World Crafts Council Europe to mark 40th anniversary with Tbilisi hosting General Assembly

The Tbilisi General Assembly of the European body will bring crafts professionals to the capital in an anniversary year for the continental organisation. Photo: WCCE.

Agenda.ge, 27 May 2019 - 18:48, Tbilisi,Georgia

The significance of crafts heritage and ways of preserving and transferring skills to the next generation will be some of the subjects bringing together professionals of the World Crafts Council Europe in Tbilisi next week, as the continental body celebrates its 40th anniversary.

 

Gathering in the Exhibition Hall of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, crafts experts and organisations will hold a WCCE General Assembly in the capital under the title 40/40 Heritage Past, Present and Future.

 

Hosted by the Georgian Arts and Culture Centre, they will review matters of relationship between heritage and contemporary craft practice, examining “ways we can use skills from our past to re-invent and preserve craft practice”, a preview by the Council said.

 

It will also ask how craftsmanship could develop over the following decades and the role of handing down relevant skills to future professionals.

The WCCE is focused on crafts heritage and preservation and held Crafting Europe, a display of exhibits from across European countries, earlier this year: