Volume II — Number 105
December 2017
Monthly Newsletter
Newsletter
Pavel Novak Balance.
M. A. Carretero.
We are already in the month of December. We are running out of year and it is a good time to take stock of our activities in 2017 that we will finish in a few days. With this are eleven newsletters that we have published in the year on a monthly basis except in the month of August, as usual in our publication. In relation to our visits to different glassmaking workshops in our country, we began the year with a visit to José Reina's workshop, in the Murcia neighborhood of Santiago El Mayor.
Angel Sánchez, nicknamed "Canillo" in his town. In March we attended the XXV National Congress of Friends of Museums, which this year was held in San Sebastian. We were also present at a Technical Conference on New Research and Perspectives in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets at the School of Art and Higher Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage of Ávila, given by members of the Institute of History (CCHS-CSIC) on two of the most abundant materials in the cultural legacies of primitive societies: ceramics and glass.
Taking advantage of our passage through Albacete to return from Murcia, we visited the workshop of Luís We also went that month to the opening of the exhibition Machí. of works of Timo Sarpaneva Also in the month of in the Technological January we visited the Museum of La Granja. Glass Museum of Santa In the month of April we Lucía, in Cartagena, Both the visit to José Reina made a visit to the sculptor Nuestra sede: Pedro García in his and the visit to the MUVI, Castillo Grande de workshop-museum of we publish two articles in S.J. de Valderas Villaviciosa de Odón. Avda. Los Castillos, s/n our Bulletin last February.
Casa de Moneda de Segovia. It was a collection that brought together 32 sculptures made by the artist from Madrid and partner of our Entity, Pablo Pizarro. We also went through the exhibition of the Italian artist Rosa Barba entitled "Solar transit records" in the Palacio de Cristal of the Retiro Park in Madrid. In the first days of July we visited Peke Toyas workshop in Tarifa (Cádiz). We were also in Valdepeñas to see the exhibition "Pliegues" by our beloved artist Pedro García. This exhibition was also inaugurated in the Correos exhibition hall at the Palacio de Cibeles, in Madrid, in the first days of September and we were present at that event.
Also, we attended the opening of the exhibition of the works of Miguel Angel Blasco and Reinaldo Zamora in the House of Culture of Valdemorillo in September. We could also see during the month of October the 28925 ALCORCÓN. In the month of May we were inauguration of the exhibition In that month of February (MADRID) the first Glass Day was held attending the classical music of Pedro García "Pliegues" in info@amigosmava.org in the town of Cadalso de concerts that were organized our MAVA. los Vidrios in Madrid, where by the Miguel Ángel In this month of October we Colmenero Foundation at we went to greet its visited FARCAMA in Toledo the Casa de Valencia and organizer, our partner the Casa de Cantabria, both to greet our glass friends who were present at the fair. in Madrid. In the month of June, we published number 100 of our Bulletin, in which we included several collaborations of outstanding members of our showcase community. In that month of June we visited the exhibition that was organized in the Real
Taking advantage of a trip through Granada, we visited the Rockfer Stained Glass workshop in Calahonda, run by Francisco José G. Benavides. In November we held our Annual General Meeting, approving the accounts and management.