Bantul is widely known as an area that has many popular tourist attractions. Say for natural tourism destinations, Bantul has a series of names such as Parangtritis, Depok, Cemara Sewu, dan Gumuk Pasir Parangkusumo.
Not only its charming landscape charming, Bantul is also no less the appeal of the craft of art. Call it the Manding leather craft village, the Kasongan pottery village, or the Banyusumurup keris craft village. The name has been reviewed hundreds of times by various national mass media and individual bloggers.
The existence of sites, folk stories, or artifacts is strong evidence of Bantul people who are adept at making craft art. Bantul has a great expert who is able to create creative products as markers of the times
Creative Cities are cities that grow with creativity in the form of creative ideas and ideas. The parties that move together in realizing the Creative City are hexahelix elements namely academics, business, community, financial institutions, and the media.
What is a Creative City?Creative Cities are supported by the completeness of institutional infrastructure and creative ecosystems which include continuous value chains of creation, production, distribution, consumption and conservation.
It’s not enough to have a good and attractive product. It has to be introduced and communicated to the general public. This is an extremely necessary means of advertising.
The UNESCO Creative Communities Network was established in 2004 to foster collaboration among cities throughout the world that use creativity as a significant aspect in municipal development. Until 2017, this network covered 180 cities from 72 nations.
Bantul’s creative sector has been developing for hundreds of years. Tracing numerous types of relics, remains, and artifacts indicates that the Bantul people were involved in the field of creative crafts.
Budi Harjana is an activist of hand-drawn batik and stamped batik using natural and synthetic dyes. The workshop which is […]
His influence as a batik activist in Wukirsari village has resulted in the dissemination of Wukirsari written batik outside of […]
Timbul Raharjo is an artist, humanist, and entrepreneur in addition to being an academic instructor at the Yogyakarta Indonesian Art […]
Sapto Daryono was up in a community where the majority of people work in the glass craft business. He has […]
Subandi Giyanto is a Gendeng-based maestro who creates modern wayang kulit works. His painting truly encourages young people who wants […]
This Jepara native already adores the field of craft inventiveness, particularly those associated to the woodcraft business. He has been […]
Erwin Yuniati is a batik entrepreneur who inspires housewives to start their own businesses. The founder of Bahana BATIK is […]
UNESCO Creative Cities Network is a program which recognizes and supports cities around the world who has a strong commitment to culture and creativity. The UCCN program aims to promote cultural diversity and cooperation, and encourage the use of culture as a driver of sustainable development.
Cities incorporated in the Creative Cities Network are defined in one of seven creative fields: Folk Crafts and Arts, Media Arts, Film, Design, Gastronomy, Literature, and Music
The Bantul Regency Government formed a Creative Economy Committee in the hope that creative economic actors could collaborate in developing their efforts. This committee is tasked with uniting and aligning the potentials in the Pillows so that they can cooperate with each other.
The confirmed members of the Creative Economy Committee come from various representatives of the creative industry elements in Bantul. These include batik business owners, communities, academics, media, financial institutions, government, and other economic elements.
Budi Harjana
Nur Ahmadi
Timbul Raharjo
Sapto Daryono
Subandi Giyanto
Misbakhul Munir
Erwin Yuniati
Bayu Aria Widhi Kristanto
Bantul Creative Forum is a Cross Community Forum consisting of individuals and creative economic driving communities Bantul from various backgrounds. BCF is present as a government partner in developing a creative economy.
The Bantul Creative Forum bridges the creative communities in Bantul, by proactively involving the government as a strategic partner in the development of its creative economic ecosystem.
