UNESCO identifies handicrafts as a set of products that “are produced by craftsmen, completely handcrafted or with the help of hand or mechanical tools, provided the direct manual contribution of the artisan is the most substantial component of the finished product” and recognises that “the special nature of handicrafts derives from their distinctive traits, which may be utilitarian, aesthetic, artistic, creative, culturally significant, decorative, functional, traditional, religious, and socially symbolic and meaningful.”
Local craft makers contribute to innovation and economic growth in their regions through the application of old techniques, through the development of new products. Are they fulfilling the mission of engagement between business and regional identity? How they do it?
The Eugenio de Almeida Foundation, one of Dialogue Café Evora host and manager of the programme “Powering Arts and Crafts” proposes to organise a session on Makers, sustainability, marketplaces and regional development, which will take place on 28 May from 15h to 17h London time.
The session will bring together experts, makers, local and regional authorities, owners of marketplaces to discuss and share concrete knowledge.
Programme
For further information, contact us !
Dialogue Café Lisbon (at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) Dalia Sendra (daliasendra@casadoregalo.pt)
Dialogue Café Évora (at ADRAL & at FEA Social Innovation Centre) – Ana Rita Valido (ADRAL) (ana.valido@adral.pt) & Inês Gonçalves (FEA) (ines.goncalves@fea.pt)
In today´s increasingly virtual world, making things by hand using centuries-old techniques, traditional crafts provided with a new design approach are fulfilling the market of online business and also starts-ups.
The main goal of the cycle Global Exchange of Crafts Makers is to promote exchanges and dialogue between different crafts makers around the world with the aim, in one hand, of identifying the challenges and opportunities of this promising creative sector in future economies, in the other hand, promoting a dialogue and transmission of know-how between traditional and innovative artisans, between senior and young generations.
In this framework, Dialogue Café Association and its members are organising a session on SME Management for creative minds with the aim of providing makers with key information on how to launch or strengthen their business and sharing information on toolkits and tools on business sustainability.
PROGRAMME[1]
Special connection from Barcelona:
Dialogue Café Évora
- António Paiva de Andrada, Artisan maker
- Maria José Morais, Artisan maker
- Vanessa Zorrinho, Artisan maker
- Telma Barrelas, Artisan maker
Dialogue Café Lisbon
Keep posted to know more!
[1] Provisional
From 11 to 12 May, the international Alentejo Mini Maker Faire 2018 will be held in Évora (Portugal).
Organised by our partners, the ADRAL – Alentejo Regional Development Agency, host of Dialogue Café Évora, the Alentejo Mini Maker Faire will be an opportunity to meet extraordinary and creative people who love learning and making. From engineers to artists, scientifists and artisans, the fair will be a momentum where they will present their ideas, experiences and projects.
The event is being organised in partnership with the Municipality of Evora in the framework of the Speed Talent project, funded by the programme Alentejo 2020.
Free access is provided upon registration. For further information, read the press release (in Portuguese) or visit their Facebook page.
Contact: Alexandra Correia | alexandra.correia@adral.pt | +351 266 769 150
Dialogue Café is come back with interesting and useful sessions!
In the framework of our cycle Global Exchange of Crafts Makers, Dialogue Cafés based in Évora, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro will organise a session on “Business Development and internationalisation” with the aim of providing makers with key information on how to strengthen their business and promote its development at the international level, as well as sharing information on business sustainability and shared business strategies.
During the session experts, makers and organisations from Portugal and Brasil will be invited to present their knowledge, resources and share their experiences.
Download the programme!
The session will take place next 26 October from 15h to 17h London time in our respective locations:
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In 2017, the national exchange of Fab Labs of Portugal will take place in Évora and will be hosted by ÉvoraTech. In this context, ADRAL – Alentejo Regional Development Agency, Manager of Dialogue Café Évora and FABLAB ÉvoraTech – Incubator of Technology-Based Companies of Évora, proposes to organise a debate on “Fab Labs and Crafts Makers: bringing together innovation to Artisanship” to be held on 26 May 2017 from 15h to 17h London time in the framework of the Global Exchange of Crafts Makers organised by Dialogue Café Association.
The main objectives of this session are firstly, to promote a reflection on how to marriage technology and traditional handmade artisanship in order to innovate this creative sector. Secondly, promoting mutual learning and sharing successful initiatives of cooperation between FabLabs and Crafts Makers.
For this purpose, Crafts Makers and FabLabs will be invited to present their views and experiences of cooperation and development of new projects involving technology and innovation.
Special Speakers:
- Dialogue Café Novi Pazar:
- Dialogue Café Rio de Janeiro:
For more detailed information contact Dialogue Café Association.
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