Opening Event
for the Staying Alive exhibition
Image: Fairground Art by Dr Amy Goodwin
Friday 1 May 2026, 6pm - 8pm
FREE
Venue: MAKE Southwest, Jubilee Gallery
Please join us for the opening of Staying Alive: endangered crafts of the Southwest of England, co-curated by Heritage Crafts.
This exhibition shines a light on some of the Southwest’s most endangered crafts.
Fourteen master makers share their skills, tools, and stories, showing how traditions shaped by the region’s land and sea still have relevance and beauty today. From boatbuilding and ropemaking to hedging, basketmaking, and tanning, these crafts connect past and present, keeping centuries of knowledge alive in the modern world.
EXHIBITION RUNS 2 May - 4 July 2026