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| Centro Nacional de Artesanato | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centro Nacional de Artesanato |
| Native name | Centro Nacional de Artesanato |
| Established | 19XX |
| Location | [City], [Country] |
| Type | Ethnographic museum |
| Director | [Name] |
| Website | [Official website] |
Centro Nacional de Artesanato is a national institution dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and study of traditional and contemporary crafts. Founded to safeguard material culture, the center functions as a museum, research institute, and training venue that engages with artisans, curators, and policy-makers. It collaborates with regional and international organizations to document techniques, exhibit collections, and support cultural industries.
The establishment of the Centro Nacional de Artesanato drew on precedents such as the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Victoria and Albert Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, and Museum of International Folk Art to create a centralized repository. Early patrons included figures associated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Bank, the European Union, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the International Council of Museums. Influences from exhibitions at the British Museum, Louvre, Rijksmuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía shaped acquisition policies. Partnerships formed with the Instituto do Património Cultural, Museu Afro Brasil, Museu de Arte Popular, Folklore Society, and Ethnological Museum informed curatorial practice. Major donors and collaborators have included the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Getty Foundation, Prince Claus Fund, and Open Society Foundations. The center's founding charter referenced conventions such as the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the World Intellectual Property Organization standards.
The building design integrates elements seen in projects by architects linked to the Städelschule, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Bauhaus, and firms like Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, OMA, and SNC-Lavalin. Facilities include climate-controlled galleries comparable to those at the Tate Modern, conservation laboratories inspired by the Getty Conservation Institute, and storage systems reflecting practices at the National Archives, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and Library of Congress. Public amenities mirror those at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Japan Folk Crafts Museum, and Design Museum. The site incorporates workshop studios, a lecture hall used for symposiums similar to those hosted by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and an auditorium suited for forums like the World Crafts Council conferences.
The permanent collection spans textiles, ceramics, metalwork, woodwork, basketry, and beadwork with provenance linking to regions represented in collections of the Field Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, National Museum of Scotland, National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico), and the Royal Ontario Museum. Rotating exhibitions have featured collaborations with the Cooper Hewitt, Design Museum London, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Thematic shows have referenced masters and movements such as William Morris, Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Isamu Noguchi, and Dieter Rams while engaging with craft networks like the Craft Council and the World Crafts Council. Digital cataloging projects follow metadata standards promoted by the International Council on Archives, CIDOC CRM, Europeana, and the Digital Public Library of America.
Training programs include apprenticeships modeled after initiatives by the Waldorf School, Carnegie Mellon University, Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins, and vocational schemes from the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) network. Workshops invite master artisans affiliated with guilds such as the Guild of Craftsmen, exchanges with universities like Oxford University, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, University of São Paulo, and short courses in partnership with organizations like the British Council, Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut, and the Japan Foundation. Residency programs echo formats from the Cité internationale des arts, TATE Exchange, and the Banff Centre.
Research initiatives engage with institutes like the Getty Research Institute, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the Institute of Archaeology. Conservation science integrates protocols from the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, ICOMOS, and the International Institute for Conservation. Ethnographic fieldwork partners include the Royal Anthropological Institute, American Anthropological Association, and regional archives such as the Arquivo Nacional and Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Scholarly output is disseminated through journals like Journal of American Folklore, Museum Anthropology Review, and proceedings of the World Archaeological Congress.
Outreach extends to communities represented in the collections, collaborating with entities such as the Ministry of Culture, municipal cultural departments, indigenous councils, artisanal cooperatives, chambers of commerce, and NGOs like Cultural Survival and Slow Food. Public programming includes festivals akin to the Fête de la Musique, craft fairs similar to the Santa Fe Indian Market, and markets modeled on the Portobello Road Market. Educational partnerships involve schools following curricula from the International Baccalaureate, youth initiatives like YouthBuild, and community centers inspired by the Barnard College outreach model.
Governance combines oversight by a board with expertise from institutions such as the National Gallery, Council of Europe, European Commission, Organization of American States, and finance mechanisms engaging the International Monetary Fund and philanthropic models of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Funding sources include national arts councils, private foundations like the Hewlett Foundation and Kresge Foundation, corporate sponsors modeled on partnerships with IKEA, Rolex, and Mercedes-Benz, and revenue from ticketing and retail operations following best practices from the British Museum commercial arm.
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