Membership of WCC-Europe gives access to:

Information in the form of hard copies

• the WCC-Europe Directory
• the Directory of Crafts Galleries
• the catalogue of the WCC-Europe Award for Contemporary Crafts. (in preparation)
• the catalogue of the First European Prize for Contemporary Art-and-Design-Led Crafts 1998

Information via the website

• regularly updated databases, searchable online, providing information relating to member countries on: crafts exhibitions and events, competitions and workshops
• the Directories of Crafts Galleries, Museums and Schools
• the WCC-Europe Directory

Information through circular letters regularly sent to members

• Advice and services
• Crafts connections worldwide through the secretariat and, within individual countries, through the network of national entities
• Activities : workshops, conferences, exhibitions,
• Representation of crafts in official political and administrative spheres
• General Assembly voting right (for the national entity)

The National Entities :
Membership of WCC-Europe as National Entity, is open to organisations in Europe which best represent crafts within their countries. Each of the National Entities sends a National Delegate to the General Assembly with the right to vote.

The Associate Members :
Membership of WCC-Europe is also open to other organisations in Europe which represent crafts or some specific sector of crafts. The associate members may participate in General Assemblies but without the right to vote.

The Individual Members (or Friends of WCC-Europe):
Membership of WCC-Europe is also open to individual craftspeople in Europe who are willing to support WCC-Europe's aims, or craftspeople from countries which are not yet members of the organisation.

The Sponsor membership.
Membership of WCC-Europe is also open to organisations, institutions, companies or individuals who are willing to support the activities of WCC-Europe by significant assistance or sponsorship.

The membership subscription is calculated in three different groups, according to Purchasing Power Parity multiplied by the population of the member country.

Details are available from the Secretariat.

For more information contact the Secretariat at
contact@wcc-europe.org