ONLINE PANEL EVENT - Crafting Circularity: the Transformational Potential of the Crafts Sector with speaker Gwen Cunningham. [Online Registration Required]
15 Jun / 4:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes
Location: ONLINE LINK to register
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The World Crafts Council Europe is pleased to present the next edition of the New European Bauhaus webinar series. Following the previous two topics of sustainability and digitalisation, this webinar will focus on the theme of circularity and circular economy in craft. Guest experts will discuss the capacities of the craft sector in contributing toward building more resilient and sustainable societies and encouraging the necessary adoption of circular practices.
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In the company of a panel of speakers, join Gwen Cunningham, Lead for Sustainability and Circular Economy at the National College of Art and Design at her address to the Word Crafts Council Europe. https://wcc-europe.org/
Gwen Cunningham is the Lead at Circle Textiles Programme at Circle Economy, Amsterdam and Sustainability & Circular Economy Lead at the National College of Art and Design, Ireland.
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Word Crafts Council Europe. https://wcc-europe.org/
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We encourage the membership to promote WCC-Europe at key exhibitions, conferences and trade related events
Utilise the WCC-Europe website as a resource for promotion and for critical writing about craft across Europe
Work with members to develop the ‘Craft Cities’ and ‘European Artistic Craft Days’ initiative
Analyse and highlight critical challenges facing craft in Europe
Play an active role in the WCC International, profiling European craft in WCC International activities
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We encourage members to take an active role in the development and promotion of WCC-Europe
WCC-Europe facilitates networking and collaboration between craft organisations in the EU in order to build capacity and promote craft
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WCC-Europe aims to exchange and develop a resource of information that supports the contribution of craft to society from historical, social, cultural and economic perspectives. This is achieved by:
Conducting a survey to collect data from members and other sources to establish size, economic value and overall contribution of the sector to European society
Building on previous research to identify key opportunities and challenges to craft in Europe
Utilising the WCC-Europe website as a resource for data gathered and to highlight opportunities and challenges
We develop our website and social media to promote the network and share information between members
Encouraging critical writing and discourse on craft
We represent crafts at international, official, political and administrative levels
WCC-Europe encourages the membership to promote WCC-Europe at key exhibitions, conferences and trade related events
Engage with countries and craft internationally through the ‘Craft Cities’ and ‘European Artistic Craft Days’ initiative
Play an active role in the WCC International, profiling European craft in WCC International activities
Promote and engage with the WCC-BF European Prize for Applied Arts which celebrates the work of artists in the field of applied arts and design-led crafts and recognises excellence in craftsmanship
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