Discover Creative Careers Week: Crafting Careers

Name: Discover Creative Careers Week: Crafting Careers
Start: 2025-11-14T16:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-14T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Museum of Making

Schedule

Fri Nov 14 2025 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Museum of Making | Derby, EN

Discover your passion for craft and making at the Museum of Making!
Derby Museums invites you to meet professional makers who will share an insight into their Crafting careers. This is in partnership with Heritage Crafts as part of Discover Creative Careers Week, a Government funded, industry led programme working to ensure there is a larger and more diverse intake of talent into the creative industries.
Meet inspiring crafters pioneering traditional techniques like blacksmithing, ceramics, weaving, lace and more. Experience specialised skills first-hand and discover diverse career paths in the creative industries you may have never imagined.
This interactive session gives visitors a unique opportunity to:
• Learn about crafts that shape our cultural heritage
• Experience craft techniques hands-on, guided by specialists
• Chat with makers about their career journeys and day-to-day work
• Ignite creativity and find your own calling in the arts
Book your space in advance or just drop in on the day. Suitable for any one considering a creative career.