Artex is the Center for Artistic and Traditional Crafts of Tuscany by the Regional law 53/2008. 
Artex has the objectives to promote, to develop, to valorize, to protect and to innovate artistic and traditional crafts from Tuscany and Italy at a national and international level.
To achieve the objectives, Artex develops innovative projects with a cross-disciplinary approach, inspired by integrated development concepts, in sinergy with other local economic and cultural resources. Projects carried out by Artex meet local, regional, national and international needs. 
Since 2016 Artex is also partner of the City of Florence with the Officina Creativa project with the aim to promote and to valorize Florentine artistic crafts.