Art and crafts fair in Haskovo

As the crafts are not regulated profession, often times they are the only choice of people who are long term unemployed, elderly, who raise children with disabilities or have disabilities themselves and are unable to enter the job market.
Opening an online shop or physical retail location would otherwise be cost prohibitive for a lot of the enterprises who participate in the fairs.
Throughout the years we’ve seen skilled woodworkers, steel and metalworkers, jewellers, crocheters, felters, potters, tailors and seamstresses, painters, portraitist, artists who carve intricate artwork on wood, weavers, puppet creators, masters who create traditional brass bells and various other arts.
Needs addressed & Objectives: People who are unable to enter the job market or find it difficult to open their own enterprise find an opportunity at the Art and craft fair to sell their products and build their name.
A challenge we take upon ourselves is to ensure better marketing for the fair and more emphasis on the social aspect of it.
Main stakeholders and beneficiaries: Haskovo municipality, Haskovo Regional chamber of crafts, independent artisans, various organizations, the society as a whole
Traditional Bulgarian crafts are kept alive through the efforts of these artisans.