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Cesare Toffolo Some hypocrisy.
There is more to observe the pillaging that has occurred on the part of the government team of our City in the spaces of the Museum of Glass Art of our city, good for a private company to install a Family Counseling or the room where exposed the works with the rolling technique has become a totally underused room that our seniors can go to play cards or read the free newspapers distributed in our municipality.
And for us it is very important to receive that letter because there are many people who have asked us about the causes for the disruption of our program "Concerts in the MAVA" between them and the own Foundation Miguel Angel Colmenero some responsible for Conservatories Madrid, and they do not understand the information we give them about the reason that prevents its continuity.
As for the music, it fills the mouth with his love of this "art of the Muses" and, at So far, so great and very the same time forbids our Association to develop in collaborative. the Auditorium of MAVA But in the text of the article a statement of our our "Concerts in the MAVA" program, verbally mayor in which states justifying this prohibition that "we are a city that loves Education, Art and because the auditorium is Music are included, and only intended for are today an agreement performing civil marriages. Such verbal prohibition, as that meets all these we have reported several ingredients in a future project and collaboration times, was notified me by an official of the write together. " Department of Culture last Mr. Mayor, most of the January 19, in answer to residents of Alcorcón love, indeed, Education, my call to find out if he was authorized concert that Art and Music, but you month, and assured me and your government that We would receive team, no. written confirmation of that refusal.
Moreover, without that document in support of denial we can not perform any action designed to try to reverse the current situation for us to be regranted space Auditorium of the Museum of Glass Art and to restore our program "Concert MAVA ".
About to see the light this new edition of our Newsletter, we learned the news published by the independent digital newspaper The Iceberg, the mayor of Alcorcón, David Perez, has signed with the Director General of Universities and Research of the Ministry of Education Community of Madrid, Jose Manuel Torralba, a collaboration agreement for students Madrid Royal Conservatory perform external practices at the Conservatory "Manuel de Falla" in our town.
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M. A. Carretero.
At the date of publication of this Bulletin, 73 days after the first information, despite repeated phone claims I made to the Department, we have not yet received any letter in which we justified the denial of authorization of the concerts.
It must be hard for the written signatory justify the refusal by the fact that in the Auditorium of MAVA only civil weddings must be performed. Perhaps for that reason it is causing the delay in sending the letter. In other words, some hypocrisy seems to exist in the pompous declarations of our Mayor on the occasion of the agreement signed with the Ministry of Education in our region and in relation to his love for Education, Art and Music. What seems glaring is that our mayor likes such acts signing any type of agreement provided in the picture.
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Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (LIII) MAC.
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S PE C I A L I NT E R E S T:
Part of the month
Intellectual Property Law
David Magan
BOOK IV
National Craft Award
The scope of the Act
Stained glass Villa Pepita
Activities on the MAVA
News
Our activities
Glass recycling
How does
Article 165
CONTENIDO:
Piece of the month
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Established artists
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Young artists
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Magan in Fuenlabrada
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National Crafts Award
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Stained glass Villa Pepita
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Activities Museums
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Activities on the MAVA
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Municipal School of Glass
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Congress of the FEAM
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Ethics in conservation
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Design in Portuguese
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Roman glass in Museums
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News
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Culture 2016
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Bracelet Ancient Egypt
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Glass walkway
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The glass in museums
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Recycling
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Cultural visits
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Culture 2016 program
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The CNV with crafts
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Other trends
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Harmonica in Palau
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Greta Alvaro in Gallera
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Sculpture of a wave
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Exhibition of A. Gaviria
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Bijouterie in glass
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How do
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C. Duffy table
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He killed the dinosaurs
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Space Glass
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Miquel Barceló in Paris
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Susana Gijon
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Guayaquileño glass
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Landscape for India
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The Creative Glass
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The Gijón Fabril
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Board Of Directors
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of ordinary photographs and the publishers of the works mentioned in Article 129 when they, in turn, are to nationals in the country concerned.
3. The terms of Producers, directors protection provided for and editors of ordinary in Articles 119 and 125 photographs. of this Act shall also apply to the owners ..// .. mentioned who are not 2. In any case, holders nationals of the referred to in European Union paragraph b) of the provided they have preceding paragraph guaranteed their shall enjoy the protection in Spain by protection accruing to an international them under convention. However, international without prejudice to the conventions and international obligations treaties to which Spain incumbent, the term of is a party and, failing protection shall expire that, will be matched to on the date specified in refer the producers of the country of phonograms and nationality of the holder audiovisual works or without, in any case, recordings, the makers the length does not
exceed the established in the aforementioned articles. Article 166 Broadcasting organizations 1. Broadcasting organizations domiciled in Spain or in another Member State of the European Union, enjoy respect of their broadcasts and transmissions of the protection provided by this Act. 2. In any case, broadcasting organizations domiciled in third countries shall enjoy the protection which they are entitled under international conventions and treaties to which Spain is a party.
URGENT NEWS
The windows of La Paloma.
Last March came to us the news that the Viarca workshop in Malaga, and under the direction of its owner, Alberto Cascón, had restored the windows of the church of La Paloma Madrid. We went there and found out that they had also finished
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restoring the baptismal pool, PA system, air conditioning, machinery and ducts, and lighting; They have recovered the bells; has been glassed atrium, he has painted the temple, put new carpet and have set and varnishing banks and the presbytery ...
No response from the Department of Culture.
17-01-13. Requesting inventory of the components of the permanent collection of MAVA.
11-06-13. Possibility of receipt by the MAVA documentation on glass offered by the President of the Spanish Association of Science.
11-11-13. Requesting information on the agreement with the Community of Madrid to install social services in the MAVA.
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Piece of the month. Philippa Beveridge.
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awarded in the contest Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2003.
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The exhibition "Rear Window" British Philippa Beveridge (London, 1962) in the MAVA in 2009, brought together a group of works created during the previous five years. However the author did not propose a chronological but thematic focus groups where the works were connected by a wire and a shared aesthetic: engraved with images of poppies, breastplates, suspended glass plates, boxes, photographs and collages panels.
Philippa Beveridge has a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Greenwich in London. He studied on different artistic techniques in the Escola Massana in Barcelona, specializing in glass arts at the Fundació Centre del Vidre in Barcelona, Urban Glass in New York and Palua del Vidre in France.
He has taught numerous courses on specialized glass in Spain and the United States, among which include the University of Syracuse and Corning. It has its own workshop, where he develops his role as artist. He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Spain, USA, France and Belgium, and has been
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The work that this month we bring to this page is entitled "Human Shield II" belongs to that temporary exhibition and the artist had the courtesy to transfer her to the permanent collection of MAVA. His works are inspired by the British tradition of print wallpaper to evoke the many changes that have occurred in his adopted hometown of Barcelona, where he has lived for more than 17 years ago: the continuous transformation of the buildings, streets and inhabitants together with the removal of the various layers of the past.
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Established artists. Cesare Toffolo.
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Cesare was born in Murano in 1961, and grew up in a family of best glass artists.
He lost his father two years later, was 21 when he exhibited at the but continued perfecting the Palazzo Ca 'Vendramin Calergi in technique on their own. Venice.
His grandfather Giacomo, was a master glass blower in the furnace Venini.
It reached the same credibility that Florinus enjoyed in Murano.
At the age of 30 years, Cesare was invited to teach at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle.
In addition, many techniques He taught his son Florinus (father Cesare deve torch that had never This was followed by other Cesare) techniques that also courses at the Center for Niijima been tried before. made a blower Venini glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Some of these are Filigree, Master at the age of 17 years. at the Penland School of Crafts in Incalmo and the use of gold leaf. North Carolina, in the Toyama Cesare often visited the studio of Glass Art Institute and the He collaborated with the most his father and learned torch at Kanazu Forest Of Creation prestigious establishments in age 15. Foundation in Japan. Murano glass and abroad, and
Emerging artists. Raven Skyriver.
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Venetian art; this allowed Ramen build your own workshop. Soon after, Raven joined the team of William Morris, at the request of Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen. There he worked for the next seven years learning the glass sculpture. Since the retirement of William Morris, Raven has continued to focus on the area of sculpture. His description of marine life is inspired by their experiences in their home island and the Born in 1982 in Lopez Island, the high school at the age of sixteen. information provided by the creatures that inhabit this fragile archipelago of San Juan Islands His mentor, Lark Dalton, taught ecosystem. in Washington state, Raven him to build a glass blowing Skyriver began blowing glass in equipment and trained in
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David Magán en Fuenlabrada.
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'Primary Interferences' is the title of the exhibition of sculpture David Magan expressly designed to display in Room B Art Center Tomás y Valiente (CEART) and will remain open until the 24th of this April .
The exhibition allows the viewer to enter the world of sculpture and its chromatic possibilities.
Moreover, in Room C CEART combine photography and painting in three samples: Alberto Cob shows us through his exhibition 'A dream, a The exhibition is focused on the chromatic possibilities that path', the route that we are generated through the light continue to achieve our goals. and space, from primary In his photographs the author colors. conveys his personal vision of the landscape perceived and "These works of medium and feelings that produces it. large format. Installations, sculptures, reliefs, working In this space An Wei shows 'with light as part of the work, desert Dessert and dessert'. "says Councillor for Culture, The author plays with the Maribel Barrientos.
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union of opposing elements forming one. His work is a constant transformation drinking of mysticism and earthier side of life. And finally, the Collective of Painters la Fuente shows visitors the different styles, themes and ways of working of the different members that make up this local group. In the picture above, our President with the artist and partner of our Association. At the bottom, our Treasurer and our Secretary.
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National Crafts Awards.
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Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria, delivered last March 31 the National Crafts Award 2015 Francisco Dorantes Caro, representative of the Andalusian company Saddlery Dorantes. Among the three nominees for the National Prize was Luesma Vega SL, Catalan company formed by glassmakers artists Ester Luesma and Xavi Vega, and noted for its excellence in the development and production of articles for haute cuisine innovating with technical processes, design product and market adaptation. The jury praised for his nomination recognized nationally and internationally career, his commitment to the evolution of contemporary craft and dissemination, promotion and teaching of crafts as productive practice. Industry reports, this time
there have been 82 applications from virtually all regions, of which 15 finalists chose the five competition categories.
Hermoso, with corporate headquarters in Madrid.
In addition, the company salmantina Craftsmen Luis Mendez has won the Product Award, which recognizes the best product or collection of the last two years, for its suspension Garden.
Finally, the Prize to Promote Private Entities has been for the Professional Association of Artisans of Aragon for the consolidation of Contemporary Ceramics Fair (Cerco), which held its fifteenth edition in 2015.
Meanwhile, the Entrepreneurship Award, which recognizes the entrepreneur or entrepreneurial company who have excelled by introducing new concepts, went to Abbey Collado
Our President and our Secretary attended the ceremony of delivery of these awards and expressed their congratulations to Esther and Xavi for his nomination National Crafts Award 2015.
Under the Abbatte brand, the firm creates textile objects made by hand with natural The National Crafts Award to fibers of high quality and Saddlery Dorantes is a based on the structural recognition to the entire effects of materials design. consolidated family business AWARD FOR THE COUNCIL specializing in the OF TENERIFE restoration and conservation of historic fittings, which was Also, the Council of Tenerife selected in 2005 to work with has won the Award for Public Entities Promote your Insular the Spanish Royal House Plan for Craft. work.
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Stained glass Villa Pepita.
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There is no longer dwelling on Avenida Pintor Sorolla. Instead there is now a modern block of flats, but some of Villa Pepita and history of his time is up. The Museum of Glass and rescued the set of stained glass that adorned the chapel of this Malaga manor house belonging to the family Marinetto Varea. Dated in the 40s of last century, the four pieces out of the workshops of the French house Mauméjean in its last stage of production, the same firm that is stamped on the windows of the City of Malaga. After a process of restoration carried out by the Malaga company Viarca, light has returned to the windows of Villa Pepita, the only Spanish that are exhibited in the museum district of San Felipe Neri.
disappeared in the middle of the last century, who settled in Spain before the high demand for stained glass that was in the country in the late nineteenth century to restored buildings and other new plant . "He had a splendid time," he says the master glassmaker Alberto Cascón responsible for its restoration through your company Viarca. The family commissioned an antiquarian Malaga to decorate the chapel of housing, and this in turn contacted the workshop.
For years the house was demolished and the windows went to a family store. And that dark time has taken its toll in the works. Some parts are broken, others have worn and the overall brightness was lost under layers of dust and dirt. Cascón cleaned "It is a very our style, a way of gently, one by one, glasses and understanding the very Spanish rebuilt only what was strictly glazed with period pieces," says the necessary by the absence of the historian and restorer Gonzalo part. "The goal is to preserve all Fernandez-Prieto, owner of the original can be" highlighted. collection and soul of the Museum of Glass. They are represented San True to the original Jose, San Ramon, Immaculate and The set of San José and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "a beloved Inmaculada was the most vocation in Malaga." adversely affected by the passage
In its day, the window was sent to Malaga from San Sebastian in parts for it to be assembled here. That work was commissioned, has Cascón, a non-specialist craftsman in stained glass which led to failures in the assembly have now been fixed. The windows, with the brilliance of yesteryear already recovered, now look at one of the walls of the Museum of Glass in a special facility with light boxes that create the feeling of windows. They join up to the windows of England and France already exposed this haven of decorative arts. Among them, the jewel in the crown: the window designed by artist Edward BurneJones and made by craftsman William Morris is exhibited on the first floor. "There are people coming from outside only to see it," says Fernández-Prieto.
It is a work of art that is the result of uniting the craftsman with the artist, something that Fernandez-Prieto wants to get in Malaga. "It would be my dream. The windows do not have to be always religious nor a thing of the past. Decorative remains of many buildings. Why not of time and storage conditions. It noted for its rich, vivid colors, make a new window from here? "He After a work of documentation to be which contrast with the soft tones of asks. In fact, he has already talked as faithful as possible to the the windows in northern Europe. with the creator Jorge Rando to The explanation must be sought in original, Cascón recreated a part of work hand in hand with the teacher the face that was missing from San Cascón. the sun of Malaga. The craftsmen Jose. A piece leaving the artisan had to control the intensity of light incorporated patent is added. "The It maintains that the raison d'etre of in the rooms and in this case, sift. the museum is "to show the past to In England or France, the objective specialist sees that approach has inspire the future." Why not was the opposite: they had to make been restored, which is what I unturned in its quest to recover the the most of the dim light the place. want; but the neighbor's eye does artisan character of a neighborhood Fernandez-Prieto puts in value the not notice, "says the collector Fernández-Prieto. With this, he under which Arab ovens he wants to architectural motifs of the work, says, he wants to demonstrate unearth and attract the area to achieved better than human "that is not necessary that we send those professions that once gave figures, cruder and less defined. abroad our windows as is being life to the suburb of Fontanella still They bear the stamp of the done." "Here we have great hide. "If this project does not create prestigious House Mauméjean, a glassmakers' he insists. industry will have failed" sentence. saga of French glassmakers
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Activities Museums I.
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Activities Museums II.
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Activities Museums III.
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Activities on the MAVA. "Think of glass."
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For the first time in their careers, 10 Spanish renowned artists have faced the challenge of performing a work with glass as a support.
of a master blower.
These ten artists of very varied fields of expression, including sculpture, installation, painting, photography or video, have Carmen Calvo, Ouka Lele, proposed the creation of a Juan Ugalde, Angels San Jose, Carmen Algara, Esther work using glass, a subject with countless creation Pizarro, Manuel Bouzo, capabilities but totally new to Aníbal Merlo, Erick Miraval all of them. and Lois Patiño are the ten artists who have performed They have had to deal with a different pieces and challenge that has enabled installations that this new them to the discovery of a temporary exhibition was It new element with countless inaugurated on March 2 and creation and communication have had, in the most capabilities. complex jobs, with the help
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The exhibition catalog will be written by Alfonso de la Torre, renowned art critic and curator. The exhibition collaborate as co-producers the National Glass Centre Foundation of La Granja and Art Center Tomás y Valiente Fuenlabrada. The works can be enjoyed until June 6 at the headquarters of MAVA. Museum hours are 10 to 14 and 17 to 20 hours, Monday through Friday.
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Municipal School of Glass.
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Unique in Latin America, the Municipal School of Glass Berazategui opened its academic year 2016 with approximately 400 students, who have a space equipped with machinery, tools, ovens and all the necessary elements to be trained in the techniques of glass processing.
remembering that the courses will be held Monday through Friday at the Municipal Complex "San Francisco" (located in street 23 and 149), between the hours of 16 to 21). Modality and materials
The offer is made up of the race Technician Artistic Glass (with title municipal In this regard, Margarita validity and a duration of two Pino, professor and director years), plus several of the establishment, referred workshops specific to the distinctive features of techniques such as the institution. Vitrofusión, Moldería, Therefore, he argued that Thermoforming I and II, "school is considered unique Lampshade I and II , glass in Latin America, since we painting I and II, Silkscreen know of no other that has on glass, blown glass, hot this teaching program. Here, melt, hot melt for jewelry and with only two years Vitrales I and II. submitted or, students leave In turn, there is also a third with an official title." year career optional for It also stressed that the improvement. education authority "so that It is worth mentioning that means Berazategui National the only requirement to join Capital Glass and its is to be over 16 years. exclusive relationship with However, for those who do this material, the institution not comply with such a attracts students from requirement, the different countries of the establishment has a continent". workshop for teens (where Finally, it is worth the opportunity to participate
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to children between 10 and 16 years is provided). Caring for the environment In line with the goals set by the municipality to improve the quality of life for residents in the future, the School of Glass works toward ensuring a cleaner and healthier city. To do this, students use recycling as a fundamental tool, thus combating illegal accumulation of solid and liquid waste on public roads. At this point, Pino said that recycling "is a technique that the school implements every year and is complemented by the objective of the Municipality. You can do a lot of pieces from a bottle or glass is broken. In fact, students use these elements to make lamps, glasses and even dishes. " "The idea is to personalize with carving technique Screen printing and all that disposable material and, thus, add significant value," concluded the director of this particular school.
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Congress of the FEAM.
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Every year the Spanish Federation of Friends of Museums (FEAM) held an itinerant conference bringing together representatives of all member associations. This meeting forum aims to foster discussion on current issues of cultural interest and the management of partnerships in themselves
This year 2016 the XXIV National Congress of Friends of At the same time, it is intended Museums held in Soria from 15 to 17 April under the theme to publicize the work of the Museums, Friends and cultural Friends of Museums in the landscapes. Community where the congress is held and establish Our Association will be represented at the conference relationships with new by our President and our partnerships and cultural Secretary. institutions in the region. and their activities in support of museums.
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Ethics in conservation and restoration (I).
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By Fernando Cortés Pizano.
Fernando Cortes Pizano majored in Geography and History, specializing in Art History at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) between 1984 and 1989 and subsequently Fine Arts with specialization in Conservation and Restoration of Stained glass at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (Belgium) between 1994 and 1998.
do about professional ethics in conservation-restoration can be approached from different perspectives: ethical codes, responsibility for our work, training and other issues such as good or bad practice or the role of taste, budgets and deadlines in our work. The main idea is to highlight the fact that although studies in conservation and restoration in Spain are approved, our profession is not recognized or regulated. Therefore, ethical principles and letters of conservation are not required by law and only in very exceptional situations could be legal consequences and legal proceedings for a possible case of malpractice. Issues such as professional intrusion are not beatable in a non-regulated profession. Achieving such recognition should be the main goal of our group in order to dignify the profession and to enjoy certain rights and comply with obligations.
General notions of professional ethics Ideally, each professional community tries to maintain certain levels and standards of competence and work, and therefore some professions providing public services, such as doctors, psychologists, architects, engineers, lawyers, journalists, etc., are subject to a ethical code.
But, what is really the difference between ethics and a code of Since then it has been completely ethics? According to The Oxford dedicated to the field of Dictionary Inglés, ethics are the conservation and restoration of moral principles governing the stained glass, covering different conduct of a person or areas of work as a direct performing an activity. The intervention, education, courses, difference between ethics and a conferences, publications, code of ethics is that the former is advice, technical directions, etc. not coercive, that is, does not impose legal sanctions, while the Between 2012 and 1014 he second is a mandatory internal worked as a restorer of stained rules adopted by the glass windows in the cathedrals organizations and usually set out of Lincoln and York, in the United in a document, for assist its Kingdom. members in understanding the difference between good and evil, Since January 2015 he is working right and wrong, and learn to in the restoration shop windows For most of us, exercise apply that knowledge in their of the Cathedral of Canterbury autonomous conservator(UK). restorer in Spain is often today, a decisions. When a professional is difficult balancing act, balancing not able to respect the principles, Summary obligations and prohibitions of budgets and equally ridiculous ethical codes for the exercise of Ethics in our profession is not as deadlines. Also, there is little sacrosanct and universal concept understanding, appreciation and their profession, this behavior generally considered often as we like to believe. respect for our work. In this Ethical concepts can be quite situation, what can be done with unprofessional, negligent and flexible, depending on criteria learned ethical principles? This is unethical, could lead to the such as fashion and taste, or of certainly an issue that we should profession or professional discredit . Therefore, ethical different conservative, schools or all stop and think. codes of conduct drawn rules and cultures. The reflections we can provide preventive warning.
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Design in Portuguese.
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The exhibition, a collaboration between the Mude Museum of Lisbon and DIMAD, shows a selection of 70 pieces of Portuguese designers from different generations, backgrounds and training in order to understand how geographical circumstances of Portugal, the historical heritage, culture , traditions and they influenced the collective consciousness, and / or reflected in the thinking and the work of each author. Without being an exhaustive sample of all designers working during this period, the selection includes items considered most representative for a reading of the proposed interpretations. The exhibition is based on a formal reading of the pieces, and calls for dialogue between different eras, designers and languages, respecting, provided first, the uniqueness of each work. Paying particular attention to the traditional productive
sectors such as cork, wood, glass or porcelain three interconnection lines are drawn:
study of Francisco Rocha, recall activities developed Loja Atalaya in the late 1980s and 1990s in promoting exhibitions and limited editions of design pieces.
- The predominance of form over Christmas or finding the structure of things. The presence of various artists and architects reflects - Practical intelligence and intersections that have sensitivity towards the always existed between matter. design and art, architecture - The Manufacturing and jewelry. Excellence and Applied Arts. Indirectly, there is a reference - Between the popular and to the role of Portugal Design the erudite. Variations on the Center and the ICE in the Theme of Tradition. attempt to link design and industry, and the In the exhibition you could dissemination of Portuguese find pieces that refer to design abroad. authors, initiatives, organizations and key References can also find the exhibits for the history of latest initiatives and brands design. like ProtoDiseño, Satire design, Mglass, Project 01 Carmo parts Valente, gives Atlantis and editions of António Sena da Silva, Experimenta Design / António Garcia and Carlos Designwise. Galambaevocan the 1st and 2nd Exhibition of Portuguese As for the glass, Susana Design, 1971 and 1973 Soares, Alda Thomas, Alvaro respectively, promoted by Siza Vieira, Rita Filipe and the National Institute of Paulo Sellmayer presented Industrial Research. some interesting works that show on other pages of this Moreover, the iconic dresser Bulletin. Philip Hailey Alarcão or the
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The Roman glass in museums in Madrid (XV).
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in later times, in the Egyptian society can study emergence of a middle class through the following that belong skilled manual sources: workers and artists, but also lesser priests, scribes, a) The literary and merchants, doctors, etc. are epigraphic. These are enriched in each period with added embalmers new types of documents: For the study of Egyptian archives of some works, handicrafts, and more multiplication of specifically the glazier administrative documents artisan, we are interested in etc. archaeological sources
sovereign and good work by the manual worker. Glass artisans are active in workshops located in palaces, in temples or in areas near them, forming neighborhoods. This reflects the support of the king and the priestly class to such workers.
Important examples are glass shops located in Malqata, Tell El Amarna, Lisht, Menshiyeh concerning workers villages. b) Archaeological. archaic and Tell el Yahudiyeh; all of Egyptian society is studied Dominique Valbelle makes a them are dated from the according to the type and distinction between the middle of the New Kingdom. trousseau of the tombs, this worker, craftsman and artist This contrasts with method of analysis will be terms. According to the Mesopotamia where the only applied by different author workers he would be glass workshop is found at Egyptologists. extended to most manual Nimrud, and belongs to the workers in general. With the same we conclude Achaemenid period. the existence of three crucial The term craftsman mean Because of its importance I sectors in the social the possession of a certain will stop in workshops located structure of Egypt: the and specific knowledge. in Malqata glass, El Amarna nobility, artisans and What we mean by artist and Lisht. peasants. currently in Egyptian society, Increasing the craft will lead, would join satisfaction
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N E W S (I).
Glasses School of Arts. April 2016
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After several years of broken glasses and some solutions to prevent students and passersby were surprised by a sudden they saw fall, the Department of Education is replaced by perforated metal sheets.
The Department of Education of the Government of Aragon has
started replacing the glass facade of the School of Arts of Zaragoza, located in the
Thus, the change glasses inputs and corners will be undertaken.
Culture 2016.
On March 19 we attended in the Chamber Hall of the National Auditorium to the 2014/2015 Awards Gala granted by the Foundation Miguel Angel Colmenero, sponsor of our "Concerts in the MAVA".
Most of the winners in this gala artists participated in our concerts and we had the pleasure to hear his extraordinary performances.
Pablo Polo, pianists Alexandru Belemuski and Angel Alvaro Martin del Burgo, Marta soprano del Barrio, the string quartet Kamagorijn (all of them and acted in the "Concerts The winners were the in the MAVA ") and Guitar Orchestra Django Reinhardt, directed by José Salvador Navarro clarinet.
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N E W S (II).
Ancient Egypt bracelet in Denmark.
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How does a typically Egyptian count reaches the tomb of an elegant woman in Denmark buried 3,400 years ago? As strange and inexplicable it may seem, this is what French and Danish scientists discovered when analyzing the objects that a woman was buried in the Bronze Age in the Nordic country.
The blue glass bead he carried was created, according to detailed laboratory studies, in the same workshop in Egypt in the glass vessel appeared beside the body of Tutankhamen in 1323 forged B.C. According to the article published by the journal Science Nordic, this discovery opens a vast panorama to investigate trade routes from Denmark and civilizations of Egypt
and Mesopotamia in the Bronze Age. Egyptian woman has was buried in a hollowed oak trunk 40 kilometers south of the current Copenhagen; the researchers said was buried in an extravagant way, with a belt drive, a skirt jingling chain and a bracelet amber beads in which the account is found from Egypt.
Glass walkway. Overseas Union Enterprises Ltd. expects the slide called Skyslide be ready in June. The skyscraper has been in a renovation project of 50 million dollars in a new observation deck will also be built. The Skyslide is one of the latest additions to the fashion of glass floors.
The tallest building on the West Coast of the US will have a walkway 13 meters long that will be connected from one floor to another 300 meters above the ground.
Customers at Bank Tower in Los Angeles will slide down the glass walkway from the floor 70 to 69 having an observation deck. A ticket will cost $ 8 to slide. The building's owner, the company
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Observation decks at the Grand Canyon, Willis Tower and the Clock Tower in London also have glass floors that allow visitors to have a view of the world beneath his feet.
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The glass in Museums: La Verrerie de Biot.
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Member of the Federation Ecomuseums and the Society of Museums, the Museum of Glass Biot aims to highlight and publicize the tradition of glass:
This Museum safeguard the authenticity of a good trade and highlights the location of the glassmaking tradition in Provence.
linking the present and the past.
A medieval gem perched in the middle of a green environment, ideally situated between Nice Various activities are and Cannes, Biot has > Safeguarding expertise: offered to visitors to the preserved its quality of life the art of glassblowing. Museum of Glass Biot so and an identity inherited they can discover the art from history and arts and > The conservation of of blowing glass bubbles crafts. antique pieces, tools, art dynamically: glass. The arrival of artists such > Demonstrations from a as Fernand Léger, whose > Communication living workshop room museum is located at the technology glassblowing glassmakers. foot of the town, and the to a wide audience installation of the through demonstrations > Free tours or glassmaking of Biot in the hall of glass, which > The initiation practices brought an artistic offers all stages of glassblowing dynamic that is in the manufacturing a piece of many workshops of artists glass from the beginning raw materials, tools, old and artisans Biotois. ovens, techniques, by an apprentice to completion by the master secrets of bubbles: an exciting journey forever glassmaker.
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Recycling. . #ReciclarPorPelotas.
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Ecovidrio, the nonprofit organization responsible for managing the recycling of packaging waste glass in Spain, and the Mutua Madrid Open to reach an agreement to make the tournament, which will take place from April 29 to May 8 and this year celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, the most sustainable competition of the entire circuit.
will be installed in emblematic of the capital and have a very special purpose: trophy singles runner-up trophies and champions of the doubles will be manufactured with recycled glass by citizens.
the cause to protect the environment. Sustainable tournament
With this agreement, Mutua Madrid Open and Ecovidrio undertake to recycle 100% of the glass consumed during the competition in which Manolo Santana players, staff, catering Director of Mutua Madrid and fans join forces to Open, Gerard Tsobanian meet this challenge. - President CEO of Mutua Madrid Open and In addition, first container will be located on the Borja Martiarena premises of the Tennis and recycling take Marketing Director tournament and the tennis the streets Ecovidrio, have signed courts next to the bench #ReciclaPorPelotas an agreement through players, they will which the two entities Citizens may also live at undertake to promote the remember all attendees street passion of sport recycling of glass during the importance of and glass recycling recycling. the tournament , thanks to the numerous encouraging fans and containers designed society in general to join shaped tennis ball that
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Our activities.
Cultural visits. In this April Ecobox visit the Metropolis Building Foundation, which exposes the Spanish sculptor Esther Pizarro. This exhibition is part of the Metropolis Cities Art Foundation program that aim to explore the connections between the art world and the cities of the future.
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In this section we detail the activities which take place this month, corresponding to the cultural visits related to the glass and outputs that we as provided in the program CULTURE 2016.
The exhibition explores major current issues of contemporary metropolis, such as mobility, structure, connectivity, physical and digital networks, Big Data and urban profiles, polycentric urban systems and finally, the inherent complexity between urban reality and landscape .
In a cross methodologies interpretation of the city and the territory and from investigations by Foundation Metrópoli three sculptural installations mapped the multiple layers of meaning and visualization of contemporary city around three themes: • The Diamond Caribbean and Santanderes of Colombia initiative led Findeter, • The Magdalena River in the context of Diamante, • The "central core" of Madrid. Glass has a lot to do in this exhibition.
CULTURE 2016 program.
This April will visit the Prado Museum to see the most important exhibition in Spain on Georges de La Tour (15931652), considered one of the most important French painters of the seventeenth century. A sample will be composed of more than thirty paintings of the author, an exceptional number considering that only forty paintings from his hand, from prestigious international
institutions, among which include known "Old playing the hurdygurdy" (c. 1620-1630) and "Saint Jerome reading" (c. 1627-29), two recent additions to the collections of the Prado which illustrate the essential features of the painting La Tour, specialized in genre scenes and religious affairs artist additions.
thanks to a brief article by Hermann Voss published in 1915, in which he related his first painting with historical documentation.
No one had been able to recognize the personality of this strange artist, whose paintings often were attributed to Spanish painters: John Rizzi, Herrera the Forgotten for more than two Elder, Zurbaran, Velazquez, centuries, La Tour was recovered Murillo, Maíno, etc. in the early twentieth century
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The CNV celebrates European day of craftsmanship.
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The Royal Glass Factory of La Granja celebrates the first weekend of April European days of craftsmanship. Glassmakers, potters, luthiers, jewelers, embroiderers, blacksmiths, restorers ... are some of the trades that visitors will discover in the National Glass Centre. They are willing to share their secrets in these three days are organized in different parts of Spain related to the craft sector activities. Visitors will approach the artisan workshops open their doors, to see their
skills and answer questions from the curious.
performing a special piece in the ovens.
The Royal Glass Factory In addition, is a unique space and demonstrations of crafts unique reference site in allow artisans to observe Spain, in the field of professionals in their handmade glass, which work environment. can develop multiple activities related to the There will also be fun world of glass. activities for children to know the materials and From visiting the Tech techniques with glass Museum with magnificent sporting activities. collections of pieces of glass, through the actual European days of demonstration of the work craftsmanship give the on the ovens, to receive opportunity to visit training on techniques exhibitions and applied on glass or able museums, so the Real to buy in the store a set of Fábrica de Cristales de glasses or vessels made La Granja participates in the Royal Glass these days organizing Factory. family workshops and
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Other trends. Talents.
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Following the success of the first edition of the Musical Talents 2015 project of the Madrid Symphony Orchestra (OSM), with 463 centers nationwide project informed -of which 52 participated nominating 151 talents, including 21 that were finally selected to star in the Talent concert last March 31, 2016 at the National Auditorium of Madrid, the OSM is firmly committed to the continuity of it, grateful for the assistance and cooperation received so far from the Ministry of Culture and Theatre Real. Not forgetting the invaluable participation in the project of Schools, who want to thank their collaboration and encourage them to present their talents to the second edition of this 2016. The experience of this first edition has shown that musical talent flourishes hard for all regions of our country and accessibility have provided the ICT project has brought added value in terms of equal opportunities and encouragement for all participants.
However, this first experience has allowed them also to address certain changes that, certainly, will serve to improve the project itself. These changes must emphasize the creation of the Program Talent Kid of the OSM, which takes into account the existence of very precocious talents (up to 13 years) if they could not compete well with the maturity of older deserved receive mentoring and monitoring the OSM to accompany them and support their artistic growth.
Music Cycle OSM at the Royal Theatre. A dream for these talents, surely, they learned to benefit. At the concert last March 31 was attended by our President and our Secretary invitation Family bassist Diego de Santiago Botta, one of the selected and in November 2013, ten years old, participated in one of events with his professor Andrzej Karasiuk our "Concerts in the MAVA". In this concert they work by Paul Hindemith, Marcel Tournier, Enrique Granados, Robert Damm, Michael Kamen, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn and were interpreted W. A. Mozart.
A program that already has five talents of the first edition, which are fully convinced that evolve very positively by the motivation that comes to them this program. In the works that were interpreting these talents were Another change offers selected supported by some of the project the opportunity to members of the OSM teachers or participate in the Contest Talents professors collaborators of this -Soloists of the OSM, which may symphony orchestra. send a recording to that effect before 15 June this year, and act The concert was a success and as a soloist (the first prize ) at the audience gave a deserved the concert of the OSM Talent applause executions of these 2017 (the second and third prize) young performers, aged between as members of chamber groups ten and sixteen years old and of the OSM starring the chamber living in different parts of our national territory.
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Glass harmonica in Palau.
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Much more than the 'Requiem' by Mozart. Marc Minkowski again displayed his mastery in front of the portentous components of Les Musiciens du Louvre and a well selected group of vocal and instrumental soloists and the Chamber Choir of the Palau. It was a memorable event in which, besides interpreting the universal requiem mass, the orchestra of period instruments created by French musician when he was only 19 he dazzled with other parts of the last year of the genius of Salzburg. The spell of training was deployed from the start with the 'Adagio and Rondo in C minor for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello'. They say that Mozart was captivated by the sound of glass instrument when he attended in 1773, at a
concert in Vienna and decided to compose this work, which dazzled the Palau.
The grand finale came after a flawless version of the overture to "La Clemenza de Tito '.
Thomas Bloch, a specialist on this instrument and other unusual as Martenot waves, showed his mastery of the score with the other soloists.
Impressive, moving, balanced and deep interpretation of 'Requiem'.
Minkowski directed the sitting room, as if to be a spectator of so much magic. The soprano Chiara Skeratch kept the seductive line of the program with an envelope and clear interpretation of the aria of Pamina in "The Magic Flute 'and, to close the first half, came another piece pride,' Concerto for Clarinet and Strings' with the participation of Nicolas Baldeyrou acclaimed, one of the great clarinetists of his generation. BEAUTY AND SIGNIFICANCE
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Transcendence, pain, hope and beauty joined in the execution of this unfinished work of the author, but by all indications completed by his pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Helena mezzo Rasker, tenor Yann Beuron, bass baritone Yorck-Felix Speer and Skerath said combined their perfectly their voices in passages like 'Tuba Mirum', 'Recordare', 'Domine Jesu' and, together with the choir, the laudatory 'Benedictus'. Shocking the 'Dies irae' emotive 'Lacrimosa' and 'Cum sanctis tui' end with remarkable performance by an ever-contained coral.
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Greta Alfaro in the Gallera.
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Caution: fragile. The room Gallera dresses with a total of 1,400 beakers, a structure that, like a matryoshka doll is involved, replicate the shape of the building itself in his heart.
role of the viewer in the same way today participates in the flow of images through mobile devices and social networks. It is a show interactive, "says Greta Alfaro.
This is the basis of "Comedies to honor and glory" performance with the artist Greta Alfaro, in collaboration with the Consortium of Museums of Valencia, conquer the living room through a mix of beauty and violence and will serve prologue to the exhibition that will open next April 8.
Glass cups, filled with about 300 liters of red wine to stand for a short time upon each other, because they are born to die.
The title, which comes from the verses of Lope de Vega, includes a work that wants to reflect on the role of the public as an actor and spectator, a citizen that nothing in the struggle between freedom and oppression. "No civilization without social stability. There is no social stability without emotional stability", with these words welcomed Aldous Huxley in 1932 readers of Brave New World, dystopia seems summed up in the work of Alfaro. "The performance plays with the tradition of participatory theater, a parallel with our relationship with the work, a reflection on the
The public will be responsible for gunning the work devised by Alfaro, who invited participants to shoot one by one until the construction made the pieces. Violence, destruction, not anonymous. Big Brother materialized in three security cameras recorded the process and make safety a member of the society of oppressing and vigilant against the madness of a people deprived of freedom. Baroque and religious references "The performance seeks an active and responsible viewer who, through signs indicating danger, realize the society in which they live. The neoliberal system is destructive, creates private repressed societies, subject to extreme control, . freedom live in this dichotomy,
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we are responsible for passivity reflection is.? what is your point of accountability do we really have things to celebrate, "says the artist, who has exhibited in centers such as Whitechapel Gallery, the Saatchi Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London and the Centre Pompidou. A new but full of symbols impossible to dissociate Alfaro career experience. Wine and glasses of still lifes, references to baroque and also religious. Not surprisingly, if the wine is red is not a matter of chance. The performance can be seen from the first floor of the room, because the glass structure reaches the edge of the balcony. Then the room will reopen on April 8 inaugurating an exhibition that includes video projection and that puts stress the logic of everyday events, and a facility that will be only from the first floor of the room, offering all impossible to find in real life, based on typical constructions of art and iconography of the baroque period using current scenario elements.
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Sculpture of a wave.
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It seems impossible, but the Italian sculptor Mario Ceroli is an artist who successfully captured the essence of an ocean wave and brought that inner magnificence for everyone to enjoy.
has produced all kinds of environmental wonders sculpted with materials like wood and glass. This specific piece entitled La Vague, is formed from bright bluegreen glass.
For more than 40 years, the Rome-based artist
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Located inside the gallery space, the piece simulates a truly natural environment in which sunlight bounces off the surface, releasing jets stunning color varied through the waves.
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Andrew R. Gaviria exposure.
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The Ministry of Culture, through the Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia, opened the solo exhibition "A line, however brief it consists of an infinite number of points", the artist Andres Ramirez Gaviria, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The opening ceremony was chaired by Maria Elena Ditrén, director of the Museum of Modern Art; Roberto García Márquez, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Embassy of Colombia in the Dominican Republic; Carlos Acero, art critic; and Andres Ramirez Gaviria, artist exhibitor sample. For this exhibition, Ramirez Gaviria has a number of works that explore notions of quantification, calculation, computation or, in more general terms, measurements. The artist has incorporated an element of surprise in these areas that have traditionally been considered antithetical to the arts, through clever manipulations and playful contradictions. In defining "One line, however brief it consists of an infinite number of points" and the works that integrate Ramirez Gaviria says that in "Beyond Black" [Beyond the black], viewers are greeted by a series of panels glass whose surface is covered with a grid that can be perceived only at a nanometer
scale. The unlikely monocratic intervention in these areas aims to issues related to the conception and perception of the image of the technology and the art object. "This work seeks to create doubt in viewers, while seeking acceptance and belief. The reflective surface of the glass is a mirror that returns the gaze of viewers to themselves, when they suddenly given the uncertainty of being recipients of a joke, intuitively looking for something that is imperceptible to the naked eye, "he says.
There are also exposed 12 marbles made of meteorites found in northwestern Africa, such are encoded assimilation systems, translation and recontextualization in which the artist alters the cultural material and expresses its perennial fascination with the complex processes through which the meanings are constructed.
Ramirez Gaviria studied media theory at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Boston University and a Master of Winchester School of Art / Southampton University. His In "A Mathematical Theory of works have been exhibited Communication" [A mathematical internationally in the Kunsthaus theory of communication], Graz; Kunsthaus Dresden; the Ramirez Gaviria reprinting the BA-CA Kunstforum and BAWAG seminal text of the Contemporary, Vienna; Ar / Ge mathematician Claude Shannon, Kunst, Italy; The Biennial of the which bears the same title, but Caribbean, Santo Domingo; Art with all its signs, symbols, tables Museum of the Banco de la and mathematical formulas República, Bogotá; La Casa reorganized to maximize the Encendida, Madrid; and level of information as defined by Sonambiente and Transmediale, its author. Berlin, among others. While in the original, the The exhibition runs until May 30, mathematical information defined 2016 in the basement of the as a purely quantitative measure Museum of Modern Art of the of communicative exchange not Dominican Republic, open to the to be confused with meaning; in public from Tuesday to Sunday, the version of Gaviria, you are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, located confronted with a book whose at Av. Pedro Henriquez Urena, content seems indecipherable, Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo but whose underlying generative Duarte, Santo Domingo. process is determined by the same innovative principles set out in the original text.
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Bijouterie in glass.
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Each piece is unique. There may be variations of sizes and shapes among similar models.
with them," said Roxana. He added that the glass has colors, designs and can even be metallized.
Dichroic plates are cut with pliers The distribution of colors change glass, made of a special material to much from one object to another produce no splinters during and even in the same piece, depending on the light impinging on segmentations. it. These can be polished with This is the essence of bijouterie in glass fusing. The key element is the dichroic glass, due to its reflective and refractive nature, produces parts that will never be exactly the same. Four years ago, Argentina Professor in Visual Arts Roxana Belbruno is being perfected in the technique of glass fusing.
sandpaper specific, although the effect of fire causes untidiness all disappear. With the dichroic applications based on bullseye are made and the paste with school plasticola. After 48 hours drying the piece with other glass cover, totally transparent, which encapsulates and heat bulges.
Salta, he appreciates very much" he added. Glass fusing materials are often expensive and imported, so the pieces can be expensive for some pockets. "When I showed the lots were sold immediately. This is a simple technique to produce, but a little expensive to bring the material. However, out of these problems, which are salvageable in Salta we are doing them and the public receives with acceptance, "he said. How to wear
Roxana proposed, when to take them, shunning the conventionality of the combined parts. Thus, the She said that the dichroic glass was The action of the flame for 12 hours pair of earrings with matching and at 760 ° C rounded part, but pendant or ring and bracelet set no originally developed by NASA for not deformed. When melted, longer look as good as other types the aerospace industry, but in midglasses lose their edge. of gems. 1970 began to consider this material for light fixtures, given its "The pieces you are too showy, in Result refractory and then the product is themselves, very wealthy, so they Then each "stone" can set a made available to the art tend to individuality," defined. pendant, a bracelet, rings and properties. earrings. The pieces are crimped He noted that as much prominence In this type of jewelry several by a craftsman, in this case Agustin gems have a look round best dress microscopically fine metal oxides Carracedo, in different formats. or evening wear. Although (such as chromium, silicon, depending on the size they have titanium, zirconium and aluminum) Roxana says the bijouterie dichroic and the presence of each person glass is easy to care for. It can be layers are fused to a glass base can wear a ring daily. cleaned with mild soap and water. part, of black, red or green colors. is only advisable not apply abrasive The materials for working parts are The coating is applied in a vacuum materials and store them carefully different. welder, caliper, ruler and environment and the angle of the because as they are made of glass square, copper tape, flux, tin, flat glass sheet bending to determine smooth surfaces can be scratched. modeling tool, glass cutter, scissors, the final color is. Once the coating sandpaper, brushes of different "The dichroic jewelry are taking is applied, glass is baked in an certain height as gems that can be sizes, inks, enamels, pencil and oven. paper are used. You can integrate applied to the different ways that multiple objects to the piece. The material is combined with other you can take bijouterie" defined colored and artistic glass, the Roxana. The first thing you learn those bullseye and the spectrum, while engaged in glass fusing is to "Gradually I notice that more the float is the name given to people engaged in glass fusing are befriend the glass. Not all ovens ordinary glass. handled, but even so accidents are looking for ways to integrate them rare. "The bullseye and the spectrum and generate a small market have a high resistance, are tough because it leads to unique pieces, Roxana has in his shop was never a and not easily deformed. Therefore very good, and the public, even in person who has been cut and that the dichroic is made exclusively she also suffered mishaps.
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How does it.
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This month we include some pictures of the technique practiced by Cesare Toffolo.
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Christopher Duffy table.
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When art becomes furniture is clear that luxury has participated fully. This is the case of artist Christopher Duffy, who after a year of research has created the Abyss table, which represents the deep ocean in the most accurate way anyone can ever imagine.
it will go directly to preside over a landmark in the wealthy most characteristic spaces of those who have the financial solvency to pay 36,000 euros for this table inspired by the sea.
The Abyss Christopher Duffy table represents a particular optical illusion.
In addition, it is a true reflection of the depths of the ocean, because depending on how you look and from the point at The Abyss table representing which we place the image it the ocean projects will be in one way or another. And this is what Christopher Duffy has received happens under the sea. Notably it is an ultra luxurious inspiration by visiting one of furniture, implying that not be the glass suppliers are there. The table has measures of mass produced. heart attack. Two meters long To attend the workshop he by one meter wide is the space That is, this table Christopher watched the glass plates to be that will occupy this piece of art Duffy is a limited edition, which superimposed on each other turned into furniture. will create only 25 copies changing its hue, darkening in worldwide. different ways. It is completely made of wood, glass and plexiglass. Obviously, each of the parts He immediately thought that will be manufactured on this is exactly what happens to Very characteristic is that all request of its exclusive the ocean depths depending materials have been obtained customers and will be drawn on the sun and how it is from companies committed to up entirely by hand, as the projected over the sea. sustainability and respect for luxury sector demand. the environment. Thereafter the machinery About 20 weeks is the process began to get going and after The Abyss table becomes, that must cross the fabulous tireless research emerged the well, in a show that guarantees ocean table in the hands of Abyss table. great evenings in which the master craftsmen who take role it will reach the cabinet. care of their clothing and there,
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The meteorite that killed the dinosaurs.
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A scientific team led by geologist Hermann Bermudez found in Colombian Gorgonilla island in the Pacific, fragments of the meteorite about 66 million years ago caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, sources of that investigation.
asserted that "had never seen a preservation like this." They are not yet clear why the fragments are so well preserved, but they suspect it is because Gorgonilla "was very deep in the sea" and one million years later surfaced.
phase it was possible again by "more international support".
"It would be very good that people like the one in the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, Colciencias, for example, give him a bigger "They are evidence of the support research in Colombia," "Elsewhere the materials were meteorite impact, a millimeter very close to the surface millions said Bermudez. particles that result when the However, he added with of years ago," he said. meteorite hit," Bermudez told resignation that "even" sought This is also the first of the Efe. support "because it is lost in the fragments that have been These remnants, called bureaucracy" and stressed that discovered in South America, spherulites have some material has no "great expectations of the and so far only been found from the continental shelf of what sections of the meteorite in matter." is now the Yucatan Peninsula Despite the lack of funding, the central and northern Europe. that coalesced with fragments of scientist hopes to continue Bermudez said that was put on the meteorite. the trail of these remains when a working for, based on the These spherulites have two remains found in Gorgonilla, colleague told him about centimeters thick and similar to samples that had been found on show that when the meteorite fell marbles appearance, because was a "mega-earthquake of the island. magnitude 13 on the Richter they are glass. In 2004, the researcher was scale that shook the Western On impact with the planet's studying about the meteorite at Hemisphere." surface, it caused a crater 200 the National Autonomous kilometers across, the Chicxulub, University of Mexico (UNAM) This conclusion has been which is in the Yucatan and realized that they were very reached based "on observations of outcrops of rock bodies that Peninsula. similar to those of Gorgonilla. are in Gorgonilla" and shows that The shock caused tsunamis and It was then that he began "under the tank where the environmental catastrophe that working on a project to go to the sequence is highly deformed rock caused the mass extinction of island and "private effort is." species and the end of the era of because there is no research "We want to link this with other dinosaurs. support" in Colombia, he As detailed Bermudez, "the managed to form an expedition. vectors of Mexico and the southern United States to reflect finding is unique" because major Finally, last year could return to the presence of this earthquake world experts who worked with Gorgonilla in October and make Gorgonilla evidence, where is him and who "know all the further analyzes in a second very well preserved," he locations in the world where concluded. there is evidence of impact"
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Ballantine’s creates the Space Glass.
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Ballantine’s designed a glass to ensure that future space travelers can enjoy a good whiskey in space. This is the Space Glass, a prototype designed and tested in microgravity in ZARM Drop Tower in Bremen Germany, which allows drinking whiskey and keep in optimal conditions similar to outer space conditions. The #SpaceGlass is a glass with an integrated spiral convex base and a gold plate, which create surface tension so that the whiskey stays in the bottom of the glass. Connected to this reservoir is a propeller and a small canal that runs down the side of the vessel to bring the liquid to the nozzle made of pink gold, where the space traveler may drink the precious liquid. Another nozzle is inserted into the bottom of the vessel
and through a unidirectional valve on the glass base, solves the problem of pouring of the liquid in microgravity conditions.
process, as it is used to give the characteristic flavor Ballantine's.
James Parr Open Space Agency, led the design and This allows the whiskey to manufacture of flow perfectly from the bottle #SpaceGlass, which heralds to the glass without spilling a a new era in space design drop. and is a reference point for the future of whiskey. "This cup is not only innovative -resolviendo "Our task was to develop a fundamental scientific glass of whiskey to work questions of how fluid moves under conditions of in zero gravity but is also microgravity, the scientific beautifully designed to follow term for zero gravity. to the letter the ritual of It was important that we whiskey and way of drinking focus on creating a ritual it," says Peter Moore, Global around how to drink whiskey brand director for Ballantine's Space Glass, in Ballantine's. order to achieve what we are Gold is widely used in space used to here on Earth. The technology and deflects the end result is that ritual sun's radiation, and in this elements from entering the case its properties help liquid crystal to drink it, prevent change the taste of "reports James Parr, creator whiskey. of #SpaceGlass and member of the Open Space Agency. Rose gold color is also reminiscent of copper, used in whiskey distillation
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Miquel Barcelo, crowned in Paris. century Majorcan Ramon Llull.
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Beside The Large Glass, Duchamp, The Book of Wonders, one of the best known works of Ramon Llull, the father of literary Catalan, he inspired Barceló this huge mural of clay and glass created in the glass of one of the halls François Mitterrand Library. Using their hands and natural tools like small pieces of bones, Barceló has drawn in the mud wolves moving, heads of bulls and human forms whose reflection changes according to the light received by the huge glass at all times of the day. A living work, conceived to be observed from inside and outside the building, which introduces visitors to an exhibition of prints, books or pictures on parchment, rarely exposed, which make up a much more unknown painter hand, essential in the development the rest of creation. The artist Miquel Barceló is honored in Paris with a double exposure that the creator has called sun and shade and hosting two of the most emblematic buildings of the city: the National Library François Mitterrand and the Picasso Museum.
spirit of Barceló: confrontation of arts where the concept of time disappears. The artist has always defended the ongoing relationship with the history of art in living any creator.
Where appropriate, the artistic influences come together The Spaniard has designed creating a network that reflects two exceptional works for each the enormous value that the of these facilities: an Spaniard gives -the cave impressive fresco of 190 paintings at Chauvet cave in meters long and six meters southern France, is high made of clay over glasses sorprendiéndole-, to classical of modern library, and a painting. bestiary carved on a brick wall There are in this exhibition a reflecting the influence the Malaga-born artist has had in presence that goes beyond the visual arts; it is the thought creating Barceló. of the philosopher, theologian Both exhibitions reflect the and poet of the thirteenth
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The Picasso Museum focuses, meanwhile, to recover the sculptures, paintings and works after the 90s looking for points in common with Picasso. The Spaniard thus becomes the first contemporary artist to whom the newly reopened gallery dedicates an exhibition. Introspection in the art itself and work in the atelier, building materials, his relationship with his native Mediterranean which occupies much of the symbolism of his work-and the influence of other painters in his work are reflected in this sample which will be open until the end of July, while the National Library is extended until 28 August.
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Susana Gijón.
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Created from shapes, light and colors is the daily task that Susana Gijon, a sanrafaelina stained glass artist who performs dedicated. The pleasure of enjoying working glass shines through in every word which has since its first steps in this art he learned from adult as a hobby until his latest creation that can be seen in the house Labyrinth Borges, located in the Aldao Bombal stay of the family, 11 kilometers from downtown San Rafael (Argentina).
Mary and several houses in different parts of Spain where he lived for eight years with his family. "My first work in Almería was in a cafe in the center of town where we lived, the owner put his trust in me and liked," he said.
His latest creation is a work of 1.70 meters by 1.50, located in the house Labyrinth Borges, inspired by the story of the writer, "The Circular Ruins". "It was special this work because from the beginning had a "With a friend got a teacher in greater responsibility since Mendoza and traveled to learn. Nacho Aldana (owner and I already loved the windows manager of the place) gave but to them, to build up me the opportunity to do so permanently ended define that and the only requirement was" this was what I wanted to do," surprise me ", and then it was said Susana. my choice at all," he said . The woman explained that the stained glass is the art of uniting different pieces of glass by a binder element to build windows, lamps and decorative objects.
It is that to create Susana had the collaboration of Victor Fabbro who is a student in his shop windows and is a lover of the works of Borges.
With him they searched the To his credit he has more than extensive narrative writer to a hundred windows of different choose "The Circular Ruins" dimensions made in different and then the idea was shaped places. Among them are the in part by an artist, Mariano municipality of Cuevas de Sabez. Almanzora-in Almería-, several Susana works in his studio churches, the Brotherhood of located in Santa Fe and Jesus of Nazareth, a work of Balloffet, where every day 40 meters for the Sisterhood of teaches his students the
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secrets of this ancient art. "Two and three students per class only because it is very personalized teaching them and for them to learn to do," said the stained glass artist who added that start doing little things but end up doing for example stained glass for a window of the house of each . This art requires materials that are not achieved easily, so you have to buy them in Mendoza or Buenos Aires. "The glass was imported, there are national but have variety of colors," he explained, because like lead and tin is not marketed, such as the latter does sell electronics but is realized in different proportions to It needed to stained glass. For the cost of materials, stained glass artist only works on demand or request. "I was fortunate to do great work in Spain, even I had returned me to Argentina when I was asked to perform a great work, 40 meters in the Brotherhood of Jesus of Nazareth, so I traveled and spent three months there, and another pair months for another year will achieve it, "he said.
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A venture emerged eight years of the need and artistic sensibility of two women ago, he has placed his name in Guayaquil (Ecuador) as the only manufacturer of decorative craft pieces obtained from molten glass. Nancy Garcia Mendoza, 67, and her daughter Priscila Linzán, 46, dominated the glass fusing an ancestral technique that consists in molding glass by subjecting it to high temperatures. Each creation of this work is unique, to say these entrepreneurs.
"We started painting Christmas cards and boxes, which served to pay debts. We stop work in it and started working with glass, "recalls Garcia.
years in Guayaquil. His workshop have installed in your home, located on the road La Aurora-Samborondón. They give free rein to their imagination to create their colorful glassy pieces.
Through glass molding, the skilled hands of these women have made colorful decoration pieces, including The works of these entrepreneurs are appreciated in exhibitions where plates, bottles, jars and boxes are participating each year. counted.
García mentions that owns more than 40 molds (made of ceramic) to achieve the cast parts with different shapes. "A very original is dithering in bubbles, which is achieved by "No similar businesses in the city," joining two sheets of glass," says said Garcia, a commercial engineer the entrepreneur. withdrawal has managed to live Another production line is the what generates the sale of their jewelry. His creations include rings, creations. earrings, bracelets, necklaces and The works of both Creart carry the other accessories glass combined brand. "It represents what we do: with silver jewelry. create art," says Garcia. García indicates that you can make The result of this work with the up to 30 pieces per month. The common glass is a variety of ornaments are sold at fairs and decorative pieces of different craft shows in the city. shapes, sizes, colors, textures and Creart prices ornaments vary reliefs. according to the complexity of the This local initiative was born in work. "Cheapest bottles are 2007. Nancy Garcia had left his job crushed, which cost $ 10, and the accountant in a private company most valuable are the platters and and engaged in addressing the paintings, ranging from $ 100 to $ rehabilitation of her daughter 120," says Garcia. Priscilla, who had ten years ago suffered a serious car accident that Mother and daughter want to boost brand recognition. "We can not stay left her with physical disabilities. as we are today," argues Garcia. It was recommended to young She announced the immediate plan therapies do crafts. Thus it was that the installation of a retail outlet to mother and daughter were be opened in the near shopping instructed; first in painting center. techniques and technical drawing, and since 2005 in fused glass, with Enterprising specialized courses they took in Nancy Garcia and Priscila Linzán Quito and Guayaquil. are manabitas but filed for many
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"It stopped being a hobby" says Garcia, who says his love of drawing makes your job easier when creating. He contributes to the inventiveness her daughter, Priscilla, who is a chemical engineer with a master's degree in Business Administration. She was not overcome by the aftermath left in his body a serious accident -sufre a partial paralysis of the right-side. Partners in this business, both women want to polish their brand in the upcoming trade exhibitions of his works. How you work with vitrofusión Enamel First is painted with thick glass, cut to fit the mold. Using the mold On the underside of the glass sheet release agent is applied before attaching the ceramic mold. Baked The glass sheet attached to the mold is placed in an electric furnace for smelting, with a temperature rising up to 825 ° C.
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"Landscape for India".
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Achem and when I saw his work I found a good chance to experience".
when I turn the result is another".
He noted that "work plane, you can not see a part without forgetting other", while in the It is noteworthy that Chivico Flores paints for three years and figurative paintings "there is a fragmented figure Cunning is a self-taught artist, about his influence of expressionism," said foray into glass painting the artist. It is a dozen small format commented that "last year I paintings, made of glass with discovered I could use it the Strengthen ties various techniques involved in same way as the transparent He studied theater and later the abstract landscapes but also glass." dedicated himself to making in some of his works figurative This technique has the racks which gave him the appears, accompanied by vivid particularity that works back and opportunity to meet several colors predominate. forth and adding material and in painters of the city. Asked about the series that sense said that "the glass I dabbled in the art in 2012 and presenting he said "are about homogenizes all the stuff you began making collective twelve operated glasses and is a throw from behind and I proposals at home, hence the series that started working to particularly surprised when I "Torta Frita" group emerged and work last summer when my used fatty cakes and the other performed the Provincial niece was born and that's why I side seemed acrylic ". Exhibition of Independent Art. titled" Landscapes for India Glass found in a noble and In 2014, as closing cycle Small "Flores. economical material to develop Creative School in which design Although until a while ago his its work and among other workshops and photography by work was more focused on this materials used mixed with white Nacho Torres and Francisco time figurative abstract glue "that has good adhesion to Zarate made the first sign of landscapes appear "that differ glass and acrylic suppressed a irregular format that was from the image that had been little" pigments, said Flores. presented last summer at the working". Presentation Cultural Parador de la they were Meanwhile, regarding this provided Unicen. It noted that this shows the change he pointed out that "there previously presented in the In October of the same year, as an introduction to the Warehouse Murillo and later was curated by Sebastian Serqueira, landscapes middle of last year one of the artists who joined the he organized the exhibition "133" until I could go to shape what I proposal of the Independent irregular racks of taking part wanted and I got to get the Music Festival held at the artists from different branches. work." Cultural Center of Necochea. Regarding his initiative explained This time the support used is "The hung in this space and my that "things are not random, I glass and because it is a brittle work pointed to rotate through have a big house and a drive and material all paints are medium different areas of the city where extroversion for work". format. you can see all kinds of people," In another part, he emphasized said the speaker. Support the importance of teamwork Previously, Flores had it worked Flowers in the work of the colors where everyone feel involved, on transparent glass, "it is a "arise impulse" and explained "that the proposals forge the link plastic such as that used Pepe that "working in small pieces and between different sectors."
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"The Creative Glass".
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This exhibit the form works of 15 artists, of whom 10 are from the Mexican city of Morelos; the exhibition will close on April 4
Creative Glass," which is made up of a collection of 15 stained glass artists.
Led by the sculptor Antonio Maya, guests to sample artists are: Luz Maria Altuzar, Elizabeth German, Emiliano The Casona Spencer Museum Castillo, Faustino Cervantes, in Morelos, houses, until 4 Carlos Cornejo, Carmen April, the exhibition "The Chapital, Lucia Etchegaray,
Rosario Herrera, Ricardo Lemus, Maricela Armenta, Hummingbird Muyulo, Victoria Ortiz, Brenda Ramirez and Lolita Sisniega. Antonio Maya stated that the aim of the exhibition is to give rise to the technique of coloring glass, which dates from 300 BC and originated in Egypt and Mesopotamia. The artist explained that by the year 1300 BC began to shape objects transparent glass in the area of Epic, the pieces were considered a luxury decorative but not an art. "It began to consider as art when Constantine allowed Christians to practice their religion openly, to AD 313 and began building models based on Byzantine churches," he said. The art exhibition "The Creative Glass" exhibits various techniques, with more than 200 pieces that will be on sale from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 to 17:00 hours, with free admission. He also cultural promoter, Antonio Maya, specified that 10 artists are morelenses, the rest come from the State of Mexico and Guerrero.
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Stained glass is interested in Gijon Fabril.
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Responsible for a window company of Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara) visit the premises of Gijón Fabril, after showing interest in taking the plant in Porceyo, who hurries his last days of activity if an investor who wants to take care of it is not found . The receivers have already announced to workers who settled contracts at the latest, the
It was in 1963 and was Window of Castilla S.A Although it has not yet (old Vicasa), who also transcended the name of owns Gijon Fabril. the company, the glass At present three industry is one of the companies operate glass main activities of Azuqueca de Henares, a in this town: Gijón Fabril Verallia which sold a little town of over 35,000 less than a decade and inhabitants that can not be understood without its that supplies 80% of its 'glass factory', the first to work-load, Saint-Gobain be installed outside and Isover-of which Verallia was subsidiary- and he opened the way for Bormioli Rocco. other industries. middle of next April.
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Stained glass La Paloma.
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