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Exhibition of basketry in Latvia

From August 26 to September 20, 2010 State Agency of Intangible Cultural Heritage in collaboration with Latvian Folk Art Union and Daugavpils Regional and Art Museum arrange International folk applied arts exhibition of basketry - basket weaving (also basketry, basket making, or basket making) is the process of weaving vegetable fibres into a basket or other similar form.

Conference and annual meeting for members of EFACF

In occation of the exhibition "Sloverige", crafts from Sweden and Slovakia at Ájtte museum, the annual meeting and conference of EFACF are held in Luleå and Jokkmokk, North of Sweden, February 4th through 7th. Delegates from 6 countries will be present. The agenda for the conference meeting includes discussion of future organizing of EFACF, statutes etc.

General meeting EFACF

Between August 27th and August 30th this year, Bratislava Ú?UV, Centre for Folk Art Production, will be host of the Meeting of the EFACF member countries. EFACF – European Folk Art and Craft Federation - was founded in 1972 and its members are non profit organization with a clear aim to promote and work for folk art and craft. The network aims to strengthen contact between craftsmen in European countries in the context of exchange of skills and knowledge. Today the Federation is a network consisting of 11 European organizations in 10 different countries (Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark - observatory member). Slovakia, represented by Ú?UV is EFACF member since 1994. Every year there is a members meeting in one of the member countries, and every third year the general assembly is held . This year, as we have already said, the EFACF General Assembly will be held in Center for Folk Art Production ( Ú?UV) in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.