Artistic craftsmanship meets cultural professionals: a series of online events

Crossroads between culture and crafts at the center of the European Days of Artistic Crafts: on the occasion of the 2021 edition of the international event, to be held April 6-11, 2011, theAssociation OMA - Observatory of Artistic Craft s and Artex - Center for Artistic and Traditional Crafts of Tuscany are launching a series of online events to address the typical themes of a sector, that of artistic crafts, which needs and wants to be born after the Covid-19 pandemic. The European Days, an event created in France at the initiative of the INMA-Institut National des Metiers d’Art in Paris, and organized simultaneously in various European countries to attract the attention of the general public to artistic trades and craft professions, this year sees Materials at Work at the center, in order to promote them not only as a resource in artistic craft creations but as a cultural and economic heritage.

Here are what online events OMA and Artex are offering to their audience. On Tuesday, March 6, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., there will be an online presentation by Fondazione CR Firenze and OMA of courses on artistic crafts spring-summer 2021 by Spazio NOTA, a place created by the initiative again of Fondazione CR Firenze, in collaboration with Associazione OMA, to foster the development of skills in artistic craft crafts. Workshops of 40 hours each will be dedicated to in-depth study of tailoring, and leather working: Sleeves (April 12-23), Corsets for Fashion (April 26-May 7), Working Leather (May 10-15), Draping May 17-28, The Art of Weaving a Jacket by Hand (June 7-12), The Shapes of Fashion 1 (June 4-26) and Basic Patternmaking Concepts (June 28-July 9). To participate in the webinar, you must register at www.spazionota.it.

During the week there will also be space for the Handicraft Dialogues, organized by Artex: the focus of the meetings will be on Tuscan master artisans meeting with professionals from the world of culture, such as gallery owners, museum directors or art historians, and they will discuss topics related to artistic craftsmanship, ancient crafts, and matter becoming art. The meetings will be streamed on Artex’s Facebook page and Youtube channel from 5 p.m. and there will be no need for registration.

The program starts on Tuesday, April 6, with Ceramics: sustainability and formations with master artisan Sandra Pelli and historian Viola Emaldi. Wednesday, April 7, is the turn of Fashion and Handweaving, with master artisan Laura De Cesare and Prato Textile Museum director Filippo Guarini. Thursday, April 8, the meeting will be on paper and paper mache with master craftsman Alessandro Avanzino and set designer Lorenzo Bergamini. Friday, April 9, there will be an in-depth discussion Science and the symbiosis of silver, semiprecious stones and precious stones with master craftsman Tommaso Pestelli and the director of the Galileo Museum in Florence, Roberto Ferrari. On Saturday, April 10, marble will be discussed with Michele Monfroni and art critic and gallery owner Jean Bleanchaert. Last meeting on Sunday, April 11, with wood and gilded frames to be attended by master craftsman Gabriele Maselli and art historian Giovanni Matteo Guidetti. The meetings, all at 5 p.m., will be moderated by the Artex team and coordinator Elisa Guidi.

“Every year, GEMA celebrates the vast heritage of knowledge related to artistic craftsmanship,” says Luciano Barsotti, president of the OMA Association. “The initiative of the European Artistic Crafts Days born in France and shared by our Association since 2008 has stimulated us this year to bring to the public’s attention the value of the transmission of skills, of training young people in artisan crafts to create turnover in the sector. The battle becomes even more challenging for this 2021 in the midst of the pandemic crisis that is greatly affecting the sector.”

“It will be a necessarily different edition, but for this reason even more heartfelt,” explains Giovanni Lamioni, president of Artex. “We want to tell about the world of craftsmanship that resists, that wants to assert itself for the quality of its productions and the professionalism of its masters through an always open confrontation with the world of culture. At this time, the synergy of intent and collaboration among all operators is essential to return to live craftsmanship fully and with even greater awareness.”

Artistic craftsmanship meets cultural professionals: a series of online events

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