Special Events
We’re saying #ThanksToYou to National Lottery players with a week of free crafting! This year is the 25th Birthday of The National Lottery, and we’re excited to be a part of the celebrations by joining in the #ThanksToYou campaign, which celebrates the contribution of National Lottery players in supporting good causes over the past 25 […]
Making Space is working with Planet Aware to deliver a year-long project focussing on reusing, upcycling and reinventing items to minimilse textile waste!
We’re joining 450 other organisations accross the country who’ll be opening their doors to thousands of young people and hosting a Discover! Creative Careers Day on 21 November 2019.
Join us for our 2019 Summer Open Studios as part of Hampshire Open Studios. We’ll be open on Saturday 17, Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 August from 11am-4pm each day. Our Open Studio event are always free to come along to and during our Summer 2019 Open Studios we will be celebrating ‘Three days […]
GUILDED CONVERSATIONS is an opportunity to come together to explore the purpose and function of maker collectives, such as craft guilds, associations and studio groups and ask what role do they play in the contemporary craft infrastructure. The discussion will held at Winchester School of Art on Thursday 19 September 2019. We’ll talk about how these different communities relate to each other and how they can collectively contribute to the contemporary craft infrastructure in the region. We hope to connect individual makers and groups to enable their voices to be amplified and heard.
Meet The Makers Open Studios gives you the chance to meet, chat with and find out more about our six resident makers. They will have work on show and for sale and you’ll be able to see their stusios where they create all their work. Agata Wojcieszkiewicz | agatawoj.com | Contemporary Fine Artist Francis Campbell […]
Learning Through Craft Thursday 24 January 2019 | 3.30pm to 5pm Barncroft Primary School, Park Lane, Havant, Hampshire. PO9 3HN For queries, please email: admin@makingspace.org Who is this event for? Teachers, teaching assistants and senior school leaders interested in the value of art and design in a broad and balanced curriculum. There are only 15 places, so […]
Making Space was set up as a charity in 2005, our bespoke building opened two years later in 2007. With 2 inspiring learning spaces and 7 on-site studios Making Space was designed to be an inspiring creative hub for makers near and far, old and new, established and emerging! 23 people have had their professional […]
On November 5th, Marcia Lanyon returns to Making Space for another pop-up shop, with many beautiful gems, beads and pearls for sale. Marcia Lanyon established her gemstone business in 1975, having started her career in London’s Hatton Garden. Over the next 42 years, Marcia Lanyon Ltd became well-known and well-regarded in the jewellery industry. Although […]
JOIN IN A CONVERSATION WITH AWARD-WINNING CERAMICIST, TESSA EASTMAN AND A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP. We have invited award-winning ceramicist Tessa Eastman to come to Making Space to deliver a special Makers Event. Tessa will be doing an in-conversation event with Making Space’s Director Lynne Dick, followed by a hand on workshop event where Tessa will be […]