In a celebration of all things artisan we will be extending our renowned shop into the William and Margaret Rowling Gallery and Wunderkammer cabinet, where there will be a carefully curated collection of beautiful art and craft by local and British talent, all available to buy in the run up to Christmas.

Accompanying our exhibition Corita Kent: Get With the Action, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft invited leading international designer Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan to take over the museum’s Wunderkammer in a surprise visual display.

Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival and Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Belonging celebrates the spirit of seminal 1960s Los Angeles artist Corita Kent whose work brought together a belief in the strength of creativity, togetherness, love and social justice.

Corita was an artist, a famously charismatic educator and a Roman Catholic nun based in Los Angeles during the 1960s. A contemporary of Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha, her vibrant screenprinted banners and posters drew on pop and modern consumer cultures and became increasingly political throughout the decade.

The Meynells name has been a familiar one in Sussex and Ditchling since the turn of the 20th century: the bonds between Eric Gill and Wilfrid and Alice Meynell were forged through their shared Catholics beliefs and enthusiasm for typography when Gill was in his 20s and the older couple were in their sixties.

Penguin Random House UK will take over the Wunderkammer at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft with a celebration of 100 Penguin Essentials.

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft presents the story of outstanding artist, designer and typographer Elizabeth Friedlander. The work of Friedlander (1903-1984) is instantly recognisable as mid-20th century design at its best, but few will know the name behind the art.

To coincide with the exhibition New Truth to Materials: Wood, the museum will play host to a British Council international artist in residence in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute.

Accompanying our exhibition New Truth to Materials: Wood, this mini retrospective shines a light on an incredibly talented, yet relatively undiscovered, wood-engraver, Guy Malet.

A fascinating exploration into our emotional response to wood - one of the most versatile natural materials - through a diverse and eclectic group of contemporary and traditional artists, designers and craftspeople.

Showing for the first time since its acclaimed London debut at the Royal Academy, ‘Anatomy of a Doll’ is an exciting opportunity to view Cathie Pilkington RA’s provocative sculptural work.

A co-commission between Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft and Brighton Festival features a new large installation by Pilkington, Doll for Petra (2017) which is inspired by a wooden doll carved by Gill for his four year old daughter Petra in 1910.

Co-curated by Cathie Pilkington, Royal Academician and Professor of Sculpture of the Royal Academy Schools, Eric Gill: The Body features over 80 works on loan from public and private collections including a major sculpture and drawings that have never been publicly exhibited.

We are delighted to be part of a consortium of nine museums and galleries from Sussex working with The Bulldog Trust on this major exhibition at Two Temple Place in London. The exhibition features over 120 works from the county including many from our own collection.

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft celebrates 100 years of the lettering which can still to be seen across the capital’s transport system and became an iconic typeface for modernity.

The magic of printing is usually hidden in the sheds, workshops and studios of printers and designers. The Big Steam Print brings the secret into the open air for everyone to witness as artists and students from across the country come together.