Kick‑off of the 1st edition of the ArtiSign Academic Biennial at the historic site of Lalla Yeddouna
Kick‑off of the 1st edition of the ArtiSign Academic Biennial at the historic site of Lalla Yeddouna
The School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (EMADU) of Euromed University of Fes kicked off the 11st edition of the ArtiSign Academic Biennial. An event taking place in the heart of the Fès medina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, from Thursday June 23 to Sunday June 26, mainly at the historic site of Lalla Yeddouna.
The ArtiSign academic biennial is an event intended to be academic, inclusive, eclectic and international, involving artisans, designers, students, academics and internationally renowned professionals, with the aim of creating a new synergy with a holistic vision linking the world of Craft with that of Design while celebrating the diversity of learning models.
This unifying event is part of the Royal vision to showcase the tangible and intangible heritage of the city of Fès, to highlight our ancestral know-how by making it one of our socio-economic levers, and to bring the academic world closer to the craft world to innovate and internationalize Moroccan knowledge and know-how and the made in Morocco.
To this end, a tripartite agreement initiated by the Wilaya of Fès-Meknès was signed between UEMF, ADER-Fès and the Fès-Meknès Chamber of Crafts as part of the program for the upgrading and rehabilitation of the Medina of Fès aimed at promoting ancestral knowledge and know-how as well as valorizing Moroccan artisanal heritage and revitalizing traditional trades.
This biennial is also the result of the participation and close collaboration of the artisans of the Federation of Crafts Trades of Lalla Yeddouna.
In preparation for over a year, the academic biennial ArtiSign involves the privileged partners of EMADU: the DIA-UNIFI School of Architecture and Design of Florence, the National School of Decorative Arts of Paris (ENSAD), the University of Évora in Portugal, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Switzerland, the Polish Academy of Design Sztukai W Szczecinie, the Kan Ya Makan Association, the CFQMA Training and Qualification Center for Craft Trades of Fès, the French Institute of Fès, the Federation of artisans of Lalla Yeddouna and internationally renowned designers, among others.
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