Swedish Handicraft Association – SHR turns 100 in 2012. This will be celebrated during 366 days of workshops, cultural days, exhibitions and lots ofother activities around the country.
In Stockholm and on the island of Djurgården three great handicrafts exhibitions will open during the year. The jubilee exhibition will take place at the prestigious Art Gallery Liljevalchs during the summer.
The international organization of folk art/IOV world youth congress
Sweden June 25 – 29, 2012
The IOV World Youth Congress is an international gathering of young people, which takes place every two years. Folk art and culture, intangible heritage, tradition and their applications in the 21st Cen- tury are the subjects that inspire discussions, workshops and lectures during the week-long meeting.
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.
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.