Section 25:897 - Juried Louisiana native crafts program; purposeA. There is hereby created and established the juried Louisiana native crafts program within the division of the arts, office of cultural development, in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.B. The purpose of the crafts program shall be to assist Louisiana native craftspersons to produce, promote, and market handcrafts of such high quality and such quantity with the competitive aesthetic and commercial factors to become viable economic products; to designate a hallmark of a controlled logo which will universally advertise and promote these crafts as high caliber; to integrate the crafts program into the state's tourism promotions program; and to expand the state's economic base by stimulating and sustaining the crafts cottage industry.C. "Craft" shall mean any object of metal, fibre, wood, glass, clay, or other natural material which is produced by hand and which demonstrates originality and other artistic qualities as further determined by rules of the Louisiana State Arts Council.SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 588, §4, REGARDING EFFECTIVENESS.