Chehel Sotoun to Host New Story of Isfahan's Creative Industries at Manouin
Isfahan – The deputy governor of Isfahan for cultural heritage and creative industries announced programs related to the national creative industries event Manouin at the Chehel Sotoun complex.
According to Mehr reporter, Mohammad Ali Izadkhasati said at the press conference of Manvin national creative industries event with the media held in the presence of Abdul Hassan Bahrami, the chairman of this event, in Isfahan governor's office, that Manvin is supposed to be the beginning of a series of continuous programs at the provincial level, which with extensive planning and the cooperation of executive bodies, will provide a context for communication, synergy and networking between small handicraft workshops and creative industries activists.
Referring to the historical capacity of Isfahan in the link between governance and handicrafts, he added: The experience of the Safavid period in the development of handicrafts and the place of these activities in the economic and cultural structure of that era shows the importance of creative industries in the historical identity of Isfahan. A capacity that can be considered in today's plans to strengthen the creative economy and support the activists in this field.
The Assistant Governor of Isfahan for cultural heritage and creative industries, referring to the presence of about 300 young and experienced handicraft activists in this event, said: the gathering of activists in this field is an opportunity to get to know each other, create professional connections and form cooperation networks; A capacity that, if continued and followed up, can become the basis for more interaction between producers and activists of the province's creative industries.
Emphasizing that Manvin will not be limited to a one-time program, Izadakhasi clarified: this event is the opening point of a flow that is supposed to continue in the form of a series of subsequent programs, and the details of its future stages will be announced at the right time.
In another part of his speech, he mentioned the plans of Isfahan city management to revive the historical neighborhood of Dardasht and said: This neighborhood, which was considered one of the important and influential points of Isfahan city in the past, has lost part of its social values and functions over the past century.
The assistant governor of Isfahan in matters of cultural heritage and creative industries added: In the past four years, nearly 60 projects have been implemented by the urban management complex in this neighborhood. The actions that have been carried out with the aim of reviving and recreating one of the historical areas of the city and its achievements are supposed to be taken into consideration in the programs related to the national event of Manvin.
Referring to the coordination made to hold the opening ceremony of this collection at the same time as Manvin's plans, Izadeshadi said: the selection of Dardash neighborhood in this framework can provide a link between the revival of historical areas and the development of creative industries and help to introduce the historical and cultural capacities of Isfahan along with the capabilities of the new generation of activists in this field.
In the end, he emphasized the importance of introducing the achievements of these projects along with creative industries development programs by referring to the amount of measures taken in the field of urban restoration and revitalization in this area.