Our mission
Our organisation brings traditional craftsmen together
to preserve traditional folk arts and crafts of Slovakia
and other surrounding countries.
About Us
The association of The Traditional Folk Arts and Crafts (in Slovak called: Ľudové Remeslá) was founded in 2006. Its activity is aimed at preserving traditional folk crafts and presenting handicrafts in Slovakia and abroad. The main activities of the association include the organization of International festivals of folk craftsmen, supporting people with disabilities, elderly people, and providing crafts' teaching techniques for occupational therapists.
The association cooperates with craftsmen from Slovakia as well as foreign, with special care homes and associations dealing with folk crafts and preserving folk traditions. Our location: Strečanského 602, 920 41 Leopoldov, Slovenská republikaludoveremesla@gmail.com
Ing. Miloš Kunkel
Chairman of the association
M: +421 (0)905 759645
Ľubica Kuzmová
Vice-chairman of the association
M: +421 (0)903 483760
About our work and activities
The Traditional Folk Arts Festivals
The first event was organised in 2009 in Piešťany, Slovakia as the Traditional Folk Crafts festival. At the time, there were 120 craftsmen who attended the event and their number has been increasing since. The event became very popular among both craftsmen and visitors. While young people come to discover, th eolder ones come to remember. Every year, our visitors can see up to fifty different kinds of crafts. They admire the work of potters, carvers, groceries, jewellers, lace makers, Christmas and Easter decoration makers, sculptors, leather products and many other traditional Slovak crafts.
We also like to welcome craftsmen from abroad. The invitations were accepted by craftsmen from the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Cyprus, China, Hungary, Israel and Slovenia. In 2018, the event took place in 8 Slovak cities: Nitra, Topoľčany, Trenčín, Piešťany, Skalica, Štrbské Pleso, Senec and Žilina.
The project was awarded by the National Agency for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in 2011 and 2014, and our association has been nominated as a national candidate for the European Union competition. At the same time, we received 'Business Environment Award'.
Our activities
- Organising The Traditional Folk Crafts Festival in several Slovak towns
- Participation in the Erasmus+ projects in cooperation with the Slovak Academic Association for International Cooperation, the Erasmus+ National Agency for Education and Training
- Organisation and participation in workshops and corporate events
- Collaboration with special care homes, also abroad
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