Contemporary Applied Arts

The British Crafts Centre was established in 1973 when the Crafts Centre of Great Britain, founded in 1948 to support and promote quality craft work nationally and internationally, merged with the Crafts Council of Great Britain Ltd . The British Crafts Centre was established as a registered charity run for and by its members, receiving an annual grant from the Crafts Council. The British Craft Centre's aims were to promote the best work and to educate the public, primarily by exhibiting members' work. The criteria for selection were that works should be contemporary, distinctive, original in concept and among the best of their kind. Membership of the organisation peaked in the 1970s at over 1,000 members. In 1987 the British Crafts Centre changed its name to Contemporary Applied Art s. By the 1990s members numbered approximately 300.

From the guide to the Contemporary Applied Arts, : records, 1964-1989, (V&A Archive of Art and Design)