New Brewery Arts connects people with the hand-made, promotes the joy and fulfilment of making and celebrates the role of craft and creativity in all our lives.
Formed by and for the local community in 1978 today we are a vibrant craft charity where creativity takes place every day. Our studios are spaces for professional craftspeople – they hum to the sounds of glass furnaces and jewellers’ hammers. Our teaching studios are vibrant, full of life, chatter, community, learning and making with others.
We provide a welcoming space for our communities to spend time with us and with the handmade. Last year we welcomed over 165,000 people through our doors and 93% of our visitors said they felt more enthusiastic about craft after visiting us.
We believe that craft is an important part of society. Craft is a journey that leads to the development of skills, confidence and a sense of achievement. Craft is a language of materials and making, through it we understand the value of things. Hand-crafted objects connect us to human ingenuity, skill and imagination; and through their materials we learn of the resources used, making us more responsible as makers, users and as consumers.