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Fifteen students have begun this morning Glass Blowing Course, taught at the Museum of Glass in Santa Lucia, a free training activity aimed at unemployed people, funded by the Regional Employment and Training and the European Social Fund and managed by the Agency of Local Development and Employment (ADLE).
Councilman Employment, Diego Ortega, accompanied by the Director of the ADLE, Francisco Garcia Valenzuela, and the President and Vice President of the Association of Artisans of Santa Lucia glaziers, Manuel Gil and Francisco Garcia, attended the opening of the course to give the welcome to the selected students and show their support for this training to retrieve one of the oldest professions in the history of Cartagena.
As the Councillor for Employment, Diego Ortega, this course provides the Museum of Glass's ability to continue the tradition rooted in the neighborhood of Santa Lucia, and by which were created true works of art.
The vice president of the Association of Artisans Glaziers, adds that the goal is to recover the tradition of glass and train new professionals to keep alive the craft.
Francisco Garcia claims that are particularly excited because today begins another chapter in the history of the tradition of glass Cartagena.
The fifteen selected students have started the training on Monday and end on December 9 this year, an action that takes place from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 14:00. In workshops at the Glass Museum in Santa Lucia.
During the 138 hours of lessons, participants will learn, among others, issues such as the preparation of the furnace, blowing and termination parts for a period of 138 vidrio.con hours.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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