Craft Heritage – why preserving the past is important for future generations

1. CraftHeritage – whypreservingthepastisimportantforfuturegenerations Tbilisi, 2019

2. Folk art production • folk art productionis a valuableculturalheritage and is a significantexpressionofthecreativeartsofprevious and presentgenerations • traditional art crafts and folk art and their outcomes as a part of cultural heritagehave been accompanied by mankind since ancient times. The result of human labor and production in the field of traditional art crafts, which are cultural heritage and national identity, and this is also the legacy of our ancestors • in the late 19th century and early 20th century, folk production was organized in Slovakia through the establishment of associations and cooperatives. The Izabella Association, founded in 1895, was the first and largest organization that targeted support and developed production from the home

3. The Centre for Folk Art Production • established in 1945 by PresidentialDecree, in 1958confirmed by TheActoftheNationalCouncil no. 4/1958 Coll. • theNationalinstitutionoftheMinistryofCulture • onlyNationalorganizationforpreserving, protection and developmentofcrafts in Slovakia • functionsas a nationwidedocumentation and information center for folk art production

4. Whyand how? • culture and heritage reflect and shape values, beliefs, aspirations, defining and people's national identity. It is important to preserve our cultural heritage because it keeps our integrity as a people • the best way to preserve our cultural heritage, whatever it may be, is to share it with others • safeguarding them is about the transferring of knowledge, skills and meaning • ULUV's main purpose is to conserve, document, and promote the knowledge, skills, processes, and aesthetic patterns (arising from the use of natural materials) of folk art productions and by doing so, thus preserving them for future generations

5. ÚĽUV´smainactivities Consultancy Art Comittee of ÚĽUV Open Atelier of ÚĽUV Documentation& Preservation Museum of ÚĽUV ElectronicEncyclopedia of ÚĽUV Sales support Gallery-style shops of ÚĽUV Publications Publishing House of ÚĽUV Popularization Festivals, Events Information Library of ÚĽUV Education School of Crafts ÚĽUV Representation Exhibitions, Competitions, Conferences

6. Howwe do it– someofthemainactivities • monitoring the birth of traditional folk art production in Slovakia • documentation of current state of all forms of folk art production • maintains an active database of folk craft producers • Manages The Collection Of Folk Art Products • encourages the creation of new productions for craftsmen • evaluates the quality of craft exhibits • provides free expert advice to craftsmen and general public • educates and organizes interest rates Craft • promotes the scores of talented masters, crafters, and artists • it presents its public exhibitions and publications • links producers with market opportunities • provides information about all associated processes of folk art production to the public

7. Caringfor Folk ArtProductiontoday • wetakecarethattheexistingtraditionalartisticproduction and crafttechniquesof Slovakia do notbecomeextinct; alternativelywehelp to bringtheextinctcraftsbacktolife • wesearchforthecraftsmanwhomwesupport and givedirection • our expert consultantsadvisethemhow to maketheirproducts ofgoodquality, whichhavereference to tradition and to maketheir productssellable

8. Caringfor Folk ArtProductiontoday Representative List ofIntangibleCultural HeritageofSlovakia / proposal by ÚĽUV • in 2015 wasinscribedBLUEPRINT (indigo-print) • in 2017 wasinscribedWIRE CRAFTAND ART • in 2018 wasinscribedBLUEPRINT on theWorld UNESCO HeritageList Register ofBestSafeguardingPractices in Slovakia / proposal by ÚĽUV • in 2015 wasinscribedTheSchoolofCrafts ÚĽUV

9. TheMuseum of Folk ArtProduction • sincethebeginningofitsexistence, ÚĽUV has devoteditsattention to research and documentationactivities • in 2009 wasestablishedMuseum, when it was registered at the Ministry of Culture under registration number 96/2009 • istheonlymuseuminstitutionofitskind in Slovakia to documenttraditional folk art production, sinceitsinception in thetraditionalenvironmentupuntilitstransformationinfluenced by moderndesign • museum documents the story of the development of folk culture elements transformed into handcrafted things - their shift, viability in a changing world of the 20th and 21st centuries, with an emphasis on the role of ÚĽUV in this area • a professionalspecializationofthemuseumisalsothedocumentationoftheimpactofculturalogranization ÚĽUV on theconversion and formof folk art productionfrom 1945 to present

10. Research and documentation in museum • scientific research documenting folk art production in Slovakia and the activities of ÚĽUV • research and documentation of endangered and extinct techniques, practices and knowledge in the field of FolkArtProductionin Slovakia • profilesof Folk Art Masters- Documentation and Processing of Masters Profiles Awarded Master of Folk Art Production • filming video documents - procedures to produce certain techniques

11. Research and documentation in museum • fromresearch / videodocument • Remiansofhornmaking in Slovakia • Researchof a riffwhistle • Textile bookmarks • Utility woolprocessingwithfocus on ÚĽUV production • Traditionalformsofconteporarytinkerproduction in Slovakia • Theprocessofmaking a costumedoll • Theprocessofmaking textile bookmarks • Theprocessofmakingknittedpappers • Horn – disappearingproduction

12. Research and documentation in museum • Remiansofhornmaking in Slovakia

13. Research and documentation in museum • Textile bookmarks

14. Thankyouforyourattention Libusa Jadudova DirectorofTheMuseumof Folk Art Production