Informational roundtable for caregivers, held on the occasion of International Alzheimer's Day which took place on September 21st.

Participants: Mª Luz Rodríguez, president of AFA Alicante, Araceli Sánchez, occupational therapist at AFA Alicante, José Diego Espadas, physiotherapist at AFA Alicante and Ester García Guixot, educator and mediator at MACA.

Palabras Mayores arrives at MACA to go beyond the apparent. Because museums are places to discover and learn, but also spaces designed for citizens to experience and reinvent.

This is a mediation project aimed at people over 60 years old who want, first of all, to learn about and reflect on contemporary art, the function of museums, and the vision of both established and emerging creators. On the other hand, the participating individuals will establish synergies with the collections existing in the museum, developing their own narrative based on what they find in the galleries through guided visits, open debates, artistic creation activities, and social and cultural empowerment dynamics.

The main objective is to transform the museum into a laboratory for cultural and artistic experimentation in which participants will contribute their vision and experience to the contents present in the museum, while carrying out an activity that provides them with new knowledge.

This is an encounter in which the dialogue between the visitor and the museum takes place through contemporary art and the MACA collections, with the mediation of an educator who will act as a link between both.

Technical Information

Spaces: 15 people maximum (closed group)
Mediation: Juan Diego Cerdá, historian and social facilitator.

Rubén Bodewig and Alejandro Soriano. Architects at ESCALAR "Actions along the coast: La Británica, Parque del Mar and Explanada".

At ESCALAR we work with absolute commitment to the quality of our projects, which leads us to develop solutions in which sustainability, design, economy, technique and quality complement and balance each other in all aspects of our projects.

Our office operates from the Mediterranean coast of Spain, offering innovative solutions to global architectural needs. We are a young team of professionals with experience and capacity to develop projects in architecture, landscape, urbanism, infrastructure and design, as well as consulting and project advisory services.

Our professional trajectory has opened doors for us to develop projects of all scales, in which we have offered our vision and commitment to contemporary architecture in interventions of all scales: from landscape, infrastructure and urbanism, to small works of furniture, lighting and parametric design, including buildings, public facilities, rehabilitations, housing, ephemeral and commercial architecture.

We are committed to offering the best of technique and tradition in all aspects of our work, from rehabilitation to modular architecture and prefabrication, bringing great precision to our projects in all phases, from conception to completion of construction, which generates an optimization of economy and materials, improving performance and work times, and guaranteeing an efficient result for the client while reducing the ecological footprint of construction.

We work to personalize and conceive unique and singular projects for each client, because we know that each person lives and perceives spaces in a unique and unrepeatable way, generating new questions, which we want our projects to answer.

Coordinated by Santiago Varela and in collaboration with the Territorial College of Architects

In the workshop we will explore Asawa's sculptures, the wire weaving technique, drawing in the air, expanded drawing and the observation of nature as a source of inspiration.

Ruth Asawa (1926 -2013) was an American sculptor of Japanese origin and a devoted activist who tirelessly advocated for art education. Recognized worldwide for her biomorphic hanging sculptures, woven with steel cable, Asawa found in this artisanal technique what she was looking for: expanded drawing produced with three-dimensional materials. Another part of her sculptural work is inspired by the tradition of Japanese origami and paper work, and she also has works of a more linear character, more inspired by her drawings and with tree-like forms.

Coordinated by: Va de cuentos and María Maraña

International Classical Theater Festival of Alicante

Presence and inspiration of contemporary art in theatrical scenography

Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and advanced degree in Scenography from RESAD, she combines her work as a set designer and costume designer with teaching. She has been a finalist twice by the Association of Stage Directors for the Joseph Gaudí Award for Scenography in 2018 and 2019 and a candidate for the Max Awards for her work in "Life is a Dream".

Free admission limited to venue capacity.

International Classical Theater Festival of Alicante

One of the most recognized lighting designers in national and international performing arts. Technical director, lighting designer and educator, his works have been awarded with the most prestigious prizes, working on both large-scale projects and small productions in the Off-circuit. Winner of 4 Max Awards in 2011 for La función por hacer, 2013 for De ratones y hombres, 2019 for El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche and 2021 for La mort i la donzella.

The MACA proposes workshops around Bruno Munari's exhibition that aim to experiment and work freely with materials. The workshop becomes a celebration and the work becomes a whole discovery. The idea is that the free and creative spirit endures after the workshops.

It is an activity to enjoy as a family (+ 6 years old), or adults alone. It is free and will take place on Saturdays in July, and Saturdays in September at 11 o'clock.

BRUNO MUNARI'S WORKSHOPS

Bruno Munari proposed in 1977 for the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan some workshops titled Giocare con l'arte (Playing with Art) where he encouraged children to observe different artistic movements and experiment with techniques and materials. Color, shape and textures became work tools and made children show greater predisposition to observe the displayed works. Later, Munari repeated the experience by conducting workshops that he called Laboratories, in which greater relevance was given to the process rather than the final result.

CULTURE, SOCIETY AND INNOVATION

In a hyperconnected world, hyperglobalized, in which consciences and hopes are forged on the network, in a complex world, in constant change, facing great challenges that affect all of humanity, we believe that cultural organizations have a fundamental role to play. They can accompany audiences through these changes, prepare and structure minds, be the crucible of societies more agile in the face of changes brought by digital technology, be the catalysts of more creative societies and more involved in their own future. Thus, in 2022, MuseumWeek will focus on the theme of "culture, society and innovation".

The global theme is about innovation and culture and we will take this opportunity to explore 6 other themes throughout the cultural ecosystem, online and offline:

June 13: #innovationMW

June 14: #creatorsMW

June 15: #freedomMW

June 16: #sexualityMW

June 17: #environmentMW

June 18: #lifeLessonsMW

June 19: #danceMW

Květa Pacovská (Prague, July 28, 1928) is a Czech painter, sculptor, and illustrator. She studied and graduated in Applied Arts. She was a professor in Berlin, and as she herself has said, she began her career in illustration by trying to share an activity with her children, in an attempt to share something creative.

Although she is distinguished as an illustrator, after the 1990s Květa has also developed a career in sculpture and painting with numerous exhibitions in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Japan, with shows at the Pompidou Center in Paris and at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt, among others. Both in her pictorial work and in her children's illustrations, one can see the influences of constructivism and the play and color that evoke Paul Klee and Vasily Kandinsky. Hers is a very sensitive constructivism, and in her designs the influence of the Bauhaus School is evident. Coordination: Va de cuentos and María Maraña

Sol Picó proposes an intimate talk to us, as if she were speaking to us from the sofa of her home, about her 20 years of professional career: fears, doubts, unconfessable failures, unrealized dreams...the procession goes on inside...

She will reveal to us how and when inspiration arrives and what happens if it doesn't.

She refreshes our memory through suggestive images of her beginnings and explains to us what a life dedicated to dance in body and soul represents for her: being a woman, mother and artist, an explosive cocktail difficult to avoid exploding in your hands.

Sacrifice and fun accompanied by an exceptional team for 20 years, which has led her to travel to more than 30 countries and to experience how her Mediterranean dance is received in Beijing, Kinshasa or Paris.

She will speak and will ask us questions because she is very interested in what we think, the spectators of this world...are you ready?

Sol Picó is a Spanish dancer and choreographer. Born in Alcoy, she has studied Spanish, classical and contemporary dance and in her productions she combines different techniques and languages in a groundbreaking way. In 1993 she creates the Sol Picó Company with which she has become one of the most unorthodox choreographers and dancers on the Spanish contemporary scene. She has been awarded numerous prizes. In her track record she has more than 10 Max awards, the National Dance Prize of Catalonia (2004), the Barcelona City Dance Prize (2015), the National Dance Prize 2016 and the Cross of Sant Jordi.

Tenacious and daring, Sol Picó develops a 100x100 personal movement based on precision, speed, vitality and power. Her shows –mature, imaginative and always controversial– move the audience and do not leave them indifferent. The quality of her proposals and the humor and dialogue with the spectators are the essence of the work of this challenging and enterprising choreographer. Throughout her career she has premiered more than 30 shows, where theater in small venues is combined with large street productions that she has presented throughout the world, visiting more than 40 countries. Some of her most emblematic pieces are Bésame el Cactus, Paella Mixta, Amor Diesel, El lago de las moscas, Sirena en la Plancha, One-hit wonders, Dancing with frogs, We Women or Malditas Plumas. The creative facet is also nurtured by the pedagogical one, teaching workshops in places such as Carlos III University, the National Dance Academy of Rome or superior Dance conservatories.

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