37 artists highlight the wide range of innovative contemporary crafts being made in the Midlands today. Their work conveys powerful stories about the world we live in such as the influence of global migration on regional creativity. Be inspired by the wide range of objects, materials, skills, processes and techniques on display. Made in the Middle has inspiration for anyone interested in making, seeing or buying craft. The exhibition is the ninth in the Made in the Middle series and will tour to galleries across the Midlands into 2026.






Online

craftspace.co.uk
madeinthemiddle.org
Insta: craftspace_ #MadeITM


Tour schedule

Leicester Gallery, 25 January - 22 March 2025
The Hub, Sleaford, 5 April – 6 July 2025
Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery, 27 September – 22 November 2025
MAC Birmingham, 14 February – 11 April 2026


Artists (Selected)

Aishah Carberry, Keisha Brittle, Olivia Ricketts,

Clare Pentlow, Lucy Baxendale, Oxana Geets,

Emma-Jane Rule, Mahawa Keita, Paul McAllister,

Francesca Buxton, Martha Wiles, Rachael Colley,

Jade Webb, Melanie Tomlinso,n Robert Maurice King,

Jennifer Collier, Michaela McMillan, Roo Dhissou,

Jo Cope, Natalie Cole, Ruiya Xu,

Johnny Armstrong, Nilupa Yasmin, Sara May Johnson,

Karina Thompson, Nobuko Okumura, Verity Howard,

Katie Smith, Oliver Bliss, Zoë Hillyard,

Keeley Traae


Artists (Invited)

Christopher Day, Farwa Moledina, Halima Cassel, Klara Szafranska, Tereza Buskova and Xin Chen.