. 10 LOCAL ARTS Or what we learnt
Feb 24, 2016
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10 LOCAL ARTS
Or what we learnt
The aim of the project was
• to get to know traditions and crafts in partner countries;
• non-formal communication among craftsmen by demonstrations of crafts;
• to get to know different attitudes towards pensioners in partner countries.
Project partners•
• Lithuania
• Slovakia
Norway
• The priority of the project was to learn simple basics of crafts chosen by our project partners.
• Preserving production procedures and transfering them and other traditions to new generations.
Crafts at present
Involving adults - pensioners
• We came to real project outputs and active involvement of pensioners in social life as follows:
Economic area• they began earning some extra moneySocial impact• they feel they are a part of a local community
and social life
• they preserve regional traditions and transfer them to younger generations
• they represent added social value and make local atmosphere complete
• they communicate between themselves and exchange their experience
• they create an open community • they have always something to talk about
Problems• undervalued handwork of high quality • respect towards older people and their
skills is disappearing • the young generation often undervalue
skills of the older generation - (it results mainly from inappropriate
PC skills because older people are afraid of breaking a computer down)
• underestimated social value of craftwork and handwork in our society caused by globalization and mass production of cheap foreign products
• it doesn´t matter if it is Made in USA, or EU, everything is Made in Taiwan
• an undervalued arttherapy by crafts • in Slovakia also managers took part in the
project; they say they have never relaxed as well as while knitting
Necessary corrections of a present situation
• founding organizations on a Europe-wide basis focused on crafts and promotion of cultures in countries
• development of a regional trademark for traditional local products made not only by professional craftsmen but also by so-called home craftsmen if comply with quality criteria
• EU support
Possibilities of EU support• to support local craft and art organizations
including traditional folk groups, groups of swordsmen, theatres etc.
• to establish artthearpy centres – the biggest problem is their technical and technological equipment
Success of the project• We had a good luck for partners!• Great cooperation with people really interested
in crafts and folklore. • Communication between partners was at a great
level. • Even just basic English knowledge of some
participants was not a problem. • Intensive project meetings and their very good
programmes.
• Family atmosphere among international groups. • Absolutely reliable project coordinators. • Active use of international meetings for new
crafts trainings. • Getting to know traditions and culture in
partner countries.• Project promotion in regional media. • Very good cooperation of partners with national
agencies, especially during statement of costs.
Project outputs