Tenerife Partners With Madrid University to Preserve Canarian Lace Craft
The Cabildo de Tenerife is partnering with the Autonomous University of Madrid to host workshops on the endangered roseta canaria lace craft in June 2026 to promote the preservation of traditional textile arts.
Efforts to preserve Spain’s intangible cultural heritage have reached a new milestone with a collaborative project focused on roseta canaria (Canarian lace). The Cabildo de Tenerife recently announced that the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions at the Autonomous University of Madrid has requested support to host a new series of workshops on this traditional textile craft, which is gaining significant interest among mainland institutions.
The proposal, submitted to Efraín Medina’s Department of Employment and Education, aims to bring artisan Antonio Rodríguez to Madrid on June 11 and 12, 2026. The university will manage the logistics for the ten-hour, in-person course. To ensure the high level of technical detail required for the craft, the class size will be limited to fifteen students, who will cover the instructor’s fees.
This initiative follows the success of similar sessions led by Rodríguez at the same university in 2025. The roseta technique, which the Ministry of Culture has identified as an endangered craft, is currently seeing an academic revival. Institutions like the Costume Museum are now incorporating the craft into their programs, highlighting the importance of passing these skills down to new generations to ensure they are not lost.
For the Cabildo de Tenerife, this partnership is a strategic way to share the archipelago’s cultural identity with a wider audience. By working together, the university and the island government are helping to ensure that traditional arts remain a living part of our culture, moving beyond museum displays and into active, modern learning spaces.