Choiseul Arts and Craft on Display

Contact: Rose Marie Harris

Friday, October 26, 2001  -- This year’s National Arts and Craft Festival, being hosted by the village of Choiseul, will not only highlight the viability of art and craft products made in that community but will also help to impress upon residents the possibility of greater economic benefits which this industry can bring, according to the coordinator of the event.

Said McArthur Philip:  “We’re looking for new designs, variety and different ways of doing things.   Different communities in Choiseul have their special cultural background in terms of their craft, for example,  La Pointe which is famous for coal pot making, Mon Zion, Mongourge, mostly for chair making, Dakentien for basket weaving, so we want to capture this."

He added: “When persons come here to the festival, they will be able to go to a community booth and see the various cultural aspect of these communities.  In terms of preparing the people for this festival, we want to encourage the people to come with new designs, hence we have collaborated with the National Skills Development Centre to run a training workshop to help the persons in design, labelling and preparing the products.”

The Choiseul Heritage Tourism Development Steering Committee is throwing its support behind the event. According to chairperson Francis Blanchard, a primary objective is to highlight the potential of the various heritage sites, using the festival as an element of greater influence in sensitizing the Choiseul community to harness its resources in Arts and Craft and Nature Heritage Tourism.

The National Arts and Craft Festival runs from Friday, October 26 through to Sunday October 28, 2001.

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