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Front Row: Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition, Lloyd Dorfman, Karen McCarthy Woolf, John Ashbery

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05/09/2017

Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition, Lloyd Dorfman, Karen McCarthy Woolf, John Ashbery

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition, Lloyd Dorfman, Karen McCarthy Woolf, John Ashbery

Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition at the V&A; poets John Ashbery and Karen McCarthy Woolf.

Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum; arts benefactor Lloyd Dorfman; poets Karen McCarthy Woolf and the late John Ashbery.

The Woman's Hour Craft Prize saw 1500 applicants whittled down to just 12 finalists whose work goes on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London this week. Samira takes a look round the exhibition, which features a handmade bicycle and a dissolving fountain made from raw clay, and discusses the £10,000 prize with Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey, along with Alun Graves of the V&A and Annie Warburton of the Crafts Council, who were involved in the judging process.

Businessman and arts benefactor Lloyd Dorfman reveals what motivates his support of the Royal Academy and sponsorship of cheap seats at the National Theatre. 

From the archive, the late American poet John Ashbery talks about his approach to work and how he views his back catalogue.

And the contemporary British poet Karen McCarthy Woolf talks about her technique, including the use of 'found' words in composing her poems, and reflects on nature in her new collection Seasonal Disturbances.


Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Harry Parker.

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