The council and the Pinolere Cultural Association sign a agreement to continue promoting the survival and development of the artisan sector of Tenerife. Both entities are committed to collaborating in the development of new training actions and in creating spaces that contribute to improving the dissemination, promotion and marketing of the Island’s crafts.
The president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín highlights “the important work that has been carried out by the Pinolere Cultural Association, to which this year we have granted a direct grant of 20,000 euros, which is more than double the 9,500 euros granted in 2021, to give a boost to the projects with which it contributes to keeping traditional crafts and culture alive, in general».
Among the planned actions, Martín highlighted the 36 Pinolere Craft Fair on September 2, 3 and 4, event that has an insular financing of 9,500 euros in which the work of 165 artisans will be shown.
Leoncio Luis Hernández, in his capacity as president of the Pinolere Cultural Association, appreciates the support received from the Cabildo “to reinforce the activities that are being carried out by the Association aimed at reactivating the sector and rescuing the crafts, which are part of our culture , history and tradition.
Within the framework of the agreement, the Minister of Employment, Socioeconomic Development and Foreign Action, Carmen Luz Baso, highlights the creation of a classroom, in the facilities of the Pinolere Ethnographic Museum and Park, for training in traditional trades. The initial investment of the Cabildo in this space is 5,000 euros with practical training, which is backed by official certificates of professionalismBaso explains. The classroom will also host events in collaboration with other entities for innovation, promotion and promotion of employment in the craft sector.
The Association wants to baptize this space with the name of Rafael Saigí Domínguez, a woodturning craftsman from Tenerife linked to the Pinolere Craft Fair and a precursor of teaching and training in his trade of transforming wood into art, who recently passed away.
The agreement includes research on rivera carpentry, a traditional trade (15th century) of woodworking at risk of disappearing. The Cabildo will allocate 5,500 euros to the development of the study on this traditional trade for its recovery and projection as future job training, points out the counselor.
