2014 Nixi Tibetan Pottery Cultural Exhange Tour from Aid to Artisans on Vimeo. For four weeks, five Nixi Tibetan Potters (aided by ATA Consultant Kathy Erteman, translator Sunnuo Zhuma and members of Aid to Artisans’
This past August, Aid to Artisans held its annual Market Readiness Program™ during NY Now. Aided by the re-designed MRP manual, participants were instructed by industry insiders on how to succeed in US markets. Additionally,
Lights from Aid to Artisans' booth at NY Now. NEW YORK – Crafts from Pakistan, Mexico, Myanmar, Haiti and Tibet lined ATA’s trademark orange booth during the 2014 semi-yearly NY Now Gift Show held in
In 2013, Aid to Artisans (ATA) re-launched its successful Small Grants Program in partnership with canvas home™, a retailer of artisan furniture, ceramics, and textiles. In the summer of 2014, we continued the program with
Summary This program aims to conserve a treasured cultural tradition, Nixi Black Pottery, while providing significant tangible opportunities to develop new markets and appreciation of this 1200-year-old tradition to a more sophisticated audience beyond
In 1994, Guadalupe Ramirez founded Asociacion de Mujeres del Altiplano (AMA) in the highlands of Guatemala. AMA is an organization that works with Maya women to increase their capacity, to adapt to economic, social and
Organizations involved in the Aid to Artisans' Bamboo Workshop 2 in Haiti In June 2014, thirty Haitian artisans graduated from Aid to Artisans’ Bamboo Workshop 2, with skills in harvesting, cleaning and cutting bamboo, and
Daniela Viscarra (far left) conducts product development workshops with the Garcia sisters. BELIZE CITY, BELIZE - As part of the “Making Tourism Benefit Communities Adjacent to Archaeological Sites”, from February 24 to April 5, Belzeb
A tourist visits Amuche, a traditional ceramic workshop in Uribia, La Guajira. The matriarch of the community demonstrates the production process. LA GUAJIRA, COLOMBIA – Early in 2014, Aid to Artisans (ATA) launched its SME
Brought together by their childhood memories of growing up in Mexico City, three friends, Maribel Cedillo, Dalia Lerner, and Gemma Martinez Solis, living in the Chicago area began Artemateria two years ago to help artisans
