The Siyâsa Museum will host a painting exhibition titled "Views that Speak" by Felisa Gómez Santos from Cieza, starting on Friday, December 15th at 8:00 p.m.

The exhibition will be open from December 15th to January 14th at the Siyâsa Museum, located at 17 San Sebastián Street, during regular museum hours.

Siyâsa Museum Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Sundays and holidays, 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The museum will be closed on December 24th and 31st.

The eFe Serrano Gallery in Cieza, located on San Sebastián Street, will inaugurate a group exhibition featuring international artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries at 8:00 p.m. on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

The exhibition can be visited until February 20, 2018.

Hours: Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Holidays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The photography exhibition for the 6th "La Floración de Cieza" competition features the three winning photographs and those selected for the competition, which kicks off the events commemorating the 2018 Cieza Flowering Festival.

This exhibition is organized by the CAF Cieza Photography Association and sponsored by the Cieza City Council. The exhibition will be open from February 15 to March 17 at the Siyâsa Museum, located at 17 San Sebastián Street, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and on Sundays and holidays, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Another of the many exhibitions that can be seen during these days of Bloom in Cieza is the exhibition "Windows" by the Cieza painter José Víctor Villalba at Ideak Estudio, located at 14 Diego Marín Barnuevo Street, across from Miguel de Cervantes School.

The exhibition will be open to the public from February 16 to March 9.

The photography exhibition by Cieza native Fernando Galindo Tormo, "Flowering in Cieza," is now open to visitors at the Siyâsa Museum in Cieza, located at 17 San Sebastián Street.

The exhibition will be on view from February 16 to March 17 at the museum, Tuesday through Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and on Sundays and holidays, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The author of the same, Fernando Galindo, invites us publicly to make known to everyone this exhibition that reflects the great flowering of the fields of Cieza.

The collective and solidarity exhibition "Injertos" (Grafts), in support of the Nueva Fundación Los Albares, will be open from February 17 to March 17 at the Molino Cebolla Museum.

The works consist of combining different artistic techniques based on photographs of the Cieza Flowering. Each artist will reinterpret the image, adding their own personal and artistic touch.

From this fusion of pictorial techniques comes the name chosen for the exhibition "Grafts", very much in line with the theme used as base, agriculture and flowering.

Source, Solidarity Bloom.

On Monday, March 19, the first event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Virgin of La Piedad to Cieza took place at the Efe Serrano Gallery in Cieza, with the inauguration of the anniversary exhibition.

Until April 29, we'll be able to enjoy a comprehensive exhibition on the imagery of José Capuz y Mamano, author of the Pietà.

Program of events for the anniversary of the Piedad of Cieza.

The exhibition "Cieza, Belle Époque: Photographs of the Moxó-Ruano Family" opened this Wednesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Padre Salmerón Library in Cieza.

The exhibition will be open from March 21 to April 10. The photographs are from the General Archive of the Region of Murcia. Javier Castillo and Remedios Sancho curated the exhibition.

The Royal Brotherhood of Jesus (Nazarene), a few hours away from hearing the sound of the processional marches through the streets of Cieza again, is announcing the fourth edition of the photography contest 'The Arrest' 2019. As in previous editions, the brotherhood seeks with this contest to put an image on the poster of the Act and subsequent procession of 'The Arrest' for the year 2019.

The contest has as its first prize, the award of being the photograph of the Poster of the Act and Procession of 'The Arrest' for next year, 2019, in addition to a cash prize of 300 euros. But that's not all. The brotherhood will award two more prizes: a second prize of 150 euros, whose photograph will be featured on the cover of next year's brotherhood calendar, and a third prize of 75 euros. The latter two are full photographs of the brotherhood.

Those interested in participating may submit photographs between Monday, October 8th and Thursday, October 11th, 2018, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, in the brotherhood's room located on the first floor of the Holy Week House-Museum in Cieza, located at C/Cánovas del Castillo, No. 7, Cieza (Murcia). Photographs must always meet the specifications outlined in the contest rules.

The jury's evaluation and the awards ceremony will also take place on Saturday, October 20, 2018, starting at 7:00 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Cieza Holy Week Museum.

The finalist photographs will be exhibited at the Cieza Holy Week Museum from October 23 to November 2.

BASES:

1. Anyone who wishes to participate may do so, without any limitations.

2. The Theme of the Photograph will be the ACT AND PROCESSION OF “EL PRENIMIENTO” and ANY ASPECT OF THE BROTHERHOOD.

3. Submitted photographs must be unpublished. Photographs that have been previously reproduced in the press, catalogs, posters, or any other type of publication, as well as those that have previously won awards in other competitions, will not be selected.

4. Characteristics of the Works: COLOR or BLACK AND WHITE photographs, in any of their techniques and variants, including computer processing, with FREE orientation, with a resolution of at least 254 dpi and dimensions of 40 x 60 cm. A CD/DVD with the photographs in JPG or JPEG format at maximum resolution will be delivered (it is not necessary to send any printed photographs). The photographs may not be signed by their authors; a digital copy must be included in a sealed envelope, as well as the author's information (title, name, address, telephone number, and email).

5. Each author may submit a maximum of 12 photographs.

6. Photographs must be submitted between Monday, October 8th and Thursday, October 11th, 2018, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., to the Brotherhood's room, located on the first floor of the Cieza Holy Week House-Museum, at C/ Cánovas del Castillo, No. 7, Cieza (Murcia).

7. A jury appointed for this purpose, whose composition will be made public at the same time as the verdict is issued, will make a preliminary selection from among all the photographs submitted (in accordance with Rules 2, 3, and 4, paragraph 1, and the quality of their possible reproduction). For subsequent exhibition, only the finalist photographs will be printed by the brotherhood.

8. From among all the selected and exhibited Photographs, the Jury will award, prior to the opening of the Exhibition, the following PRIZES:
 FIRST PRIZE, worth 200 Euros.
 SECOND PRIZE, worth 100 Euros.
 THIRD PRIZE, worth 50 Euros.

9. The Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 20, 2018, starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Cieza Holy Week Museum.

10. The photograph that wins the First Prize will be published as the poster announcing the event and procession of 'El Prendimiento' during Holy Week in Cieza 2019.

11. The photograph that wins the Second Prize will be published as the cover of the Brotherhood's 2019 Calendar.

12. The 3 winning photographs will become the property of the Royal Brotherhood of Jesus (Nazarene) of Cieza (of which it reserves the exclusive right of public use and reproduction as many times as it deems appropriate) and the digital copies of all the photographs selected for the Contest-Exhibition, which the Royal Brotherhood of Jesus (Nazarene) may edit and disseminate through its various Publications, always and in all cases stating the name of the Author of the same.

13. The authors of the three winning photographs undertake not to make any use of them without the authorization of the Royal Brotherhood of Jesus (Nazarene) of Cieza during the period between the day of publication of the Decision and September 30, 2019 (otherwise, the corresponding Prize will be annulled in all its terms and consequences). After this period, those Contestants who transfer the winning photographs in this Contest for any other publication or exhibition will state this circumstance at the bottom of the photographs.

14. Photographic material not covered by Rule 11 will be returned to its creators through the same means by which it was submitted, starting the day after the closing of the Exhibition and continuing for one month thereafter. After this time, any material not collected by its creators will become the property of the Royal Brotherhood of Jesus (Nazarene) of Cieza.

15. The Jury's decision will be final. Any circumstance not covered in these Rules will also be resolved final by the Jury, after hearing the opinion of the Royal Brotherhood of Jesus (Nazarene) of Cieza.
Cieza, March 2018

Participation in this competition implies acceptance of its Rules, as well as the Jury and its decision.

From Saturday, April 28th to May 13th, the Siyâsa Museum in Cieza will host an exhibition of Nazarene imagery to commemorate the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Brotherhood of Jesus of Nazareth.

With a total of 21 works by 14 sculptors from 15 locations in the Region of Murcia and the province of Albacete, the Brotherhood of Jesus is making available to the people of Cieza, and anyone who visits the Siyâsa Museum during the first half of May, a wide selection of the finest images of Jesus of Nazareth in the Levant.

With works by renowned sculptors such as Palma Burgos, Sánchez Lozano, Clemente Cantos, Pinazo Martínez, Hernández Navarro, and Ciezans Carrillo Marco and Yuste Navarro, among others, and highlighting the presence of an 18th-century image from the Neapolitan school from Caravaca de la Cruz, it is undoubtedly an exhibition of great artistic quality.

List of works to be exhibited:

• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Ignacio Pinazo Martínez, 1942) – Cieza
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Anonymous, Neapolitan school, 18th century) – Caravaca de la Cruz
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Anonymous, ca. 1940) – Cehegín.
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Clemente Cantos, 1940) – Ontur (Albacete).
• Jesus at the Arrest Pass (Roberto Roca Cerdá, 1940) – Tobarra (Albacete).
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Carlos Rodríguez, 1941) – Alcantarilla.
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (José Sánchez Lozano, 1943) – Blanca.
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Ignacio Pinazo Martínez, 1943) – Jumilla.
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Gregorio Molero Torá, 1944) – Abarán.
• Our Father Jesus of Medinaceli (Francisco Palma Burgos, 1945) – Cieza.
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Manuel Juan Carrillo Marco, 1945) – Archena.
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (José Sánchez Lozano, 1951) – Librilla.
• Jesus of Nazareth (Manuel Juan Carrillo Marco, 1954) – Cartagena.
• Jesus of Nazareth from the float 'The Fall' (Jose Sanchez Lozano, 1973) – Cieza.
• Jesus of Nazareth from the 'Encounter of Jesus and Mary' (José Antonio Hernández Navarro, 1999) – Cieza.
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Antonio Jesús Yuste Navarro, 2010) – Cieza.
• Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth of the Gaze (Antonio Jesús Yuste Navarro, 2011) – Monteagudo.
• Our Father Jesus of Solitude (Juan José Páez Álvarez, 2014) – Puebla de Soto (Murcia).
• Our Father Jesus of Nazareth (Juan José Páez Álvarez, 2017) – Calasparra.
• Christ the Redeemer of the Sovereign Power and Health of Soul and Body (José María Molina Palazón, 2018) – Blanca.
• Jesus of Nazareth (Antonio José Villa Vázquez, 2018) – Cieza.