The 'Bank messenger' Mucho Mas Mayo participant is exposed on the esplanade of CIM and intended to stop passers-known authors with Down syndrome to dispel prejudices and stereotypes and
People with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities participate in Cartagena ASID Mucho Mas Mayo festival to project 'Close Encounters of a bank. "
The authors have not only exposed the sculpture gives it its name but use it as a tool to make themselves known to their neighbors in the city.
The Bank Messenger exposed on the esplanade of CIM, it will help walkers can stop him and personally know the authors, adults with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities in Cartagena ASID, and so banish prejudices and stereotypes.
The authors themselves are offered to explain first hand their interests and concerns or gather opinions about the work.
These meetings will be possible until 13 May from 10 to 12 hours of the morning.
Photographs and testimonies of the above meetings will be collected in a Cartagena ASID album will be released in its traditional annual exhibition in late May at the Cultural Center Luzzy Ramón Alonso.
The bank has been done at the Occupational Center that operates in Santa Ana ASID It has worked a total of 22 people with intellectual disabilities.
Since the original project that decorate the mosaic have been designed by members of the workshop.
ART WORKSHOP-ACTIVE
Cartagena ASID helps people with intellectual disabilities the necessary support to participate actively in the life of the city of your choice.
It pursues the real inclusion in society in which they live and which are full members.
In this case, Mucho Mas Mayo is a unique opportunity to present their work in Arts-Active workshop in conjunction with other artists in the city regardless of disability, only their creative value.
People with Down syndrome and intellectual disability claim with initiatives like this involvement in their immediate environment and their city. They want to show their capacity to contribute also in solidarity, a society of which they form part.
Cartagena ASID is a nonprofit organization that began as such in 1993.
Services include Early Intervention, Occupational Center, Day Care Center, Family Support Service, Learning support and in coordination with the School Integration Center where the children and youth as well as programs for leisure and free time.
Also up, along with 26 others, the Federation of Societies for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Cerebral Palsy (FEAPS Murcia).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena