The Councilor for Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesús Pacheco, the director of the Ramón Gaya Museum, Manuel Fernández Delgado and the delegate of Iberdrola in the Region, Patricio Valverde, signed this morning the agreement thanks to which the museum of the Plaza de Santa Catalina will celebrate one more year the 'Day and the Night of the Museums'.
Starting next Thursday will be different activities such as portraits, concerts, workshops ...
Thus, in this edition the museum will be reopened to society and, as a novelty, on Thursday, May 18 and Friday, May 19, in the morning and afternoon, will be held 'Retratando' in which different artists will perform portraits In the Plaza de Santa Catalina so that the attendees can verify what is the process of creation of this type of painting.
On Saturday night all the portraits will be exhibited.
The artists who will participate in this activity and the people they will portray are the following:
Severo Almansa.
Matthew Almansa, student
Carlos Pardo.
Soren Peñalver, poet
Manuel Pérez.
Joaquín Clares, photographer
Antonio Tapia.
Julio García Abril, graphic designer
Lucas Brox.
Pedro Soler, journalist
To roam
Sebastián Mondéjar, poet
Hurtado Mena.
Mª del Mar Fernández-Delgado, gallery owner
Manolo Pardo.
Paco Cánovas Almagro, painter
Cristobal Pérez García.
Pedro López Morales, culture manager.
Willy Ramos.
Manuel Madrigal, doctor
The complete program of the Ramón Gaya Museum is as follows:
THURSDAY, MAY 18
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Open day
11:30 a.m.
12'00 h Offering
5:30 p.m.
21.00 Concert: Plectrum Orchestra of the Tocinos Bridge Musical Association with the collaboration of the Plectrum and Guitar Orchestra of the Region of Murcia.
FRIDAY, MAY 19
11:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
17'00 a 20'00 h Workshop of creative therapies.
'Danzaterapia: body, mind and soul' by María R. Sideri
20'00 h Projection Angel Haro audiovisual and scenic.
SATURDAY, MAY 20
From 21 to 02 h.
WE CLOSE THE MUSEUM AND OPEN THE PLAZA
Exhibition: Some portraits
Musical performances in the square
9'15, 10'15, 11'15 and 12'15 "Dixieland Train Jazz Band
9'45, 10'45 and 11'45 h Between dances, sounds and colors
Hazzart Cultural Association
Acacia Rico and Lidia Haro.
Piano
Ricardo Escavy and Alfonso Martínez.
Painting
May 18, International Museum Day, is celebrated around the world since 1977, and this year the motto is' Museums and Stories controversial: say the unspeakable in museums' while 'The European Night of Museums, Celebrates from May 2005 in all the countries signatory of the Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia