30/06/2008
Vitoria-Gasteiz,
30th June 2008.- With the arrival of the school holidays,
the Santa María Cathedral Foundation will once again be running
children’s workshops throughout the month of July. Over four weeks,
children will find out about the art, history and architecture
surrounding the Gothic Cathedral in these fun enjoyable workshops.
Once again, the month of July is dedicated to children. This year, the
Santa María Cathedral Foundation will be running four different
workshops so children can feel like archaeologists, artists and
artisans for a day. The courses aim to show children aged from 6 to 11
the restoration work taking place at the Cathedral, since there is no
specific guided tour for this age group and school children who visit
the Cathedral are all over the age of 10.
The programme
designed for this year includes four workshops in Spanish and Basque
between the 7th and 31st July. Each workshop will last between an hour
and a half and two hours, and participants can choose between the
following sessions: 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. Each workshop will
cost €5 per child, although children can take part in all four
workshops for just €10. There will be special discount prices for
groups.
To sign up, you can book a place on any of the workshops at the
Cathedral of Santa María Visitors’ Centre, or by calling 945 255 135.
Summer workshops 2008
Dates
Workshop
7th – 11th July
Veo, veo la catedral – Ikusi makusi
katedrala!
(I spy
the Cathedral)
14th – 18th July
La ciudad de bolsillo – Poltsikoko hiria
(Pocket
city)
21st – 24th July
Érase una vez Vitoria-Gasteiz – Ba zen
behin Gasteiz
(Once upon a time in Vitoria-Gasteiz)
28th – 31st July
Arqueólogo por un día – Egun batez
arqueologoa
(Archaeologist for the day)
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the workshops will be held in
Basque, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Spanish.
‘Veo, veo la catedral’ – Ikusi makusi katedrala! (ages 6-11) (I spy the
Cathedral)
This
workshop provides a simple and educational overview of gothic
architecture, the style that defines Santa María. The monitors will
explain and show the characteristic features of this style, such as
pointed arches, vaults and especially the stained glass windows.
Children will find out how stained glass windows were used to tell
stories and learn the techniques used to create them. In the workshop,
the participants create a picture that tells a story, which they will
later turn into a stained glass window.
La ciudad de bolsillo – Poltsikoko hiria (ages 6-11) (Pocket city)
The guided tour included in this workshop aims to introduce children to
the past of Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Cathedral, and the churches before
Santa María. The children can see models and archaeological digs. In
the workshop itself, the children will make a plasticine model of one
of the elements they have seen.
Érase una vez Vitoria-Gasteiz – Ba zen behin Gasteiz (ages 6-11) (Once
upon a time in Vitoria-Gasteiz)
The children will make
cardboard figures to recreate a 3D model of a settlement or town
similar to Gasteiz between the 8th and 10th centuries. The tour will
explain the evolution of the city since the conquest of Alfonso VIII
and the creation of the church-fortress of Santa María. Children will
learn about the figures and guilds that populated the city, their way
of life and the types of buildings that existed.
Arqueólogo por un día – Egun batez arqueologoa (ages 7-12)
(Archaeologist for the day)
And in this last workshop, the guided tour will focus not only on the
archaeological digs but also the methodology used. The children will be
given a simple introduction to stratigraphy, excavation methods and the
tools used, and will see how everything found provides archaeologists
with clues so they can become detectives and discover the functions of
the places or elements that existed. In the workshop itself, the
children will put this knowledge into practice through a mini
archaeological dig as they register and document everything they find.