Volume II — Number 120
April 2019
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Carmen Lozar The Museum and the glass. "The Museum and Glass" is the title of the conference that, for some time now, I have prepared to spread the knowledge of our Museum and its collection; of the figure of our Honorary President Javier Gómez; of the differences between glass and glass, the types of glass, their origins and diffusion, their composition, the different glass techniques, the techniques of their manufacture, the extraction of glass and its coloring.
M. A. Carretero.
Glass are also present at this conference. They also show some of the works that appear in the permanent collection and that are made by Spanish artists, such as Joaquín Torres Esteban, Pere Ignasi Bisquera, Pedro Garcia, Javier Pérez Blanco and Pilar Aldana.
The glass has an important section, explaining the differences that exist between glass and glass, the different types of glass, its Through some 180 slides, I origin and diffusion, as well as its composition. show the location of the MAVA, its history since the The different glass Marqueses de Valderas techniques also occupy an complex built in 1817, the extensive section, current distribution of the developing techniques in main building, emphasizing cold, hot and painting on the usurpation that the glass. government team of our City Council made of its The different techniques of second plant and which is glass manufacture and its still maintained and extraction from the furnace consistent in the cession of are also shown, the entire plant to the differentiating artisanal Community of Madrid for processes and industrial the installation of a Family processes. Counseling Center The conference ends with managed by a private the coloring of the glasses entity. Nuestra sede: through the use of different Castillo Grande de There is also a presentation metallic oxides in its S.J. de Valderas of the Bellini Pezzoli composition. Avda. Los Castillos, s/n collection that is located on This conference, which is 28925 ALCORCÓN. the ground floor of the made free of charge and (MADRID) building. with the only available info@amigosmava.org The figure of our Honorary space, a projector and a President, Javier Gómez, screen, we have offered to and the Corning Museum of various Associations of Alcorcón so that the inhabitants of our Municipality can learn about the Museum and the culture that develops through glass.
About a year ago we offered this activity, among other types of conferences, to the Senior Center in the neighborhood of Loranca, in the Madrid municipality of Fuenlabrada, as we knew the availability of a large room within its facilities and a powerful projector for the reproduction of our slides. When it seemed that the offer had been deposited in the trunk of the memories, we received a call from a person in charge of the Center showing their interest in our proposal and calling us for a meeting. In this meeting I explained in a detailed way the content of the conference and we agreed that they would propose a date to do it after examining their agenda of activities. So last March 30 in the morning and with the assistance of some twentyfive people, I was able to develop the content of the conference about our Museum and about glass in general. After the talk, the President of the Center suggested that I discuss with the people in charge of the rest of the Senior Centers in the municipality of Fuenlabrada the possibility of holding the conference in each of them and of scheduling guided visits to the MAVA.
It seems that after trying for so long to spread the knowledge of our Museum and the culture of glass in general, the seeds that we We have not had much success with this offer, since have been spreading with great interest begin to only one Association of germinate. women and one of Health have echoed our offer. Through this link you can see an extract of the presentation.