17 Feb 2025

ROSA is pleased to announce West Dean College as the headline sponsor for Sussex Craft Week.

West Dean has been at the vanguard of championing arts and crafts since its inception in 1971. West Dean now provides a variety of cutting-edge degree and diploma programmes designed to equip students to excel in a variety of industries. Alongside these qualifications, the college also runs over 800 creative short courses spanning a plethora of disciplines from printmaking to blacksmithing and everything in between.

Francine Norris, Principal and Deputy Chief Executive, said “Sussex Craft Week embodies West Dean’s founding mission to protect and promote the practice of craft. Sussex has an extensive history within the craft movement and remains a vibrant centre for contemporary makers to this day. We are excited to work in partnership with ROSA on this important project.”

Photos: Thom Atkinson