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Join the 2026 Sussex Craft Week Programme
Applications for venues, makers and craft businesses to take part will open on 30 November 2025
Curate an Exhibition
Sussex Craft Week has a dynamic exhibition programme lined up across the region. Venues include Towner Eastbourne, West Dean College, Hastings Contemporary, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, The Bell in Ticehurst, Gallery57, and many more.
Get in touch if you have a project in mind that will showcase craft in Sussex.
Run a Course
Learning new handcraft skills has a broad range of mental and physical health benefits, and is currently very popular.
Join West Dean College, Curious House, Eastbourne Studio Pottery, Clay Studio, and many more by running a craft course for Sussex Craft Week. We will get it booked up for you.
Open your workshop or studio
Sussex makers are welcome to join in by opening their workshops or studios.
We will add your event to our calendar and map, then promote it across our digital channels.
There are more craftspeople in the South East than anywhere else in the UK. Sussex is at the heart of the new craft movement.
Maker Entry Fees: Free for ROSA Artist Members or £50 for Non-Members.
Sussex Craft Awards 2026
Sussex Craft Week is inviting nominations for the inaugural Sussex Craft Awards. We are looking for makers who have created an outstanding body of work in the past 12 months. This could be an exhibition, collection or project. Established and emerging makers in both contemporary and heritage crafts are included.
How it works
- You nominate a craftsperson (by completing the form via link below) who you believe should win an award
- The nominations are received by a panel who select 12 finalists
- The finalists’ work is exhibited 20-28 June
- Awards are presented in June at a reception and include: the Sussex Craft Award, the Highweald Heritage Craft Award, and the ROSA Craft Award
Criteria for Entry
- The maker must live, work or study in Sussex
- The judging is based on an outstanding body of work (not an individual item)
- The maker must agree to exhibit examples of their work 20-28 June in Sussex
Notes
- All craft forms are acceptable
- No entry fee
- You cannot nominate yourself
- You can nominate more than one maker but each one needs a separate form
Organised by ROSA, The Arts & Culture Magazine for Sussex in partnership with West Dean.
Supported by King & McGaw, Tutton & Young and The Makers Directory
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CONTACT
Email: jessica.wood@rosamagazine.co.uk or call + 44 (0)1273 473227
Sussex Craft Week
20-28 June 2026
Tel: + 44 (0)1273 473227
office@sussexcraftweek.com
ROSA (Review of Sussex Arts CIC)
Lewes House, 32 High Street,
Lewes BN7 2LX
Company number 13431217