The weekend of 17, 18 and 19 May the cultural centres of the Diputación de Alicante will celebrate 'International Museum Day' with a full programme of events and activities. activities for all audiences and free admissionThis is in addition to the other proposals that will take place in other areas of the city.
Under the motto 'Museums as cultural hubs: The future of tradition', the International Council of Museums Since 1977, this day has been celebrated in 2019 with the aim of raising public awareness of the importance and active role of culture in society.
The deputy for the area, César Augusto Asencioparticipated this morning in the presentation of the programme that will be implemented in parallel, extensively and inclusively in numerous areas of the city.
"This year's initiative focuses on the need to inculcate in society the protection and dissemination of culture and traditions in order to strengthen in the future a strong network of active spaces in the surrounding communities and environments". Asencio pointed out.
He also insisted that "it is a question of turning museums into transforming, innovative and flexible elements that meet the needs of visitors, where knowledge is combined with interaction and creativity".".
The Gravina Fine Arts Museumthe Archaeological Museum of Alicante and the Juan Gil-Albert Institute of Culture of Alicante have joined this collective and cooperative proposal, which has involved a total of eleven museums and centres of the city. As in previous editions, the city has developed a information leaflet which will be delivered to the public with all the planned programming and which will serve as a "passport". to be exchanged for a sustainable wooden pencil with seeds once they are obtained. FIVE SEALS of several other centres.
MARQ
The Provincial Archaeological Museum has prepared this year three consecutive open daysfrom 17 to 19 May, both in the museum and at the archaeological sites, with a full range of leisure activities. The aim, according to Asencio, is to "show the public that the MARQ is a modern space that generates dialogues between peoples, cultures and civilisations as a link between the past, tradition, the present and the future", on this occasion through the international exhibition currently on display on 'Iran. Cradle of civilisations'.
The friday 17 may the museum will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.at which time a representation performed by the Asociación Cultural Silentivm Teatro about the drama of the Trojan women imprisoned by the Greeks on his last night in Troy with the title 'Viento sobre la arena'. It will be at the Assembly Hall with admission limited to the capacity of the venue.
Saturday, from 10:00 to 22:00, will be followed by various proposals, including two workshopsone of Persian script at eleven o'clock and another at goldsmithing at twelve o'clock, and a storyteller to discover the history of ancient Iran to the little ones, at six o'clock in the afternoon. At seven o'clock, there will be a parallel Islamic pottery workshop and a performance by the Musical Group 'Ilusiones, Castañuelas y Danzas Valencianas', belonging to the Alicante-ASAUTE Third Age classrooms.
On Sunday, with opening hours from museum from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.will be held on storyteller Persian at 11:30 a.m. and another writing workshop one hour later.
With regard to the sites, the Tossal de Manises -Lucentum- and the Illeta dels Banyets They will be open on Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 15:30 to 17:30, and on Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00. Both spaces will hold guided or animated tours, workshops or games at 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. on both days.
MUBAG
The museum, currently closed for refurbishment work, is due to open in autumn, but to mark the occasion, the museum will be open for the first time this year. will open its doors on an exceptional basis on Saturday 18 May in the afternoon and Sunday mornings. Various activities will take place on the ground floor of the centre, as the exhibition rooms will not be open to the public, in particular two workshops and a concert.
On the 18th, there will be a workshop for adults at six o'clock in the evening on 'The Flower. Muse in art', prior registration by calling 965 14 67 87The participants will discover flowers in 19th century painting and will create floral compositions in a plant environment created by Sandra Zajac and Norma Gil in which the canvas of the 'Flower seller' by Fernando Cabrera will be the source of inspiration.
Later, at eight o'clock, with free entry and for all audiencesa PIANO CONCERT in charge of Carlos Izquierdo with the novelty that the audience will be able to write down the sensations of the audition and later create improvised scores with which they will be able to will compose an unpublished collective piece.
Finally, on Sunday, the Museo Bellas Artes Gravina will dedicate the day to the family audiences with the workshop 'Work of cut and paste' with free admission. Extraradio and Daguten and Escuela Gráfica de Barrio have devised this initiative in which, by means of screen printing and collageinterested parties will be able to transform classical works in imaginative contemporary compositions.
Juan Gil-Albert IAC
The Instituto Alicantino de Cultura will concentrate its initiatives on Friday 17th May at Casa Bardín during the whole day. In the morning, the following will be screened six audiovisuals of museums as part of the 'Audiovisual Art' cycle, in which the films and films from the recovered and digitised art and cultural heritage documentariesfilmed in Super 8 between 1979 and 1983.
At 09:15 the cultural director of the IAC, José Ferrándizwill present the event, accompanied by the director of the Eusebio Sempere Department of Art and Visual Communication, Juana María Balsalobre. Then, approximately every forty minutes, a video will be shown on the MARQthe museum of The Alcudia of Elchethe Museum Mariano Benlliure of Crevillentthe Novelda Modernistthe Casal de Sant Jordi de Alcoy (Saint George's House of Alcoy) and that of the Insured.
In the afternoon, there will be a meeting with the artist Rosell Meseguer and José Luis Martínez MeseguerHe is the curator of the exhibition 'The Invisible' from the cycle 'Art in the Casa Bardín', currently on display at the Gil-Albert.
In addition to these three spaces dependent on the Diputación de Alicante, the MACA, Las Cigarreras, the Lonja del Pescado, the Museo Nueva Tabarca, the museum of the Castillo de Santa Bárbara, the MUA, the Museo de Aguas de Alicante and the space The Ocean Race will also participate in the International Museum Day.
