From July 5 to 14, Plaza Mayor will weave 15 years of artisanal stories.The Amazons will be featured for the first time as a guest region at the event.

Expoartesano an event organized by Artesanías de Colombia and Plaza Mayor Medellín, stands as the country’s second most important commercial showcase for artisans. In its fifteenth edition, it continues to promote the trades and qualification of national artisanal offerings, fostering, developing, and energizing businesses through an event that gathers different expressions of artisanal culture each year.

This edition is considered historic, as it received 1,072 applications during the call process, a 45.6% increase compared to 2023. The selection of artisans participating in Expoartesano 2024 was based on the highest scores obtained in the curatorial committee, composed of experts in artisanal matters from Artesanías de Colombia.

“Plaza Mayor Medellín, together with Artesanías de Colombia, aimed for an attendance of 40,000 people, a goal of 450 exhibitors, and sales exceeding $6.5 billion pesos. However, we are very happy because as of today, we already have 598 exhibitors who will join us in this major city event. From July 5 to 14, at Plaza Mayor, we will celebrate 15 years of Expoartesano, a project considered the second most important commercial showcase for Colombian artisans,” said Ricardo Galindo Suárez, Manager of Plaza Mayor.
For the 2024 edition, the fair will expand with an additional space, the Blue Pavilion, which will host over 40 artisans from the Popular Economies in Formation program; artisans selected from the 6 regions of the country including the insular region (San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina), participating for the first time in a national fair.