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 Submitted photographs must be unpublished.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.

The University of Murcia, through its Permanent Headquarters in Cieza, and the Cultural Association "Club Atalaya-Ateneo de la Villa de Cieza", within the framework of the Collaboration Agreement signed by both entities, convene, with the sponsorship of "Común Atalayar, Comunidad de Bienes" the 5th Cieza Texts Competition / Mariano Camacho Memorial 2018.

The deadline for submitting originals will begin on May 1, 2018, and end on October 31, 2018.

Poster of the rules for the Text Competition in Cieza.

Everything is now ready for the new exhibition of Murcian inventors, with new prototypes and documents that have come to light.

This exhibition will bring together inventors from across the region between 1878 and 1966 to showcase new research and prototypes.

The exhibition is part of the 2nd History Conference organized by the Cieza City Council and the University of Murcia. The exhibition is organized by the Fray Pasqual Salmerón Center for Historical Studies in collaboration with the Integra Foundation.

It can be visited from May 4th to 19th, from 4pm to 10pm, at the Cieza Folklore Center, located at Empedrá 9, Cieza.

As part of the activities for the 2nd Cieza History Conference, the Cieza City Council and the University of the University of Cieza (UMU) have organized the photography exhibition "El Menjú: Cultural Heritage of Cieza" by Lorena Martínez Martínez.

The exhibition is curated by María Dolores Piñera Ayala from Cieza. With this project, Lorena Martínez seeks to unite, through photomontage, a selection of sixteen photographs taken during fieldwork carried out on the El Menjú estate with historical photographic archives of its architectural elements and of people who lived and visited the site, generating new and unusual visions of the estate.

The exhibition can be visited at the Siyâsa Museum in Cieza, at 17 San Sebastián Street, until Sunday, May 20.

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.

From Friday, May 18th to June 29th, a new edition of the "Tírate al Barrio 2018" program kicks off. The City Council's Departments of Citizen Participation and Culture are presenting a series of activities that will bring leisure and culture to the neighborhoods of Cieza.

Once again this year, all the activities have been developed in collaboration with the neighborhood associations: the Santa Clara La Ermita Neighborhood Association, the San Juan Bosco Neighborhood Association, the San José Obrero Neighborhood Association, and the Ascoy Neighborhood Association.

May 18, Puppets 'In search of my story' by Taranta shows at 7 p.m. at the PPrince of Asturias Arch.

June 22, Open-air family cinema 'Son of Bigfoot' at 10 p.m. at the Ascoy Hostel.

Poster for the Tirate al Barrio program in Cieza.

The eFe Serrano Gallery in Cieza, San Sebastián 20, opens tomorrow, Friday, May 18 at 8:00 p.m., the sculpture exhibition, by José Pérez Lucas, titled 'DES/COMPOSITION'.