Exhibition Opening: August Craft Month (Un)Bound
(Un)Bound, the 2025 August Craft Month exhibition, launches on Thursday 7th August at the Craft NI Gallery—Belfast’s only dedicated craft venue! Join us from 6pm to 9pm to experience a vibrant selection of works responding to this year’s theme. We’re excited to explore with you how exhibitors have interpreted (Un)Bound—thoughtfully engaging with themes of tradition, innovation, and the complex processes that both bind and liberate creative practice.
Come along this opening night to meet the exhibiting makers and celebrate the winners of this year’s guild prizes, generously provided by Guild of Northern Ireland Designer Makers (The Guild).
We use these funds for awards for work in the annual exhibition highlighting the work of both emerging and established makers. There will be five prizes in all:
1st prize: £500
2 x commended: £250 each
2 x Emerging Maker prizes: £500 each for makers who have been practicing for five years or less.
These prizes will be awarded by guest judge Dónal Maguire, Keeper of Arts & Industry at the National Museum of Ireland!
Exhibiting makers include: Adele Pound, Alison Lowry, Anna Donovan, Anne Earls Boylan, Cameron and Breen, Celine Traynor, Duncan Legate, Egle Banyte, Emma Bourke, Joanna Komorowska, Karena Ryan, Marianne Kenny, Patricia Kelly, Patricia Millar, Rachel Leary, Ruth Osborne, Scott Benefield, Stuart Cairns, Sue Cathcart, Ursula McGivern and Zoe Gibson.
Opening evening from 6-9pm on Thursday 7th August
Exhibition will run until 27th September 2025.
Featured images: Alison Lowry, Anne Earls Boylan and Stuart Cairns.
Image Gallery - Click to enlarge
Event Address: Craft NI Gallery, 115, 119 Royal Ave, Belfast BT1 1FF
Suitable For: All Ages
Accessibility Information
Craft NI is located on the ground floor and is fully accessible. Public transport connections exist close by. There is on street parking and also a number of car parks nearby.
Event Email: : info@craftni.org
Event Contact Number: : 02890329342
Event Website: : https://exhibitions.craftni.org/
Event Memberships
Craft NI Makers Directory
All August Craft Month events are run independently by the event organisers. For questions regarding this event please contact the event organiser directly.