Craft Residency Exchange
Craft Residency Exchange is a programme of the Eurasian Council for Craft and Design aimed at facilitating professional exchange between craftspeople from different countries through a system of reciprocal craft residencies.
The programme creates conditions for temporary, practice-based work by craftspeople within partner host residencies, where exchange is centred on real technologies, materials, and methods rather than on demonstrative or short-term visits.
Programme Objectives:
development of professional craftsmanship through hands-on international exchange;
transmission of technologies, techniques, and production knowledge;
formation of transnational professional connections among craftspeople;
strengthening the role of craft residencies as centres of knowledge and practice.
Key Areas:
Reciprocal Residencies
Mutual residencies in which craftspeople from different countries work sequentially within host workshops and centres.
Technology & Skills Exchange
Exchange of material-processing techniques, tools, production methods, and local technological solutions.
Practice-Based Learning
A focus on collaborative hands-on work, experimentation, and professional learning through process rather than through lectures.
Local Context Immersion
Engagement with local materials, traditions, and production conditions without folklorisation or touristic framing.
Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
Documentation and structuring of acquired knowledge and practices for further use within ECCD’s educational and research programmes.
Implementation Formats:
individual and group residencies;
workshops and joint working sessions;
pilot collaborative works and prototypes;
professional process demonstrations;
documentation and reporting on exchange outcomes.
Target Groups:
professional masters and craftspeople;
craft centres and residencies;
educational and cultural institutions;
craft researchers and curators;
partner cities and regions.
Outcome:
deepened professional skills;
transfer of technologies between countries and regions;
long-term professional connections;
development of craft residencies as knowledge infrastructure.
Role of ECCD
ECCD performs the functions of selection, coordination, and methodological support, ensuring a professional level of participants, transparent exchange conditions, and an international institutional framework, without interfering in the creative autonomy of craftspeople.
Directions
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Target Groups:
professional masters and craftspeople;
craft centres and residencies;
educational and cultural institutions;
craft researchers and curators;
partner cities and regions.
Key Areas:
Reciprocal Residencies
Mutual residencies in which craftspeople from different countries work sequentially within host workshops and centres.
Technology & Skills Exchange
Exchange of material-processing techniques, tools, production methods, and local technological solutions.
Practice-Based Learning
A focus on collaborative hands-on work, experimentation, and professional learning through process rather than through lectures.
Local Context Immersion
Engagement with local materials, traditions, and production conditions without folklorisation or touristic framing.
Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
Documentation and structuring of acquired knowledge and practices for further use within ECCD’s educational and research programmes.
Craft Residency Exchange
Implementation Formats:
individual and group residencies;
workshops and joint working sessions;
pilot collaborative works and prototypes;
professional process demonstrations;
documentation and reporting on exchange outcomes.
Role of ECCD
ECCD performs the functions of selection, coordination, and methodological support, ensuring a professional level of participants, transparent exchange conditions, and an international institutional framework, without interfering in the creative autonomy of craftspeople.
Outcome:
deepened professional skills;
transfer of technologies between countries and regions;
long-term professional connections;
development of craft residencies as knowledge infrastructure.
Craft Residency Exchange is a programme of the Eurasian Council for Craft and Design aimed at facilitating professional exchange between craftspeople from different countries through a system of reciprocal craft residencies.
The programme creates conditions for temporary, practice-based work by craftspeople within partner host residencies, where exchange is centred on real technologies, materials, and methods rather than on demonstrative or short-term visits.
Programme Objectives:
development of professional craftsmanship through hands-on international exchange;
transmission of technologies, techniques, and production knowledge;
formation of transnational professional connections among craftspeople;
strengthening the role of craft residencies as centres of knowledge and practice.