One Year of Reskilling Crafts project: achievements and future perspectives

The RESKILLING CRAFTS project is a European initiative that brings together nine partners from Spain, Belgium, Italy, Ireland and Cyprus and aims to strengthen the craft […]

Tracks4Crafts Living Labs – October 2026

How can learning, business innovation and digital technologies help strengthen the future of craft while preserving the knowledge, identity and creativity that make craft practices unique? […]

BRICKS Final event in Brussels – 3 July 2026

Passing on know-how: opportunities and challenges for Europe​ Bringing together stakeholders from the crafts, training, heritage, and public policy sectors from several European countries, this conference […]

The Tracks4Crafts Video Contest 2026 – Movement & Gesture

The Tracks4Crafts Video Contest 2026 invites people and communities connected to crafts across Europe to submit a 2–5 minute video on the theme: Movement & Gesture […]

BRICKS Project Closing Event – 18 June 2026

On June 18, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the final national dissemination event of 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐒 – 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 – will take place in a hybrid format. […]

CRAFTS LAB: a free acceleration path for artistic craft companies in Tuscany

Program Description Crafts Lab – Skills and Tools for Contemporary Craftsmanship is a free training and mentoring program designed for Tuscan artistic craft companies that want […]

ECA Annual Conference at MIDA – 30 April 2026

Thursday, 30 April 2026 09.30 (in person) & 10.00 CET (online) – 13.30 CET Florence, Italy & Online REGISTER HERE The European Crafts Alliance (ECA) will […]

Rings in Water 2026 | International competition for craft – oriented design

The “𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫” competition initiates and supports the 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭. It develops a dialogue about traditional values, how […]

Presentation Webinar of the Reskilling Crafts Alliance – March 11, 12:00 PM (CET)

As part of the Erasmus+ Reskilling Crafts project, a free webinar will be held on March 11 at 12:00 p.m. to officially launch the Reskilling Crafts […]

Ceramic Futures 2. 0 – Free Webinars and Workshops for Ceramists

Ceramic Futures 2.0 is a new experimental course designed for ceramists, designers, and students, developed by Artex in collaboration with MX3D, a company specializing in robotic […]

February 3, 2021

Crafting Business in Italy #8 Finanza agevolata e bandi per le aziende – Maria Elena Angeli

  Chi è Maria Elena Angeli? Laureata in Economia a Firenze, lavora in Artex seguendo due specifiche attività: finanza agevolata e i processi di internazionalizzazione adatti […]
January 27, 2021

Crafting Business in Italy #7 B2B digitale e marketing – Maria Elena Angeli

  Chi è Maria Elena Angeli? Laureata in Economia a Firenze, lavora in Artex seguendo due specifiche attività: finanza agevolata e i processi di internazionalizzazione adatti […]
January 21, 2021

Crafting Business in Italy #6 Le gallerie dell’artigianato – Jean Blanchaert

  Chi è Jean Blanchaert? Gallerista , curatore e critico d’arte, da più di trent’anni Jean Blanchaert conduce la sua attività a contatto con i materiali […]
January 20, 2021

A new era of craft in Ukraine: HCU and MIM transforms creativity into business success

  Throughout 2020, the MIM Business School quickly responded to changes in the business environment and steadily took on new challenges. In addition to standard programmes, […]
December 22, 2020

Firenze Creativa Shop : the new way to buy Florentine crafts products online.

    FIRENZE CREATIVA SHOP From the Community of Firenze Creativa in 2019 to Firenze Creativa Shop now: a new marketplace devoted to Florentine craft is […]
December 16, 2020

Tuscan Collections: the B2B platform of Tuscan artistic productions is now online.

www.tuscancollections.it  Tuscan artisan excellence has a new showcase, and it’s virtual! While waiting for the pandemic to be behind us, it is inaugurated Tuscan Collections:  an […]
October 13, 2020

Crafting Business: un corso online per l’artigianato artistico e tradizionale italiano

Aprono le iscrizioni al primo corso online del progetto Crafting Europe in Italia, rivolto alle aziende attive nel settore dell’artigianato artistico e tradizionale del territorio. Nove […]
September 14, 2020

Covid-19 and craftsmanship: a survey to collect data among the Tuscany SME of the artistic and traditional craft

The pandemic situation that emerged from the Covid-19 emergency changed dramatically the life and the work of many crafts people, starting by the micro, small and […]