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A tapestry of 2 x 14 meters is the result of Lágrimas Negras, a project that reaches the Luzzy order to claim the defense of human rights of women.
The opening of the exhibition showing the work of art will take place tomorrow, March 1, at 18:00 pm at the Cultural Center and will be available until March 15.
The opening ceremony will feature asistecia of Deputy Mayor, Ana Belén Castejon, and the Councillor for Equality, David Martinez.
This proposal is carried out from the Department of Equality in programming by March 8 International Women's Day.
Alejandra Corral, (Kusha), author and director of the project, has had the participation of 2,245 women from 46 countries to create the tapestry, which has a centerpiece depicting a woman lying on a bench to which he has stopped his heart.
In this piece, we have added 1,896 small tapestries depicting tears shed by women, whose human rights are violated daily.
The project aims to contribute through art to awareness and social transformation.
To cotnribuir to the cause, all profits raised by the project will be donated to Project Hope Foundation Amaranta and fighting trafficking in women in Spanish territory and sexual slavery of girls in Asia.
For the creation of the tapestry has been used the technique of petit point, combined with others such as cross stitch.
Project management is carried out by the non-profit association Art and Social Consciousness, constituted to ensure financial transparency of the project and the legal protection of the work.
The project has received initial funding of 5,000 euros to which you have been adding contributions from the participants own supply of material.
The tapestry has already visited cities like London, at The Other fair exhibition, Evora, Portugal or Madrid.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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