The IES María Blasco de San Vicente and the Colegio Aire Libre were the invited educational centers for this academic year.

In this 7th edition of Menuts Veïns, artist Massimo Pisani joined the project, with the aim of combining contemporary artistic creation and education as an instrument of expression, understanding and reflection on volume, geometry and light in space. Fundamental issues for understanding Sempere's work. On this occasion our invited artist was Massimo Pisani.

Having the collaboration of Massimo Pisani, a geometric artist who has known different artists contemporary to Sempere, has allowed a transversal approach and with a perspective of absolute contemporaneity, to the work and figure of Sempere himself. Students and teachers have had the opportunity to learn about the artist from different perspectives: the treatment of light, volume, materials and the different techniques used by Sempere and bring them to our time using current means and resources.

The students' works: sketches, line studies, sculptures, reliefs printed with 3D printers, ...) created and built by them were exhibited at the MACA, together with the work of Eusebio Sempere during the month of June. The opening featured a visit from the students of the center and a concert by the students participating in the project themselves.

This year the invited School has been CEIP Benalúa, which has been greatly involved in the project. The participating classes have been 2nd and 3rd year Infant Education students who, after a visit to the MACA, chose the artist Eusebio Sempere. Throughout the sessions developed during the months of January to May, they have worked on both Sempere's life and each and every one of his artistic stages: from the watercolors of the 1940s to gouaches on cardboard, passing through sculptures. Likewise, they have seen and carried out activities relating the artist's graphic work to the work of Gabriel Miró.

With the different outings they made around the city, the students learned about Sempere's public works and have become true experts on Eusebio Sempere.

The work concluded with an exhibition of the splendid works they created over those months in which they developed the project. However, the most wonderful thing is knowing that we now have little experts in Sempere.

In this second edition of Menuts Veíns, it was the Public School La Aneja in Alicante that developed the project in its kindergarten and primary school classrooms. The selected works were: LA BELLE SOCIÉTÉ by René Magritte, belonging to the Telefónica Collection and KROA B by Víctor Vasarely, from the 20th Century Arts Collection of the MACA. Throughout the months they worked, researched and created works around these artists. The project concluded with the presentation of the works on May 18th, coinciding with the International Museum Day.

In the first edition, we invited the neighborhood school, C.P. San Roque, to be our Resident School for its social work in the neighborhood where it is located, our own.

During the months of January to May, Primary school students visited the museum repeatedly, choosing works that impacted them and analyzing them from every possible angle. The objective was for them to be able to tell the museum's story through the chosen works to another invited educational group. The students from San Roque School chose four works from the 20th Century Art Collection and wrote a theatrical script that incorporated music and dance in order to narrate the history of this museum. The students showed great involvement in this project and used theater as a means of expression and communication to show the Primary and Secondary school students of Peñafort school their particular way of seeing and understanding art.

The objective of this program is to give visibility to the work of museum professionals and to add value to contemporary artistic heritage, presenting the works from the collections outside their usual environment and stimulating dialogue in new contexts.

After a visit to the museum, students will adopt a work and recreate museum functions in their center: acquisition, loan, conservation, research and exhibition, acting as mediators between their peers.

These are boxes that contain teaching resources and allow interaction with different artistic languages, techniques and concepts in a tangible way with the aim of promoting dialogue, collaboration and teamwork in the classroom and the development of cross-curricular projects. The Sempere Suitcase is a box with which we transform our artist Eusebio Sempere into a traveling artist, offering the opportunity to discover his vital, creative and artistic trajectory through the cities that

he visits, the artists he meets and the artistic trends he gets to know.

Menuts Veïns is one of our most established programs at the MACA and our objective is to continue strengthening this initiative. It is a collaborative project between neighboring educational centers and the MACA, as well as Alicante artists who advise, accompany, and enrich each stage of the project. This project seeks to awaken students' interest in contemporary art by using the museum as a complementary educational resource to develop their creativity and cultural understanding, thus creating an effective bridge between the educational environment and the museum.

Educational projects designed to extend the MACA beyond its physical space, bringing artworks and artistic knowledge directly to schools. These traveling projects promote different learning processes.

We work with teachers, artists and creative collectives to ensure that each project aligns with the objectives and specific needs of each school community, guaranteeing relevant, accessible and enriching activities.

How to participate?

The projects can be developed with a class group, a grade level, a cycle or as a school-wide project.

Eusebio Sempere is the reference artist of the MACA. It is for this reason that the tour of the Collection

Eusebio Sempere is one of the fundamental pillars of the museum's educational and mediation program.

This tour focuses on the Eusebio Sempere Collection and the kinetic works from the 20th Century Art Collection. We explore Sempere's life, his work, his artistic evolution, and the influences that shaped his unique style, marked by innovation and a deep connection with his surroundings.

Have you ever stopped to think about what someone feels when they seem very quiet? What do we feel when nothing is said? What can a calm gaze hide? How many different ways are there to express an emotion? During the visit to the temporary exhibition on Juana Francés we will explore works with still figures, simple scenes and thoughtful faces, where the most important thing is not what happens, but what is felt. With the help of observation games, open questions and creative dynamics we will learn that emotions can also be in silence, in a gentle gesture, in an everyday object or in a gaze that says nothing, but suggests everything. This tour will be an artistic and emotional experience, where you can connect with the works from your own inner world, understanding that art doesn't always speak out loud… sometimes

it whispers very important things.