World Crafts Council Europe 2.79

World Crafts Council - Europe is one of the five regional branches (Africa, Asia, Latin America,North America and Europe) of the World Crafts Council, an international, non-governmental, non-profit organisation recognised by UNESCO, founded in 1964.


Initiatives include:
WCC-Europe Award for Contemporary Crafts (annually since 1992).

European Prize for Applied Arts (since 2009, in co-operation with WCC-Belgium-Francophone).

Annual General Assemblies.

Representation at craft fairs, exhibitions and trade events.

Regional European President:
Louise Allen - Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, Rep of Ireland

Board members:

Elisa Guidi, Artex- Centre for Artistic & Traditional Handicrafts in Tuscany, Italy
Sandra Theule, Ateliers d'Art de France, France
Laura Miguel Baumann, Fundesarte, Spain
Hege Henriksen, Norwegian Crafts, Norway