Contemporary Applied Arts

Contemporary Applied Arts, often called CAA, is London’s original multi-disciplinary applied arts gallery. For more than 77 years, we have championed and promoted only the very best of British applied arts. Our sole aims are to advocate for the applied arts and to campaign for and foster quality and innovation in this field. We are a registered charity and a membership organisation with more than two hundred leading British-based artists working in ceramics, furniture, glass, jewellery, metal, paper, textiles and wood. We view this interdisciplinary approach as a harmonious dialogue between materials, techniques and diverse approaches to making. CAA does not receive any regular funding. We have no shareholders and all earned income is reinvested in the gallery and our charitable activities. Respected by our peers, our members and others working in the field and beyond, CAA has been influential and remained a beacon of excellence and integrity in the arts for seven decades.