{"id":8934,"date":"2026-03-10T18:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/?p=8934"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:42:28","slug":"valgamaa-rahvakunsti-ja-kasitoo-keskselts-ootab-parandihoidja-sole-kandidaate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/valgamaa-rahvakunsti-ja-kasitoo-keskselts-ootab-parandihoidja-sole-kandidaate\/","title":{"rendered":"Valgamaa Folk Arts and Crafts Central Association is looking for candidates for the Heritage Keeper's Hoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the nineteenth year, the Central Association for Folk Arts and Crafts of Valga County (VRKK) has been recognising the bearers and promoters of Valga County's folk culture and cultural workers with the Heritage Keeper's Silver Pin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heritage knot<\/strong>&nbsp;is an annual prize in Valga County, which is awarded in six categories, for the appreciation of material, folk and cultural arts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding activities in preserving and developing Estonian national craft or music or dance traditions and for outstanding activities in promoting cultural work;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for the continuous development of the field of folk music, or for an outstanding annual event in the field, or for work of a very high creative or technical standard; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for the continuous development of the field of folk dance, or for an outstanding annual event in the field, or for very good creative results;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Craftsman's Award for continuous development in the field, or for work of a very high creative or technical standard, or for an outstanding annual event;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a prize for cultural work in recognition of continuous development in the field, or an outstanding annual event, or a very good performance in promoting cultural work;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Promising Young Folk Artist Award is given to a person aged 35 or under who has made outstanding contributions to the further development and preservation of folk art and\/or folk crafts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You must live or work in Valga County!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I'm sure there are people in your area who would be suitable candidates in the above categories - please let us know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposals for the Heritage Keeper Award can be submitted by individuals, municipalities, all institutions involved in folk culture, members of the VRKK and cooperation partners. The decision is taken by the Board of the VRKK. The Board reserves the right not to award some of the prizes or to award more than one prize in a category.<br><br>The Heritage Keeper's donations are handed over&nbsp;<strong>13 May 2026 in Otep\u00e4\u00e4 Cultural Centre&nbsp;<\/strong>at a thank you event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to receiving completed forms (<a href=\"https:\/\/valga.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Valgamaa-Rahvakunsti-ja-Kasitoo-Keskselts-ootab-Parandihoidja-sole-kandidaate.docx\" title=\"blanket\">blanket<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"download\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-download\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M288 32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32l0 242.7-73.4-73.4c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0s-12.5 32.8 0 45.3l128 128c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0l128-128c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0L288 274.7 288 32zM64 352c-35.3 0-64 28.7-64 64l0 32c0 35.3 28.7 64 64 64l384 0c35.3 0 64-28.7 64-64l0-32c0-35.3-28.7-64-64-64l-101.5 0-45.3 45.3c-25 25-65.5 25-90.5 0L165.5 352 64 352zm368 56a24 24 0 1 1 0 48 24 24 0 1 1 0-48z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>) latest\u00a0<strong>by 10 April 2026 \u00a0<\/strong>by e-mail to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:valgamaa@vrkk.ee\">valgamaa@vrkk.ee<\/a>\u00a0or by post to VRKK, P\u00fchaj\u00e4rve tee 2, Otep\u00e4\u00e4 67403.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf of the Board of the VRKK<br>Ene Kaas Chairman of the Board<br>mob + 3725330151<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the nineteenth year, the Central Association for Folk Arts and Crafts of Valga County (VRKK) has been recognising the bearers and promoters of Valga County's folk culture and cultural workers with the Heritage Keeper's Silver Pin.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Central Association for Folk Art and Handicrafts of Valga County is looking for candidates for the Heritage Keeper's Hoof - Valga vald vald","description":"For the nineteenth year, the Central Association for Folk Arts and Crafts of Valga County (VRKK) recognises the bearers and promoters of Valga County folk culture and cultural workers at the P\u00e4ra..."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uudised-ja-teated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8939,"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8934\/revisions\/8939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valga.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}