Category: workshops
The Murcia Craft Center offers Christmas workshops for the little ones
They will be held from December 27 to January 4, with activities such as sculpture, painting, basketry, bookbinding, leather goods, puppets, postcard creation and bread making.
The Murcia Regional Craft Center proposes a series of workshops during Christmas for children to make an artisan product and develop their creativity.
The workshops will be held from December 27 to January 4, they are designed for children between 6 and 12 years old, they will last an hour and a half and a registration fee of 8 euros. The little ones will work on sculpture, painting, basketry, bookbinding, leather goods, puppets, create a Christmas postcard and learn to bake bread.
On December 27 (10:15 a.m.) and 29 (6:45 p.m.) and January 3 (10:15 a.m.) the textile collage workshop 'Sweet Christmas' will be held, with Vayatela, SL, for the creation of a Christmas postcard using reused fabrics.
The pottery workshop 'Once upon a time… the man' will be held by Verónica Maccorin on December 27 (12:00 p.m.) and 29 (5:15 p.m.) and January 3 (12:00 p.m.). Participants will create their own custom handcrafted clay sculpture.
Painting will be the star of the 'Princes and Princesses' workshop, with Andrea Lopardo, on December 27 (5:15 p.m.) and 29 (12:00 p.m.), and January 3 (5:15 p.m.).
They will also be able to learn how to handle wicker and esparto grass with Antonio Narváez in the basketry workshop 'La Caperucita Roja', which will take place on December 27 (6:45 p.m.) and 29 (10:15 a.m.), and on December 3 January (6:45 p.m.).
Knowing the Japanese bookbinding technique is the objective of the 'Superheroes' workshop, with Fernando Martínez, which is scheduled for December 28 (10:15 a.m.) and 30 (6:45 p.m.), and January 4 (10:15 a.m.). hours).
Children will also be able to learn the process of making bread in the workshop given by Francisco Javier Moreno on December 28 (12:00 p.m.) and 30 (12:00 p.m.), and January 4 (5:15 p.m.). ).
The creation of a puppet will be the theme of the workshop 'Puppeteers' with Sergio Ros, which will take place on December 28 and 30, and January 4 at 5:15 p.m.
The characters 'Astérix and Obelix' give their name to the leather goods workshop that Ángel Luis Molina will offer on December 28 (6:45 p.m.) and 30 (10:15 a.m.), and January 4 (6:45 p.m.).
The activities will take place at the Regional Craft Center of Murcia, located at Calle Francisco Rabal, 6. Registrations can be made at the same center, by calling 968 35 75 37 or by email at centroartesaniamurcia@salzillosi.com.
Children's workshops at Christmas
From December 27 to January 4, the Directorate General for Consumer Affairs and Crafts is launching a new range of children's workshops so that the youngest members of the household can enjoy creating their own craft product, and thus develop their creativity during the Christmas holidays. Christmas.
These workshops will last an hour and a half, and cost €8. The age range of these workshops will be from 6 to 12 years.
Registration and place of activities in the Regional Craft Center of Murcia, located at Calle Francisco Rabal, 6 in Murcia. Contact telephone number, 968 35 75 37, centroartesaniamurcia@salzillosi.com. Opening hours from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Textile collage workshop “Sweet Christmas” with Vayatela SL Creation of a Christmas postcard creatively using reused fabrics. Monday 12/27 and 01/3 – 10:15 a.m. & Wednesday 12/29 – 6:45 p.m.
- Ceramic workshop “Once upon a time… the man” with Veronica Maccorin. In this creation workshop, children will create their own handmade and personalized sculpture, having a direct experience with clay and observing its transformation, acquiring a new language related to crafts and arts. Monday 12/27 and 01/03 – 12pm & Wednesday 12/29 – 5:15pm
- Painting workshop "Princes and princesses" with Andrea Lopez. Practical painting workshop focused on children with artistic interests, who wish to develop a personal project experiencing the learning of different techniques. Monday 12/27 and 01/03 – 5:15 p.m. & Wednesday 12/29 – 12 p.m.
- Basketry workshop "Little Red Riding Hood" with Antonio Narvaez. In this workshop the student will learn the handling of wicker and esparto, starting from manual braiding to make a small basket. Monday 12/27 and 01/03 – 6:45 p.m. & Wednesday 12/29 – 10:15 a.m.
- Bookbinding workshop "Superheroes" with Fernando Martinez. Creation of a notebook with images of different superheroes, learning to bind with the Japanese technique. Tuesday 12/28 and 01/4 – 10:15 a.m. & Thursday 12/30 – 6:45 p.m.
- Creative bread workshop “Mastercheff” with Francisco Javier Moreno. Manipulative and practical workshop that allows schoolchildren to learn about the process of making bread in an artisanal way, working with the materials that compose it (flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate), developing the sense of taste, smell, manual dexterity, motor skills and creativity, giving shapes to the dough, to create your bun with different shapes and observing how the ingredients are transformed through its preparation. Tuesday 12/28 and 01/04 – 12pm & Thursday 12/30 – 5:15pm
- Puppet workshop "Puppeteers" with Sergio Ross. Making a puppet using different recycled materials. Tuesday 12/28 and 01/4 – 5:15 p.m. & Thursday 12/30.
- Leather goods workshop “Asterix and Obelix” with Angel Luis Molina. Plastic creation activity, in which it is intended that students come into contact with this noble material such as leather, and experience the sensation of dealing with manual tools for embossing, and create a bracelet with their hands and their imagination. Tuesday 12/28 and 01/04 – 6:45 p.m. & Thursday 12/30 – 10:15 a.m.
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOPS OF ARTISAN TRADES- 1 TO 6 SEPTEMBER
The General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts has decided to relaunch a new proposal for children's craft workshops for children called "Great Murcian craftsmen teach small craftsmen", these workshops will be accompanied by a guided tour at the Murcia Regional Craft Center. Given the success they have had during the months of July and August.
These workshops will be held from Wednesday, September 1 to Monday, September 6, and are as follows:
Painting workshop taught by the versatile artist, Andrea Lopardo. Practical painting workshop focused on children with artistic interests, who wish to develop a personal project experiencing the learning of different techniques.
pottery workshop taught by the versatile craftswoman Verónica Maccorin, specialized in training. In this creation workshop, children will create their own handmade and personalized sculpture, having a direct experience with clay and observing its transformation, acquiring a new language related to crafts and arts,
Creative bread workshop, taught by Francisco Javier Moreno García, artisan baker. It is a manipulative and practical workshop that allows schoolchildren to learn about the process of making bread in an artisanal way, working with the materials that compose it (flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate), developing the sense of taste, smell, dexterity manual, motor skills and creativity, giving shapes to the dough, to create your bun with different shapes and observing how the ingredients are transformed through its preparation.
leather goods workshop, taught by Ángel Luis Molina Guillén. Plastic creation activity, in which it is intended that schoolchildren come into contact with this noble material such as leather, and experience the sensation of dealing with manual tools for embossing, to configure a bracelet with their hands and their imagination.
Bindery, taught by the craftsman Arcadio Hernández Campillo, in which the schoolchildren will work on binding techniques, working with the necessary tools to be able to make their own notebook.
The cost of each workshop will be €8 per child, the age range will be from 5 to 12 years, and the hours are as follows:
| HOURS | WEDNESDAY 09/01/21 | THURSDAY 02/09/21 | FRIDAY 03/09/21 | MONDAY 06/09/21 |
| 10.00-12.00 | Ceramics | Paint | leather goods | leather goods |
| 12.00-14.00 | Bread | Binding | Ceramics | Bread |
The guided tour consists of three phases: Welcome, description of the different crafts that are developed in the Region and Regional Crafts Awards.
Registrations are made at the Murcia Regional Craft Center, located at Calle Francisco Rabal, 6 de Murcia (next to the Gunpowder Garden), telephone 968 35 75 37 or by email centroartesaniamurcia@salzillosi.com. Group registration can be done.
The Murcia Craft Center is located in the heart of the city, next to the Salitre Garden (also known as the Gunpowder Garden). It is managed by the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts, dependent on the Ministry of Business, Employment, Universities and Spokesperson. In it you can learn about and buy any product made by artisans officially registered in the Artisan Registry of the Region of Murcia. Enjoy activities such as temporary exhibitions, workshops, training courses or live demonstrations. Contemplate the Winning Works of the Regional Crafts Awards.
The schedule of the Crafts Centers of the Region of Murcia, is from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. And closed Sundays.
Children's workshops "Great Murcian artisans teach small artisans" during the month of July at the Murcia Regional Craft Center
During the month of July, the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts, launches a new proposal for children's workshops for children during the summer period called "Great Murcian artisans teach small artisans".
The hours are from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., specifically the workshops will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the guided tour will take place from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
The maximum capacity allowed per activity is 10 students.
The cost of each workshop will be €8 per child and the age range will be from 6 to 12 years.
For all activities it is recommended to use babi so that they do not dirty their clothes. It is essential to wear a mask, take temperature at the entrance and a safety distance.
Registration will take place at the Murcia Regional Craft Center, located at Calle Francisco Rabal, 6 de Murcia (next to the Gunpowder Garden), telephone 968 35 75 37 / 36 or by email centroartesaniamurcia@salzillosi.com. Group registration can be done.
Next, the activities to be developed by the Murcia Regional Craft Center are detailed, consisting of the free guided tour that will be carried out for all the groups that are received in said center and the children's craft workshops.
- OFFER OF CHILDREN'S WORKSHOPS "ARTISAN SUMMER"
| Days | Workshop | Craftsman |
| Monday | Painting workshop | Andrea Lopardo |
| Tuesday | Creative bread workshop | Francis Xavier Moreno |
| Wednesday | leather goods workshop | Angel Luis Molina |
| Thursday | basketry workshop | Antonio Narvaez |
| Friday | pottery workshop | Veronica McCorin |
- PAINTING WORKSHOP (Monday)
Teaches: Andrea Lopard.
Practical painting workshop focused on children with artistic interests, who wish to develop a personal project experiencing the learning of different techniques. The main objective of the workshop is to pretend that the student is the protagonist of his own work, which, in turn, is transformed into a free personal projection of his own emotions, which he will be able to express from the basic notions of painting following his creativity. .
Goals:
- Develop creativity and sensory perception through painting.
- Learn organization skills and task planning promoting socialization.
- Learn and develop the tools and techniques necessary to understand the characteristics of painting.
- Analyze and experiment with general aspects of visual language (focused on their own interests) such as elements of composition, importance of color, expression, figuration-abstraction, brushwork...
- CREATIVE BREAD WORKSHOP (Tuesday)
Teaches: Francisco Javier Moreno García, artisan baker.
Collaborate: Fornet, SL
Manipulative and practical workshop that allows schoolchildren to learn about the process of making bread in an artisanal way, working with the materials that compose it (flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate), developing the sense of taste, smell, manual dexterity, motor skills and creativity, giving shapes to the dough, to create your bun with different shapes and observing how the ingredients are transformed through its preparation.
Goals:
- Assess the importance of food hygiene habits and promote health education.
- Develop creativity and sensory perception through cooking.
- Discover the benefits of a healthy and balanced diet.
- Learn organization skills and task planning promoting socialization.
- LEATHER GOODS WORKSHOP (Wednesday)
Teaches: Ángel Luis Molina Guillén, saddler craftsman
Plastic creation activity, in which it is intended that schoolchildren come into contact with this noble material such as leather, and experience the sensation of dealing with manual tools for embossing, to configure a bracelet with their hands and their imagination.
Goals:
- Recognize the artisan trades of our municipality.
- Develop manual dexterity through embossing leather.
- To bring schoolchildren closer to the trade of crafts.
- Carry out an artisan work, making your own bracelet.
- BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOP (Thursday)
Teaches: Antonio Narvaez Guerrero.
In this workshop the student will learn the handling of wicker and esparto grass. The teacher will teach them to shape a rounded shape starting from the manual braiding of the different natural fibers that they use to make a small basket. The workshop works on imagination, psychomotricity.
Goals:
- Recognize the artisan trades of our municipality, specifically the esparto grass.
- Develop manual dexterity by making a wicker or esparto basket.
- Raise awareness of the use of natural fibers for the realization of objects.
- To bring schoolchildren closer to the trade of crafts.
- Carry out craft work, making your own basket.
- CERAMICS WORKSHOP (Friday)
Teaches: Verónica Maccorín, artisan registered as potter-ceramist and sculptor.
Plastic creation workshop where schoolchildren will create their own handmade and personalized sculpture, having a direct experience with clay and observing its transformation, acquiring a new language related to crafts and arts, recognizing the forms, their technical and aesthetic characteristics.
Objectives
- Offer a basic learning of the use of clay as a raw material, manipulating and using tools typical of the potter's trade.
- Have the opportunity to experience clay as a natural and changing material.
- Recognize the crafts of our municipality and its historical importance.
- Learn about the process for making ceramic containers: extraction, cleaning, kneading, conservation and firing of the pieces.
GUIDED VISIT TO THE REGIONAL CENTER OF CRAFTS OF MURCIA
The Murcia Craft Center is located in the heart of the city, next to the Salitre Garden (also known as the Gunpowder Garden). It is managed by the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts, dependent on the Ministry of Business, Employment, Universities and Spokesperson.
In it you can learn about and buy any product made by artisans officially registered in the Artisan Registry of the Region of Murcia. Free guided tours for groups where they will learn about the different crafts, as well as live demonstrations. Enjoy activities such as temporary exhibitions, workshops, training courses or live demonstrations. Contemplate the Winning Works of the Regional Crafts Awards.
HOURS: Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturdays 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sundays closed. July and August Saturdays closed.
The guided tour consists of three phases: Welcome, description of the different crafts that are developed in the Region and Regional Crafts Awards.
