and at the print table, Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher wore dresses printed with their own designs and filled their home with their handcrafted textiles. ⁠

Find out more about these pioneering designers this #LGBTQHistoryMonth ⬇️

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🧶 Calling all young makers!⁠
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Craft Club is a new school holiday session for 6-12-year-olds who want to try something new. This half term, we're exploring the wonderful world of weaving. ⁠
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Follow the link to book your child's place.

ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/event/craft-cl…

Its LGBT+ History month, so we've delved into our archive and are revisiting this podcast featuring Natasha Sutton Williams and EJ Scott who talk about different voices, a research project initiated by the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft.
#LGBTplusHM

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'[Double Weave is] an ode to a 40-year relationship woven of love, community, and creativity' - The World of Interiors
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⁠Find out more about Hilary Bourne & Barbara Allen, the pioneering couple at the heart of our current exhibition ⬇️
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⁠ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/event/double-w…

#LGBTHistoryMonth

We 🧡 our brilliantly creative county - where will you visit next?

Map designed by local artist Helen Cann and commissioned by the lovely ROSA Magazine

A final tour of the Sussex house where the pioneering graphic novelist Raymond Briggs lived and worked for six decades—and where he wrote and illustrated beloved classics such as 'Fungus the Bogeyman' (1977) and 'The Snowman' (1978) ow.ly/eA2O50Qvgyb

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Phil Baines on Friday 19 January 2024.

Phil will be fondly remembered for his work at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, his commitment to teaching and his boundless enthusiasm for typography.

ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/2024/01/22/in-…

Brrr, chilly out there! Find cozy spots to warm up in #Lewes or explore the workshops Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. Up for a winter walk? #FirleBeacon , #DevilsDyke , or the seafront await! Where do you love to spend crisp winter days? ❄️

📸: Sarah Ryman

Don't forget - you have until the end of January to submit your application to our 2024 #NaturalDyeing course.⁠
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You'll learn how to prepare and use natural dyes to dye both animal and vegetable fibres such as wool, silk, linen and cotton. ⁠
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ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/natural_dyeing…

Happy #HeritageTreasures day!

At DMAC, we preserve and protect objects by the artists and craftspeople who made Ditchling a creative hub in the 20th century.

Here are a few select treasures from our collection...

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

#museum #craft #design #typography

🧶 Gill Crawshaw talks to Textile Artist Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings about the threads of lived experience and intersectionality that run through her artistic practice and her current exhibition Drawn to the Light (نور ) at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft.

disabilityarts.online/magazine/opini…

🎄 Happy Christmas from all of us at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft!

Our Lady of the Hills (1924) by David Jones (1895–1974)
Oil on canvas
Collection: Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is now closed for the Christmas break.

We'll be back open on Saturday 6 January 2024.