Vilafranca Earth Day Festival Celebrates Nature and Art with Third Edition Event

CASTLE. Vilafranca will once again worship nature with the celebration, from April 26 to 28, of the third edition of the Earth Day festival. An event full of artistic activities that, in addition to celebrating, tries to raise awareness about the various environmental problems that affect our planet. The project, which has collaboration with the Vilafranca City Council, is organized by the artists Anna Barton de Mayor and Tania Traver from the other place Abadía Seven.

The Earth Day festival will begin on Friday, April 26, at 6:00 pm, with the opening at Abadia Seven of the group exhibition L’Ametller dels Desitjos, which brings together the group’s work. Marisa Montforta tapestry weaver from Villafranca del Cid; Alex Camanesa sculptor from the same town; Ruth Sancho Huerga, poet and actress also from Villafranca del Cid; Chlöe Chrochan, photographer Ludiente; Anne Barton de Mayor, textile artist and owner of the place Abadia Seven and who was selected as ‘Dona Rural Artist’ of the DAR project, as well as those who were also selected. Rachel Mendoza, a painter from Vinaroz; Tania Traver, portrait painter and muralist from Culla; y Piluka Diago, photographer and director of the Rocartcultura festival in Peníscola.

After the inauguration, on Saturday at the same time a meet & greet with the artists to get to know them more deeply. Likewise, a new show will be held on Sundays at 12:00 p.m. Likewise, true to its mission to revive the old town, the event will extend to other parts of the town as well. On Saturday, various creative and recycling activities will be carried out for all ages, which will be held in the morning in the church square and in the afternoon on El Cid street.

Programming

Saturday will start at 10:00 am, in the church square, with a fun workshop to turn household waste into jewellery. Those who take part will also be able to paint a four meter high vine and write wishes on flowers which will then be included in an installation which will form part of the exhibition at the other Abadia Seven venue. The only thing you need to take part in is an old (but clean) cotton t-shirt.

Next, at 12:00 pm in the same square, the Vilafranca poet Ruth Sancho Huerga will offer a performance to raise awareness in a very fun way among the public about the problems caused by ‘fast fashion’ ‘, impulse buying of everyday clothes. And throw. A while later, at 4:00 pm on El Cid Street, a workshop on land art, aims to decorate the earth with natural materials. And the event will end with the premiere of the exhibition La Deessa de les Deixelles (Goddess of the Waste) by the artist Tania Traver.

The group hopes that, despite their unique form of entertainment, these activities will help raise awareness among participants and spectators about the “waste we create in our lives” everyday,” and makes them reflect on our relationship with planet Earth. “They are small actions within everyone’s reach that can mean a lot to change.”