Perugia officially enters the network of municipalities of the ‘Road of Ceramics in Umbria’, a project born in 2018 which also includes Deruta, Gualdo Tadino, Gubbio, Orvieto, Umbertide and Città di Castello, to support and relaunch the production districts of the sector and related districts and economies.
The announcement came on Thursday during the conference ‘Art workshops of yesterday – Art workshops of tomorrow’, organized by the Articity association – Artisan workshops of the historic centre, chaired by the ceramist and master craftsman Maria Antonietta Taticchi, in part of the event ‘The Streets of Ceramics: Artist’s Eggs’, on stage until April 1st in Perugia. The latter is organized by the Perugia in Centro consortium in synergy with the Umbria Region and the association ‘The ceramic road in Umbria’ with the relevant Municipalities, and thanks to the commitment of Articity it was included as a preview in the program of the European Crafts Days of art (Gema), which will be held from 2 to 7 April throughout Europe.
«The artisan workshops are disappearing – highlighted the president of Articity – and it is a paradox because instead the interest in quality artistic craftsmanship is growing, both on the part of those who would like to purchase the artefacts and on the part of young people who would like to learn this art but cannot find adequate paths.”
From the Perugia conference, Articity launches a message to the political world above all, so that it can turn the spotlight on quality art professions and craftsmanship and that the right dignity is recognized for the work of a master craftsman, also by promoting European policies in support of art craftsmanship for its high cultural, economic and social value.
