Events

Over the past 18 years, Nic and Marie Piper of Greencrafts have worked with numerous festivals and events

bringing large scale, site-specific spectacle – outdoor sculpture and interactive artwork
enabling dynamic public interaction - facilitating vibrant hand’s-on, art/craft activities with varied groups of craftspeople

Greencrafts are now legendary on the festival circuit, bringing together one of the largest groupings of craftspeople in Europe.

Some organisations they’ve worked with are:

Ireland:

Electric Picnic * Irish Green Gathering * Cork Capital of Culture Solas Festival of Light * Bantry Mussel Fair * Cobh Maritime Song Festival * Showcase RDS:Young Social Innovators * Bloom * The Crossroads Arts Festival, Reenescreena, Cork * Carriganass Castle, Bantry Cork * Cobh Regatta, Cork *

UK:

Glastonbury Festival * WOMAD * The Great Western Community Forest * Wiltshire Wildlife Trust * Trowbridge Village Pump Folk Festival, Wiltshire * Pewsey Heritage Week, Wiltshire * Kennet & Avon Canal, Wiltshire * Roves Farm Visitors Centre, Wiltshire * Calne Canal Fair, Wiltshire

Further - Europe:

MDK Mlodziezowy Dom Kultury, Bytom, Poland * NES, Skagastrond, Iceland * Saltzigger-Bad Cultural Exchange Centre, Germany

If you would like to work with Greencrafts at an event they are currently engaged with, please find more information under the listings below or via our contact page.

Glastonbury

Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts

Somerset. UK
Late June

Nic and Marie Piper began work with Glastonbury Festival in the late 80’s as site sculptors showcasing huge road-ways of flags and banners. Marie went on to lead a festival educational outreach programme involving working with local schools and the county arts office.

In 1992 they were invited to develop a new field for the festival and The Greencrafts Field was launched. The Greencrafts Field showcases some of Britain and Ireland’s leading environmental craft practice with over 80 daily workshops on offer to the public.

The festival runs over 3 days with 175,000 people attending.

Organisers say

“Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world, it's like going to another country, a hip and thrilling Brigadoon taking place over a 900 acre site. In many ways, Glastonbury is like lots of different festivals converging on the same gorgeous countryside for the weekend.”

Sorry but applications for 2010 are now closed.

The Electric Picnic

A boutique arts and music festival
Co.Laois, Ireland
Late Aug / September

In 2008 Nic and Marie Piper approached Electric Picnic with an idea for a large scale sculpture; they were invited to present the sculpture plus also to host a new area for the festival – a Greencrafts zone.

In this first year, in the Walled Garden, Greencrafts launched with 16 craftspeople offering public workshops. Nic and Marie also led an arts training project with 6 Laois artists and Laois County Arts Office, building a large interactive sculpture.

For 2009, Greencrafts are expanding and look forward to working with more of Ireland’s talented artists and craftspeople as part of this new, exciting venture.

The event runs over 3 days with 35,000 people attending.

What’s said about the event:

"One of the best festivals in Europe. The best festival I've ever been to." Hot Press

"A magnificent rock 'n' roll circus..a textbook example of what a music festival should be." Billboard

""Electric Picnic has raised the bar for the music festival in Ireland..." Irish Independent

"One of the best festivals we have ever been to." Rolling Stone

“Electric Picnic has established itself as a truly unique Irish festival, set amid the rolling lawns of Stradbally Hall, Co Laois, a beautiful 600 acre estate just 50 mins from Dublin. Fine music, art, theatre, comedy, pantomine, holistic health....plus a lot more”

Plans are underway for 2010 - Please download the application form & guideline notes below.

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