Applications are open for craft workshop leaders to participate in HARVEST: Contemporary Craft Fair.
Craft Scotland is seeking craft workshop leaders to participate in HARVEST: Contemporary Craft Fair coming to Edinburgh this October
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Coming to Edinburgh’s City Art Centre from 9 – 19 October, HARVEST: Contemporary Craft Fair presents an opportunity to increase access to craft with activities that bring people together.
Craft Scotland is inviting applications from makers and craft practitioners based in Scotland who can propose and facilitate workshops during the fair. We are particularly interested in workshop ideas for craft in the context of interiors, wearables and/or sustainability.
Our programme of workshops will be a combination of drop-in, hands-on activities for all ages and ticketed activities for groups of adults with between 10 and 20 participants.
We welcome proposals for workshops that are rooted in reuse, repair, or regeneration and activities that are hands-on, joyful, community-minded and accessible. Most importantly, they should be grounded in care for both people and planet.
Workshop suggestions can be connected to any of the craft disciplines that we support. Due to the historic gallery environment of the City Art Centre, workshops that require clay, water, ink or materials that are difficult to clean up may be difficult to accommodate. Makers do not have be participating in HARVEST to apply to deliver a workshop.
The types of activities that would resonate well with the curatorial themes of HARVEST are workshops that produce or work with:
- Textiles, homewares & sustainable, wearable craft
- Natural or reclaimed materials
- Objects and installations for mindful interiors
- Circular thinking & regenerative design
How to apply?
To apply to take part, please fill in the application form by 5pm, Friday 8 August 2025
For guidance and further information on how to fill out your application check out our A Maker’s Guide to Applications article.
We can also offer additional support with your application such as Scribing, which is when you talk through your answers with a member of the team and they fill out the form on your behalf.
Please contact the team at programmes@craftscotland.org or 0131 357 3283 before Friday 25 July 2025 to allow us time to assist you in advance of the closing date.
Craft Scotland will review all proposals and applicants will be notified regarding the outcome by Thursday 14 August 2025. You may be invited for a phone conversation to discuss the workshop in more detail.
If you would like to submit more than one workshop for consideration, please submit separate applications.
Equal Opportunities & Access
We are committed to equality and opposed to all forms of unfair discrimination. We welcome applications from those underrepresented in the craft sector; including those who may be:
- Black, Asian, Mixed Heritage and/or a Person of Colour
- Have experience of displacement, such as refugees and asylum seekers
- Come from a disadvantaged socio-economic background
- Identify as d/Deaf or living with a disability
- Identify as neurodivergent
- Identify as LGBTQIA+
- Have grown up in the care system
- Experience of being carers
- Are Gaelic or Scots speakers or do not speak English as a primary language
- Live in geographic locations which may inhibit opportunities for engagement
We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
Venue Access
HARVEST will take place on the fourth floor of the City Art Centre, which has level access from the main entrance. A full Access Guide for the venue can be downloaded from the Edinburgh Museums website, but do contact the Craft Scotland team if you have any questions about access or support.
Fees and Costs
Craft Scotland will pay a fee per workshop to the workshop leader to lead and deliver the activity. The fee will include a half day to cover travel time and preparation, and a half day for delivery (freelance contracts will be inclusive of VAT where relevant).
This fee is based on the Scottish Artists Union day rates of pay for 2025/26:
New Graduate Artist: £234.40
3+ Years’ Experience: £290.40
5+ Years’ Experience: £359.20
There is an additional budget available to cover materials required to deliver the workshops. Materials should be discussed and agreed in advance with Craft Scotland.
Craft Scotland will retain any additional income resulting from the sale of workshop tickets.
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Location:
EdinburghVenue:
City Art Centre2 Market Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1DE
