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The works will be on display from today until December 27 at the Beacon Park Mall Lorca, where students from the Faculty of Education at the University of Murcia conducted art workshops for children.

Youth Councillor of the City of Lorca, Augustine Llamas, and the coordinator of the Assembly Local Red Cross, Miguel Navarrete, reported that 31 young artists have registered with 40 works in the competition launched by the municipal area to put them for sale in exchange for food for needy families with the initiative "Solidarizarte. paintings in exchange for food are sold".

Llamas explained that "the submitted works will be on display from today until December 27 in the exhibition hall of the Almenara Park Lorca, where citizens can learn marking for each work value Mall, and if they want to take ownership the same shall contribute with worth that amount "foods.

Also during the day throughout the sample students of the Faculty of Education at the University of Murcia conducted art workshops for children.

The mayor said that "to achieve these works that allow us to collect the largest possible number of foods, from the Youth Council organized a charity art competition, with the participation of those interested in donating his painting, sculpture, drawing, design, illustration , photographic collage to this activity. "

Llamas Augustine stated that "in the case of works of higher cost, a draw will be made by units collected in exchange for non-perishable food, to be determined according to the needs of the moment".

Llamas explained that "in order to encourage youth participation, those authors between 14 and 35 years born or resident in the Region of Murcia involved in this exhibition participate simultaneously in an art competition, where they will compete for a first prize of 300 € for each of the three categories that were specified (from 14 to 16, of 17-20 and 21-35 years) or a three second prizes of € 100 ".

The winners will be selected by visitors.

The Councillor explained that "it is on one hand to promote the cultural and creative young artists and secondly keep fighting to help those families who, although they receive Food Bank supplies require more products to meet their daily needs ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca