Culture and Heritage publishes a booklet teaching on the sample used in the guided tours offered to elementary and primary schools in the municipality
Until next June 30 will open the retrospective exhibition on the work of the painter María Dolores alhameña Andreo, exhibition commissioned by the journalist Pedro Soler and occupies the halls of the Archaeological Museum of Los Baños and the building of The Granary.
The CP Child professors met Espuña exposure when work began to inauguration.
The teachers, who were intending to develop a research project about a painter, found in the sample indicated an ideal opportunity and began researching the painter born in Alhama de Murcia.
"The truth is that we got a pleasant surprise, because, frankly, not know the size and grandeur of the work of Maria Dolores Andreo. Besides his work thought it had all the features to be worked by children of such a young age, and they are paintings that lend themselves to easy interpretation by children, as well as being very striking because the line and strokes used are quite marked, the use of color captures the attention of children, the forms used are simple, and topics close to their reality, "the teachers said in a statement.
Made the previous study, were contacted with the Department of Culture and Heritage, who organized the exhibition.
Carmen Maria Rodriguez, head of, lent full support of your area and college professors Espuña Child kicked off a project, the results have been more than satisfactory.
The teachers of Education have worked enthusiastically with students (three to six years).
To do this, set a series of didactic aspects in which families involved in the search for information about the artist, achieving very positive responses.
Gradually, the children were in-depth knowledge of the person of Maria Dolores Andreo, the time in which he studied, what places did, exhibitions, awards that were granted, etc..
All this is achieved through different areas.
The painting of Maria Dolores Andreo and team work Child Espuña school has allowed students to study geometric shapes (mathematics), English (vocabulary about art), religion (through the Christs of Maria Dolores), etc. etc..
Finally, known data, all school children Espuña Child visited the exhibition accompanied by their teachers, allowing them to see, for the first time, the actual works they had seen through projections, catalogs and more.
The students were welcomed at the exhibition hall of the Archaeological Museum of Los Banos by the Councillor for Culture and Heritage, Carmen Maria Rodriguez, who thanked them for the work done.
Also, the mayor partitioned between teaching students a notebook developed by the Department offered to all schools and Primary education in the locality.
This book aims to connect children pictures of the author with various themes (still lifes, landscapes ...), give titles to various works, coloring other, write stories based on a painting or drawing the box Most liked.
Through this booklet, the Department of Culture and Heritage wants the children to visit this exhibition have a didactic character, at once funny.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia