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In the activity they participate the City council of Lorca, the Council of the Youth and the Open Commercial Center of Lorca |

The Councilors of Commerce and Youth of the City of Lorca, María del Carmen Ruiz and Agustín Llamas, respectively, the president of the Open Shopping Center of Lorca, Antonio Martínez, and the president of the Youth Council, Ricardo Trapero, presented this morning the initiative "Lorca Art Project", an activity to be held on Sunday 10 September and consisting of the realization of a day of contemporary urban art in the façades and shops of the Urban and Historic Shopping Center, specifically in the streets Alamo and Almirante Aguilar.

Maria del Carmen Ruíz explained that "this project, which involves more than 10 commercial premises and facades, seeks to unite commerce, urban art, youth group and future generations. In addition, it seeks to promote the city as a value more contemporary and current, using graffiti as a claim and beautification.It is worth noting that this edition will be held in the Urban and Historical Center, but the idea is to extend this initiative to the city as a whole. construction so that the plates of works that are delimiting the works can be object of this type of art, as well as create a bag of spaces to paint, proposed by the artists themselves.

The Councilor of Commerce has indicated that "the City of Lorca has developed a collaboration agreement with the Urban and Historic Shopping Center for this initiative is a long-term project, not a specific action.The agreement will be signed between the three agencies involved : the Municipal Consistory, the Urban and Historical Commercial Center and the Youth Council, an organism that brings together the artists. The economic endowment for the development of the same is in charge of the General Directorate of Commerce, integrated in the Plan of Dynamization of the Retail Trade ".

Ruiz Jódar said that "a web page has been created in which there are foundations and tools to promote the dissemination and promotion of activity among the groups of artists.This website, which is managed by the Council of Youth and sponsored by the Department of Commerce, preponderate Lorca artists born or settled in Lorca, in order to make them feel more committed, more united with the project and with the city in short, thus fostering a philosophy of the organization " Creating a city among all. "

The program of the activity will be the following:

9 hours.

Breakfast at the Sun Market. Sponsored by Salzillo and the Union of Traders.

9:30 p.m.

Reception of the material and designation of façades according to the sketch presented.

12 hours.

LAP children's workshop in Plaza de España, sponsor MONTANA company specialized in this type of activities and actions of painting and urban art.

(Registration in the Plaza of Spain, limited places).

14 to 16 hours.

Break.

19 to 20 hours.

Presentation to the authorities of the result of the activity.

21 hours.

Completion of the activity.

During the day there will be own musical animation by a group of Lorca rappers, photocall, Flow graffiti for the event and event t-shirts for artists and volunteers.

It should be noted that the reception office of material and information of the event will be installed in Alamo Street, offering the Youth Council monitors and volunteers for the event.

The mayor of Commerce stressed that "the City Council will continue to support this sector Lorca so that it has the opportunity to continue developing initiatives that contribute to promote shopping in our city, and are also generating a parallel social activity, reflected in a few streets full of life, with movement and dynamization.This is a reality that benefits us all and we have the opportunity to continue making our streets, neighborhoods, squares and shops have activity and are attractive throughout the year ".

María del Carmen added that "in addition, this initiative is doubly important, since it aims to encourage and develop positive skills to raise awareness of the heritage and urban furniture of Lorca through the artistic medium, as well as favor an exchange of culture and heritage helping the interaction between generations who must live in a city (groups of artists, artisans and young people, who are integrated in the city in a more active and dynamic).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca