To mark the European Year Of Skills, Mad’in Europe has just launched a survey with Future for Religious Heritage to assess the heritage crafts scene in Europe. The results will serve as a basis for our future policy recommendations.☝️🌍 If you are a #craftsperson, a curator, a cultural heritage building owner, a heritage architect or a school teaching crafts, do not hesitate to answer our survey . ✨

Venez échanger avec Philippe Fagot (Artemisia) et Anne-Françoise Barthélémy (Agence Wallonne du Patrimoine) sur des questions d’une brûlante actualité sur les couleurs, leur maintien, leur évolution et leur restauration dans les peintures murales sur les chantiers du patrimoine bâti !

The call for entries for the 2024 European Prize of Architecture Philippe Rotthier, whose theme for 2024 is “Vernacular Architecture,” is now open for submissions! The European Prize of Architecture Philippe Rotthier 2024 rewards architectural projects, urban and rural developments completed in the last five years that promote architecture in harmony with nature, that value local identity, history and craftsmanship through the judicious use of common-sense principles, natural materials and long-lasting construction techniques. Deadline for receipt of entries ⎪ 30 April 2024 Jury meeting in Brussels ⎪ 28 & 29 June 2024 Award ceremony & exhibition launch in Brussels ⎪ 26 October 2024

“Was, is and will be” – are the words that best emphasise the depth of the unique Ukrainian culture, composed of folk arts and crafts as Kosiv painted ceramics, glassblowing (hutnytstvo), Reshetylivka “white on white” embroidery, egg decoration (pysankarstvo) etc. To present widely its rich and authentic cultural heritage, Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, with the support of the “Support to Ukraine’s Reforms for Governance” (SURGe) project, developed a series of craft dedicated short films as part of the “Etnika: Ukrainian folk arts and crafts” promotional campaign.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Nicky Dewar, from British Crafts Council as new president, and of Ana Cristina Mendes, frome Cearte (Portugal) as vice-president of the WCCE.

The Craeft project invites you to view the live Twitch animated by Mad’in Europe, CERFAV and other CRAEFT partners. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the digital recording of blowtorch craft master Frédéric Demoisson’s gestures. This recording aims at exploring the possible interconnections between anthropology and computer sciences, using egocentric video followed by an elicitation session with the master.

Parliament will vote on new measures to protect geographical indications of EU crafts and industrial products. The new scheme agreed by the Parliament and the Council in May 2023 will ensure that locally renowned crafts and industrial products such as glass, lace or natural stones will be protected within the EU and globally. The law unifies diverging national rules on registering, checking and enforcing the protection of geographical indications (GIs).