02/09/2009
Vitoria-Gasteiz,
September 2, 2009 - Fundación Catedral Santa María is
organising a mural competition for all of Alava’s primary and secondary
school students under the slogan “What do you want this square to be
like?”. The goal is to spur reflection on how they want the walls
ringing this emblematic plaza - which reaches the foot of the tower and
is currently occupied by restoration works – to be like in the future.
Fundación Catedral Santa María is proposing this initiative to exercise
the imagination of Alava’s youngest residents, those who will most
enjoy this thrilling project, while endeavouring to enhance the active
involvement and participation of the schools themselves, teachers and
parents in the emotional and symbolic recovery of our cathedral and its
surroundings.
Participants have until October 18 to send one group project per class.
A jury composed of five prominent personages will select the eight best
projects from among all the sketches submitted. The prize-winning
projects will be turned into 4-metre-long by 2-metre-high murals
accompanied by brief explanatory texts in Basque, Spanish, English and
French. The designs will remain on the walls around Plaza de Santa
María for a year and the competition will be held again on a yearly
basis. All schools submitting projects will be mentioned as
participants.
Fundación Catedral Santa María’s main offices are temporarily located
in the Visitors Welcome Centre (Plaza de las Brullerías s/n), and
projects can be turned in Mondays to Fridays from 10.30 a.m. to 2.00
p.m. and 4.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m..