WCCE Annual Conference 2024 | State of Crafts: Key Pillars in the Contemporary Craft Sector

00:04:31 Welcome - Roger Torrent, Minister of Business and Work of Catalonia & Ana Cristina Mendes, CEARTE & WCCE
00:12:16 - The State of Crafts, Laura Miguel Baumann, WCCE
00:27:55 - Craftsmanship beyond crafts: Developing Thriving Economies and Healthy Societies, Rosa Muñoz, Ohayō
00:57:05 - Crafting the Future: creative climate and circular approaches, Graciela Melitsko Thornton, Julie’s Bicycle
01:42:36 - Break
02:24:50 - Weaving communal threads: Fab Lab Barcelona’s approach to enable resilient communities, Jessica Guy, FabLAB Barcelona / Distributed Design Platform
03:02:05 - A piece of Beauty, Paulo Ribeiro, CONTEMPORANIA
03:42:50 - Final remarks, Cristina Mendes, CEARTE & WCCE
Our Annual Conference took place live on the 20th of June 2024 in Barcelona, Spain at the Disseny Hub/Design Museum, co-hosted by the Consortium of Commerce, Crafts and Fashion (CCAM).
This year’s edition was title, "State of Crafts: Key Pillars in the Contemporary Craft Sector" and brought together a network of more than 40 craft organisations across Europe as well as a programme of speakers, for a public conference to discuss and debate current issues related to crafts in Europe.
The conference is the third in a series which have been taking place between 2022-2024 under the EU co-funded CRAFTING project. The theme this year aims to shed light on current overarching key issues within European craft; what can be learnt from crafts to benefit other sectors and broader society; what positive stories can be told to bring craft to a wider audience; while bringing attention to important topics within the crafts space such as sustainability, entrepreneurship, knowledge exchange, heritage and aesthetics.
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[@boui_co]

Es el tiempo de la artesanía! Gracias por este seminario que deja reflexiones y sin duda la oportunidad para recuperar la visión de cuidado de la vida, inspirada en los valores de la artesanía.

[@CraftsCouncilEurope]

¡Gracias, nos alegra que haya sido interesante!