On 4 October 2023, over 250 people attended Curating Craft, an international one-day conference focusing on contemporary crafts. Curating Craft kicked off the five-year anniversary of Stockholm Craft Week, and among the participants were representatives from the Nordic countries and the USA.

The international one-day conference Curating Craft, brought together more than 250 people interested in the field of contemporary crafts. The conference opened Stockholm Craft Week on the On 4 October 2023 and was organized by The Swedish Crafts Centre (Konsthantverkscentrum) in collaboration with NNCA – Nordic Network of Crafts Associations. Curating Craft was held at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, in Stockholm, and the panelists included renowned representatives from the Nordic countries and the USA. In the evening the conference ended and there was a grand opening for Stockholm Craft Week, celebrating five years with opening speach by the Swedish Minister of Culture, Parisa Liljestrand.

Bettina Køppe (DK) • Gallerist and curator
Bettina Køppe has extensive experience in curating crafts and runs Køppe Contemporary Objects gallery on Bornholm, Denmark. She is interested in how traditional craft techniques can be used to create contemporary expressions and relevance.

Damon Crain (US) • Gallerist and curator
Damon Crain runs Culture Object in New York, a gallery with focus on objects that integrate conceptuality with functionality. As an art and design historian, he specialises in glass art and collaborates with several Swedish glass artists.

Marcia Harvey Isaksson (SE) • Gallerist and curator
Marcia Harvey Isaksson is a textile artist and curator, as well as the founder of the Fiberspace gallery in Stockholm. In her newly established platform Southnord she focuses on creating space for Afro-Nordic artists.