About

Promoting the Crafts Sector in the Maltese Islands, thereby contributing to the revival, preservation, and long-term sustainability of local artisan skills.

Set up in 2021, the Malta Crafts Foundation embarks on wide-ranging initiatives that seek to generate interest and awareness not only among visiting tourists, but also among the local population especially among students and young people.

It also seeks to stimulate innovation in Maltese crafts and provides assistance to artisans to help them implement the necessary changes in order to transform challenges into opportunities and survive in the 21st century.

The Malta Crafts Foundation is also responsible for the promotion of artisans in facilities such as the artisan villages in Ta’ Qali, Malta and Ta’ Dbieġi, Gozo: two main hubs for the creation and promotion of artisanal crafts and their development in the Maltese islands.

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Artisanal courses and workshops

As part of its efforts to sustain local crafts, the Malta Crafts Foundation is launching a new series of courses and workshops taking place in the coming spring, building on the overwhelming response for the previous intakes over the past years. Courses and workshops are to start during the first week of April, coinciding with…

designMT – Call for Exhibitors

designMT returns for its third edition – growing, evolving, and continuing to shape Malta’s contemporary design landscape. Taking place in Valletta from September 28 to October 3, this year’s edition builds on the momentum of previous years, further establishing designMT as Malta’s leading platform for showcasing innovative and original design. Designers from across disciplines are…

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Craftspersons Registry

Find a Craftsperson

Find an Artisan from the Malta Crafts Register maintained by the Commerce Department within the Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects.

Register as a Craftsperson

Register as an Artisan on the Malta Crafts Register maintained by the Commerce Department within the Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects.