National Exhibition of Arts and Crafts

Overview

National Exhibition of Arts and Crafts - Oreshak is the only one in the country, whose exhibition halls show unique objects of folk arts and crafts, made by prominent masters from all ethnographic regions of Bulgaria. The whole exhibition complex is located in a wonderful park of 50 decares. The exhibition has nine exhibition halls with a total exhibition area of ​​4200 sq.m.

The exhibition was established in 1971 and since then 40 years of tradition and modern art go hand in hand.

Since the establishment of the National Exhibition, the following have been held here:

27-National exhibitions;

8-International exhibitions of folk arts and crafts, with the participation of masters from Europe, Asia, Africa and America;

6 exhibitions of fine arts with the participation of artists from all over the country;

5-competition in ceramics "Trojan Master";

4-exhibitions of the national high schools of applied arts;

22 author's exhibitions of masters of folk arts and crafts;

5-symposium on topics related to folk art with the participation of Bulgarian and foreign experts.

Exhibitions of masters of folk arts and crafts and applied arts are organized monthly in the National Exhibition. Along with this, young authors from the country and the region are presented, whose artistic pursuits go beyond the boundaries of tradition and take us to a new world of colors, figures and compositions. Their works carry the emotion of experimenting with form and material.

The national exhibition is unique, both with the exhibits and with the opportunity for visitors to actually participate in the production of handicrafts and objects. In each hall there is an equipped demonstration corner, where each guest can not only watch how the objects of folk crafts are made, but also try to touch the typical crafts of the region - pottery, woodcarving, pyrography and weaving. Creating with their hands something original and original, in this way the guests touch the essence of the craft, taking with them not only the object (souvenir), but also the memory of a unique experience. The realization of this idea aims to turn the practice of some of the traditional crafts of the Trojan region into a kind of Art Therapy.

Today, the National Exhibition is a modern and functional facility that can present national and European art, and realize its goal - to become a European center of crafts.