Here are some links that may be useful to you :

a-n - www.a-n.co.uk - The Artists Information Company : Stimulating and supporting contemporary visual arts practice.

ARC - www.aspex.org.uk - Artists Resource Centre at Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, serving the South West.

Art & Business - www.aandb.org.uk - Arts & Business is a world leading membership network and consultancy with over 30 years of experience in fostering innovative partnerships between business and the arts.

Art Connections - www.Art-Connections.org.uk - Art Connections is a new project - initiated and managed by Chrysalis Arts - to develop and support creative businesses in the visual arts, crafts and public art sectors across North Yorkshire.

Art in Clay - www.ArtInClay.co.uk - events for pottery and ceramics.

Art in London - www.art-london.co.uk - magazine focussed on the art scene in London.

Art Dimensions - www.ArtDimensions.com

Art Quest - www.artquest.org.uk - London's advice and information service for visual artists and craftspeople providing online and face-to-face support.

Arts Matrix - www.ArtsMatrix.co.uk - ArtsMatrix is the South West Skills development agency for the Creative Industries. It's remit is to be a creative catalyst supporting energising, ambitious and sustainable creative communities.

Art Workers Guild - www.ArtWorkersGuild.org - The Guild is a society of artists, craftsmen and designers with a common interest in the interaction, development and distribution of creative skills.

Association of British Designer Silversmiths - www.theabds.co.uk

Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) - www.acj.org.uk

Arts Council England (ACE) - www.ArtsCouncil.org.uk

Artyfacts - www.brighton.ac.uk/careers - a publication that lists opportunities, grants, and residencies.

Axis - www.axisweb.org - the online resource for contemporary art.

Bristish Art Medal Society (BAMS) - www.BAMS.org.uk - the British Art Medal Society (BAMS) has commissioned medals from many distinguished contemporary sculptors.

British Jewellers' Association - www.bja.org.uk - membership provides access to a comprehensive range of services.

Bristish Society of Enamellers - www.enamellers.org

British Society of Master Glass Painters - www.bsmgp.org.uk

Business West - www.businesswest.co.uk - Business Guides and Manuals plus other facilities for your business.

Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society - www.clas.co.uk

Calligraphy and Lettering Courses - www.artatclevancy.co.uk - Calligraphy and Lettering Courses hosted by Caroline Keevil at Cliffansty Farm, Wiltshire SN11 8ST, England, UK.

Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design - www.celebrationofcraftsmanship.com - annual exhibition of bespoke contemporary furniture in Cheltenham and other applied arts. Conceived and organised by Betty Norbury for 15 years from 1994. Jason Heap is now the organiser for this event.

Chrysalis Arts - www.ChrysalisArts.org.uk - an artist-led public art company, training and arts development agency based in North Yorkshire.

Cockpit Arts - www.CockpitArts.com - is the largest provider of affordable workspace and business support in London.

Connecting Crafts - www.connectingcrafts.com - networking designer makers everywhere.

Contemporary Applied Arts - www.caa.org.uk

Contemporary Glass Society - www.cgs.org.uk

Cornwall Crafts Association - www.cornwallcrafts.co.uk

County Down Crafts - www.CountyDownCrafts.com - raising the profile of Crafts, Applied Art, Design.

Court Barn Museum in Chipping Campden - www.CourtBarn.org.uk - a museum of craft and design from the Arts and Crafts movement onwards.

Craft & Design Magazine - www.craftanddesign.net - an exciting and vibrant magazine all about British Crafts.

Craft Central – www.CraftCentral.org.uk – full and part time workspace in London, business training and events. Dedicated to building a strong future for craft and design - previously named "Clerkenwell Green Association".

Crafts Council - www.CraftsCouncil.org.uk

Craft in Focus - www.CraftinFocus.com - maker and artist led group organising major contemporary exhibitions.

Creative Choices - www.creative-choices.co.uk - a resource for aiding your career.

Creative Foundation - www.creativefoundation.org.uk - a charity set up to regenerate the old town of Folkstone with arts people and creative led businesses.

Creative People - www.CreativePeople.org.uk - UK network of organisations offering information, advice and guidance on professional development in the arts and crafts.

Creative Industries Support Project (CRISP) - www.CrispThinking.org.uk - information to help creative businesses develop their skills and professional development.

Creative Links - www.CreativeLinks.co.uk - sourcing support for creative individuals, businesses or arts organisations.

Cultural Enterprise – www.cultural-enterprise.com - the specialist business support agency for creative businesses in Wales

Cutural Industries Development Agency (CIDA) - www.cida.co.uk  - the leading support organisation for the creative cultural sector in London.

DACS - www.dacs.org.uk - The Design and Artists' Copyright Society.

Design Factory - www.DesignFactory.org.uk - nationally champions high quality design and innovation.

Design Nation - www.DesignNation.co.uk - national design resource.

Designer Bookbinders - www.designerbookbinders.org.uk

Designer Crafts - www.DesignerCrafts.org.uk - events presented by the Society of Designer Craftsmen.

Designer Jewellers Group - www.DesignerJewellersGroup.co.uk

Designer Makers - www.designermakers.org.uk - a resource for designer makers and commissioners. Primarily focussed on the world of contemporary furniture at a very high standard.

Devon Guild of Craftsmen - www.Crafts.org.uk

Edward Johnston Foundation - www.ejf.org.uk - based in Ditching in Sussex, the Foundation works to promote public awareness of calligraphy and lettering including typeface design.

Edward Marshall Trust Award - www.edtrust.org.uk - "It is percolating ideas that we hope is at the core of the Trust" - competitions and awards for projects that interest the Trust.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - www.EsmeeFairbairn.org.uk - one of the leading independent grant-making foundations.

Essex Craft Society - www.essexcraftsociety.org - formed in 1994 as a group of artists who support each other and promote high standards of design and craftsmanship in the County.

Fresh Air Art - www.freshair2011.com - biennial sculpture exhibition.

Gane Trust - www.ganetrust.org.uk - a small charitable trust, operating mainly in the West of England area. It supports and celebrates art, design, and craftsmanship.

Glass - Kiln formed glass evening and summer courses in a very well equipped glass studio. Run by Brett Manley in West London. www.brettmanley.co.uk

Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen - www.GuildCrafts.org.uk

Goldsmithing Artists' Association - www.stfz.art.pl - founded in 1991 as an organisation of leading Polish artist goldsmiths promoting their activity at home and abroad .

Goldsmiths' Company - www.TheGoldsmiths.co.uk

Goldsmith's Company Directory - www.WhosWhoInGoldandSilver.com

Guild of Glass Engravers - www.gge.org.uk

Hallam Group - Society of Designer Craftsmen - http://www.hallamsdc.com - The Hallam group of members is one of the regional groups now emerging, which offer support and local opportunities for exhibiting.

 Helix Arts - www.HelixArts.com - specialises in the development of projects and initiatives.

Independent Craft Galleries Association - www.icga.co.uk

International Feltmakers Association - www.Feltmakers.com

London Potters - www.LondonPotters.com - a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences of all those involved with or interested in ceramics.

Mall Galleries, London - www.MallGalleries.org.uk - the winter exhibition venue for the Society of Designer Craftsmen.

Metal cyberspace - www.metalcyberspace.com - an evolving website for research about contemporary jewellery designers, metal artists and the metalsmithing field.

Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery - www.mcsj.co.uk - offers a range of jewellery related courses.

Millinery Works - www.millineryworks.co.uk - a venue for exhibiting Applied Arts and Fine Arts and the promotion of the Arts and Crafts.

New Designers - www.NewDesigners.com - showcasing the very best in UK graduate design

North Lands Creative Glass - www.NorthLandsGlass.com

Own it - www.Own-it.org - intellectual property advice for creative people.

PaperWEIGHT - www.paperweight.org.uk - established in 1995 to bring together creative people who use paper in one form or another.

Photography - "Full Focus" - www.full-focus.co.uk - Full Focus specialises in commercial digital photography for jewellery, fashion accessories and interior products as well as creative shots.

Photographic Services - www.gbsimages.co.uk - Glenn Bramble-Stewart is an Associate member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.

Prince's Trust - www.princes-trust.org.uk - Helps young people through training, skill building, business loans, grants etc..

Professional Development - www.AlisonBranagan.com - for creative individuals, artists and designers.

Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust  (QEST) - www.qest.org.uk - makes awards to designer - makers.

quintus - www.quintusart.co.uk - a group of contemporary mixed media artists.

Selvedge magazine - www.selvedge.org - magazine promoting designer textiles.

Society of American Silversmiths - www.silversmithing.com

Society of Scribes (SoS) - www.societyofscribes.org - founded in 1974 and based in New York City, the Society promotes the study and teaching and practice of calligraphy and related disciplines.

Society of Scribes and Illuminators (SSI) - www.calligraphyonline.org - based in the UK, the Society is one of the most well established and respected calligraphy societies in the world.

South West Open Studios (SWOS) - www.southwestopenstudios.org - is an independent organisation that aims to promote the development and sustainability of artists' Open Studio and Art Trail organisations in the South West.

Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA) - www.sva.org.uk - an artist led project for the promotion of contemporary arts.

Studio Fusion Gallery - www.studiofusiongallery.co.uk - first applied art gallery in the UK specialising in a contemporary approach to enamel.

Studio Pottery Ltd. - www.StudioPottery.co.uk - promotes contemporary studio ceramics worldwide.

Studio Seven - www.studio-seven.net - contemporary designer textiles.

Sussex Guild of Craftsmen http://thesussexguild.co.uk

The Design Trust - www.TheDesignTrust.co.uk - aimed at students and young designers.

The Hub Centre - www.TheHubCentre.org

The Sussex Guild - www.TheSussexGuild.co.uk

The Textile Directory - www.TheTextileDirectory.com - a resource for all matters relating to textiles.

Voysey Society - www.VoyseySociety.com - the CFA Voysey Society has been founded to celebrate the oeuvre of the architect and designer Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941), one of the leading figures in both the Arts and Crafts movement and its immediate successors.

West Dean - www.westdean.org.uk - offers a range of residential courses.

Wingate Foundation - www.wingatefoundation.org.uk - The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation considers applications for grants for Charitable Organisations.

Wingate Scholarships - www.wingatescholarships.org.uk - Wingate Scholarships considers applications for funding for individuals.

Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers - www.furnituremkrs.co.uk

Worshipful Company of Pewterers - www.pewterers.org.uk

 

If you are an organisation with a website that would like to be included in this page of links, please contact the chair@societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk.