The festival is aimed at popularization of folk arts and handicrafts among the younger generation. It is arranged with an active backing of the Vologda City Administration and a Handicrafts Centre “Reznoi Palisad (Carved Fence)”.
Craftsmen from Yaroslavl, Tula, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Karelia and Chuvashia are planning to participate in it. Masters from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, representatives of Donetsk have also applied for participation. In total, the organizers of the festival have received 235 applications and 50 applications for a children's contest.
Applications from artisans are received in the following categories:
- traditional female crafts (lace-making, embroidery, costume, weaving, patchwork);
- valenki (kind of felt boots),
- pottery and ceramics,
- artistic wood processing, wood engraving and wicker-work, carpentry and turning;
- blacksmiths and jewelers;
- wooden and birch bark craft painting;
- keeping alive the traditions and customs, preserving old crafts.
The festival will include creative workshops, lectures and round table meetings where leading experts on folk culture will share their ideas and projects.
This year the festival "City of Crafts" will be held for the eighth time. It will be timed to celebrate the 875th anniversary of Vologda City foundation.
Теги: City of Crafts