Founded over half a century ago, the CONFEDERATION FRANCAISE DES METIERS D'ART (CFMA) seeks to support and promote leading arts and crafts players within their trade associations.
Through its range of services and networks, the CFMA seeks to defend the interests of art and craft enterprises without replacing their specific missions and affiliations with their members.
The CFMA is a trade organisation that mainly aims to promote art and craft sectors generally. It is headed by CEO Alain GRANGÉ CABANE who is also president of the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté. He is supported by Mrs Mick FOURISCOT, Serge NICOLE,Alain VOGEL SINGER, Anne MIDAVAINE and Danyèle HUGON, as vice president, Matthieu ROSY general secretary, treasurer Robert GUIOT and Etienne COCHET,Chairman of "Paris, Capitale de la Création".
Minister François DOUBIN and president Jacques MOUCLIER, widely acknowledged for their commitment to the promotion of arts and crafts in France, are also members of CFMA’s Bureau.
The prevailing strength and appeal of arts and crafts lie in the contribution they make to culture and the economy. To quote Rodin: "an art form that has life does not reproduce the past. It perpetuates it".
Arts and crafts, based on priceless expertise and know-how, bring happiness to the lives of their practitioners and to the general public who buy their work.
Arts and crafts have successfully adapted to the evolving needs and aspirations of today’s consumers who seek to improve the quality of their lives. The expansion of arts and crafts is tangible proof of this successful adaptation.
Arts and crafts are a buoyant economic sector:
Over 100 billion euros in annual pre-tax sales
of which 35% in exports
30,000 enterprises made up of self-employed artists, small businesses and SMEs:
a total of 120.000 employees
CFMA’s underlying mission is to promote art and craft enterprises that differ in size, market coverage and headcounts but that share a set of common objectives: the pursuit of aestheticism, originality and creativity, the upholding of traditions and improving the quality of life.
As VOLTAIRE wrote in "Le Mondain" in 1736:
"the superfluous is very necessary because it has joined both hemispheres".
SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES
- The Confederal Bureau whose members volunteer to handle a given sector of activity:
- CFMA’s president Alain GRANGÉ CABANE is responsible for government relations, European affairs and press relations.
- Our first vice president Serge NICOLE, president of Ateliers d’Art de France, is responsible for representing more "traditional" art and craft sectors or very small enterprises.
- Vice-presidents:
- Relations with regional and European towns and cities are handled by Minister François DOUBIN, Founder president of "Ville & Métiers d'Art" and Alain VOGEL SINGER, President.
-The firm "Metiers d'Art" is managed by Anne MIDAVAINE
Training is handled in connection with the Applied Arts Training (13ème CPC) at the Ministry of National Education.
►- "Specialised" commissions
As a services “marketplace” serving its members, the CFMA can also propose initiatives in such fields of copyright law, intellectual property rights, the right of resale, collection of royalties, tax credits on art work and the awarding of “Living Heritage” certificates.
The Salon Maison & Objet (Ideal Home Exhibition) and the Salon du Patrimoine(Heritage Show), well know for their high standards of quality and sound reputation, have admitted the CFMA as associate members. "Un jour, un Artisan"has also admitted the CFMA with its 100 Kraftsmen located in Paris.
As a professional organisation, the CFMA acts a services marketplace that develops greater solidarity in art and craft sectors. Its aim is to address the local needs of art and craft enterprises, to defend their interests and to promote them in France and abroad through effective and targeted lobbying.
►- Government bodies:
Through the diversity of the arts and crafts it embraces (artists, craftsmen and women, very small businesses, SMEs) and collectively defends, the CFMA maintains close relations with the following government administrations, bodies and agencies:
■ – the Ministry of Economy ,Industry and Employment and its 3 State Secretaries
-General Department of "Compétititvité, Industrie & Services"
-National Committee against Counterfeiting
- Higher Institute of Arts and Crafts (ISM)- National Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Crafts (INMA)- National Commission for «Living Heritage Enterprise» Certification
- The 13th CPC on "Applied Arts ", responsible for reviewing diplomas and examinations.
■ Ministry of Culture:
- The Minister’s office
- Visual Arts Delegation
- Arts and Crafts Council,"Maîtres d'Art"
► Parliamentary representation:
Through these channels, arts and crafts can directly express their views and opinions on draft legislation that concerns them.
► Regional offices:
■ The CFMA maintains traditionally close links with the City of PARIS, with the Région ILE DE FRANCE Regional Authority where it is represented on the Economic Council, and with the Paris – Ile de France Chamber of Art and Craft Businesses. An exhaustive report was recently compiled at the request of president Jacques MOUCLIER.
■ The CFMA has also pioneered the creation of «VILLE ET METIERS d’ART», a NGO founded in May 1992 at a Board Meeting decided by Messrs DOUBIN, LEOTARD, MOUCLIER and VATELOT.
A certificate, jointly defined by the CFMA and the INMA, is awarded by a Commission for a period of three years to towns who actively work to protect and promote arts and crafts. The Commission may or may not decide to renew the certificate.
CFMA - 06.2010
