ECA Annual Conference 2026

Crafting wellbeing Practices, communities and the power of making Thursday, 30 April, 9.30 (in person) & 10.00 (online) CET MIDA 90, Teatrino Lorenese, Firenze Fiera Florence, Italy & Online
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We will be live from Florence! Co-hosted by Artex and presented in collaboration with Firenze Fiera, this year’s programme looks beyond the traditional workshop to explore how craft practices are increasingly integrated into public health, community care, and rehabilitation.

The sessions will explore this from several perspectives: from premiering the major new European study, Crafting Health and Wellbeing, to hearing from practitioners who are using traditional skills to build new professional pathways in social inclusion and recovery programmes.

The conference is designed to be highly interactive, whether you are joining us in the Teatrino Lorenese or via our YouTube live stream. We will be using Mentimeter throughout the day to gather questions from both our in-person and online audiences for our live Q&A sessions with the speakers!

The European Crafts Alliance is a network of over 40 craft organisations from over 20 European countries, committed to represent, support, and empower the European crafts.

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